Massachusetts
1913-8-25 Four pics.
Leagues listed. Season close to end; high school and college players will soon turn to football. Standings listed. Trouble in Twin-State League over players under NL contracts.
Bankers' and Brokers' League
Leagues listed. Season close to end; high school and college players will soon turn to football. Standings listed. Trouble in Twin-State League over players under NL contracts.
Bankers' and Brokers' League
1930 6-23 standings
Shea, Lefty 1930 Gurnett
1926
Boston Park League
1929
1934 Jordan Marsh
1935 7-18
1936 6-20
1939 Casey
1940 8-3
1949 7-29
1955 6-20
Shea, Jim 1935 Walker 19th year
Boston Twilight League
1922 9-11
1923 North Cambridge
1924 North Cambridge
1925 Nashua
1926 9-2 standings
1928 8-20
1930 Roslindale 8-30 standings
1933 C.M.A.C. 8-18 standings
1934 Frasers 8-6 standings
1935 8-20 standings
finis
Corella, Oriental 1926 Fore River extremely good fielder
Hebert, Gene 1926 Malden see pic
Natoli, Johnny 1935 Middlesex Laundry no-hitter
Rauding, Herb 1929 Dorchester see pic - .359 29NENL 1930 Roslindale
Shuman, Frank 1926 Somerville see pic 15-8 2.47 for 27LynnNENL 1926 Somerville
1926 Claude Davidson resigns was pres-treasurer-secretary of NENL
also, umpires are under-paid
1926-8-23 lg announced that local players w/ BVL teams would not be allowed to play in lg
"BVL playing best ball in area"
1930-9-02 1st game of play-off series
1928 Andrews, Les p-of-part owner of Chelsea
1928 Thormahlen, Henry had 21K game
K-BB guy pitched a ton milb Albert Davidson
Twilight Stars cartoons:
Strecker, "Lovie" 1922 aka Louis Stretcher
Boston Suburban Twilight League
1935 7-22
Cape Cod League
1931 final batting
1932
1933 final batting
Central League
1923 Fitchburg
1924 Gardner
Springfield AAA Parks League
1943 8-09 standings
1944 7-21 standings
Shapiro, Lou 1943 Springdale Allies 1944 Worthington Pump no-hitter - w/pic pic
1952-3-8 in 1942-3-8 Worthington Pump extended winning streak carried over from last season to 22
Team averages:
1895 Pittsfield with John Pappalau and Jack Chesbro not x
Holyoke Troy's Garage
Holyoke Troy's Garage
1935-7-08 lose 9-5 to Philadelphia Athletics
935-8-05 w/box lose 5-0 to Albany Senators before a crowd of 1500. Only their 3rd loss of the season in 27 games. 1935-8-06
1935-8-13 lose 11-1 to Cincinnati Reds (Shapiro smacked)
Knights of Columbus Tournament (Western Massachusetts championship)
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942 Springdale Allies
1942-9-08 Springdale Allies receive $150 prize as champions - Westover gets about $75 as runners-up. Lou Shapiro, who came out of retirement for the tournament, was named MVP. The Springdale Allies are all under 20 years old, with the exception of two.
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/yogi-berra-hits-his-way-through-new-england-sometimes-under-an-assumed-name/ around end of WWII NENL players would play under assumed names in semi-pro games on days off.
Lou Shapiro
1935-8-08 picture - he just turned down offer from Albany IL. He's allowed 9 or so runs over a dozen games. Discovered for the first time his heater has a hop to it. He does not want to turn pro.
Will pitch for Criterion AC in National Amateur Baseball Tournament. Roster of team listed, with full names.
1952-4-02 Will pitch for Plessisville. Had been sold by Sherbrooke of PROV to Bolger of WTNM - refused to return to the arid and steaming south.
