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Well, it’s October and we’re watching baseball play-offs without the Twins—there’s always next year; but here’s a little Waseca baseball history about a winning team:
EACO’S 1901 winning baseball team
Waseca's famous baseball team of 1900 and 1901 was sponsored by the EACO Flour Mill (Everett & Aughenbaugh Mill). W. J. Armstrong (who built and operated the Southern Minnesota Grocery warehouse, now the Miller-Armstrong building) was their manager, R.P. Ward, president and L.W. Sterling, treasurer. They won the state amateur championship!
Fifty-seven games were played that season and they lost only fifteen. They players were Bob Foote (catcher), Theodore Snyder (right field), Bill Joiner (short stop), C.R. Wattles (first base), S. Foster (left field), Bob Mackey (third base), William Foster (center field), W. J. Armstrong (manager), William Vernon (second base), William Brisbane (pitcher) and Ed Woods (pitcher). They played the best clubs in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, and even journeyed to Chicago to play the Flandreau Indians and the Chicago Marquettes. In 1901 the team reached the peak of its fame, winning the amateur titles in Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota.
Rivalry between Waseca and Litchfield that year made the State Championship Series the greatest attraction before or since. The owner of the Lexington Park in St.Paul was offered a percentage to host the game there. He refused because he said he couldn't afford to pay the ushers out of what the gate would bring. So Waseca and Litchfield rented the grounds for a flat $50 to the everlasting sorrow of the St. Paul management. Special trains were run and the game drew over 10,000 people! And best of all, Waseca won the game by a score of 9-2!
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