Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1917 — BENEFIT GAME FOR RED CROSS [ARTICLE]

BENEFIT GAME FOR RED CROSS

BASEBALL GAME FRIDAY IN INTEREST OF RED CROSSSTORES TO CLOSE. All roads will lead to Riverside ball park on Friday afternoon, next, for this is the day that has been set aside by the local Red Cross committee as the day when the baseball game in the interest of the Red Cross organization will be played. . Following the suggestion in The Republican that a baseball game be played between two local clubs, the proceeds of which were to be turned over to the Red Cross society, Van R. Grant, formerly the doughty little leader of the Athletics, took up the suggestion with S. P. Hilliard, chairman of the adveritsing committee of the Red Cross in this county, and found the latter greatly enthused about the project. Mr. Hilliard, who has proved to be such a live wire as a member of the Red Cross committee, immediately started completing arrangements for the game and expects by this evening to have everything in readiness. Mr. Hilliard states that he expects to have Rensselaer closed up tight from two o’clock to five o’clock Frir day afternoon, which will permit all to' attend the- game. The game will be widely advertised and no doubt a considerable sum will be raised toward the Jasper county Red Cross fund. An admission price will be charged at the gate and the total should be great, although the expense to each individual will be small. There will be practically no expense attached to the game and the proceeds derived will be clear profit. The Rensselae? band has been secured to furnish music during the afternoon, and Lieutenant Jerry B. Garland, of the local militia company, has been secured to give .an exhibition of target shootings Lieut. Garland is recognized as the most consistent shot in the United States and during the past few years has won a great many prizes, capping his brilliant performances two years ago in Florida, where he won the national individual revolver contest. A squad or so of Captain Tuteur’s khaki-clad soldiers will probably be on hand to give an exhibition drill of the manual of arms. The two clubs will will meet, are the Foresters, piloted by Ed Lane, and a team made up mostly of former Athletics, led by Van Grant. The Foresters have been playing ball for the past two years and have quite a record, while the Athletics have been idle for the past season, but it is figured that the latter are in good enough fettle to give their opponents a lot of trouble. Elmer Wilcox will be behind the platter for the Athletics, and Joe Elder, Jimmy Eldridge, Dad Swartzell, Harold Clark and Sherm Parks will be at their regular posts. Lefty Clark will do the slabbing. Manager Grant may decide to stage a comeback and no doubt will be guarding one of the posts of the inner works during the pasttime. Feldhouse will twirl for the Foresters, and the rest of the lineup will likewise be intact. Hugh Kirk and “Pansy” Tuteur will offiAll in all, it looks like a big afternoon of good, clean entertainment, and since the project is for so worthy a cause a large crowd should be in attendance.