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The History of Professional Baseball In Indiana

Henry Williams

WILLIAMS Continued from A13

Odom, Malru Dottin, Daryl DuVaull and Stacy Broadhurst,” Williams adds. “I attribute a lot of our success to them." The 6-2 senior knows that coming home will be a big game, especially no w that the 49er’s are among the nation’s best teams, and he also has some other ambitions, which he says someday will include putting on an Indiana Pacers uniform and playing for the team he watched while he was growing up back home in Indiana. “That’s my long-term goal,” Williams says. ‘To get the chance to play in the NBA. I’d love to come back and play for the Pacers.” Currently ranked 19th in the nation, the 49er’s will look to improve their 12-2 record with a game against Johnson C. Smith University before their Monday night encounter with Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse. With wins over basketball powerhouses DePaul and Alabama under their belts this season, Williams says he is looking forward to the game. 'it will be fun,” the senior guard says. “I will be very confident, but there will be a lot of distractions.” Some of those distractions will be from family members who are anxiously awaiting Monday’s game. “It’s a beautiful feeling for me,” says his father Henry Williams Sr. “It’s something that I have always looked forward to. “ For him to be able to come here

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and play in front of his hometown is great. I know he is going to have a great game.” The younger Williams is excited about what the future has in store for him, especially if all the talk about a future career in the NBA turns out to be a reality, but his family members are even more excited. “I’m swamped right now with calls from different agents,” his father says. “As srion as the season is over, we will sit down and make some decisions.” One decision they both are happy with was the one that 49cr head coach Jeff Mullins made that allowed Henry to play in his hometown. But don't blame the Butler Bulldogs for being a little upset over losing their home court advantage to the visiting 49er’s. There will be several members of Williams’ family, his friends and former teammates who will be at the game, all rooting for a Carolina victory. But for Williams and his family, the excitement will last much longer than Monday’s game because a strong showi ng in the Metro Conference could lead to an NCAA playoff berth and a possible shot at the Final Four. Who says you can’t go home again?

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Through the years, professional baseball in Indiana has turned out three teams of today's major leagues. Indianapolis had teams in not only die National League, but the American League as well. In fact, had it not been ibr a rain out in 1900, Indianapolis was scheduled to play the first game ever in the American League. The last attempt at forming a third major league saw Indianapolis win two pennants in die Federal League. In 1914, behind the performances of Hall of Famers Eddie Roush and Bill McKedmie, the pennant winning “HOOFEDS” challenged the two teams playing in the Worid Series for a winner take all world championship. Philadelphia was very agreeable, but Boston won the pennant and their captain turned down Indianapolis’ sizable money offer to play. These are some of the things that will be looked at in the next edition of Hoosier History, produced and hosted by Rick Maultra for Government Cable TV 16. The three major league teams of today that eventually began in Indiana are the San Francisco Giants, the Oakland As and the L.A. Dodgers. The Dodgers started out in Ft. Wayne as the Kickiongas where they hosted the first professional league game and held the first night game in 1883. Ft Wayne eventually moved the franchise i ^—l SUPER SUB WEEK FREE 6" COMBO With Purchase of Any Footlong No Limit, With Coupon OFFER GOOD ONLY AT

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Continued from A13 students, many of whom are the children the people who light up like Christmas trees when they describe city’s past sports glory. Let’s stop making excuses. Let’s support IPS or else! The effects of busing on the old city limits is well documented, but like it or not, busing has created a system that everyone who has children participating in athletics, as well as attending school in the townships, has learned to live with. The reality is the students participating in the IPS system are still our children and they deserve

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They at least deserve the opportunity to feel like champions, even if it is just for one night. People can, and will, come up with excuses as to why they did not get out and support the efforts of the students who attend Indianapolis’ inner-city high schools. Don’t let yourself be one of

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Parents and grandparents, this week make it a point to attend as many games of the City Basketball Tournament that you possibly can. You may just be surprised at what you will see. And don’t forget to take your

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The alternative is to support IPS athletics, or risk losing sports in the inner-city completely.

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