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THE SPRU DELSPHILLIES’ PITCHERS -4?fARE GOING STRONGi«* or WEST BADENMEET RED SDXOld Time Foes To Get TogetherSundav For First Time Inthe 1913 Season.TEAM ALWAYS WELCOMEBig Boy Betts Mill Oppose»»Steel?Arm” TaylorFaces In the Lineups.iThe West Baden Sprudels, who have been welcomed by the fans for the past three years, will be back again Sunday and the same old welcome awaits the blacks from the. town where Tom Taggart reigns.These colored ball tossers have a nation-wide reptuation for their ability and frequently during the sum-J mer months play the “big time,” which, in other words, means the big' city teams, and the Hoosiers never suffer in comparison with any of the other black teams of the country.There are several players on the; Sprudels, who are what might be call- j ed “freaks.” They have an infielder who wears spectacles throughout the entire game, batting, running bases or in the field. This black will keep on his spectacles and has never had them broken for him, either. Their; first sacker is said to be the best one in his position in the country in semi-; pro baseball and it is only his color that keeps him out of the big leagues. Above all, this player is a hitting scamp and is the most dangerouF person on the team when it comes to making the outfielders earn their pay.Hr Y*uroverAlexander (top)Moore.and LariThe leadership of the Philadelphia team in the National teagus is said to be due almo«t entirely to the splendid work of Dooin’i pitchers. Alexander. Moore Hixev, aeaton, Chalmers. Mayer—all are going stror.rpitchers.Brennan.uncertain. Bergman will he back in right field, and Quisser will play sec- j ond base. This will add considerable to the hitting strength of the club. A letter received from Andy (iill an-But the fellow who invariably j nounces that sickness will prevent |catches the eye of the crowd when the Sprudels play is their catcherO’Neil—whose name shows that he, of an uncle and will not be here be-ihis playing Sunday, while Bert Fish— er is in Memphis adjusting the e-tatehas infringed on the Irish for a “monicker.” This fellow* keeps the crowd in a continual uproar by hisfore the 22nd.Manager Kelly of the Indianapolis A .A. club has promised to loan Van,witty sayings and it’s a treat to watch j one of their extra catchers, for tohim play. He is a high class catcher in every* sense of the word and can “kid” the life out of the opposingmorrow’s game and a short stop will i be secured from the same source. j Betts will pitch and the bigfellowhatters until they want to “knock his will sure'y do his part. With a goodblock off.”Their main flinger is “Steel Arm Taylor4* and he is one of the best in his line in the country. This gent can pitch about every other day, or every day if necessary, hence his nickname. He works with O’Neil perfectly and their very actions oftimes causes the batter “to go up in the air.The Sprudels played three games here last year, winning two of them. They have always been a clean, gentlemanly hunch to play with and are heralded as the biggest attraction inffcatcher the fans can rest assured of agcod strong line-up and no expense! will be spared to secure competent men.Harry Geisel will umpireLadies free.The line-up follows:Sprudels. Position.Shively ........ If .Brown ........ ef .Clark ......... ss jLewis ......... 3 b West overB. Taylor lb ....... WaltersKindle ..... 2b ........ Quis.serRed• • »Bowman j . Moon% ja baseball way in Indiana. Of course, Mr Murray c ............ Vanthough, they are not as boastful as Bingham ......the Peru Specials.During the past few months therfTaylor ......... pr •••••••«• J*)• •• •• *Bergman ‘.. Beit*. HarrisSprudels have had an easy time de-t Williams ....... p* flmmf eating the French Lick Plutos, who played here early in the season. The| only team to defeat the Sprudels this) year has been the Chicago American Giants, who won four straight games from the W. B. blacks.The line up for Kokomo is rather• •* • m «Sub .Swain, HartleySchoolstv Pouses dy rarce1 PostSending cardboard models of school-parcel post is the latest de-
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Kokomo Daily Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Sat, Jun 14, 1913
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