Minnesota
https://sabr.org/journals/baseball-in-the-north-star-state/
https://sabr.org/journal/article/professional-base-ball-debuts-in-minnesota-the-st-paul-red-caps-minneapolis-brown-stockings-and-winona-clippers-of-1875-1877/
https://sabr.org/journal/article/professional-base-ball-debuts-in-minnesota-the-st-paul-red-caps-minneapolis-brown-stockings-and-winona-clippers-of-1875-1877/
Stew Thornley history
https://milkeespress.com/minnesotabaseball.html summarizing article by Stew Thornley.
1920-8-23 Editorial: Only way to survive is to limit outside players to two per team
1930-8-03 Minnesota league standings + commentary
1928-5-01 State amateur leagues listed
1935-7-22 Central Minnesota standings + boxes
1920-8-13 AWESOME!!!!! Has all financial details for Little Falls team - item by item - incl. salaries etc.
1918-8-17 Washington DC newspaper lists pros in "Twin-Ports Mesaba League"
State championship series
1919 Stillwater
1919-8-24 Stillwater (Interstate League champs) 3, Brainerd (Central Minnesota League champs) 2.
1919-8-31 Brainerd 5, Stillwater 4. 1.3K ATT from radius of 30 miles.
1919-9-07 Stillwater 3, Brainerd 1. 5K ATT. 2.5K journeyed from Stillwater to St. Paul and several hundred came from Brainerd.
1919-9-07 (Brainerd Dispatch) Play by play. Brainerd should have started Patterson instead of Wood.
"A big cause for nervousness on the part of Benda and some of the other Brainerd players was their unfamiliarity with the Lexington park big league diamond. The infield is grass, while the Interstate and Central Minnesota League fields are all dirt infields. To play on closely clipped grass is decidedly different and the balls grounded on grass infields do not have the hop and bounce to them as when hitting the dirt."
The Brainerd Municipal Band made a big hit, even if the Brainerd Baseball Team lost.
State amateur tournament
State amateur tournament
1935-9-21 Boxes.
1937-9-12 Boxes. Proposal: move from Lexington Park in St Paul to Nicollet in Minneapolis.
1939-9-17 Class A and AA champs decided - will battle next Sunday for right to play in nat tournament at Battle Creek. boxes
1939-9-24 Maple Lake (class A champs) beat Tradehome. Will play in Battle Creek tournament next year. (Owatonna played this year.)
1939-9-14 (Austin) commentary over games
Western amateur tournament
Western amateur tournament
Big Four League
1935 7-22 standings
Class A State Tournament
1937 Austin
1939 Maple Lake
1942 Fairfax
Reis, Bobby 1942 Fairfax 4 HR
1942 Fairfax + Bassy Wagner receiving MVP award
Class AA State Tournament
1942 Austin
Central Minnesota League
1919 Brainerd 7-16 standings
1925 6-28 batting plenty of managers talked of too
Patterson, Roy p -277 pro wins - w/ Minneapolis Millers ten seasons 1919 Brainerd Won championship game 1-0 in thirteen innings - opponent, Young of Little Falls, k'd 21.
Leverette, Horace 1925 pic
1919-4-28 League is organized and officers are elected. 20 home players and three outside players will be allowed to each team.
"Regarding receipts, the winners are to get 60 per cent, losers 40 per cent, with expenses guaranteed to the visiting team. This is exclusive of the grand stand which goes to the home club.
"General admission prices agreed upon were 35 cents for adults, 15 cents for children, these including the war tax. Passes shall be limited to 15 team per team per game."
1919-5-29 Opening day is tomorrow.
1919-6-19 Lefty Hier, who has thrown three straight shutouts, will pitch for Brainerd.
"Today the Brainerd Baseball Club makes an especial appeal to the automobile owners, fans and others to attend the baseball game at Ironton when Brainerd plays the range town in the town "where the mines are" on Sunday, June 22.
Roads are in first class shape and the game there will give one the opportunity of making a nice drive, seeing the mines and the game and for a change one may drive home by way of the celebrated Bay lake road."
George A. Ridley, former Brainerd chief of police, is manager of Ironton team.
1919-6-30 (Star-Tribune) C.H. Longley, former U. of Minn., just returned from France, played his first game with Little Falls.
1919-8-04 League's success has made the minor clubs of the region anxious to start a league in 1920.
