Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-16
MADISON WON BOTH
GAMES FROM LOCALS.
But Lancaster's Team Played
Magnificent Ball.
Patrons Treated TO the Best Games of
of the Season---Scores Were
to O and to @.

eTs by the close score of 2 to O. 1t is
doubtful whether any of the local
fans thought that Lancaster could even
make good showing against the team
but as the game progressed and inning
after inning passed without score the
crowd pulled hard for the home team
to win. The real feature of the game
was Piddington' 8. pitching Never in
the two years that he has been on the
firing line for the locals has he shown
better form. He struck out fourteen
of the visitors and although he allow
ed seven singles they were we'll scat
tered and not enc of them scored a
run. The two runs made by Madison
were on bad throws by Gleghorn and
neither were earned. Without these
errors the game might have continued
until dark.
Shaw the visiting pitcher also twir
led good game. He allowed three
hits but they were punched in such a
manner that had the locals taken
fewer chances on the bases they
might have won the game. As it was
they did mighty we'll and certainly
treated the Madison men to nice
little surprise party. The smile OF
confidence that the leaguers wore the
forepart CT the game when they strobe
out to maui Piddington' s delivery
wore off as the game progressed and
man after man beat the atmosphere
furiously The first score was made,
in the eighth. Howell singled, took
second on Katzs' error, got to third on
Whitmores hit and scored on Gleg's
error. The score in the ninth was
made in much the same manner.
The score by innings follows;
Madison I. % 0 0 0 0 90 Ia 7 8.
Lancaster % 0 o 0 0 90 0 90 3 3.
Batteries Shaw and Smith Pid-
dington and Gleghorn. Umpire,
Laughton of Platteville.
Madison won the game yesterday by
score of to 0. The game was ex-
citing and both teams played hard
ball all the way through. Madison
scored their runs in the second and
third innings One of them was
earned. Ames for the locals twirled a
fine game allowing but five hits and
getting seven strikeouts. The Ian
caster team certainly should be proud
of the showing made against the state
leaguers
The score follows:
Madison j. o 0 0 % O-3 5 1
Lancaster % 0 O 0 0 O 90 8
Batteries, Grimes and Smith; Ames
and Glegborp. Umpire. Laughton.
The Lancaster base ball team of
1908, the fastest ever organized in
this section. has disbanded and most
of i s members have returned to their
homes Or will shortly. The team won
the championship of this section and
mere than lived up to expectations.
The credit for the victorious season
belongs not only to the team as
whole but to the able leadership of
manager Harry Friend. 1t was in
deed a fortunate move on the part Of
the association in securing him, for
he gathered together bunch of play
ers whose aggressiveness, clean field
ing and batting ability is probably
without a parallel in Independent
base ball of the state.
The team played forty-fve games
this year. Of these thirty-two were
victories giving them percentage
of Ill The team won a majority of
games in series with Galena, Platte
vile, Highland and Muscoda all of
whom had aspirations for the champ
ionship of the section. Not single
bad defeat was registered against
them, and travelling teams such as
Gary, Rock Island, Cross Country and
Viroqua were easily beaten. On the
last day of the Grant County Fair An
sons Colts, of Chicago, headed by the
veteran Capt. A. G Ansoo were shut
out in an alright contest by score
of to O.
Lancaster's pitch ng staff wa hard
to equal. Piddington Palmor aad
Ames were all too clever for iii il op-
ponents. 1t is hald 10 make e ,oln-
parison Of the individual work zone
by the players With Hauesr, Aaeru,
Madden, and Katz behind him is IN
field any pitcher would have # safe
for every one Of these men is a srar ia
his position. Gleghorn, eltbnH4h not
hired to do the catching WoIke1 cred
itably behind the at. Ia the out
field Friend, Palmer and Penn0ck
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