Thursday, June 15, 2023

Maine leagues

 Maine


Casco Bay League
    1909 8-22 standings
    1951
 
    milb:
    Stanwood 1909 South Harpswell

    1951-7-03 double no-hitter

Central Maine League

    1923-9-01 (g) in 14 inning 2-2 tie, Art Fowles k's 23

Eastern Maine League
    1913 Belfast 9-02 standings
    1914 Easterns 7-16 standings  9-08 standings

    Wormwood, Harry NENL 1914 Belfast making $15/wk - p-1b in minors, 1b for Belfast

    Lawry, Otis 

    Bangor has play-by-play: 1914-7-02 1914-7-15 1914-8-25

    1914-7-02 Butner, Bangor pitcher, is 6'3", TL, and "not at all fat" - "has some breaks which are easy to hit but hard to place anywhere"
    1914-7-10 new Bangor MG - Otis Lawry is made field captain - league now has two good umpires
    1914-7-15 Lawry HR - 
        huh? "Bangor found Temple, another $15 per. man for ten bingles and about all clean ones, but Temple earned his $20 a week by tightening up in the pinches for he wouldn't feel like collecting his $25 Saturday night to let such an aggregation get away from him. Bangor had ten men stranded on the bags. Temple ought to divide some of his $30 with Blethen and Albert, who play for fun, for they saved him considerable trouble by some fine catches of dangerous drives at critical times."  
    1914-9-07 Easterns, champions of Eastern Maine, to play Lewiston Pilgrims, western Maine champions. 
    1914-9-07 Easterns beat Pilgrims twice

Eastern Maine League
    start:
    1933 Bucksport
    1934 Trenton 7-23 standings

    Neptune, Joe 1933 Bucksport 1934 Bradley 1935 Orono Orioles
 

   1934 Bangor Daily News has lovely box scores ex. 7-23

    Neptune, Joe 1933 Bucksport mg - still playing!!!


Interstate League
    1924 7-31 standings


        1924-7-31 Portland demands $250 to play here in Lewiston - absurd
            Billy White, p-m of Twin Towers, leaves after management refuses him $ to get players

Knox County League
    1895 final standings

 
    Woods, Walt a Sabbatarian who played all positions 1895 Rockland

    1895-7-08 Curley of Holy Cross, 2b, signs with Warren
    1895-8-13 Haverhill, Mass. team relocated to Thomaston & joined league
            Rockland has new manager

    1895-9-02 3K+ ATT - both Warren & Rockland now claim title

Maine League
    1922 9-02 standings
    1923 dnp
    1924 Augusta Millionaires final standings HR hitters listed Whitehouse #1 won by 10: final stats
    1926 8-15 standings

    milb:
    
    Buckland, William 1924 P.C.F. 1925 Easterns
    Small, Asa vg hitter in NENL - 3-0 in 1929 
    
    Wilson, Squanto 1924 Lisbon Falls Worumbos prob. not actually Indian
    Whitehouse, Gil vg 1922 Easterns (in game, plays in every position) 
            SABR bio died in 1926 of a heart attack - called the "Babe Ruth of Maine"

    1923-12-21 going to try state league again - previous attempt at forming league failed over disagreements over salary limits. Players have exorbitant salary demands like $75 or $150/wk
         lot of interesting information. Father of Maine League idea is Ben Houser, Augusta Millionaires MG and former MLB
    1924-8-22 Augusta MG: Ben Houser. Worumbos MG: Harry Lord. 
        Asa Small wears glasses -Speed McNeil, slow baller, signed from Interstate League
    1924-8-30 Bill Miller wears a bright red flannel shirt - 
        Roy "Cocky" Roche of the Easterns is the most popular player in league - "midget star"
    (Bangor Daily News has all boxes)
        "blond" Deetjen pitching for Portland
    1924-9-10 talks of Buckland

    P.C.F. stood for Penobscot Chemical Fiber

    Whitehouse, Gil 1924


Maine Central League
    1918 7-8 standings

Del Bissonette 1918 Oakland

Maine State League
    1936 7-2 standings



    1936 Lewiston Sun-Journal has box scores 

Mill League
    1921

Northern Maine League
    1902 Champ: Oldtown
    1909 9-4 standings

    News:

    MLB:
    Happy Iott 1902 Millinocket 1909 Bangor 1909 Caribou
    Connie McGeehan 1902 Oldtown see sabr bio
    Ralph Pond 1909 Millinocket
    
    milb:
    Edward Barrington 1902 Millinocket
    Alfred Bushey 1902 Belfast
    Edward Butman 1902 Millinocket
    Gus Gardella 1909 Bangor
    Pete Gildea 1902 Millinocket
    Zelma Dwinal 1909 Caribou
    Joe Neptune 1909 Caribou
    Horace Newenham 1902 Oldtown
    Ordway 1909 Millinocket

