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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
2
Cubs win two from tailenders and blank Brooklyn in both games. Cardinals split with Boston as Konethy collects three hits and a homer. Louisville and Milwaukee play in American Association while league results list key scores and standings.
A list of baseball results shows Milwaukee over Louisville 6 to 1 and Toledo defeating Minneapolis 7 to 3. Indianapolis beats Kansas City 3 to 2. Columbus shuts out St. Paul 11 to 0. Chicago edges Boston 7 to 6. Cleveland defeats Philadelphia 9 to 1. Detroit defeats Washington 6 to 4. St. Louis beats New York 5 to 1 in New York. Pittsburgh tops Brooklyn 1 to 0. Boston 3 Chicago 1. St. Louis hosts 15 runs with Philadelphia 4.
La Crosse defeated Wausau 7-4 in a nine inning game. Hawley pitched effectively for La Crosse while Seitz struggled for Wausau. Baillies started for La Crosse and Hawley finished. Attendance reached 1,500 with Hoffman and Guthrie umpiring.
The Chicago Cubs won two straight games against the Brooklyn team, both by shutouts. Cincinnati blanked Philadelphia 2 to 0. Kenetchy collected three hits in seven at bats with a home run. Cardinals and Boston split a doubleheader. Louisville, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Toledo posted wins in other leagues.
Readable fragments show batters and pitchers for multiple games. Teams listed include Philadelphia St Louis Chicago and Boston with box score lines and inning by inning results. Key players named include McClean Spade Foxen Moren Dooin Karger Ludwig Lush Lin daman Graham Overall Kling Bergen Reulbach Moran Rucker and more.
In Milwaukee RHE Milwaukee hosted Louisville with Curtis and Beville Adams and Hughes delivering the victory. At St Paul RHE Columbus played to a 9 to 1 score with Adams and Hughes again prominent in the lineup.
La Crosse won the final game of the series as they collected 13 hits against Seitz but failed to play Saturday. Results show Fond du Lac defeated Rockford 9 to 0 by forfeit while Madison shut out Green Bay 5 to 0 and Freeport topped Oshkosh 4 to 1. Rockford and Wausau games were 4-1 and 7-4 respectively.
In the second inning heavy hitting gave Wausau the first game of a doubleheader over La Crosse. Lang earned the win for Wausau while La Crosse's pitchers allowed five runs in the second and Miller added big hits including a three bagger for Wausau. La Crosse managed only three hits and was shut out 12 to 0.
In Kansas City and Minneapolis matches the Batteries squads face off against Durham Slagle Livingston Swann Crisp and Byers Buelow West Land. The events tie to RHE locations in Kansas City Minneapolis and Toledo with matchups featuring Leroy Meyers and James Upp.
Wausau continued a hot batting streak, hammering Jones and Flynn as La Crosse led briefly in the third. In the fifth inning the Lumberjacks surged ahead and produced ten runs, with Bartos pitching effectively save for a third inning hiccup.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on August 24 the Rockford base ball club walked off after three players were allegedly faking injuries, leading to a 9 to 0 forfeit to Fond du Lac. Debts of 169 dollars plus 190 for Zackert’s sale fueled the dispute with manager Golden demanding payment and umpire Conley threatening a forfeit. A physician found no injuries, while Rockford’s Harrs was absent amid prior obscene language reports.
Fond du Lac forfeited to Rockford with a 9 to 0 score as three Rockford players were sidelined and substitutes unavailable. The absence left Rockford with no eligible players to fill in.
Oshkosh and Freeport split a doubleheader in Oshkosh Wisconsin Freeport won the opener 4 to 1 and Oshkosh took the nightcap 8 to 1.
Two base hit by Leise drives Madison win over Green Bay. Grimes and Miller combine for 9 strikeouts, Grimes 4, Miller 5. Double play Mee to Cook to Whitmore. Green Bay left with 2 baserunners, Madison collects 7. Time 1 55. Umpires List.
In the game Bubser faced hits and outs with Anklam credited for two runs as Dolan Johnson and Curtis contributed. A double play unfolded from Barlow to Fiske. Bubser struck out three, Barlow, Warren, Dolan with two, and Curtis. Barlow and Warren stole bases with Dolan for two. Warren sacrifice and McGinnis umpire. Time reported 1 38.
At Fond du Lac RHE Fond du Lac faced Rockford with Reinhardt Stange Slapnicka and Moore leading the battery. Rockford’s Rawley Lezie Stange Watson Moore and Hickley plus others contributed on offense and defense. In Oshkosh RHE faced Freeport with Pinkney Warren Harmon Cummings Disch Stark featuring on battery. Green Bay hosted Madison with Vance Johnson Liese and Smith anchoring the battery efforts.
Cy Young pitched a 1 to 0 win for Pittsburg over Brooklyn in a 17 inning marathon. Roy Thomas sparkled with a pair of stunning plays including a diving catch and a wallop to hold Brooklyn in check as Pittsburg clung to the NL lead.
Speed Young reached the plate with a legendary solo effort that could be remembered as the greatest individual run in baseball history, stirring acclaim among fans and sportswriters.
Caledonia Commercials defeated Schellhas ball team of Winona 2 to 1 at Winona on Sunday. Eikens allowed nine strikeouts while Stohr fanned eight. Scoring came in the fourth on a Hundt pass and a two bagger by Lemmen, driving in Hundt and Flynn, with Winona tallying in the sixth.
The Noxalls beat Midway at the league park with an 8 to 4 score after securing five runs in the third inning aided by errors and three hits. Pitcher Nonstad worked well despite a near shutout, while Nesham collected a three base hit for Noxalls. Batteries Noxalls Nonstad and Nelson Midway Nutting and Sana bergen. Attendance 200.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on August 24 a protest followed a Rockford Fond du Lac game after umpire Conley altered a call during the early innings and refused a base advance amid balks by Slapnicka. Harms used offscene language prompting a riot threat and owner Reinig filed for arrest warrants.
In a humorous domestic exchange, the blooming daughter objects to calling young Mr. Loftleigh a popinjoy. She argues he isn’t a joy and there seems little hope of his popping.
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