Thursday, June 15, 2023

New Jersey leagues

 New Jersey


Atlantic County League
    1924 batting
    1925 

    Steineder, Ray   1925 Vineland 2 brothers in lineup

Atlantic City Industrial League
    1926 



Bergen County League
    1922
    
    Estes, William "Wild Bill" vg in 1918 IL 1922 All-Ridgewoods
             former star of Fletchers & Meadowbrooks 
        1947 died

    Faircloth, Rags p  1922 All-Ridgewoods - formerly of Westinghouse

    MG:
    1922
    Union FC: Fred Butterworth 
    

    1943-6-18 Bergen County MBA players with Glen Rock and MLB Dick Kryhoski
        6-25 7-23

Burlington County League
    1923
    
    Passon, Chick 1923 Medford

    1930-5-16 of Burlington's 30 players, 12 refused to play with them, preferring Trenton league. Burlington signs 19 new players, all of whose full names are listed. 

    1930 Norman "Snorts" Vaughn pic outfield Medford Olympics

Camden County League
    1911 Camden AC
    1916 Lucas AA of Gibbsboro
    1917 

    1930 Westville Bluebirds defeated RD Woods of Burlington County League for championship of South Jersey

    #57 1930-4-20 1916 Lucas AA of Gibbsboro - pros - rather epic conclusion to season
        pros - what happened in 1917
    1930-7-20 1911 Highland AC - Camden County League -pros

Camden Industrial League
    1930 RM Hollingshead

    1930 Station RCA team
 
Central New Jersey League

Delaware River League
    1914 Roebling
    1915 Columbia final averages - VG
    1919 7-07 standings
    1920  7-17 standings (Carl Parkinson?)

    Lloyd, Lefty p 21-9 in only listed milb year in TRIS  (1912 York) (1914 York)

    Coakley, Andy 1916 Mercer Auto 
    McConnell, Sam 1914 Roebling

    1914-10-28 Sam McConnell, ss for Roebling, signed by Athletics
    1915-6-24 only box I've seen
    1915-9-27 In 3rd & final game, Columbia of Delaware River League beats Upland of Delaware                 County League for championship of Eastern Pennsylvania

    1915 American Bridge nvg quality
    Thomas, William 1914

    MG
    1914
    Roebling : William Thomas
    1915
    American Bridge : Harry Klein
    Roebling : William Thomas

Eastern Shore League (D)
    1923 6-11 batting + fielding 7-14 Pocomoke 7-23 top batters Pasquerella hitting .313
    
    1923-3-10 Pocomoke roster. Gaynor is Mike Gaynor. Seven Philadelphia players. Tom Sharp, formerly of South Phils, is manager. Managed Chester to Delaware County League championship in 1917 and Ludington to Central League championship of 1921. 
    1923-4-07 Player limit 14, 84-game schedule. Most important issue is adhering to salary limit. 
    1923-4-28 Past averages of Pocomoke players listed. 
    1923-5-19 Players who are trying to win line-up spots for Pocomoke. 
    1923-12-31 Salisbury club bought players of Laurel.
    "While the price paid for the players was not made known it is understood on good authority that it was a sum no greater than the amount it has cost the White Clouds management upon each of the two previous years for the transportation here of large numbers of recruits, their board bills and other costs incidental to the experimental stage of the season." 

Inter-County League
    1935 Stirling


Lackawanna League
    1905 9-26 standings
    1906 9-17 standings final of regular season: four teams tied for 1st