1919-8-15 Little Falls won ten of sixteen - have disbanded for season, and their battery has signed with Brainerd for series with Ironton.
Brainerd team had a small deficit last year. Want an even better team than last year's championship team.
"Down at Little Falls the baseball bug has even struck old Al Dominick who says he will sell his farm because the old arm is getting into shape and he wants to pitch for Little Falls."
Reach trophy for championship of Central Minnesota League, long delayed, will soon reach deserving Brainerd.
1925-5-03 League preview.
Intercity League
1915
McLaughlin, Hollis p 1913-30 1915 Fords lost 0-11
Wines, Freddie 3b - 21 HR in 2 milb years 1915 Ford-Camel
1915-5-09 game ad with related business ads
1915-6-13 Charles Barry, "long identified with baseball in this section", elected league president to replace John McGovern, who has left town. New umpires, Frank "Moose" Kovarick and Charley Langford, are also appointed.
1915-5-09 Johnny McGovern - league pres.
1919-9-08 G.W. Tolan, Stillwater manager, challenges Virginia club
Iowa-Minnesota League
Iowa-Minnesota League
1924 5-26 standings
Weidell, William ss 1924 Winona (I think)
1924-7-25 Winona Athletics news
Mesaba Range League
1922
1922-3-22 Season will begin May 3. Each club will play three games a week.
1922-4-30 Frank Renas, one-armed umpire, will officiate.
1922-6-29 Seven members of Eveleth refused to play against team featuring Black Sox
1922-7-12 A year ago, Daubert of Eveleth hit five homers in five at-bats.
1922-7-13 Hibbing wins first half.
1922-8-31 Hibbing in first - breaks triple tie after win
Minneapolis City League
1917 Lake A.C.
1918 Pillsbury
1919 Silver Bows final standings final averages
1920
Mullane, Frank-Mickey 1918 Pillsbury last game before leaving for Great Lakes Naval Traning
1918-3-20 Will try out with Milwaukee Brewers. Hit about .450 for last year's City League champs, Lake A.C. Is a bit slow on his feet. 1919 Citizens Club
1920-8-31 Packard, City League star, will get try-out with Millers
1920-9-01 Packard came out from bullpen
1917-9-02 Lake AC will play Wilcox Trux, Commercial League champs, for city amateur title. Lakes are 17-0, while Wilcox-Trux is 18-0.
1918-3-20 William Fox, former pro, elected president (w/pic.)
Ineligible players - ringers - will be barred. Any games in which they appear in will be forfeited.
Players may play for both Saturday and Sunday teams, due to a scarcity of players.
"In the annual report of Secretary F.C. Berry, he pointed out that the Minneapolis association is the strongest amateur baseball organization in the country. The secretary pointed out the utter lack of sufficient fields for the baseball leagues, but that nothing could be done to improve conditions until after the war, because all municipal improvements have been dropped until after the end of the war. Mr. Berry also suggested that the Commercial League, the strongest organization in the association, be divided into two classes this year, consisting of the 'simon pure' amateur teams and the semi-professionals."
"The age limit of the class B and C players was changed a bit in order to conform with rules of the National Amateur Baseball association. This year, players 19 or under, will qualify for the 'B' division, while 17 years will be the limit in the smaller league."
Umpire fee may be raised from $2/g to $4/g.
1919-4-04 City League follows example of Commercial League and votes to join National Baseball Federation. There is no room for Western Association in Minneapolis.
1919-4-11 Misc prep talk - opening day will be 4-27 at Nicollet Park
1919-4-18 Season will open 5-04. Some of Silver Bows' stars asked for their release so they could play with Citizens Club. Citizens Club is primarily made of last year's champion Pillsburys.
Managers listed.
1919-8-03 Three doubleheaders scheduled for today; final games will be 8-10.
1919-8-31 Amateurs from teams will play Rochester today
1919-9-14 City League managers have had a hard time keeping their lineups intact as their stars are lured away by out-of-town managers. The Commercial League, playing on Saturday, does not have this problem. A proposal: Next year, City League will operate as Twilight League, playing on weekday evenings.
1918-6-09 (Star-Tribune) boxes - game with 2K ATT
1918-7-14 boxes Clarence Johnson throws his second no-hitter of season for Pillsburys
1919-5-04 Adolph Anderson - new manager of Citizens club
1919-6-08 Three City League stars + one Commercial League. Hal Dumont is brother of major leaguer George.
