South Bend news-times., 1915-08-06
SINGER VICTORY
SATURDAY WILL
CL|NCH PEhNANT 7
Ball Bands Have Hopes of
Stopping League Leaders
Studies and divers Will
Meet at SpringbrOOk.

II is up 10 the Ball Bands 10 check
the pcnnant winning Singers. saturday
the two teams will clash at Spring
brook and battle royal is predicted.
The divers and Studebakers play AT
Singer park. The Singers, winners OF
last years pennant in the Factory
league. are we'll on their way TO re-
peat and il looks as if nothing could
stop them. The Ball Bands, however
since they went into second place last
Saturday by defeating the divers ID,
look stronger than they have any time
this season. The team work has been
strengthened and the individual MEM
bers are all playing stellar ball.
The Singers look like sure combacks
with their percentage of .SS9, having
lost only one game out of nine played
this season. The league schedule will
close the last Of this month and II
the Champs are ever to be stopped
Saturday is the day. the Ball Band
management has announced.
Edgren will be seen on the mound
for the Singers. while Gilbert will do
the twirling for the Ball Bands. 1t
was three weeks ago that Gilbert and
Edgren met in one of the prettiest
pitchers battle ever witnessed at
Springbrook park in any league. Ed
gren had just a little better end of 1t
and won l to 0. Such a game is pre-
dicted for Saturday and with both
teams playing mastery ball, II looks
decidedly as if the game would be d
case of nip and tuck until the last man
was out in the ninth inning. The
South Bend Press club viii be guests
of the Factory league management at
the Singer-Ball Band game.
Good Game Promised.
Another interesting battle will be at
the Singer park, where the Stude-
bakers and divers will battle tooth
and toenail in an effort to win. The
Studebakers, anxious TO make up for
their double defeat of last Saturday at
the hands of the Singers, have gene
scalp hunting in earnest Dave Martin.
who kept the Singers guessing last
Saturday, will be on the mound for the
Studebakers. The divers too are out
for blood. Their defeat last Saturday
al the hands of the Ball Bands when
they were ousted out of second place,
hurt, and they are out to regain their
lost laurels.
The present standing of the divers
is 400, while the Ball Bands are a
notch above them with .5O0% 1t is to
settle, at least for the time being, the
right of these teams to occupy second
place, that the divers are battling
for The Ball Bands after a late
start, are determined TO be hot on the
heels of the league leaders. They are
only three games behind last years
champions, and a victory Saturday
would put them within two games of
the coveted rag.
The divers administered to the
Singers the only spanking they have
received this year Bearing this in
mind the Ball Bands believe that with
victory Saturday and an ounce of
luck after that, it will be possible to
take the sails off the flying pennant
chasers long enough 10 bring about a
tie at the close of the season, making
a post season series to decide the
league championship necessary.
But at all events the game at
Springbrook Saturday is to be pitch
er's battle, if predictions come true
and appearances are not deceitful. and
Factory league fans are looking to-
ward one of the best games of the
season. A large crowd is expected at
both games tomorrow, the close stand
ing of the teams accounting for the
interest. Special arrangements to
care for the big crowd of rooters at
SpringbroOk in addition TO the men,
bers of the Press club are being made.