The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
More Than 5000 People Crowd Into the
Park to Witness the Defeat of the
Kenosha Team Mayor
Pitches First Ball
Standing of the Teams
Games Sunday
Waukegan s; Kenosha 8.
Chicago s; Racine 2.

Chicago 6; Racine 2.
Milwaukee /; Manitowoc 0.
Sheboygan l; Port Washington @.
It was great day for Waukegan,
but the opening of the Lake Shore
League season in Kenosha proved some
! thing of a frost for the 5000 Kenosha
fans who shivered at the park and
watched the Kenosha team get sting
ing defeat at the hands of their rivals
from the south by a score of to g.
Notwithstanding the fact that the game
was a comedy of errors it was great
opening of the season in Kenosha and
one of the largest crowds ever seen on a
base ball diamond turned out to root for
the home team. Before the game there
was an automobile parade in which a
score of autos took part and in the
parade we're all the city officials and the
members f the Common Council. Mayor
M. j. Scholey did the honors of the day
and when the umpire called the game
he appeared in the box with q bright
red rose in his buttonhole and pitched
the first ball over the plate. Mascot
BreeRs was at the bat and he promptly
raped il out for a hit and the game
was on.
The Kenosha team made poor show
ing for the opening game and it is evil
dent that some Of the players have not
profted by the winters rest. Those
bad holes in the infeld still remain and
they were largely responsible for the
victory Of the Waukegan team in the
opening struggle of the league season.
The JWaukegan team which came up
through great tribulation made a good
showing and it is certain that Lind, the
Waukegan pitcher, will be a hard man
to beat The rest Of the Waukegan
team is of the ordinary class, but it had
class enough to wallop Kenosha. Smith
pitched a good game for Kenosha, but
he was unfortunate in the opening inn
ing when he hit two men and the hit
that followed brought in two runs
Smith had miserable support at critical
periods and he did not even support him
self. Roddy was the star for Kenosha
at the bat getting three straight hits.
Wallace made good to the delight Of the
fans catching perfect game and get
ting single and double. The old
guard of hitters on the Kenosha team
failed to- make good against Lind and it
lis evident that they will need lot Of
practice before they can be considered
top notchers.
Waukegan got busy in the very first
inning and started things going. After
two men were out Smith hit Dunno and
Callahan in succession and both men
came III minute later on Williams hit
over short. Kenosha scored in the
second on a hit by Wallace, a sacrifice
by Klopf and a daring steal for home
by the catcher. Waukegan got another
run in the fourth when Laabs dropped
an easy fly and Callahan advanced by
an error by Pitcher Smith and tendency
on the part of the Kenosha team to
throw the ball around managed to get
back to the home plate. Similar plays
added runs to the Waukegan score in
the seventh, eighth and ninth, bringing
the total up to six. The Kenosha team
made its final stand in the eighth when
Roddy got base on balls and scored on
Knutz s double to right Knutz trotted
home a minute later on the long line
hit by Wallace. This ended the scoring
as Lind was ingincible in tht ninth and
the Waukegan players gave him perfect
support.
The Kenosha team will meet the
Chicago team on the local diamond next
Sunday.
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