River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-04
BUSINESS MEMS LEAGUE
Hoos1ER BARDs WIN pRNNANr

The final and deciding game of
the Business Mems League pennant
race was played on the Glen Park
grounds before large crowd of en-
thusiastlc fans last Friday after
noon. After the game a sumptious
| picnic lunch was served in the park
dining lodge, and in the evening
there was very enjoyable dance in
the pavilion from eight until ten
o'clock. Over hundred relatives
and friends of the League players
| joined viii h them in the picnic and
the entire affair was a delightful
success.
The Caterpillars and Hoosier
Bards were tied for first honors in
the league race, each having won
six out of the ten games, and Fri
days game was an extra TO decide
he championship. The first three
innings were played in regular pro-
fessional style, but in the fourth
and fifth the Bards had walk-away,
getting in nine scores, The Pillars
made a grand rally in the last half
of the final round, scoring six runs,
but the Bards' lead was too much
to overcome, and the pennant was
won by DIR. Fortunes aggregation
The Hoosier Bards started out
the season by losing their first three
games, but they strengthened up
their lineup bit after that and
won every game with the exception
of their last encounter with the
White Crests. The usual lineup of
the Bards has been as follows:
Harry Stewart, catcher; L. WATSON,
first base; H. Elliott, left field; Sam
Nelson, pitcher; G. Stewart, center
field; DR.. Fortune (Capt), second
base; Walter Johnson, third base;
l. Stewart, short-stop; Geo. Chin
mock, right field. C. Judd, Perry
Forsyth and Chas. Die ckman sub
stituted in the Bard lineup in diff
ferent games.
Capt. Lusk's Caterpillars held a
strong lead in the pennant race un-
til in the last few games of the
schedule their batting took an aw-
full slump and this slump lost them
the pennant. The Caterpillar line
up remained unchanged during the
entire season, and none but these
members have played in any of the
games: Theo. Jensen, first base;
S. Krauth, catcher; S. Morse, pitch
er; B. Symes, third base; F. Finn,
left field; T. Moline, short stop; l.
Lusk (Capt.), second base; C. Nc
Kinnon, right field; R. w. Freeman,
center field, and P. ApRoberts and
G. A. Bird substitutes.
The White Crests, captained by
Chris Wiger, started out the season
with two strong victories, and lost
every other game until their final
encounter with the Bards. The
Crests, when in FORM" played an
excellent game, but they generally
seemed to manage to have an in
ming or two of "balooning" that
usually lost them the game. Their
lineup was F. Knobel, short-stop;
| w. Knowles, left field; w. Suther-
land, third base; P. Forsyth, catch
er; c. Dieckman, center field; F.
Shuster, second base; E Hunter,
pitcher; C. Wiger (Capt J, first base;
R Reynolds, right field, and w.
Vannatta and H. Campbell, substi-
| tutes.
The pitchers named in the above
line-ups were the players who usu-
ally started in the box; the pitchers
were changed each inning]
The league games this year prov
ed source of splendid recreation
for the players, and all enjoyed it
so greatly that next seasons league
will probably be larger one, with
a longer schedule of games.