Piscataquis League
    1926 8-27 standings

Buckland, William 1926 Greenville

Pine Tree League
    1926
    1927
    1928 
    1930 final batting Pat French hit .504 9-8 standings
    1932 final batting fielding 9-9 standings 8-28 batting final batting is missing 2 teams
    1934 Rumford Tydols  final batting 9-6 standings
    1936 Bucs final


    
    1928 Lisbon Falls Lemons w/Holland, Sparsam
    McClellan, Brint 1932

      1936 Lewiston Sun-Journal has box scores 

    Lewiston Daily Sun annual all-star team:
    1929
    1932 has record of all previous all-star teams
    1933 w/pic
    1934 w/pictures of all the players

            Aube BR

    1932-9-04 Lewiston-Auburn Buccaneers win 16th straight game

    "Investigating the Buccaneers" 1933  (bio+pic)
    1. Bucky Gaudette
    2. Vic Gouger
    3. George Cummings
    4. Roger Marcoux
    5. Ray Baum
    6. Johnny Reichel
    7. Ronnie Monk
    8. Jack Juneau
    9. Lucien Poirer
    10. Russ Holland
    11. Tom Collins
    12. Ernie Reidman
    13. George Foster
            finis

    League championships:
    
    1933
    9-12 Lisbon Falls 2, Bucs 0 series batting after 3 games

    1934 
    9-11 Rumford 5, Bucs 2      

    1935



    MVP

    1929 Eddie Humphries, Mechanic Falls voting results
    1930 Pat French, Rumford
    1931 none chosen
    1932 George Foster Bucky Gaudette second

Portland Mercantile League
    1930  final
    1931 7-28 standings


    action shots of Portland Gas incl. Scottie Slayback in Portland City Championship series

Portland Twilight League
    1929 P.A.C. 
    1930 P.A.C. 7-23 standings 8-15    
    1934 
    1935 
    
    McClellan, Brinton (Brint)  3b hit .315 with .497 SLG in NENL in only pro year
        1930 Portland Athletic Club 1934 Titus Drug
    Powers, John .312 in only NENL year 1930 Portland Athletic Club

    action pics 1930 P.A.C. v. Portland Gas of Mercantile League
    1934 action pic Johnny McCarthy, Titus 2b
    1934 Titus Drug pic have 52-17 record as of 9-09 - abt to face Will Jackman & Philadelphia Colored Giants

    1931-7-28 McClellan to get try-out with Red Sox - third Westbrook boy to receive trial
    1934-8-27 Titus Drug defeats arch-rival Frojoy

Portland misc.
    1936-5-13 roster of Portland Shellers given - team resembles Burnham & Morrill team that won Twilight and Pine Tree championships last yr

    1936-7-20 pic of Titus Drug players who are about to get tryout with Boston Bees
        Clark, Phil BR
    1938 Portland Pilgrims team pic w/ Brint McClellan - prearing for state tourney
    Anderson, Herb "Chick" 1937 Augusta

Saco Valley League
    1930

    
    McClellan, Brinton 1930 Westbrook
    
    Walter Downs 1930 pic Limerick p
    Brint McClellan 1930 pic 4 in game Brint both hit grand slam and turned unassisted triple play - his team lost

Trolley League
    1913 7-02 standings
    1914
    1915 7-12 standings



Twin States League
    1909 6-27 standings

    milb:
    
    Zelma Dwinal 1909 Somersworth
    Eke Johnson 1909 Portland
    Duke Kilfedder 1909 Pine Tree
    Mike McDonough 1909 Portland
    Louis Tetreault 1909 Portland

Maine state championship series

    1933 Bucksport v. Bucs
        Bucs win doubleheader all 3 games
    1934 Trenton v. Rumford
        1 Buckland etc. battered "shows diff. between two leagues"

Pros: 

MLB:
Del Bissonette 1918 Oakland 1921 Twin Town 1922 Lewiston 1922 Star Taxis

milb:

    1924 Easterns 1924 P.C.F. addit. in  Maine League section 
    Played in outlaw Colliery League in 1936
    a Penobscot Indian

Pics

1904-8-10 five diff. incl. Harry Lord - South Portland v. HNS (Holy Name Society)
1905-4-02 Meloner, business rep of Willard
1905-5-28 Harry Lord (MLB) - Phillip P. White, cap of Willard
1905-9-10 O'Hearn, HNS pitcher; Cap Walter Henderson, Westbrook. Some cartoons. 1.8K ATT.
1919-6-27 Harry Lord
 
News
1905-4-02 roster of Portlands, formerly South Portlands  (more detailed)
1905-4-03 roster of Portlands, formerly South Portlands 
1906-4-18 Harry Lord signed as P-M of Biddefords - lured away from Worcester. Company being formed for team.
1919-6-27 Portland Athletics will start season;  have Harry Lord.
1920-7-22 Harry Lord will manage Pine Trees on Sunday


really cool - 1905 scorecard for Portland v. Lynn - with Harry Lord & Eddie Grant.



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