Sunday, February 21, 2021 Last Update: 6:46 AM ET
Indianapolis, IN
"The A.B.C.s, the Sprudels, the Plutos, and a few more of the crack teams of Indiana ought to do some good things this season."
"The base ball fever in Indianapolis was not so high in the past season as it was the season before. What's the matter? It appears that the Sunday game is here to stay, according to a recent court decision. It means one very good day, not to speak of the interest that might be worked up for ball playing through the week."
"Leading baseball clubs. - West Baden Sprudels - C.I. Taylor, manager, West Baden, Indiana."
Indianapolis, IN
"In the Field of Sport. - By Harold C. McGath - The Keystones, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, will play at West Baden, and French Lick, the latter part of April, and then to St. Louis and Kansas City."
West Baden, IN
"Pirates Defeated By a Colored Club - Corsairs Run Up Against a Snag in West Baden Club of Waiters, Cooks and Bell Boys Who Know the Game. - West Baden, Indiana, September 11 - Thirty-four million and seventy-six glooms are parading the atrium of the West Baden Springs Hotel tonight. Cause: Pittsburg Pirate Yanigans 1; West Baden Sprudels 2! The Sprudels are Negroes employed at the hotel. Some of htem are waiters, some cooks; there is a porter or two, and maybe a bellboy. They don't often get a chance to go against a big league team - a team that is bidding for a National League pennant - so today they put in their best licks and copped. The shock was terrific! The best shock-absorber on the market would have been found unavailing, even had the fellows possessed a gross of them, satisfied that they were going against a set of marks, the Yanigans entered the affray smiling - smiling over what they were going to do to the Sprudels. - The ebony giant sent to the kopje by the hotel employees is known as Dismukes. He had speed to give away; also a varied assortment of curves. Time after time the Corsairs swung with all their might only to find the elusive pill wasn't where they thought it was. Inning after Inning passed and still the foxy Mr. Dismukes refused to be chased. Then the situation grew serious. The large crowd which gathered on the ball grounds began poking fun at the major leaguers and the latter became desperate - all to no purpose. Hank Gardner, the Pacific Coast blacksmith, performed for the Pirates. He pitched good ball, too, but in view of the fact his pals couldn't hit behind him his efforts went for naught."