1910 French Lick Plutos
Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.
April 10, 1910
West Baden, IN
"Sprudels Take One From the Plutos - It was One-sided Game in Every Way. - Special to the Freeman. - West Baden, Indiana, April 15. - The West Baden Sprudels beat the French Lick Plutos Sunday, April 10, in a one-sided game, 12 to 2. The Plutos scored their only runs in the first inning, and throughout the other eight innings it was what might be called 'candy.' The Plutos can be excused on account of not having their full line-up, but it was clearly showed that the Plutos cannot compete with West Baden unless they have quite a change in their line-up. Charley Taylor, the well-known manager of the Birmingham Giants, is captain-manager of the Sprudels, and has most of his old boys with him. Manager Taylor says that his team will compete with any colored team in the country, barring none. Among those with the team are: Moore, Brown and Bingham, in the old field, the best in the country as a trio, Lewis, Taylor, Wiley and Houston (reading from first to third) can't be beat in the infield. You all have heard about Steel-Arm Johnnie. Well, his brother is among those who will toss the leather. 'Nuff said,' The West Baden Sprudels only ask the public to watch the Freeman to find who the 1910 champions are. The Sprudels will deliver the goods, while Ed Rogers, the Freeman representative, will let the publi know who the real champions are. Messrs. Rogers, Burnett and Pollard are proud of their team, and will be glad to hear from the Louisville Cubs, A.B.C.s and Leland Giants, and all southern teams, who think they are colored pennant winners. Edward H. Rogers."
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 13, French Lick 2."
April 11, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 3, French Lick 5."
April 13, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 10, French Lick 12."
April 14, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 7, French Lick 3."
April 15, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 12, French Lick 1."
April 17, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 10, French Lick 0."
April 21, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 7, French Lick 7."
April 28, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 4, French Lick 1."
April 29, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 12, French Lick 1."
April 30, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 4, French Lick 8."
May 4, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 10, French Lick 5."
May 5, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 8, French Lick 4."
May 6, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 6, French Lick 11."
May 8, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 12, French Lick 8."
May 9, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 6, French Lick 1."
May 13, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 6, French Lick 1."
May 14, 1910
West Baden, IN
"West Baden 8, French Lick 6."
May 22, 1910
French Lick, IN
"Plutos Defeat Sprudels. - French Lick, Indiana. - May 23. - The Plutos again defeated the Sprudels today, 2 to 1, in a game full of thrilling plays. The Plutos got eight hits, while Williams held the Sprudels to three. The feature of the game was a home run by Woods. Batteries were Williams and Watts for Plutos and Taylor and Wiley for Sprudels."
May 29, 1910
Louisville, KY
"Next Sunday the Plutos of French Lick, Indiana."
Louisville, KY
"Baseball at Louisville. - By Jesse Palmer. - The Cubs continued their winning yesterday. Stung by the defeat of Saturday, the Cubs, like a drowning man, grasped at the last straw and won out in a Garrison finish by a batting rally in the ninth. Alexander, who pitched for the Plutos, pitched great ball, but the Cubs found him in the ninth inning. Griffin was hit hard, but received good support, winning his game with a Texas Leaguer to right center with two men on bases."
"Notes. - Duffy four times up, four hits. Guess that's going some. - Little Griffin announced one of his Texas Leaguers and won his game Sunday. - It seems that Emery has recovered his batting eye. - By the way, Prim made a hit Sunday when it was most needed. - If some of you knockers would only stop to think about it, Martin is playing some short. - Get your eye on the ball, Wallace. George Wooridge says that if you want to win you must hit the ball. - Nat Rogers played first in great form Sunday. Out of four times up he got three hits and one base on balls. - If there is any doubt in your mind about Watson playing ball at third you should have been down Sunday. - Miller made a hit with the ladies."
June 5, 1910
French Lick, IN
"West Baden and the Plutos played a fast and interesting game Sunday, which ended in one of the prettiest plays seen on the Plutos' diamond. In the ninth inning Kinsie knocked a long fly to right field, which caught Bingham playing close to center. Bingham started for the ball at top speed and it seemed utterly impossible ot get it, but he made a phenomenal one-handed catch out of it about two feet inside the foul line, which caught Dan near home and the big French Lick catcher near third. Bingle slammed it to first and Lewis sent her to Clark at second, which completed one of the prettiest triple plays ever seen on a baseball diamond. Stanford was in for the Sprudels and only allowed the Plutos five hits, three being in the second inning."
"Nick-Nacks of the Game - Houston is some hard ball player and always in the game. - C.I. Taylor made a home run, and we are told he made a double there. Jerome Lewis is back in the game again and better than ever. - Bingham is going some with the stick. - Ben Taylor is leading with a batting average of .417. - Moore, Brown and Bingham are batting .300. I guess Sam Wiley ain't a third sacker. What? Clark is captain during C.I.'s absence and controls the boys nicely."
June 17, 1910
French Lick, IN
"Louisville Cubs 1, Plutos 6."
June 18, 1910
French Lick, IN
"Louisville Cubs 1, Plutos 4."
June 19, 1910
French Lick, IN
"Louisvilee Cubs 3, Plutos 5.
"The Plutos Got 'Em. - The Louisville Cubs Go Down Before the Mineral Water Bunch. - Special to the Freeman. - French Lick, Indiana. - The Louisville Cubs received a good drubbing at the hands of the French Lick bunch."
July 2, 1910
Indianapolis, IN
"In Indianpolis. - Plutos of French Lick Get the Best of Series of Games with the A.B.C.s. - The Plutos defeated the A.B.C.s at Northwestern Park Saturday, July 2."
July 3, 1910
Indianapolis, IN
"Sunday, July 3, in the double-header the result was as follows: First game A.B.C.s 8, French Lick Plutos 11. - Second Game A.B.C.s 4, Plutos 4."
July 4, 1910
Indianapolis, IN
"Monday, July 4, another double-header was played, which resulted as follows: First game A.B.C.s 1, French Lick Plutos 5. - Second game, A.B.C.s 6, French Lick Plutos 5."
July 23, 1910
Chicago, IL
"On Monday of this week the Chicago Baseball League passed a rule barring games between its members and all visiting colored ball clubs from now on, the rule being made to include the Cuban clubs that have been playing around the circuit the past two years. The rule will work very badly against the Stars of Cuba, who figured on playing on the Chicago League Circuit after the Cuban Stars left the city. This action means that the Chicago Leaguers will not play visiting colored teams any more in the future."