Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1920 — BALL PLAYED BY PRISONERS [ARTICLE]

BALL PLAYED BY PRISONERS

Eastern Penitentiaries Have Teams That Put Up Good Exhibitions of the National Game. Many prisons and penitentiaries have baseball teams composed of Inmates, and the national sport has done much to revive the health and spirits of prisoners. These baseball teams are uniformed and play a regular schedule of games, but of necessity these games are always played on the prison home grounds. One of the best known prison teams Is that of Sing Sing. It is known as the Mutual Welfare league team, and last season it won more than 95 per cent of games played with visiting nines. The prison baseball field has a splendidly graded surface, and there are bleachers for spectators. The team plays Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Visiting teams come from New Jersey and Connecticut. The prison team has won from some of the best semi-professional nines in these states. The Eastern penitentiary in Philadelphia has. long maintained a baseball team, and has developed many good players.