    Shackleton, Joe 1905 Phillipsburg will captain them -idk if he played w. them


    1905-3-10 voted to spend $20 on pennant for league winner 
            Phillipsburg admitted - George Miller has leased old North End field for them
    1905-5-26 Lindeman shut out Stroudsburg in first Wednesday game in league before 600 fans
    1905-6-26 George Duquette denies having signed with Highlanders - will not leave Dover
            manager-captain-pitcher is one of top hurlers in league
            Phillipsburg moves to Madison
    1905-10-03 Morristown-Chatham tied 2-2 with Newark of Eastern League
            1905 Newark BR
    1905-12-30 league will continue - will only player on Saturdays as attendance for Wednesday games was paltry
    1906-6-14 Trenton Roeblings, who represent Perth Amboy, beat Chatham 8-0
    1906-6-23 Duquette released by Summit
    1906-8-11 Bowen, who was with Summit, released by Toronto after one game
    1906-9-24 In 7 inning game, York, Tri-State League champions, defeat Chatham 2-0
        Joseph Myers throws no-hitter  1906 York BR
    1906-9-26 ends with a four-team tie
    1906-10-01 two Passaic boys in league - records given
    1906-10-06 Chatham beats Madison Alerts, 5-0
    1906-12-21 Orange-Clifton withdrew - application of Boonton being considered
 
    MG:
    1905
    Dover: George Duquette
    Summit: Murphy
    1906
    Chatham: Konkle

Lackawanna League
    beginning: 
    1925 Millburn
    1928 Millburn
    1929 Maplewood Mapes final standings
    1930 Maplewood Mapes final batting+pitching Joe Medwick Madison 
    1931 Madison Colonels batting leader
    1932 Summit Red Sox final batting+pitching+standings xtra
    1933 Chatham Howitzers final batting 9-8 standings
    1934 Madison Colonels batting+pitching
    1935 Millburn Blues final standings
    1936 Madison Colonels 7-9 standings
    1937 Millburn Blues final batting
    1938 Madison Colonels final stats (vg)
    1939 Morristown final standings final pitching
    1940
    1941 8-21 standings


    Medwick, Joe 1929 Summit 1930 Summit

    1929-9-14 Medwick attracting scouts
    1930-10-02 in past five years, Ross Trengove of Millburn has finished 1st twice and 2nd thrice
    1937-2-12 league organized for year
        1933 Chatham Howitzers cost $65/g
    1937-2-19 shall not charge more than 40 cents for attendance - salaries capped at $7/g for inf/of,
            $10/g for catchers, and no limit for pitchers. 
        Abbie Leitch was once sold by Ross Trengrove of Millburn to Madison for $75    
            Westbrook picks Eddie Mayo at third base & George Knothe at ss
    1937-2-26 Madison is bitterly opposed to a salary limit
        Bill Westbrook picks top outfielders in league history: Joe Medwick in left, Jack Glynn
        in center, and Blackie Reagan in right. 
    1937-3-05 Bill Westbrook's complete league history all-star team given
        salary limit not enforceable 
    1937-3-12 after a stormy meeting, Madison finally backs down and accepts salary limit
    1937-7-09 detailed game account by Millburn
    1937-10-15 Chuck Ward has managed Millburn to two championships in three years. 
    1937-12-24 in 1925, league reorganized by Arthur G. Balcom of New Providence
            excitement over Chatham possibly rejoining league - good history of Chatham team
            incl pros they have given a start to. Summit folks don't particularly want Pinky Pengitore
            back as MG. 
     1938 banquet


Middlesex County League
    1917

    1917-2-28 rosters getting put together

Newark City League
    1908 Ironsides final standings
    1909 Ironsides final standings
    1910 8-01 standings
    1920 Orange AA

    Conifrey, Barney p briefly PCL/IL 1921 Recreation
    Miller, George ( I think) 1921 Recreation

    Toporcer, George 1920 Orange (SABR bio)
    
    see 1921 Meadowbrook in xcel - 1921 Meadowbrook is same team (I think) as 1920 Newark Stars

    6-20 Ironsides action+posed pics incl. of Bruggy
    1910 Ironsides + info


    1920-6-06 Hackensack-Bogota Nabors 1, Newark Stars 0. 
    "Stretch" Meehan, Newark Stars pitcher, is 6'7" basketball  star                                               https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/stretch-meehan/
    "Stretch Meehan was the first truly tall man to achieve fame as a professional basketball player
        1920-6-26 Marshall & Ball has a good time. Cy Fullerton, "an excellent curve ball pitcher of big league fame," is their pitcher.
        1921-5-30 Westinghouse beats Recreation 13-4