1919-7-20 Silver Bow
1919-8-10 P.J. Simmons, pitcher for American Expressmen. Has 6-6 record.
Minneapolis City Amateur Championship
1917
1919 Wilcox Trux
1917-9-02 Wilcox Trux 12, Lake Athletics 10.
1917-9-09 Lake Athletics 7, Wilcox Trux 6. 12 innings.
Three game series to determine who will meet Commercial League champs
1919-8-17 Silver Bows 7, Flour Mills (Trades Union League champs) 3.
1919-8-24 Silver Bows 9, Flour Mills 1. Silver Bows are kings of the Sunday leagues.
1919-9-06 Wilcox Trux 3, Silver Bows 0.
1919-9-13 Rained out.
1919-9-14 Wilcox Trux 6, Silver Bows 3. (Leverett k'd 19.) Wilcox Trux 12, Silver Bows 2.
1919-9-14 "For the first time since the organization of the local amateur leagues, this year's city champions will get a chance to meet the best amateur teams of Kansas City and St. Louis. A series of games between the title teams of these cities is booked for the latter part of September."
Minneapolis Commercial League
1915
1917 Wilcox Trux
1918 Wilcox Trux
1917-9-02 Wilcox Trux team and individual pics. Will play Lake AC for city amateur championship. Have 18-0 record; Lakes are 17-0.
1919-8-02 All boxes. 1.5K ATT at Nicollet Park doubleheader.
1919-8-09 All boxes.
1915-9-06 (line) Northwestern Knitters 6, Wilcox Trux 5. 1st game of league championship series.
1919-8-23 Wilcox Trux 16, North Star Woolens 5.
1919-8-30 Wilcox Trux 12, North Star Woolens 6.
1919-6-08 Three City League stars + one Commercial League.
1919-8-10 Joe Sherohman, slugging catcher of Archer Tires in manufacturers' division of league.
Minneapolis Park League
1942 8-16 standings
Southern Minnesota League (Minnesota-Iowa League in 1930)
https://attheplate.com/wcbl/minnesota_bball.html 1945-66 standings + list of AA champions
1924 7-28 standings
1925 6-28 batting
1927 Albert Lea
1929 Albert Lea Tigers
1939 5-17 standings
1942 Austin
1950 final stats
1924-5-26 "With the fence complete and a new ticket house and with other new arrangements pending, the Tiger park will again be a real ball ground."
1924-7-25 Mankato may drop out due to disallowed protest
1925-4-18 Salary limit will be enforced.
"Austin decided to have no team this year, due to the lack of encouragement from business men and fans."
Rochester fans are of two minds as to whether they should join league; would not be able to have Swede Risberg.
League application of Mason City was not approved - the Iowa town is too far away.
Albert Lea roster listed. Chuck Wortman is new manager. John Lisy may not play, as the Fort Dodge team of the City League has made him an attractive offer.
1925-5-03 League preview.
Rochester: "The hospital town is having some difficulty in rounding up the necessary number of home players and has made a request to the league that Outfielders Gilligan and Charney be allowed as home men. A full salaried team has been in vogue here for several years and it has left the town almost bare of good ball players. It is expected that the request will be granted since Rochester has asked for no favors from the league to date and outside men have been allowed to several of the other members."
Also: "The team will be financed for the most part from the sale of books of tickets and the officers have set $3,500 as a mark to shoot at in the sales."
Owatonna is in good financial shape: balance left in treasury from last season, and a splendid response to financial campaign this spring.
Albert Lea has collected $1,500, and $2,500 is in their sights.
1925-6-21 Albert Lea fans organize into corporation - buy ball park
1928-5-01 Chuck Wortman lost to Albert Lea - an employee of Wilson Packing, was transferred to Faribault. Will be replaced at 2b by veteran John Lisy. [Wortman would manage S-M Faribault Fairies]
1929-4-16 Chuck Wortman made Albert Lea manager for 1929.
"Wortman's efforts the first year he was here helped to pull the club out of a hole into which it had fallen after a disastrous season- financially- in the old Iowa-Minnesota loop. The next year, due to league difficulties the club played Independent baseball.
Albert Lea came back into the league in 1927 and with Wortman again as manager they won the pennant from St. James. The latter part of last year Wortman played with the local club at second base but did not manage.
