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Old 01-15-2014, 04:37 PM   #2697
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CanofCorn73's Negro League Universe

Corn said he really didn't need this one, but in my haste I had already done it... The logo along with another uni set was done some time ago... This cap and jersey is more for the early 1900-1915 period... These guys were the rival team of the West Baden Sprudels... Both teams were employees of and represented hotels in West Baden and French Lick, Indiana...

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Thus while major league teams such as the St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Cincinnati Reds made West Baden their spring training headquarters from 1897 through the mid-1920s, the hotel spawned its own team comprised from the hotel black wait staff. Named for the mythological gnome that was said to guard the Wiesbaden spring in Germany, the Sprudels battled their rivals the Plutos from the nearby French Lick resort nearly every day, primarily as a spectator sport and gambling opportunity for the hotel guests. The Sprudels went head to head against top teams such as the Indianapolis ABC’s, the St. Louis Giants, and even some of the visiting major league teams such as the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates.





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