    1921-4-24 Hackensack-Bogota loses to Hartford EL 7-6
    1921-6-05 Plainfield loses 5-1 to Bushwicks; Meadowbrooks lose to Bushwicks 11-6



Newark County League
    1909 9-20 standings
    1910 Newark final standings


    1910 Roger Salmon pic 1911 pic + info had scoreless streak of 50 innings in 1910

New Jersey Manufacturers League
    1915


Passaic-Bergen League
    1941

        Sanicki, Ed 1941 Red Bank Pirates 1942 Uncle Sam's 1945 Uncle Sam's/Paterson Blue Jays

South Jersey League
       1926



Sussex County League
    1915 

    Salmon, Roger * 1915 Franklin

Tri-County League
    1917

West Jersey League
    1922 7-16 standings 
    w/ Frank McCrea? I think quite possib



Paterson Silk Sox 


1920-6-19 Former Silk Sox pitcher, Joe Bellhoff, will arrive with his West New York team tomorrow. Frank Parkinson will make his debut at short for the Sox. Manager of Sox is Harry Stallings. 
1920-6-22 "Parkinson, playing for the first time for a Sox crowd, was like a little girl reciting her first speech."
1920-6-26 Will play Marshall & Ball of Newark City League tomorrow. 

1920-6-27 Silk Sox 4, Marshall & Ball 2. 
1920-9-02 9-02 the Silk Sox, with lineup bolstered with outside players, fought Hilldale to a 13-inning tie at Darby. 9-01 Hilldale beat the Silk Sox 6-5 at Camden. 


Misc.

    1920-8-29 Merchant Ship 7, Vineland 6. Wilson, Vineland catcher, is said to be Warwick, who with Mike Cantwell jumped contract from Phillies. 

Cantwell, Mike 1920 Vineland prior to this game was alleged to have thrown 
        53 straight pure innings.
    Hanford, Charlie outfielder born in UK 1920 Merchant Ship
    Lohr, Howard 1920 Vineland 
        Pasquella, Mike 1920 Vineland 
    Warwick, Bill 1920 Vineland  playing under name of Wilson

Pros:

Rothfuss, Harry of 1922 Recreation hit .337 in 1921 TL
Synott, Peter c 1933 Paterson City will be one of three catchers. George Cervino is the best semi-pro catcher NJ has seen in some time. Roster listed. 1931-8-17 Synott pro basketball official. 
        1933 Foresters

MLB:

Kavanagh, Marty 1923 Meadowbrook
Parkinson, Frank 1920 Silk Sox
Thomas, Roy 1917 J.B. Stetson coach of JB Stetson and U. of P. undefeated as of 7-20
Urbanski, Billy 1923 Carteret 1923 Maurer

Notes

 Silk Sox

1920-4-25 beat Newark Stars 2-0 in opening game
        Camden managed by Wid Conroy
    seems to be all

1922 Recreation

1922-5-30 beat Penn Red Caps 12-1, Portchester 4-2
1922-10-15 lost to Lincoln Giants 5-1, beat Meadowbrooks 9-3, beat Howards 10-4
    one of Ed Enhorn's 4 hits Saturday bounced off the "Doc" Greenwood Men's Shop sign on the right 
    field fience - Enhorn will receive silk socks for his feat

