The American Association Almanac

For your amusement: this graphic, which appeared in the March 24, 1913 edition of the Milwaukee Journal, presents the light-side of the cartoonists world when it comes to  ingenious ways of filling space and occupying time. As for the Brewers, Lewis and Clark (Phil and Harry) lead the way as they defeat the Owensboro Grays amidst a "regular Kentucky gale," in a Sunday exhibition contest, 13-4. Pitcher Joe Hovlik carried his weight with the stick, swatting a double and home run. They outhit their Bluegrass State counterpart, 16-6, while making four errors. Ralph Cutting, Joe Hovlik and Bruce Noel all worked from the hill for Milwaukee.

This graphic from the Milwaukee Journal of March 16, 1913 show that the American Association's Milwaukee Brewers have a slew of lefties in their spring training camp down south. The early days of the 1913 season are especially interesting in light of the fact that Milwaukee went on to win its first American Association championship that year. Stay tuned for regular updates as we monitor the Brewers in their first championship season in the pages of this blog! Here are the names of the players featured in this interesting graphic (from left - right; Powell and Burg are switched in the graphic's caption): "Big Bill" Powell, pitcher (baseball-reference lists his B/T as R/R) Joe Burg, second baseman (baseball-reference lists his B/T as R/R) Johnson (does not appear on roster) Ollie Reeb (does not appear on roster) Anton "Mutz" Ens, first-baseman (listed as L/L) Newt Randall, outfielder (listed as R/R) Peter Clemens, outfielder (listed as batting L) ...