Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-30
REGULAR ORGY Of
BASEBALL IN STORE.
FOR OTTAWA FANS
SUNDAYS TOURNAMENT is EN-.
TERED BY SANDWICH, PERU
AND EARLVLLE-FIR GAME
TO BEGIN AT I O'ClOCk-PlCk
LOCALS FOR WINNERS.

Hear ye. hear ye. all you faithful
| baseball fans, the gates will be open
Sunday afternoon at | o'clock to one
| of the fastest tournaments ever stag
ed in this section of the state, Real
baseball will be displayed by four OF
the fastest semi.pro teams in Hi
nois, The Earlville Rangers. the Peru
Tigers, Sandwich and Manager Din
ny Dunn's happy.go-lucky band of
stars and champions of the doWnstate
will furnish an afternoons entertain
ment when they Will engage in a
tournament Three games. all OF
which Will be seven inning, viii be
played.
OF course Dunn's men are picked
to win the tournament, while Earl
Vile, Peru and Sandwich are scheI-
uled to give Ottawa go for the mon.
ey But with Lefty Lynch on the
mound Dunn is certain OF another
tournament victory. Roth. former St.
Louis Cardinal man, who has been
catching for Dwight, who has a record
OF many home runs, will catch for OF
tawa
Who Ottawa will he pittcd against
in one of the praliminaries is not
known as they Will not draw numbers
until the afternoon of the game al the
north side lot. But whoever the team
is, they can be assure they will get Il
lacing Of their dear life. for Dunn's
men are winding up the season in
"a ..b Nv, of "a
For several weeks they have not wit.
messed a defeat and it is probable
that they will finish the season with
out one
Pete Wrona, discarded hurler of
Dunn's team, will occupy the mount
for the Peru nine Sunday. Pete is an
outcast Of the Ottawa bunch and is
coming here with only one determine
ton, to get even with his former
teammates. He will have to improve
greatly in the next couple of days in
order to face the local nine seven
innings From receut re-
ports he has not been displaying his
ability very well down Peru way
The batteries for both Sandwich
and Earlville have not yet been learn
ed but Dunn has been told that both
teams are coming loaded to the gills
n strong effort to turn the tide !,
against the Ottawa nine. They are
lent on changing the stride of Duun'S .
men and stop their winning streak, (
Dut will have hard time doing it, .
This morning Manager Dunn stated .
hat he could see nothing else but
h, -
For time II was thought that
Dwight and Morris would be given a
nance in the tournament But they
ire not able 10 stand up to Dunn's
nen and furthermore are not in a
lass with the local stars so the fans
association thought it would he bet
er to give teams nearby a chance
Iarlville has been WranEling for Il
,ame for the past number OF weeks
nd will have their chance Sunday.
sandwich and Peru also have been
cikering with Dunn for a game, but
ave been pushed aside until Sunday.
,tter seeing Dunn's gang perform Sun
ay they will never attempt to get
mother game with an ottawa l1ll
cam They viii be the sickest bunch
+ croppies that ever entered Ottawa
0 take part in any kind of an ath,e,i.
anne The gates will be open at II
clock Sunday noon The first game
ill start at / o'clock prompt while
he other two games will follow inn
lediately after Everybody is vel
ome to come out and see a real days
asebail, Following is the Ottawa
neup.