Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
B. B. NOTES.

La Crosse So 43 SAT
Madison .48 A 522
Green Bay 40 80 434
Fond du Lac As SO 464
Oshkosh 40 50 435
Rockford ...3e 81 400
Up to last Friday the Madison team
of the WI. league was the only team
which could claim that it had won more
games from Wausau than it lost to the
same team. For some days the Madi-
son team occupied second place and
looked dangerous. The newspapers of
that city mounted high horse and on
several occasions advocated throwing
Wausau out Of the league Eext year.
The conditions no doubt appealed to
Manager Ferguson. There is little
doubt but what Freeport will finish
no better than third, if it is lucky enough
to get that position. Therefore, Man
agpr Ferguson, in the Freeport series,
decided to pitch some himself, to save
his pitcl srs for the Madison series. He
pitched fourteen innings of two games
and though both were lost to Wausau
by close scores his object was accom-
plished. Friday. when Madison and
Wausau met, Lang pitched double
header and won both games. His pitch
ing was out of the ordinary in the fact
that only four hits were made off him
in eighteen innings. he struck out
eighteen men and issued but one pass
to first. Another double header was
played on Saturday, Dunbar and Doom
er pitching. Both won their games.
Madison can share honors with La
Crosse and Oshkosh of losing an entire
series this season on the home grounds.
1t looks now to man up tree as if
Wausau will have to fight it out with
La Crosse for first position, with chances
considerably in favor of Wauaau.
When Wausau returns tomorrow for
the wind-up, twenty-seven games will
be played, eighteen of them on the
home grounds. There are also six post
poned games to be played; TWO with
Freeport, two with Green Bay, one
with Rockford and one with Lacrosse.
The local team stands an excellent
show of winning the pennant and it is
therefore up to everyone to boost the
team on the home grounds. The season
has not been profitable one, owing to
rainy>weather, principally on holidays
The association is between $500 and
$500 to the bad and an effort is being
made to collect enough to wipe out any
debts which may be incurred. The at
tendance has been better this year than
ever and therefore citizens have not
been called upon to finance the team
until now.
On the return of the team everyone
who has the interests of the club az
heart should turn out and help boost
the attendance. Wausau needs over
1000 attendance from now till the bal
ance of the season to complete the $4,000
guaranteed Win we get itg 1t is up
to the fans.
Emil Pappenfuss, in catching for the
Rhinelander team against Merrill Sun
day, had his mask broken and wire
driven into his forehead. He is home,
pending the healing of the wound,
Arthur Marcan, formerly on the Wau-
sau team, now with Binghamton in the
New York state league. has been pur-
chased by the New York Americans.
Two pitchers are included in the deal,
the price being $4,000 Marcan has
been playing a great game this season,
clouting the ball at 1885,
Onthe last swing around the circle,
out of fifteen games scheduled, Wausau
won 8, lost A, tied / and / was laid over
to the sweet by-and-by on account of
rain.
A series of four games-two scheduled
and two postponed-is opened on the
home grounds today with Freeport.
It's good bet that we take both.
AS the southern cities will be playing
away from home most of the time for
the next month one may look for some
of the second division teams, Green
Bay, Oshkosh or Fond du Lac to break
into the first division. 1t is certain that
Freeport will take big drop and just
at present Madison is not strong. La
Crosse will probably finish where 1T is
now-in second place-for that team
always has been good road team and
can stand the jars of trip.
The boys were given great ovation
this morning on their return home from
Lacrosse. Last night fans along the
street, within fifteen minutes after the
proposition had been put, raised $40 25
to pay the Columbia band TO furnish
music at the depot this morning and
head parade up town. Walter Alex
ander attended to the automobile paltt
of the program and secured three autos
to meet the boys at the depot. There
was a large crowd on hand TO meet
then, hen they arrived and they were
escorted up town in autos, headed by
the band At.the Bells House a large
crowd was on hand and from the hand
clapping and waving of handkerchieis
it was quite evident that the people of
Wausau appreciate the work of their
team.
The sum Of &c viii be charged here
after for the grand stand when double
headers are played. Madison and
some other teams charge 25c for single
games The association needs the
money, hence the raise.