Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1908 — Some Baseball Notes. [ARTICLE]

Some Baseball Notes.

At Indianapolis the various companies of the Indiana National guard have formed a baseball league, with Lieutenant Denny president t The following athletic note was mailed to the Republican too laietole used Monday: “The Burr Oak Center Bohemians defeated Possum Run at Parr Sunday, scare 14 to 11. Homer Dobbins, a last year Rensselaer graduate, and an all around athelete, is making good as a baseball pitcher at Wabash college, and yesterday pitched most of a game against Waynetown, and struck out 8 m'n. Not a run was made during the game by Waynetown and not a Ba-e hit wasscored off Dobbie. The baseball fever is running high at Pleasant Ridge again and It is proboble that another good team will be put in the field there thiß year. They opened up with a defeat Sunday, a picked team from Rensselaer and the tile factory defeating them, bat that will only serve to inspire them to greater efforts. The Lowman boys are again in the game and “Dick”’ Potts is behind the bat If they can develops a good pitcher or two they will be able to bring many a team up with a short turn.

There is some real baseball fever ber now, brought about by the return here of Elmer Wilcox, who Is a first class catcher. Harry Swartsell la ready to get In the game.JohnMorgan Earl Bruner, Ray and Lloyd Parka, Vaughn Woodworth, Hugh Kirk and others, are also good ball players in embryo. After the college yegr is over Dobbins will be glad to come here and play and it Is thought Oeorg Hassar, the star pitcher at St Joseph’s College, could be secured. What is

needed Is a manager, and the successful manner In which Harry Kiplinger handled the football team last year has created a general wish that he tackle the baseball proposition. He could name the team "The Little Indiana” and make a good advertisement out of It. Another appropriate name would be the “Wrens” The youngsters could be getting in some good practice during the early part of the season and would be In good con-1 dltlon by the time that the college season closes and the veterans Dobbins and Hassar join the team. Some other good talent might develop and a mighty good team be worked up. Sense of the prospective player* are very enthusiastic and are arraying to hove a meeting called.