Wortman is one of the flashiest second basemen in the loop and he Is always dangerous at bat and on the bases. He is respected in baseball on and off the field wherever he goes. Wortman on becoming manager this year resigned as a member of the board of directors and Russell Voigt was named to take his place. The selection of Wortman as a manager is entirely satisfactory."
Albert Lea roster listed.
1929-7-16 Albert Lea Tigers are pro team
1929-9-07 about Chuck Wortman's time with Albert Lea
1930-3-26 1930 schedule
1930-4-25 preview
1930-5-01 small from Austin
1930-6-11 Tony Faeth is still barred from league for disorderly conduct while managing Fairmont last year
1924-5-25 (Albert Lea Tribune)
1930-6-01(Albert Lea Tribune) 3 boxes
1930-7-20 Boxes in Minneapolis Star-Tribune
1930-8-03 (Albert Lea Tribune) Fairmont 16, Mankato 12.
Championship series:
1930-9-11 Estherville Daily News has boxes and accounts for first two games. Has Estherville batting.
#1 9-04 Estherville Eagles 6, Fairmont Cardinals 2
#2 9-07 Estherville Eagles 4, Fairmont Cardinals 1
1929-4-16 Chuck Wortman
memories of Albert Lea Packers
Albert Lea Tribune, 2011 History of Albert Lea Packers - good.
St. Paul Municipal League
1939 Tradehome Shoes
Tri-County League
1937
Twin City League
1934
1934-6-02 Boxes. Rube Schauer is manager.
Western Minnesota League
Conkey, Fred c - hit .372 and .390 in low minors 1925 Winona (post-season) 2K ATT
Dretchko, Al 1b 1919 Hutchinson Will be three-cornered tournament between Hutchinson, Glencoe, and Linfield
Dretchko, Al 1b 1919 Hutchinson Will be three-cornered tournament between Hutchinson, Glencoe, and Linfield
Groski, Al 1925 Winona (post-season)
Hier, George-Lefty p 1922 Winona lost 3-2 to Wilkerson's Union Giants - k'd 16, opponent k'd 19 in nine inning game. SHO 1923 Winona 1925 Winona
Mullane, Frank-Mickey 1917 Blooming Prairie 2 3 "Mulane"1918 Minneapolis Wells-Lamont play by play (Stillwater Mirror always had play by play in 1918)
DeBerry, Hank c 1918 Milwaukee Enginemen pitcher k'd 24 - team had won 12 straight
Gerkin, Steve 1952 Royals
Spencer, Hack-Fred 1919 Anoka Team wins 16th straight game - 1.5K ATT.
Wera, Julie 1925 Winona (post-season)
1919-6-01 White Bear manager asks players to report to West hotel at ten o'clock.
1918-7-21 Box for championship game of class CC amateur
1918-7-21 Box for championship game of class CC amateur
1920-1-05 Roy Patterson played good game at goalie for St. Croix Falls
Patterson lived in St. Croix Falls all his life
https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?user=8704360%3Ajimsoc a lot about Sharohman, incl. pic
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/julie-wera/ 1927 NYY (name spelled Werra before he turned pro)
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/julie-wera/ 1927 NYY (name spelled Werra before he turned pro)
"In July 1921, Wera joined Winona’s top amateur baseball team, the Peerless Chains, sponsored by the Peerless Tire Chain Company, and moved into the lineup at third base.12 “Young Wera is considered the find of the season,” read a newspaper story at the time. “He was picked from the sand-lots by the Chains and developed into a brilliant guardian of the hot corner.”13 Wera likely was thought to be just 16 years old at the time, although he was actually 19.14
Wera continued playing with the Chains while working at the packing plant before leaving Winona in May 1924 to play for a semi-professional team in Wausau, Wisconsin.15 After a successful season in Wausau, Wera made the jump to Organized Baseball that September when he received a tryout with the St. Paul Saints of the American Association and played in four games.16 Wera was brought to the Saints’ attention by Frank Penas, a one-armed umpire who worked games in Winona, among other places, and scouted for the Saints.17"
Wera continued playing with the Chains while working at the packing plant before leaving Winona in May 1924 to play for a semi-professional team in Wausau, Wisconsin.15 After a successful season in Wausau, Wera made the jump to Organized Baseball that September when he received a tryout with the St. Paul Saints of the American Association and played in four games.16 Wera was brought to the Saints’ attention by Frank Penas, a one-armed umpire who worked games in Winona, among other places, and scouted for the Saints.17"
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