Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1916 — COLONELS GET FLYING START [ARTICLE]

COLONELS GET FLYING START

Louisville Team Noted for Getting Away Early in Season With Long Winning Streak. This is not the first sensational winning streak that Colonels of recent years have engaged in. In 1913 Jack Hayden’B pennant contenders, easily the best club in the circuit at the time, captured 11 successive battles mainly on keen pitching by Northrop, Toney and L,owdermilk. They were halted on July 18 by Ralph Cutting. In that run of 11 games the remarkable feature was the pitching. The three heavers held the opposition to an average of 1.5 runs per game, Another unusual feature was that only one of the games in that spurt was won at home. The Jump put the Colonels in the race, and they remained in the hunt for the flag until the Brewers nosed them out at the season’s Close. In 1914 the Colonels won seven games on a stretch upon two occasions, but last, year they were lucky to put four wins alongside of each other. Somebody was always breaking a leg or a finger or a head.