1909 West Baden Sprudels

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1909 West Baden Sprudels

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."

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."