The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-01
DisgracefuI Action of Racine Fans
Puts an End to Racine Lake
Shore League Team.
GAME ENDS IN ROW 7. FOURTH
Racine Men Leave the Field When the
Score is Seven to Nothing in Fa-
vor of Kenosha and Umpire
Gives Latter the Game.

AAaS - ~ EO4 IGtAAdASAAP dAW
shown by athletes of Racine was in
evidence again on Tuesday AFTERNOON
when IN game with Kenosha the Ra-
cine Lake Shore team left the field
and the game was awarded to Keno
sha by score of 9 to @, At the time
the wrangle occurred the score of the
game was Kenosha z, Racine 0. The
wrang1e and the action of the Racine
manager and his team form the de-
tails of the most disgraceful scene
ever seen or baseball diamond IN
Southern Wisconsin and places the
Racine management in a place where
they deserve nothing but scorn and
derision and it is probable that sum-
mary proceedings will be taken to ex-
pei the Racine club from the league.
Other teams will be sought to FIJI the
vacancy and there is little doubt but
that Thompson, Evans and the crowd
Of children running the Racine team
will be done away with.
The fight which ended the game on
Tuesday afternoon was on par with
the actions of the Racine club ever
since they were given, by suffrance,a
place in the Lake Shore league.
The game on Sunday had been one
of the best ever seen in Ra cine and on
Tuesday crowd which broke Racine
records went out to the park to see
the game. When the Kenosha boys
went to bat in the first inning it was
evident that they were there for bust
ness and they started the slaughter
right away. Voss, the Racine pitcher,
was touched up for a single to start
with and while the inning netted but
one run three hits were made. In the
second inning Kenosha continued to
hit Voss and got a two-bagger, but no
runs resulted. Only six men had
faced Mckay in the two innings and
in the third the Kenosha boys went
after Voss for fair. Freitag drew a
base on balls, O'Rourke hit to center
field, Knipple flew out, Rhebezky hit
for two bases, Mauch flew out leaving
the bases still full. Then Smith hit
the ball out of sight for home run
clearing the bases. Wolf hit for two
bases and both Wolf and Mckay came
home on McKay's three-base hit.
Laabs thoughtfully went out leaving
but six runs for the inning. Racine
was BANKED in their half of the in
ing.
Then came the fourth. Freitag
went out to center field and O'Rourke
was given base on balls. He started
to steal second and when he was called
safe by the umpire the Racine fans
began to fight. They rushed on the
field bombarding the Kenosha players
and spectators with stones and sticks.
Manager Thompson called his men off
refusing to abide by the decision of
Umpire Schuknecht, whom he had
brought from Sheboygan to umpire
the game. Breen told Schuknecht to
change his decision and O'Rourke
was called out, but Racine declined
to go on with game with Schuknecht
as an umpire. Breen suggested two
players as umpires but Racine re-
fused; Breen suggested any man in
the crowd either from Racine or Ke-
nosha or even offered to allow Thomp-
son to go Ill, but by this time the Ra-
cine team was running from the field
and the game was off. The umpire
promptly gave it to Kenosha.
In the meantime the Racine crowd
had invaded the field and the umpire
and Manager Breen we're being hooted
and stoned by a crowd of 800 boys and
men. It was disgrace to the entire
city of Racine. and to its police force
that such thing should have taken
place. In the melee which followed
Manager Thompson escaped with the
funds and up to 10 O'Clock this morn
ing Manager Breen had received none
of the money taken in at the gate.
The great crowd that had paid ad-
mission to the game could not secure
its money back as the manager had
flown and had Thompson been located
it is probable that he would have re-
ce;ved violent treatment from the
people of his own city.
1t is to be hoped that this unsports-
man like action will end the career Of
the Racine team in the league. Man
ager Thompson certainly deserves
nothing but the contempt of a11lovers
of the national game.
kenosha. ......1 CT Is /
Kacfne. ........................O 0 90 o O
Batteries-For Kenosba, Mckay and Wolf:
for Racine, Voss and Lay. Earned runs-Ke.
nosha 9. Two-base hits-Wolf g. O'Rourke..
Three-base hit--McKay. Home run-Smith,
Stuck out-By voss, z; by McKay,2. Bases On
balls-Of Voss, l. Attendance-1, 900. Umpire
-Schunecht.