South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-10
SINGERS START
YEAR BY TAKING
THREE STRAIGHT
Champions Grab Good Lead and
Defeat Each Club in League
in First Trio of Tits.

Three factory league clubs are going
TO make a determined effort to stop
the apparently unbeatable Singers
during the next few weeks for these
clubs are set upon wrestling the
championship from the Machine
Z Makers this season if such "A feat is
possible. For two years the Singers
have waded through the league and
/ landed on top in some mysterious
manner, winning their games under
disadvantages and pulling out Of nu-
merOuS chuck holes to important vic
tories. Now these same Singers, who
all winter were reported to have the
slimmest chance in the world to get
+ together a winning combination, have
: jumped into the lead again with three
4 straight victories, beating every other
4 team OF the circuit without once
( being throttled.
/ This is not the only surprise that
4 has been sprung in the factory
! league this year 1t was the predic-
| ton Of those who were in touch with
| the circuit that the divers would be
/ one of the strongest and heaviest
! hitting bands in the league this year.
Thus far the divers have been a
disappointment in the clouting line
and as a result have let their first
| three games slip away from them.
/ Whether it Is Just poor luck or inabil-
lily cannot be ascertained but it seems
that the club is composed of a number
Of individual stars who should bring
! the Plow Boys into a pennant con-
tending position. The hurting staff
should be strong, with Young, Hansen,
Moore and Fryer as the standbyS but
! still these twirlers have been unable
TO cop a game thus far
Studebakers Strong.
Buck" Connors has gathered to-
gether a nifty organization for the
! Studebakers which has all the ear
marks Of a rival for the pennant-
winning Singers. Light stick work is
| the only handicap to the Wagon
| Makers but even so they have a fast
1 click of youngsters and have been
giving their opponents some warm
battles. having lost but one of their
three games and that to the Singers.
The Ball Bands have succeeded in
coping but one fray thus far having
| lost to both the Studebakers and
Singers, but the Mishawaka aggrega-
ton is slowly gathering strength. The
addition of Allen to the club has i'm
proved the hitting of the band while
Calvin HiXenbaugh will be eligible
next week and the crack inf1elder's
entrance into the game will mean
l
baugh was a promising recruit while
with the Southern Michigan club this
spring and was only beaten out of
his Job by Joe Grodick. He is fast
and can field in great style while he
should hit above 800 III the factory
! organization.
Martin Goes Good.
The Singers have been winning all
! their games by heavy and oppOrtune
hitting while Butch" Martin can be
/ credited with the three victories as
he has worked in all of the games
staged thus far and his superior twirl-
| ing has proven one of the impreg-
nable barriers against defeat The
| big Polish lad has something and his
opponents have thus far failed to
touch him to any great extent
Eleven players in the league are
hitting over 800 and six of these II
are members of the Singer club. But
| two members of the champion team
are swatting below 200 Ring Zeitler.
ConnOrs and Martin are heading the
league sticking column while VargO
and Hudak are among the leading
ClOuters Buck" Corners, YOckey
and Hepler are in the honorary list
! for the Studebakers while Allen is the
/ only Ball Band man TO join the 800
/ hitters Weckler, the oliver first
sacker. is playing a great game for
/ the Pillow Boys. hitting 1913 and field
/ ing sensatiOnally.