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leaeu* L i wtm Canada thi* Burlington club in the ‘ Three league. Don Cameron, another local I Eve” le»*j,A n™*ntn«nr«Doy u playing a great game with the Oakland club in the Pacific‘PfXK” HAWLEYEye'* league, came into prominencein the year 1897, pitching for one of the local amateur teams. He latertwirled for the La Crosse team, taking the position left vacant by Wolf after he threw his arm out. We?s-becker was mainly responsible for the many victories of the La Crosse chib after he joined it. The team became feared throughout this part of the country and worked up a reputation as one of the fastest teoms in the northwest. It was nothing for Weisherker to finish the season with a record of about 25 victories and three or four defeats.An t’ncqualed First Sarker |The La Crosse team which developed from the Fruit House aggregation also brought out Roy Peterson, whose equal as a first sacker is still to be seen with any semi-pro and with many league teams in this part of the country. He could have made good with big league teams and in fact received propositions from many of them which he refused to follow his vocation as a civil engineer. He is at present working in Brazil on a large project. Other players on the team were John Swan. Jake Becker, Forbes, Penny Erickson and many other prominent local men.Secure Professional PlayersAfter the year 1900 the team began to take on a professional view j and players were hired to play here Ir Coast league. Pitcher Patterson, a _ ____ t____few- seasons ago with the Champion on Saturday and Sunday. This team Chicago White Sox, claims La Crosse continued until the organization ofas his birth place.An Enviable ReputationWith the Minnesota-Wisconsinthe league club in the Wisconsin! • State league in 190'5, when it ceased lt;to schedule games and disbanded. It jleague well under way in the second thl» »gfegatlon lha!. RJcurelt;1season, which promises to be a suc-the present baseball park, havingcess. La Crosse has gained a reputa- j',!!! Kr0'ind? Iar'1' completed when ♦ j _____ i___.. they were turned over to the Latjon among the minor leagues of the n*..k.iT . ♦«country which is to be envied. ThejCr0SSe Ba8lt;ba1' association, attendance this year is much better than last season but still there isPlayers Who “Made Good1 With the La Crosse team manyroom for improvement With thetp,ajP*rs who afterward became fam-team working in the excellent man- ous ser«red their start in the na-ner which has characterized it in tlona* £ame Walter Mueller, after-1the main, there is no reason why at ward a pitcher of note in the East-jthe end of the season this citv should e~n played third base withnot be fighting for the flag The the tPam Runckel. now playing in j pitching staff has been improved byj^ P«*ific coast league. covered I the release of Wolford and the ad- lrst ^ase 'an Sickel, who played; dition of Barngrover and Hooker. shortstop for a season, is now um-.. Riring in the American association ;~ , *1. .k'lnp w. v * Amdhg the amateur teams of the!On* of the things which cannot ;rlty clo,e t0 and of th# BjB(?.*'*»« century were the Brown, nndthe ump.ring staff of the league the Athl«,t„s ^hese two organisation* for which goes nrincipailv to . w„, „st and Uyed „ce11lt;,Bt ball,Prwident John A Ell.ott. Messrs. ,lPvel0ping men who afterward made I McDermott. Anderson. Arundel. 1 good ,n fast COInpanv. I,e Agur and O Connor are about as j A, varlouB tlmes h„w„n the0 good a staff of indicator handlers as , NorthwORt and thP Sta|„ lPagl„there is to be found In this class of forts, alwavg unsuccessful. were !n minor league baseball in America to- j mad* tn organize a neighborhood jleague of the towns about La Crosse j* No organization wi6 ever effected1NORTHWESTERN but the town maintained a good1LEAGUE A FAILURE j “d(Continued from Page 21.)Sunday games w-ere played.Benefit Games Among the games played for char-g players in the city. This year brought | itv and benefit purposes is recorded nut Frank Wolf, afterward destined several between the fraternal organ-CUISINE UNEXlt;Forty Rooms With Baths.•a*MRS. FRED B. SIVknown as the father of tlje game in the city and even today in hi6 advanced age whenever able he it presto be one of the best twirlers in this izations of the Elks and the Red__ j part of the state Mr. Wolf, who islMen. C S. Van Auken, Bob Thomp-^0* at baseball park. In the early ja j now a patrolman on the local police son, F. W. Robbins, Allan McCord days of the Wisconsin State leaguey-1 force, played many years with the and many other of the dignified citl-|he gave many of the players suits ofifi, iLa Crosse club and maintained an zens of the city played in these hotlv Lwlllw, nmsi*j enviable record as a pitcher. Jim contested battle*. Now they are «m-!clo,he* ,nr h‘tt,n« out hom' runs'or,Smith was also a pitcher of repute, tent to sit in the grand stand and lode George la gratefully rsmem-lie ! He w as the star flinger for the Fruit root.ig House club and held that position 1 A Well Known Fanuntil he retired to allow Mr. Wolf Among the most ardent support-to take his place. Adolf Weisbecker, i °rs of the game In La Crosse waser who afterwards secured a berth in , “Uncle George Atkinson. He isbered by many a ball player and as well by many of the fans in the city The next stage of baseball in the city of La Crosse is the beginning of the Wisconsin State league.
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jul 29, 1910
Page 162
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