"WAY BACK in 1903 and 1904 when the hum of the trolley was heard in Defiance and the street cars carried crowds that even sat on their roofs to the stands in the baseball park, Kemper's Colts were in their prime.
This winning baseball club was the brainchild of A. H. Kemper, who was the general manager of the Van Cleve Glass Co., which later became a Diamond Glass Co. The factory did not make glass but was the woodworking division of the Diamond Glass Co., Cleveland. The glass factory was located at Fairchance, Pa. The Defiance plant produced doors, sash, interior trim and the like. For instance, the doors of the San Francisco post office were made in the Defiance factory.
The baseball team, known as Kemper's Colts, played teams from all over Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Defiance was a great baseball town (in) those days.
Here is the lineup of the team:
Back Row: Hale, p; Hull, fielder; Ed Polson, manager; A. H. Kemper, general manager Diamond Glass Co.; Charles Long, ss
Middle Row: Warren Carpenter, cf; Harry Kreps, 3b; Pat Kyne, 2b; Jim Duerk, fielder, Ed Franzdorf, 1b
Front Row: Coy Jones, p; Manager Polson's son, the mascot; Frank Buckmaster, c
This picture was found by Harry L. Kreps, 1015 Schultz St."
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