Thursday, June 15, 2023

Kansas leagues

 Kansas


Oil Belt League
    1923

    Markwell, Leo 1923 Eureka

Southern Kansas Semi-pro Baseball Association
    1939

    1939-8-13 Affiliated with NBC. Has a ton of brothers in league, who are enumerated. Biggest league affiliated with NBC

Pros:

MLB:

Sanders, Roy 1922 Soldiers' Home

milb:
 
Blodgett, Tom p good 1920
    1921 Louisburg Lost 13-4 - opponent, big Roy Sanders, spitball artist,, k'd 18 - 
    Shackleford uses emery - paid $100 for game
    1921-8-10 hasn't allowed a run in 55 innings (alleged)
Sidle, Frank 1921 Grain Club

Notes:

1921-9-28 Osawatomie Athletics had 4K park

Dale Gear SABR bio has good accounts of 1890s semi-pro. Winfield KS Reds was a traveling team. 


1895-7-23 Winfield 7, Emporia Maroons 4. 
1895-8-01 Independence 2, Winfield 1. 

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Western League

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