1952-9-25 Had 18-2 record for Plessisville in Laurentian League. Has five offers for 1953: managing Plessisville, pitching for Licey (San Domingo), Minot (South Dakota), and St. Eustace and Lachute of Laurentian League. Shapiro played every position this season except catcher, participating in 59 of his team's 79 games, and hitting .285.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/transcript-telegram-happy-symancyk-plays/138021912/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/transcript-telegram-happy-symancyk-plays/138021912/
Pics
1917-8-15 Marblehead has 10-1 record; Walter Lonergan & Lloyd Davies, who quit Athletics
to become chemist at big tannery in Peabody. Scores listed
1920-7-03 Boston Typos. About to leave for St. Paul to play in Union Printers' Baseball League tournament. Has Red Synott, with 1920 USA Olympic hockey team.
1913-8-15 William Sheehan, ss for Salem Maples
News
1920-7-22 Maverick Mills has 16-4 record; signs players from Fitton A.C.
Pros:
Anderson, Bill two-way in EL 1921 Dorchester Town Team 2
Connolly, Joe 1917 Fall River Independents 1918 Woonsocket 1921 Woonsocket Athletics played until 1928
1913 Salem Maples 1917 Marblehead 1921 Haverhill Pros
MILB:
NENL
Fred Doe
"An Afternoon with Ralph McLeod" p.74 McLeod had grumpy neighbor - Fred Doe - who would yell at him when he hit the ball into his yard. Ended up getting him signed with the Boston Braves thru his connections.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Ralph-McLeod/ article used as McLeod's bio
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Fred-Doe/ Helped change law to allow Sunday ball in MA. Also star roller polo player. NENL player and manager - also semi-pro. 1880s-1890s.
"In 1892 Doe pitched and played outfield for Brockton. With the Brockton team, Doe got his first exposure to Sunday baseball, which was expressly forbidden by law in Massachusetts at the time but tolerated by officials in Warwick, Rhode Island, for games played at the Rocky Point resort. In a quest that took thirty-five years to achieve fruition, Doe was instrumental in helping to change the Massachusetts law in 1928 to permit professional baseball games on Sunday."
"With Providence holding a virtual monopoly on Sunday baseball attendance at its games played at Rocky Point, the New England League never seriously tried to play Sunday games again until the 1920s"
1903 "After Doe tried to sell the Brockton franchise for $2,500 (most of it to cover his losses in Lewiston, Doe said), baseball enthusiasts in New Bedford organized to create a financial incentive for Doe to return to New Bedford. According to the June 27 New Bedford Morning Mercury, Doe got a guarantee of $2,000 from the sale of season tickets (200 tickets at $10 each), $500 from the street railway company, and free use of the grounds. This seems to have been the beginning of Doe’s relationship with Mayor Ashley of New Bedford, who likely orchestrated the outbreak of exuberance among business owners to buy season tickets and convince the trolley line to help fund the baseball team. On June 22, the league voted to allow Doe to transfer the Brockton club to New Bedford."
"It was the electric trolley system that really made the New Bedford baseball venture work in the early years of the 1900s, compared to the lean years that Doe spent there in the 1890s. “The small leagues have been materially benefited by the trolley roads, as the public can get to the ball parks much quicker than in years past,” Tim Murnane wrote in the Boston Globe on September 13, 1903, referring to the earlier era of horse-drawn cars. “In many of the small leagues the teams go from town to town in this way, the roads often helping out in a financial way.” With electric trolley lines throughout New Bedford as well connecting to other cities and towns, Doe drew spectators from areas outside of the central city. Spectators that followed the visiting teams playing at the New Bedford grounds–especially those in Fall River–could also more easily attend games."
"In April 1920, the Massachusetts legislature finally relented and permitted Sunday baseball to be played by amateur players. Doe and many other supporters then concentrated on expanding the law to allow Sunday games to be played with professional players."
"In April 1920, the Massachusetts legislature finally relented and permitted Sunday baseball to be played by amateur players. Doe and many other supporters then concentrated on expanding the law to allow Sunday games to be played with professional players."
1925-12-21 Revival of NENL hoped for. Fred Doe is one of the leaders of the revival. Prospective league interested in Lewiston, and Lewiston is tired of independent ball.
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