1909 West Baden Sprudels
Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.
May 5, 1909
West Baden, IN
"Southland Team Defeats Hoosiers - Birmingham Giants Take Two Games from the West Baden Nine. - Special to the Freeman. - West Baden, Indiana. - The Birmingham, Alabama Giants took two games from the West Baden team on the 5th and 6th, last week, winning the first game by a score of 2 to 0 and the second 11 to 4. The Spring Water boys were unable to cross home plate in the first game. J.B. Taylor pitched for the Giants, and played fine ball, allowing the Hoosiers but four hits. He struck out twelve batters, and had the West Baden team at his mercy all during the game. Scottland pitched the second game, and showed up well until the seventh inning, when the Hoosiers found his curves and slammed the sphere for four runs. This was the only inning in which he allowed them any runs."
May 21, 1909
West Baden, IN
"The Chicago Leland Giants found plenty to do at West Baden, Indiana Friday of last week, in defeating the West Baden Sprudels, it being a pitchers' battle and honors even until the twelfth inning, when the Giants scored on a safe hit to deep center, making the score 1 to 0. Batteries - Sprudels, Daugherty and Pierce; Giants, Ball and Booker. Attendance, 2,000."
May 22?, 1909
West Baden, IN
"A.B.C.s Beat Sprudels. - West Baden, Indiana. - The A.B.C.s of Indianapolis defeated the West Baden Sprudels in the opening game of the series 9 to 3. Batteries - Sprudels, Lyons, and Gordon; A.B.C.s Higbee and Knight."
May 24?, 1909
West Baden, IN
"West Baden Defeats High Arts. - West Baden, Indiana. - Special. - The West Baden Spindles defeated the High Arts of Evansville by a score of 6 to 2. the pitching of Daugherty and fielding of Toney were the features of the game."
August 6, 1909
West Baden, IN
"West Baden Sprudels Win. - West Baden, Indiana. - The West Baden Sprudels defeated the French Lick Plutos in a hard-fought thirteen-inning game August 6. The features of the game were the batting of Williams, who broke up the game with a homer in the thirteenth with two men on bases. Score: Sprudels 6, Plutos 3. Batteries - Sprudels, Brown and Coleman; Plutos, Watkins and Watts. Umpire - Jackson."
August 14, 1909
West Baden, IN
"Sprudels Take Series. - Beat the Memphis, Tennessee Giants for Three Straight Games. - Special to the Freeman. - West Baden, Indiana. - The West Baden Sprudels and Memphis Giants finished a series of three games, Saturday the 14th. All three games went in Baden's favor. The second game was somewhat exciting, going thirteen innings. Memphis scored in the twelfth and seemed to be a sure winner, but Baden evened matters in their half by Burnett going to third on a bunt and scoring on Williams' and Washington's tie-up at first. In the thirteenth Webb put one to third that was difficult for the little fellow on that sack, and he threw wild. Webb then stole second and advanced to third on Coleman's sacrifice, and then scored on slow fielding of Memphis' shortstop. Webb is considered the best first baseman in the West. Skinny Williams is playing find ball; Skinny is known as the only real utility man ever seen on the West Baden ball grounds. Coleman and Ralph Jones, of the Louiville Giants, are also making good. Cola has caught the past thirty games. First game - Memphis Giants 3, West Baden Sprudels 4. Second game Memphis Giants 4, West Baden Sprudels 5. Third game Memphis Giants 5, West Baden Sprudels 8."
August 29, 1909
West Baden, IN
"Sprudels Defeat Plutos. - Special to the Freeman. - West Baden, Indiana. - The West Baden Sprudels defeated the French Lick Plutos here Sunday in a game full of sensational plays. Batteries - Plutos, Watkins and Watts; Sprudels, Denny and Coleman."
September 3, 1909
French Lick, IN
"Four in a Row to Plutos. - Harris Wins Last Game, Allowing Sprudels Two Bumps. - Special to the Freeman: French Lick, Indiana. - The Plutos made it four straight from the Sprudels by defeating them in the last games of a series, September 3. Score was 7 to 3. The Plutos knocked two pitchers out of the box - Brown and Safford - while little Harris was invincible, letting the Sprudels down with two hits, the Plutos getting nine off of Brown and Safford. The Sprudels were credited with five errors and the Plutos with one. The Plutos left for Linton, where they were to play Saturday and Sunday, playing a double header Sunday."
June 11, 1909
West Baden, IN
"A.B.C.s Shut Out. - West Baden, Indiana. - June 11. - The West Baden Sprudels shut out the Indianapolis A.B.C.s Thursday, 2 to 0. Batteries - Sprudels, Lyons and Gordon; A.B.C.s, Talbott and Merida."
June 18, 1909
West Baden, IN
"Sprudels Best Plutos. - West Baden, Indiana. - For the sixth straight time the West Baden Sprudels defeated the French Lick Plutos last Friday by a score of 11 to 8. Batteries - Sprudels, Brown and Pierce."
June 25, 1909
Indianapolis, IN
"Sprudels Win Game. - West Baden, Indiana. - The Nashville, Tennessee Standard Giants fell easy victims to the West Baden Sprudels Tuesday, the score being 11 to 2. Batteries - Sprudels, Lyons and Pierce; Standard Giants, Monon and O'Neil."
June 25, 1909
Indianapolis, IN
"Albert Toney is playing a good game of ball at West Baden, Indiana."
July 10, 1909
Indianapolis, IN
"Why don't the West Baden and the French Lick teams give us a game in the Hoosier metropolis?"
July 30?, 1909
West Baden, IN
"West Baden Sprudels Win. - West Baden, Indiana. - The West Baden Sprudels defeated the Birmingham Giants in a loosely played game. The feature of the game was the timely batting of Woods. Score West Baden 10, Giants 6. Batteries - West Baden, Brown and Coleman; Giants, Pams and Cobb."