The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-04-23
RUBE'S TEAM
Will PLAY
SUNDAY
New Battery Men and New Outhelders
to Show for the Fans.

This Sunday April 24th the baseball
fans OF Chicago will be given the long
expected chance to witness the play OF
the American Giants, now commonly
considered the last word in baseball
machines among folks OF color Since
the populace of Chi watched the great
machine in action they have twice
girdled the Southland, swung around
the East, and trotted under the wire to
a championship over the ROYAL Giants
OF New York in winters play down
in Florida. The team has not been in
action for nearly two weeks, having run
into bad weather, but the lay off has
given ample time to dispense with the
crippled list that had reached large fig
ures, so that Sunday every man on the
roster OF the club can be seen in action
New Faces
Foster has annexed a quartettc OF
new faces since his last show here, and
all OF them will be in the points in the
Sunday display of wares Starks, a
classy left handler, formerly OF the crack
Hilldales OF Philly, is slated TO twirl
this game, while the catching assign
ment goes to Poindexter, said to be a
sparkler behind the bat. He comes
from the Black Barons OF Birmine-
ham. Ala, and is said to have made
things mighty rough for the Chicago.
ans. The fact that "Rubc' snatchcd
him speaks for itself. Torrentte. the
Cuban player who wields such
mighty bludgeon, got in from Havana
this week and IS in the pink OF condi-
ton, ready to slam the old apple as OF
old. Jimmy Lyons, 4 lad who started
on his baseball career right on the lots
OF Chicago, is a new face IN the line
but his great fielding, hitting and run
ming ability is very well known to the
fans. He has desired for some seasons
to show as a home player, and now
that he is one OF us, # he functions
according to his well established abil-
ity, fandom this season IS in for many
rounds OF sensational work Gardener
and Reese, both OF whom are vet a
little new to the fans, have few If any
snperiors among the dark contingent
as outhelders. Gardener has shown
himself to be the best lead off man
that Foster has ever bossed, and he is
Just about the headliner on getting that
ball in to the plate from deep outfeld,
with a runner headed home. Reese
is in a class all to himself as a pinch
hitter. and can do the base path with
eel-like precision.
Will Play Aurora
The American Giants will be OPP
posed Sunday by Aurora. one OF the
crack clubs OF the new Chicago
League They have a lineup OF near
big league caliber and are strengthened
to a great degree for this particular
game, as a win over the Fostertes
means great prestige. An early spring
win over the dark champs has carried
many of the whites to a moustrous
season of prosperity with always an
other big game or so as an ace IN the
hole against the darks later. and the
best part OF the season. With the new
colored battery in the heavy roll Sun
day, the faratics are inSfor big things
for the wise Aurora bunch know all
about the timidness that cngufs the
being OF new ones trying out with
Foster, and the whites are coming
loaded down and prepared to pull
everything as a goat gctter to Ruben's
new battery men. Game at ) 30 p. m,
Schorling Park.