Friday, July 2, 2010

Baseball, Criminally Insane and Otherwise

Found this in the Hobart News of May 29, 1913 — am I bad because I laughed?
Playing under the names of the Cubs and the White Sox, the criminal insane convicts in the Michigan City prison, under the direction of Warden Edward J. Fogarty, have organized two ball teams, and daily games are being played.
…Well, it seemed funny when I was at the library, anyway.

It's been years since I've heard anything about an Ainsworth baseball team, but come 1913 we suddenly find some activity. On May 17, 1913, a ball game took place at Deep River, "which proved a vigorous contest between Ainsworth and Deep River in which Ainsworth was victorious." Early in June, a "picked up" Hobart ball team came to Ainsworth "and played a game of ball, more for the practice than with an idea of winning, and were nosed out by the Ainsworth team, 10 to 9." Sure, Hobart, sure. You were just having fun. You didn't mean to win. Otherwise you definitely would have beaten Ainsworth. We know.


Sources:
♦ "Northwestern Indiana News Notes." Hobart News 29 May 1913.
♦ "Personal and Local Mention." Hobart News 5 June 1913.
♦ "Ross Township." Hobart News 15 May 1913.

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