Friday, July 28, 2023

North Dakota

1921-5-23 win 9-1 1165ATT - admission 75 cents for grandstand, 55 cents for bleachers


 1933-8-29 Quincy Trouppe Dan Oberholzer
1933 final batting 28-12-5 record

Ipswich

1917-4-12 Jimmy Claxton, "Indian", and "Dutch" Dahms, have signed up. Both were with Herreid salaried team last year. 

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Book of bush league baseball

 Alaska leagues

Arizona leagues

    Tri-Copper League
        Flame Delhi 

Pennsylvania leagues

    Philadelphia
    Allegheny County League
    Lehigh Valley League
    Pittsburgh City League
    Penn-Jersey League

    Vernon Ayau Ayau, Vernon 
    Elmer Knetzer 
    Howard Lohr
    Ron Neccai
    Rube Parnham 
    Dick Spalding

Texas leagues

    Dallas Victory League
    East Texas Oil Belt League
    Fort Worth City League

    Cohen brothers (Andy/Syd of El Paso)
    Hugo Klaerner
    Red Murff

  

Utah leagues

    Northern Utah League
    Utah State League

    Walker Bank

    Lloyd Keller

Wisconsin leagues

    Midwest League 
    Wisconsin State League

    Lefty Johnson







Canada leagues

    Laurentides League
    Provincial League

    Charlie Culver
    Roland Gladu
    Arthur Duchesnil
    Alfie Malfara
    Kaz Suga

    NHL players

Alaska leagues

 Midnight League
    1907

 

    1907 interesting article pro players signed - commentary on league conditions

Arizona leagues

 Arizona State League
    1926 Miami Miners


    Miami Miners 1926 pic

Tri-Copper League 
    owned by Ray Consolidated Copper Mining Company source
    many players from PCL, RGRA, also some from Trolley League
    1916 Ray Mines (won both series) 6-9 standings 9-29 final often has play by play
    1917 Mill  Ray Miners batting final Ray 1st series

    Critchlow w/1916 Milwaukee 1917 Smelter
    Munsell, Emmett 29-12 in 1915 between PCL&TL 1916 Smelter
    Tobin, Joe 1916 1917 Miners
 
    Carisch, Fred 1916 Smelter MLB 1903-23 - played in Dakota leagues in last years
    Hall, Herb 1917 Mill ringer for post-season series

    Cates, L.S. league pres. in 1916 - instrumental in bringing top players to AZ
    Hosp, Franz 1916 HR won ball game - got choice of $5 hat or suit
    1915 Mesa with averages from last year


    1915 championship series

    1916 post season series Mine v. All-Stars
        10-08 Mine 2 All-Stars 1 

    1914-10-01 Phoenix & Silver City about to play series for championship of AZ & NM
        Herb Hall, etc.
    1916 Flame Delhi signed with Ray rather than report to KC
    1916-4-28 baseball issue w/ picture and bio of every player in leagues WE WANTS IT
    1916-6-23 Herb Hester leaves to manage NWL team gives bio of Hester - will be replaced by                 Thomas         Downey - Delhi also learning civil engineering - Delhi has 6-2 record
    1916-8-04 Miners managed by Beaumiller "GOTT STRAFE HESTER" (God punish Hester)
    as opposed to "Gott Strafe England"
        Hester censured by Seattle Times for bad conduct as MG of Great Falls
      1917 Ray Miners have scattered at closure of season Herb Hester MG - Bromley has three contract         offers 

    1916-6-23 emery ball banned after Johnny Lush started using it
    1918-3-22 Jack Roche wishes he hadn't jumped after league went kaput
    1919-6-18 Ray team is reorganized

Warren District League
    1918



    1918-3-26 Gil Pittman is captain - pilot-  of Junction Briggs

State tournament:

1933-7-23 Rosters listed. 






Sunday, July 16, 2023

State Tournaments

 Kansas

1933 Wichita Water

1933-8-07 only line scores

Nigro, Alex .275 in 48g for Toledo in 1931 1933 Manhattan


Maine

1941 Beals Blue Sox of Portland 
    great write-up all-star team named, with pictures - prize money & mileage money listed
      Beals Blue Sox decide not to play in nat. tournament 
    
    Craft, Harold  p (B -Portland -1946) 1941 1941 Beals
    Crory, Fred p (A) 1941 Berwick 
    Ferguson, George 3b.ss (D) 1941 Bath 
    Harlow, Fred c (C) 1941 Beals (tournament MVP)
    Mistos, Charles p ( AAA) 1941 St. Andres

 
Oklahoma


Utah

1932 Red & White

Western League

  1898-7-07 -  Columbus WL franchise will move to Denver