The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-08-15
Fourth Annual Community Picnic.


weather man doled out one of his finest
brands for picnic purposes, neither too
hot nor too cold, but just right, and
there was no complaint along this line.
People came from far and near, the
country folks and town folks seemed
to lay aside all labors and cares and
make for the Driving Park; they came
in auto loads and the crowd assembled
was one of the largest gotten together
at the park for some years and all were
merry yea, happy.
Everybody likes good ball game
and in arranging for this picnic the
Chamber of Commerce provided two of
them. The first was scheduled for 10
o'clock when Edgerton and Cambridge
crossed bats.
CAMBRIDGE VS.. EDGERTON.
Cambridge proved to be easy picking
for the remodeled Highway Trailer
team when they were forced to take
the short end of to score. Strauss
burg of the visitors was hammered
hard and yielded a total of Is hits,
while Whitford of the locals had his
opponents eating out of his hand and
let them down with three hits. But
for an error in the eighth followed by
a double under the right field fence, he
would have BANKED Cambridge. After
the third inning when the locals got to
Strausburg for six hits netting four
runs there was never any doubt about
the locals being returned the victors.
They scored three more runs in the
seventh on two doubles and single.
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LANCE.
After watching this exhibition of bal
playing every appetite was whetted to
the keenest point for the picnic dinner.
Covers were laid for about two thou
sand guests and there was the largest
variety of good things to eat ever
spread upon the green grass in a shady
wood. The Chamber of Commerce fur
nished the trimmings for the dinner in
the way of nice hot coffee, cream,
sugar and iced tea. Everybody ate
their fill and were up and ready for the
afternoon sports and pastimes.
A long line of sports followed con-
sisting of everything from the tangle-
foot contest down to the time tried
guessing contest and everybody enjoy
ed them. A little community singing
was INDUCED in and then one of the
main features of the days attractions
was given. This was the game of ball
between Whitewater and Jefferson.
JEFFERSON VS.. WHITEWATER.
Jefferson put the game on ice in the
first inning by hitting the delivery of
Brielmaier to all corners of the lot and
registering seven markers Dodge re-
lieved Brielmaier in the second inning
and held Jefferson to two runs for the
remainder of the game. Anweiler of
Jefferson started out on the mound in
grand style and held his opponents
scoreless until the fourth frame when
Whitewater put three runs across.
They came back in the sixth with two
more and only brilliant fielding pre-
vented them from scoring in the later
frames. The final score was 9 TO 5.
Jefferson and Whitewater hold berths
in the Central League, Whitewater be-
ing in first place and Jefferson in third
place. The brand of ball displayed in
the game here Thursday was disap-
pointing and must have been far in
ferior to the regular brand of ball
played in the Central League or these
teams would not be holding positions in
the first division.
More community singing and the
park exercises were finished The
pavement dance on Swift street gave
all chance to indulge in this pastlme
to their hearts desire. The band dance
in Academy hall was we'll attended.
The Edgerton Concert band furnished
real music throughout the day and for
the two evening dances.
Special police officers from Edgerton
and GAINESVILLE were furnished by the
city and through their handling of the
large crowd accidents were averted.
When the harvest season of another
year rolls around the Chamber of Com
merce will hold their fifth annual pic
mic and it's safe guess to make that
the attendance will be larger than this
year, because everyone had such an en-
joyable time and they'll want to come
again and bring more friends with them.