Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1917 — Battery Men at Lafayette Are Up to the Fans. [ARTICLE]

Battery Men at Lafayette Are Up to the Fans.

The managers of the Brooklyn Nationals and the Boston Americans, who clash in an exhibition game at Lafayette on next Monday, have granted the fans the right to select the battery men for the game. Votes will 'be recorded through the Courier and the Journal. The Journal will carry the names of the Brooklyn pitchers and catchers and the Courier those of the Red Sox. The pitcher and catcher receiving the highest number of votes in each paper will work for their respective teams. Fans throughout this section are talking of attending the game and a number from this city have signified their intentions of attending. The teams will “arrive in Lafayette from Peoria, 111., at 1 o’clock. Preceding the game there will be a parade. Marquard, of Brooklyn, and Ruth/ of Boston, lead in the choice for pitchers so far.