Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-10
BASE BALL NOTES.

Pitcher Russell departed for his
home in West Virginia on Monday
evening last. In the last series played
in Winona, Russell injured his arm so
that there was no possibility OF him
getting into shape again this season.
He made several attempts to pitch
since, but had to leave the game.
Russell is distinctiyely a southerner,
and though he pitched good bail here,
winning eight of the first nine games
pitched, he can't stand this climate.
He Rugged the stove whenever he
could find one with fire in 1t and
complained all season of not feeling
like himself. He was well liked by
his manager and team mates and they
were sorry to see him leave. He
works in the coal mines of his state
when not pitching ball.
There was pretty fair attendance
at the games Sunday, but still not
very good Sunday crowd, and the pat
rons of the game will have to do bet
ter before the end of the season to in
sure base ball another year. Just be-
cause the locals are in fifth place is
no reason why the attendance should
drop off from that of last year. Just
take the percentage table and study
it. Compare our standing with that
OF Duluth, figure the number OF
games yet to be played and the posi-
Utilities of wins and losses by both
clubs. There is chance of our being
well up near the top when the season
closes. A good article of ball is being
furnished the patrons and Wausau is
playing very strong game at pres
ent, as is witnessed by the fact that 9
out of IL games played on the home
grounds since July 30 have been won,
and the games which went to the OPP
ponents were lost by close margins.
At present the club needs financial
support and you can assist by attend
ing games. 1t would be black eye
to the city to have it said at the close
of the season that we had. the small
est average attendance of any club in 4
the league-a city having state wide
reputation for doing things right. 1t
will mean that we will be kicked out
of the league, with possibility OF
seeing no more organized base ball
here for years to come. Therefore, if
YOU want to see WauSau stay in the
league, attend the games. If you
want dub ball played by kid teams,
then stay at home.
President Elliott has appointed
Mark Bells an official umpire. Elliott
has been having more or less trouble
with his umpires quitting the game,
mainly because of the bulldOzing tao
tics of Joe Killian, manager of the
Winona team. Killian got mixed up
with Mark in one of Sundays games
and was promptly put off the field.
Killian should be disciplined in way
that will make him employ gentle
manly tactics.
After this Tuesday there are twenty
eight games, exclusive of postponed
games, to be played before the end of
the season. As our team stands to-
day we are 1884 points behind the
leaders, or seven and one-half games
shy of tying them. Let Wausau win
the next eight games and let the lead
ing team, no matter which it is, lose
an equal number and we'll tell you
who will be on top. The way the
league is punched, there ought to be
red hot interest in the game mani
tested in every city in the circuit.
In absence of regular umpire yes
terday, tie Wausau- Winona game
was umpired by Pitchers Baillies of
Winona, and Dunbar of Wausau.
Baillies evidently. had received his in
structions from his manager before
starting to umpire, and his attempts
to steal the game from Wausau was
about the coarsest work seen here in
a long while. To make matters still
worse, Dunbar was fair in his deeis-
ions and did not try to even up mat
tiers, for the benefit of his team.
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