Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1918 — HOME RUN HIT IS CAUSE OF JEALOUSY [ARTICLE]

HOME RUN HIT IS CAUSE OF JEALOUSY

Jack Hendricks, manager of the pennant-winning Indianapolis American association team, when making a trip to Columbus, played a team composed of convicts at the Ohio state prison. The game was played in the prison yard, with the cold gray walls in the background. In the latter part of the game a negro murderer who was playing the outfield for the convicts came to bat. He took an awful cut and the ball soared over the fence and out of sight for a home run. A negro burglar who was coaching on the sidelines, yelled: “Lawdy, Mussy, how I’d like to be on dat ball.”