Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Bud Beasley


1937-5-23 pic giving prize to kid
1938-10-30 pic as half-back 
1941 pic w/ Mike Salinsen
1942 pic in action of throwing
1954-6-29 pic good profile - only grandfather playing in WINT
        lives in Reno, divorce capital "That Reno's kind of a seaport town, what with the tied running in and the untied running out."  (groan)
1954-7-24 pic w other Vancouver Capilanos incl K Chorlton - they play music 

1932-9-28 football
1935-9-14 named U. of Nevada freshman football coach
1937-11-17 Reno town team organized, first club game in Reno in years. Beasley is a long, accurate thrower of spirals.
 
1937-8-15 Chism Ice Cream pitcher, lost no-hitter with two outs in 9th in game v. Camp Reno soldiers
1938-6-12 pitching for Susanville, beat Washington Browns 4-3
1938-6-19 lost to Washington Browns 7-6
1938-8-28 beat Fallon 16-14 - Fallon has lefty 2b
1938-9-4 beat Alturas 13-5, Beasley & Smiley Clayton both homer
1939-5-30 beat Stockton Amblers 3-2
1939-8-01 in softball, leading league in batting. In baseball, to pitch for Sierra Royals against Kansas City Monarchs. 
1939-8-02 W/ Sierra Royals v. House of David
1939-9-24 With Reno Garage, will pitch against Southern Pacific Stores, semi-pro champs of Oakland tourney- visitors may bring PCL players
1939-9-24 defeated SP Store 6-3 - have beat them three times this year so could claim unofficial championship - prob. could have won if entered Oakland tourne

1941-4-27 opened season by beating Ogden Reds of Pioneer League 2-1. 
1941-6-04 shutout league-leading Lovelock club 8-0 - struck out 13. "The durable southpaw had the batters on edge with his "psychological" windup and continual throws to first..."
1941-6-07 "rocking chair wind-up" 

1941-6-10 Sierra Nevada League teams making offers to Beasley. some opinions as to the fittingness of this alt pretty interesting

1942-4-23 team getting put together
1942-5-01 Threikel, Beasley, & Capriotti to recruit players - club will use Jack Threikel's park
1942-5-7 team lineup w/ 1st names alt Bob Trowbridge ht & wt
1942-6-23 scoreless streak at 29 in relief outing
1942-7-23 usually the king of the dugout jockeys, Beasley has been silent for the last week - laryngitis 

1942-8-07 Reno Garage batting 


1945-7-08 idol of Sacramento fans - has rooting section devoted to him  - "clowning and eccentric wind-ups wow fans" 
1945-7-26 "specializes in 'psychologizing' opposing batsmen with crazy windups" 
1946-3-01 got nice raise - talks of how San Francisco Seals are making nice $$$ by having spring-training in baseball-mad Hawaii
1946-8-26 "Dick (Kewpie) Barrett, Portland's roly poly pitcher, did an excellent job imitating Bud Beasley's delivery. And the next inning Beasley appeared on the first base coaching line with a pillow inside his uniform, which gave him the general appearance of Barrett. The fans got a big kick out of the comedy." 
 
1953-6-21 pitching for Threikel's Cubs, beats SP Stores

 1947-5-23 Reno Silver Sox to hold night for him
1947-5-29 Bud Beasley Night
1985-4-25 "Mr. Educator" - party for his 50th year as a Nevada "coach-teacher-friend"
    "in those early years, Beasley would take off summers and pitch" in the PCL. "Known as 'the clown prince of West Coast pitchers', left-hander Beasley was noted for his humor and sly diamond tricks..."
    Casey Stengel said "When I was managing the Oaks Beasley drove me crazy."
1985-5-09 profile/pics
2004-7-20 Obit w/ pic makes front page
2005-5-18  "Foundation to carry on Bud Beasley's legacy of helping kids"




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