South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
STRONG SQUADS
SHOWN BY FOUR
FACTORY CLUBS
South Bend and MiShaWaka
League Teams Will Be Fast
During This SeaSOn-CupS
and Pennant to Be Given.

More than % players are trying out
Tor the four clubs IN the ManufacJrr-
ers' league which will open its 1919
season two weeks from next Saturday.
Daily workouts are the schedule ina
practically all the factories and he
men are reported 90 be rapidly Iuund-,
IT. unto form for the annual battle.
Prest r. b. BRECKENRIDGE an
nounced Wednesday that the Clauer
Jewelry store viii present a large sill
yer loving cup 60 the factory league
team winning two successive lednonts.
when the lco1ue organized Two years
ago the Claucr store offered silver
nat and ball which became the Derma-
nent property OF the singers when
they won the championship last fall
for the second time. The cup viii be
suitably engraved and placed on lis
play at the ClaUer store within a snort
time.
The News-Times viii again present
the champion OF the 1915 season with
q pennant as mas been the custom in
the past TWO yc1rs Pres't brecken-
ridge has also received word from the
spaulding Co. that a silver loving cup
VIII be presented to the winner OF the
pennant at the close of the season.
Clubs Are Strong.
A peek at the rosters of the four
clubs in the league leaves little OPP
pOrtunity for choice of the strongest.
Each manager has gathered together
n wealth of material during the win
ter months in anticipation of "a atreI-
uouos conflict during the summer.
which appears TO be a certainty.
Singers. twice champions, appear to
have lost a number of their strOngest
men of the past seasons, but haVa MI
ed the vacancies with men who the
.Hv.fr, hon mil
make the club victorious for the third
time. Zielinski has been chosen cap
tain Of the club. The list OF players
now at the Singer plant who will be
eligible for the opening game on May
- includes:
Ziehnski. Baker, Martin. Nargo,
Connort. AftoWski Zietler, Hudak.
Carrigan. Ellis. Kelley. Thrope. Hyde.
Ring. Walling, Archer Guthrie and
Donovan.
Ring. HYDE and Martin should prove
n strong hurting combination for the
singers. while on the other end of the
battery the champions have HUdak
and Baker probably two of the
best vOungster backstops in the city.
Mgr. Colip of the oliver club is eN-
nected 20 give the pennant chasers
stiff contest this season. The PloW
Boys pitching staff is exceptionally
strong. George Moore, last year WITH
Singers. Hanson and Young are with
the divers and each Of these crag-
men have a multitude OF stuff. Pat
Duiin last year manager OF the Rock
ford club. will play third base for the
divers Tom Touhey has been
chosen field captain. The oliver ros-
ter includes:
RALLIES. Brennon, Young, Hanson.
Moore. Fryer. Wicker, Piers, Johnson
TOuhey. Dulin, w SPAR, l. SPAR
Atvas. Anderson. Ogren, Arnold, Hard
man and Wendell.
New Spirit shown.
There is a new spirit at Stude-
bakers this spring. The management
of the concern has taken an interest
in baseball activities and w. X. Stude-
baker is in charge of the affairs OF the
club. Buck" COnnors viii manage the
team and says he viii give the other
clubs the time of their young lives
this summer. The roster is composed
Of:
Cuminins. Klaybor Weiss. Connors,
Yockey, Hepler. Carroll, Hupp. Rich
ardSon. Gail, Straub. Andersick, +.
Moffitt, r. Mohitt. G.. Werntz, Landlc,
GrimmeI. Ward. kale, Ernyer.
The Ball Bands. who came within
an ace of grabbing the hOnors of the
Singers last year. shows signs of being
pennant winners in 1915. Mgr. REX
Porter has been working hard on the
AluU AlllH rIlAAlk anu tAN -fiiAAtt W tAlNet it
are expecting TO stick i'm the lead from
the start PhilHon. who captained the
champion Singers last season, viii he
NJ first base for the Ball Bands this
year. The squad gathered together
at the Wooden Co includes.
Porter. Noss, Raab, Bauerleiu, Kel-
lev. Phillion. John Kelly. Wilson.
chandler. TrOwbyidge. Murphy Pip
pin. Erne. Bragg Strack. Brittou, Meu-
pert. Seifert. Wright Miller, Banacki.
Hakes. Cortier. Hildebrand and Schei-
belhut.
Celebrations are planned in both
South Bend and Nishawaka on the
opening afternoon OF the season when
he divers and Singers viii clash at
Singer park and the Studehakers and
Ball Bands viii play az Mishawaka.
It is probable that parades Will be ar
ranged and there viii be music at
both parks.