Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1920 — DOPE ABOUT PITCHER ELLER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DOPE ABOUT PITCHER ELLER

“Shine-Ball" Artist It Native of Muncie, Ind., and Began Playing In 1913. Horace A. Eller, the “shine-ball” pitcher, was born at Muncie. Ind., July 5, 1894. He began .playing baseball with the Champaign. 111., club in 1913. The next spring he went to Danville, 111., and from there to Moline, Hl., where he played two years. In 1916

he went to Chicago White Sox on trial, but was returned to Moline late in April. He joined the army on the Mexican border, was reinstated in baseball in September, and drafted by Cincinnati. Last May he pitched a no-hit game against the Cardinals.

Hod Eller.