Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-16
FOSTERS F ANGUS
AMERICAN GIANTS
HERE THURSDAY
FAsrEsr coLoREo TEAM IN THE
COUNTRY TO PLAY CUBS IN
SECOND. MIDwEEk GAME OF
sEAsoN-JlMMY o'NlEL TO
HANDLE GAME UNAsslsTEo.

..s, Jimmy. O'Niel of. Joliet, highest pric
ed and considered the best baseball
y umpire In northern Illinois, will reigI
supreme on the local diamond next
/. Thursday afternoon. when RUDE Eos
ter's famous Chicago American Giants
/. clash with the Ottawa Cubs in what
y Is expected to be the fastest and clos
! est game of the year Announcements
TO this effect were made this morning
by Manager Dunn of the local club
who stated that he closed negotiations
with o'Niel for Thursdays game.
ONiel is known all over the north
central states as the best and clever
est imp in baseball circles, and he
Is worth the price of admission alone
He will handle the game alone. unas'
: sisted by either Rich or Preston
Everybody should turn out to see the
game and watch. Jimmy work. A
woman who doesn't know thing
about the game or where first base Is
situated on the diamond can be guar
anteed a good time with O'Nie be-
hind the catcher He is the liveliestI
125-pounder In the country And, fur
thermore, there will be no grabbing
at Thursdays game, as there usually
has been O'Niel doesn't fool with the
crabbers and politely asks them IN
leave the diamond.
With O'Niel umpiring the game
should be humd:nger. Everything
Is set for the game. This morning
Manager Dunn called Manager Foster
Of the ebony hued lads over long dis
lance phone and received the lineup
of the visiting club. Dunn was inform
ed that either A. Brown or Williams
would pitch for the Americans Thurs
day, Both are exceptionally good.
and 1t would be safe to say that they
will be the best two pitchers ever t.
play on Ottawas ball grounds. Brown,
especially Is clever mounder, having
defeated some of the fastest teams in
the country, Sunday he pitched
;akainst the. famous St. Louis colored
team aud defeated them, ] to o.
Last Saturday Fosters team played
the st. Louis teamithe first game of a
threegame series, winning to 3. The|
Chicago team walked away with the
st. Louis aggregation, getting ten hits
off the opposing twirler. In that game
Foster used four pitchers. one of
which was Center Fielder. Torrentce,
famous Cuban player. Forentee pitch
ed the last two innings of the game
and struck out six men. Besides In
the same game he got two three-tase
hits and two doubles, making plain
the fact that he is one of the heaviest
hitters in semipro ranks At the
present time he Is walloping the old
pill around .450. He is also clever
fielder and is valued by Foster as his
best performer.
Besides Torrentee, Williams and
Brown, Foster has In reserve Pitchers
Streeter and Reece OF equal fame and
pitching ability. Should the former
three mentioned fail to check the local
players Foster will be forced to use
them.
De Moss. playing second base for
Fosters Americans, is one of the fast
est fielding second basemen In the
country. Lyons. left fielder. Is of the
neyer-miss style and also a wicked
wielder of the stick. B. Wills, short
stop, and Grant, first baseman. are
also very clever performers. and their
conversation and antics on the dia-
n1ond are more fun than a circus.
AS a whole, Fosters team Is made
up of trick players. They can almost
stand on their heads while playing
and field ball perfectly in that posi-
ton Every player on the team is Il
comedian and will do everything they
can to give Ottawa fans the best treat
Of the season. Following are the line.