South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-17
FAMOUS GREEN
STOCKINGS To Be
REORG AN|ZED
KoehIer and Anderson Put
Fast Baseball Team
in Field.

DAYS Wnen south Benu was KNOW n
throughout the middle west for her
famous Greenstockings" were
brought 20 mind. Monday morning.
with the announcement from q. J.
Koehler and John Anderson. more
Familiarity known as Ben. and
Goat. that the old South Bend
Greenstocking baseball team was in
process Of reorganization.
According to the announcement
who are both owners and operators
OF the new club, satisfactory ar
rangements have been made with
the St Joseph County Fair associa-
ton for the Improvement of the in
field Of the race track at Spring
brook park so that games may be
played where the large pavilion can
be used by the fans The home
plate Of the new diamond will be
directly In front OF the concrete
Grandstand and is expected 70 make
az complete a bali park as could
be built.
kOchlcr to Play.
Ben KOehler will act as playing
manager OF the team and this fact
alone assures local fans of n team
that will be able 10 hold up the
reputation established years ago by
the original Green stockings. Ben
Is still the peer of them all when it
comes TO playing the game and is
I'm local baseball what Hans Wagner
was In Pittsburg and Cactus" era
vath is In Philadelphia. He IS
drawing card every place he goes
10 play. for the reason that he can
still show up the youngsters by go
ing just a little faster and better.
Age fails to SLOW Ben up any and he
still steals bases with the same cum
ningness and hits the ball with his
old viciousness Last GEAR he play
ed first base for the Advance Rune
~ team Of LapOrte with such
speed and success that he was a
favorite and this season was offered
"a hattering position with the Adj
vance Rumely Co. to manage the
team.
Anderson Business Manager.
Goat" Anderson, who Will be
business manager Of the team is al
so famous in South Bend baseball
annals His fashy baserunning.
timely hitting and agEressiveness is
remembered by every fan who
watched him in the days when
South Bend was a real baseball
town. In those days the umpires
were not as good as they now are
and ball players had TO fight their
way through a game in many in
stances Goat" was known as the
best fighter OF them all and no play
er on the club or in the league ever
played harder or fought. more az
excessively for a game than Goat. ola
fans still have visions of Goat run
ming in from center field bristling
all over to help a team mate with
some partial arbiter.
KoehIer spent last week end in
Chicago at the annual mid-winter
meeting of the major and minor
leagues to get IN touch with num-
Der Of ball players. who are said to
be dissatisfied with their 1920 con-
tracts and who are thinking Of join
ing semi-pro ranks. Local bail play
ers who show the speed Will get a
good opportunity 10 show their
wares and in all probability a num-
Der Of them will land berths on the
team. South Bend il 4 mecca for
good ball players. who have been
playing on the fastest semi-pro
teams in the state for the past few
seasons.
Games Twice "a Week.
Games will be played on Satur-
days, Sundays and holidays with
teams from Chicago. Toledo, IN
dianapolis. Fort Wayne. LoganspOrt.
Peru. and others. a number OF big
league and American Association
teams will be scheduled whenever
possible along with the crack color
ed teams OF the country. the Has
kell- Barker nine OF Michigan City
and Or. Fosters star tossers from