Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-06
LEGION TO PUT ON
BIG DOUBLE BILL At
ARNORY TOMORROW
INDOOR GAME BETWEEN LEGION
AND oGlES5Y MINES TO
START PROMPTLY AT 8
O'CLoCK-iiiTTER'S TEAM TO
PLAY RETURN GAME WITH La
SALE EAGLES AS WlNoUP OF
CARD.

There will be plenty Of excitemen
and thrills for Ottawa fans tomor
row night when Manager R. c, Wool
wards American Legion indoor base
ball nine clashes with the fast Oges
by Tigers and Captain Elmer Hitter,
Legion basketball team play a re
turn game with the clever La Sale
Eagles, at Armory c. The games
will be the feature attractions OF The
week in sport and viii no doubt be
of a high class caliber That TIE
games will be interesting and viii be
marked by plenty Of features for the
fans is an assured fact.
The first game will start at SIP. n.
when Woodwards galaxy of indoor
baseball material cross bats with the
Bengals Of Oglesby There are two
reasons why the card tomorrow will
be one of a very interesting charaC.
ter. The first, pertaining to the in
door game. is that the Oglesby club
is one Of the fastest aggregations in
the county and that the members are
first class players from the buttons
on the tops of their caps to the sOes
of their shoes. However, despite their
great strength and the fact that they
are able To boast of having long
list of victories, the legion stick wiel-
ders are going to give them a tough
battle.
The Oglesby club as previously an
nounced has defeated a number of
strong teams around this neck Of the
woods. Their pitcher is a lad Of but
seventeen years of age and can pan
them across the plate in great style.
However, it is reported that he
pitches a straight ball most of the
time, which of course will be a great
advantage for the local batsmen.
Should he start growing them in the
game tomorrow he will go back TO
Oglesby with his head hanging.
Manager Woodward announced to.
day that his lineup would be unchang-
ed. Cliff HCdgins will occupy the
hillock in the battle and as he has
not been in action for more than
week he should be in real shape for
the affair with the Tigers Hodgins
has faced the Oglesby club on two
previous occasions and was beaten.
Both times he pitched for the Grand
Ridge club. But the Grand Ridge
team isn't near as strong a club as
the Legion nine and due to the fact
that he will have some stronger sup
port he is out for revenge tomorrow.
"Jerky" Fiesel will do the back
stopping and will do tie best to per
form in his regular usual starry man.
ner.
Dan Riordan reserve mounder, will
around the initial sack
and should Hodgins fail to hold his
own against the Bengals Dan will be
called upon to relieve him.
"Ruffy" Hennessey and "Hanker"
Boyle will cavort around the short
stop positions, Morrell will play at
third and Sprague and Doc Buck
ner will play in the outiield. During
the past week, the players have been
working hard to get into shape for
the game tomorrow and by the time
the umpire calls the first man to bat,
they should be in great form
Then there is second reason why
the windup of the card tomorrow
should be a very interesting one. The
La Sale Eagles have once defeated
the Legion team in a game played at
Social Center gymnasium at La Sale,
and the local service men haven't
yet forgotten that defeat Their loss
of the game came like a thuIderbolt
ort of a clear sky.
When the game first started the
local warriors stepped out into hand
some lead and it looked as though
the La Salleaus were in for a severe
Throughout the first three
quarters Hitrer's men acquired
lead in the game However, during
the remaining and final period Of the
battle something went wrong. La
Sale got lucny and the old jiny got
after ting iOttawans. Hitter's men
were unable to score while the Ea-
giles stepped ont and scored num-
Der of boskets knotting the score af-
ter which they obtained a lead for
the first time in the game. When
the final whistle mad blown the Ea-
giles emerged from the battle at the
long end of the score
Hitter and his men are confident
that they can take the measure Of the
La Sale club tomorrow They alleg-
ed that they are better bail players
than the Eagles and want everybody
to come out to see the game. The
whistle will blow for the start of the
game right after Woodward's men
finish their little argument with the
Oglesby nine, and the best part of
it is one two-bit piece will take a fan
into both games.