1922 Meadowbrook

1922-6-03 Marty Kavanagh hitting .537 - Pete Krumenaker, .516, former Newark IL

Martinez, Filipino pitcher   Mariano Martinez also pitched w/ Cuban Stars

When Father Was A Boy

1929-5-19 Wellwood AC of Merchantville
1929-6-23 1907 Camden Police
#22 1929-8-11 1913 Camden HS - unbeaten in 13 games
#23 1929-8-25 1904 Haddon FC - very good
1929-9-15 1890-91 Greater Camden - 1890-94 Camden club considered best team in history of city
        really good club, filled with pros - Harry Davis was captain - in 1892 were 104-25-, state champs, 
        big crowds - Garret Cowls managed
1929-9-29 1885-89 Independence  - Garret Cowls - Harry Ely MLB - players & fans would walk to games - "Weep" Stanton - 33-1 record in 1889
1929-10-13 1905 Woodbury Country Club - pitcher was Bert Dopson, who pitched for 29 years
1930-1-05 1904 Camden Cricket club 
1930-2-02 football
1930-3-02 1905 Westmont AC
1930-3-09 1916 Camden Iron Works, Industrial League
1930-3-30 football
#51 1905 M.W. Taylor of Camden managed by Garrett Cowls, known as father of baseball in Camden
        began career in 1865 article 1892 Independents he managed were 104-25 (alleged)
#55 1930-4-06 1902 Liberty Bells of Camden - kid team - 32-2 record
#56 1930-4-13 1909 Woodlynne Country Club
#57 1930-4-20 1916 Lucas AA of Gibbsboro - pros - rather epic conclusion to season
#58 1930-4-27 1895 Riverside - defeated club with Wid Conroy
#59 1930-5-04 1914 Burlington Shamrocks 34-3 in 1917 - only lost to Fleisher Yarn, Chester, and             Merchant Shipyard of Bristol
#60 1930-5-11 1908 XXV - two members refused big league offers
#61 1930-5-18 1910 Parkside AC kid team - 32-1 record
#62 1930-5-25 1900 Gloucester YMCA - Jack Clements, MLB lefty catcher - other pros
#63 1930-6-01 1910 Glendora
#64 1930-6-08 1907 Camden AC - a number of pros
1930-6-15 none 
#66 1930-6-22 1905 Camden really informative + pic - also says what the players are doing now
#67 1930-6-29 1911 Emerson - hundreds of loyal fans - Lefty Tomlin, Camden's top slow baller
#68 1930-7-06 1904 Camden City  - sometimes got 3/4K fans, but passing hat around never resulted in more than $10-15 - Pop Hughes one of first underhanded pitchers in section - Fish Verga would often teach youngsters the basics of the game
#69 1930-7-13 1906 Burlington U.S.C.I.P. and Foundry Co. 
#70 1930-7-20 1911 Highland AC - Camden County League -pros
 #71 1930-7-27 1908 Emerson Reserve - several members refused big league offers
#72 1930-8-03 1911 York AC
 #73 1930-8-10 1909 5th Ward kid team
#74 1930-8-17 1911 Burlington FC

Who's Who Among So. Jersey Stars

1930-7-07 Grover "Worm" Wearshing - great all-around athlete - Camden Police/12th Ward 
    also pro basketball - managed Dover (ESHL) to 26-100 record in 1948
1930-7-21 two clubs
1930-7-22 Collingswood, Camden County League
1930-7-25 Danny Campbell - 2nd Ward, Greater Camden League + indpt teams - still too young to vote
1930-8-07 Dave Keefe - pitcher, has only 3 fingers on pitching hand - MLB - currently with Woodstown Aviators
1930-8-08 Joey Snyder - 5'5" 130 - Camden Police/12th Ward
1930-8-09 Bobby Lennox - one of youngest milb managers
1930-8-10 Harry "Heinie" Smith - often pitched 3-4 consecutive days
1930-8-15 Charles Connell, Greater Camden League
1930-8-23 Russell Watson - MG-if-of East Camden, Greater Camden League
1930-8-28 Don Cragin - 4 sport star - c, Pesauken, Camden County League
1930-9-12 Samuel Godfrey, Haddon, Reesman League - football pic
1930-9-13 Frank Mozeleski - three teams
1930-9-15 Ernie Potts - p, Moorestown, Burlington County League
1930-9-18 "Gus" Corson - three teams
1930-9-20 Ollie Horner - pitcher - has been with Pensauken for more than 10 years
1930-10-01 "Coddy" Stamp - 3b, R.M. Hollingshead, Camden Industrial League champs

Camden site
http://www.dvrbs.com/people/DVRBS-Camden-Biographical.htm

Joe Acquaro 1950s Camden HS/ Park League
Thomas Anderson 1900s and 1910s



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