The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-24

II the New Castle Richmond game
will be played Sunday at Exhibition
park the baseball prognosticator will
be placed at Eighth and Main street
and signs will be on all street cars an
nouncing the game.
If, however, wet grounds or rain
make 1t impossible to play, the ball
will not be up and advertisements will
not herald the game.
Pop" Simms of Cincinnati is bring
: ing one of the fastest semi-pro teams
there to Richmond to meet the
New Castle players. Simms claims
that his team can easily hand the
Maxwells a crushing defeat and 1t Is
on this grounds that the Richmond
management are bringing the Cincin-
natians here. The lineup that will be
In action Sunday will not be the club
that will permanently represent Rich
mond, but owing to the fact that Rich
mond had to have club in short or
der the management is bringing an
entire club here from which it can
chose players to play on the regular
Quaker City lineup
Nashville After FromhoIz
Complications of the Fromholz deal
were learned Saturday from H. Win
terman, who is attempting to contract
Fromholz as pitcher for Richmond.
According to a letter received from
Winterman of Cincinnati, the Nash
vile club wishes to secure Fromholz
this season. Elmer Eggemeyer stated
that he thought Fromholz would be
here to pitch. In case he Is not here
Eimm's man Bordering, who Is
claimed to be one of the best semi
pro pitchers around Cincinnati Is com.
ing to Richmond. Bordering has
hurled ball for the Norwoods and
Bealyiew clubs Of Cincinnati.
Keen rivalry will be manifested
when the Rose City baseball aggre
cation and Quaker teams mix. AL
ready Newcastle has boosted of the
severe cleaning that their team viii
give Richmond in the first game Sun
Gay. From some source or other the
Maxwells learned that Richmond was
securing a strong lineup for the frs
game and now the Maxwells have
added several other strong players t.
their team that will play In Richmond
Shortstop Frank Dietrich, who has
been starring in the games this spring
been recently obtained by the
club. Dietrich started playing league
ball in the Illinois-Wisconsin league
where he played for one year. Ht
then went to the Northern league fol
TWO years and then to the Central as
ISOLATION in 1915. In 1916 he man
aged a club in the Dakota league anG
then in 1917 when most of the minor.
went broke, ne played Independent
ball at Rochester, MINI. In 1918 h,
was in the service.
Eddie Copeland Coming
Harry Stuppe, who has held dow
the hot corner for the Maxwells 70
two years was once with the st. Loui
club. In 1914 Stuppe commenced witt
the Southern Michigan league unit
1t blew and then went to Dayton II
the Central, where he remained unit
the Central league disbanded. In tn
spring of 1917 he got a chance to try
out with ST. Louis, but did not secur
regular berth. st. Louis release,
him to the Virginia league and after
ward he played with Newcastle.
Eddie Copeland, the Maxwell I'M
tial sacker, played first base in tn
Argonne forest region through fou
battles In the late war, helping to pu
the Huns out Eddie broke into tn
minor leagues in 1908 with the West
ern league, where he remained unit
1910. Copeland played ball on inde
pendent teams, minor leagues, unit
Uncle Sam made his call for men.
If King Sol will relent and shin
for a few hours the ball park vii
; soon be dry and ready for the game
First base, pitchers box and thir
base are covered with canvas now an
kwill be kept dry. Owing to the la
Of the land and the good drainag
facilities, 1t would only require iittl
sunshine to make the ball park f
for fast game.