Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-28

Ottawa sporting devotees will be
treated to mixed bill of events on
next Monday night. Jan. 2, to be
staged under the auspices of the
American Legion of this city at the
armory. Captain r. c, Woodward's
indoor baseball nine will clash with
the fast Joliet X. of c. aggregation
on that night while Captain llitters
legion basketball quintet will mix
things with Kohls clever Marseilles
All.Stars In return battle
Woodward's gang OF warriors will
play the final game on the card.
"Bill" Hart. former Ottawan, now To-
Gated at Joliet, is president of the
Joliet city indoor league and accord
ing to him the X of c. nine is the
best club In the circuit The X. of
C.'s have taken on all of the best in
door teams around that neck Of the
woods and have taken them into
camp and at the same time admins.
tered some awful trouncings to the
victims. Every member of the team
is an individual star and the team
is composed of some wielders of the
stock Their heavy hitting is the
feature of their play and Cliff Hodgin
who will no doubt be scheduled to
occupy the mound for the local nine,
will have to have n lot of stuff on
the old pill to hold the Joliet play
ers down.
The Joliet club will no doubt be
the toughest club the legion team
has tackled so far this year Wood
wards team has already engaged In
three battles and they have come out
on the long end of the scores on
each occasion. In the first battle of
the season they trounced the Grand
Ridge Odd Fellows by a handsome
score while the Marseilles Certain
teed nine was the next victim. AT.
ter coping the second battle they
stepped out and swamped the Strea. ,
tor Clays of the Streator Industrial
league 90 to /.
But on next Monday night they
will be given the real test. VIII
they win their fourth straight battle?
That is the question which now con.
fronts both the members OF the team
and the Ottawa supporters. They VIII
have a tough time but nevertheless
Woodward Is quite confident that his
men will play the same old brand OF
ball and uncork big surprise against
the band of players from the prison
city.
At 1880 p. m Filters men win be
sent into a return clash with kohl
An-Stars. The All-Stars have already
defeated the legion team. Then (
about a week later thew came down
here and took Smiths Ottawa Royals
into camp, displaying some wonder
full teamwork Kohl's team IS one .
of the fastest teams around this neck |
of the woods On two occasions thew
have defeated the Earlville Cardinals. /
The Cardinals have defeated Hitters'
outfit twice. Therefore conditions
look bad for the ottawa service boys.
However, Hitter has some good ma
terial to work with and they say that
miracles never cease. They haven't
been beaten the second time yet and
they are planning to stage big
comeback when the Marseilles play
ers invade Ottawa territory for the
second time,
In statements this morning both |
Hitter and Capt Woodward said that |
the lineups of their teams would be |
unchanged Cliff Hodgin will do the,
pitching against the Joliet nine while
John "Jerky" Fiesel will be on the |
receiving end. Hennessy and Boyle
will play the shortstop positions, |
Hulse at second, Morrell at third
andBuckner and Sprague will play
in the poppy gardens Eeither Frank |
Sprague or Dan Riordan will hold
down the initial sack
Anderson. Hilliard, Giehler, Hitter, |
LEX, Bowermaster, Mathes and sew
eral others will all be given chance
to play on the basketball team against
the Marseilles outfit