Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Georgia leagues

 Atlanta City League
    1926 7-25 standings the KKK was in 3rd place - 6-5 record
    1931
    1932
    1935 Miller Service
    1936


     Osborne, Tiny p 1929 Whittier 1930 Whittier 2nd half champs 1931 Whittier allowed 1 hit - made 3 
    first started getting called Tiny in 1924. Called Ernie before that.

    1931-9-06 g#1 of championship series - Whittier 2, City Hall 0 - Osborne v Fittery

    1936-4-20 Action shot + pic w/ Bob Hasty. Opening day
 
    1936-6-09 Bob Hasty has resigned as pitcher-manager of Warren - wants job in organized ball. Has 11-2 pitching record this season. Recently elected honorary mayor of Smyrna.

    1933-6-15 Pic of Pinky Parham, 1936 Warren third baseman, playing in Orlando City League.
        1935-11-04 Receives Duck Inn HR trophy
        1936-5-17 HR king of 1935 - makes season's debut for Duck's Inn.
        1936-7-28 Second in batting, .321

    

Atlanta city championship series
    1929
    
    1929-9-20 semi-finals. Will be game between Whittier, City League champs, and A.H. Turner's Office, winners of Insurance League. 

    1929-9-07 series opened.

Atlanta Commercial League
    1937 
    1939 8-20 standings
    1940

    Crisler, Joe 24-20 in GAFL 1939 Dixisteel

    Hasty, Bob p PHA 1919-24 1937 Dixisteel 1940 Gas Co.

Atlanta Dixie League
    1939 8-20 standings

    Hasty, Bob p PHA 1919-24. 1939 Gas Co. three-hitter

    1939-8-05 Bob Hasty k'd 17

    1939-8-26 Hasty & his Gas Co. team will attempt to clinch second half pennant 

Bright Leaf Tobacco League
 
    1929-4-05 Will be amateur; local players only. 
    1929-8-28 Marguerite Douglas getting all sorts of strange letters after her picture has been distributed in newspapers across the country. 

   1929-8-15(syndicated) pic of Marguerite Douglas, flapper manager of Nicholls club. 
        1930-3-30 marries

Georgia State League
    1920  Carrolton Macon Telegraph usually has boxes 7-06 standings
    1922 dnp

    Mittwede, Walter 1920 Lindale says there are several SOUA quality players in league.
    Thrasher, George 1920 La Grange Konneman pitched.
    

    1920-3-03 League formed. Player limit is 12, including manager. Salary limit is $1500.
    1920-6-06 players with promise.
    1920-6-17 Mittwede is tearing up the league.
    1920-6-28 info on two of the umps
 
Macon Central City League + Manufacturers League 
    1914 *  Macon Telegraph has boxes


    1914-7-12 Their success is their doom: Macon amateur teams raided. Atlanta City League praises.
    1914-8-24 Macon All-Star team put together to face Macon SALL.

      1914-6-06 Flew Miller won 5-0 no-hitter for Telegraph in six-inning game.
        1914-7-04 Flew Miller struck out 20 in 6-5 11-inning win over National Union of Atlanta City League.
    1920-7-05 Flew beat Federal reserve of Atlanta

    1914-7-14 May be signed by Macon Peaches.
    1917-4-12 traveling representative of Procter Gamble
    1920-8-07 Flew is top hurler in league. Has been defeated once only. Baby Wilder, Fourth National pitcher, is also with Monroe - Luther Bloodworth also with other team.
    1938-5-11 (The Macon Telegraph) Memories from Buddy Calloway, now race car driver/mechanic. Averages around 150 races a year.
    https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Buddy_Calloway Born Jessie Whipple Calloway - often spelt Callaway. 
        "Calloway is a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan. Years ago, he recalls, he played on our side - for The Telegraph team in a city league. That was before he took up racing. 
    " 'I remember we had Flew Miller pitching for us. He's a brother of Wallace Miller. Lives in Miami now... Well, he could pitch with either hand - plenty of steam with his right and good stuff on both sides. So much stuff, to tell the truth, that I couldn't catch him. I was the regular catcher. We played on a diamond in the infield of the racetrack, on Grey's Hill and the Indian Mound site. We also had old Buck Holloway on The Telegraph team. 
    " ' Buck went up to the big leagues for awhile and quit when he was making $8,500 a year. Yes, sir he quit to become a danged farmer out here around Macon somewhere.' "
 
Million Dollar League

    Albaugh, Morris p 1920 Elberton maybe? see 1920-9-07


    1920-6-18 Dick Brazier of SOUA takes pessimistic view of league
    1920-7-02 lots of Southern League players jumping - one, Halt, offered $1K of "easy money" & $400/month
        quotes Chattanooga News: "The plaything of the rich Mississippi Planters is striking body blows at Southern baseball these days, and ruining ball players rapidly." 
    1920-7-19 "The Million Dollar League is an independent organization composed of towns in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, and is said to be backed by a number of wealthy men." 
    1920-9-07 Pike Albaugh returns to Washington DC after having pitched for Elberton
    1920-9-11 after being suspended for five years for jumping, Joe Guyon, of Atlanta Crackers, forgiven and already back with time
    1920-9-16 Culver Calhoun of AL - started with Bainbridge but after team disbanded signed as 1b with Thomson
    1920-9-19 Birmingham All-Stars team getting put together - provisional roster
    1920-9-20 Luther Bloodworth has received offers from Giants & Tigers for 1921 - will probably
     refuse. Has already refused pro offers because he is a lawyer in Macon. Lost only 3 out of 10 games in Million Dollar League.  more detailed
    1921-12-01 it is being decided whether "Pepper Bob" Higgins will be suspended for having jumped to Windsor after having been fired as SOUA manager

 1920-9-24 All-Star team picked by writer. George Johnston had 36-7 record overall this summer - 4-1 in the Million Dollar League.   

    1920-8-27 box in Atlanta Constitution
    
    1920-8-30 post-season series abt to start

North Georgia Textile League
    1934 8-12 standings

    Satterfield, Claude long-time Toronto IL * 1934 Shannon

    1934-8-12 Shannon team pic

South Georgia League
    1923

    Jackson, Shoeless Joe * 1923 Americus

Southeast Georgia League
    1929 Dublin 6-19 standings six clubs 8-08 standings four clubs

    Thrasher, George of - good in B 1929 Vidalia

    Osborne, Tiny p - turned pro at 26

    1929-7-09 Tiny Osborne, one of fattest players in baseball, is now with Dublin and performing well.
    1929-8-09 Eldon Carlyle, 19-year-old brother of Roy and Cleo, signed with Atlanta Crackers. Had been hitting .442 for Dublin.
    1929-8-22 all-star team to be organized to play Dublin.
    1929-8-23 Jack Walker, former Mercer player who played with Dublin, was signed by Macon Peaches.

    1929-8-20 Dublin 2, Douglas 1. Dublin now up 3-1. no box

Tennessee-Georgia League
    1934  8-12 standings

    1934-8-12 Peerless Mills team pic

General

1920-9-24 Johnston had 36-7 record. 
1920-12-10 fight over whether college players can play summer ball
1926-5-23 Frank Thrasher works for marble company in Tate.
1926-5-25 Tate will only play three games a week to comply with Southern Conference rules for college players.

Pros:

Thrasher, Frank 1924 Tate 1926 Tate MG. roster listed - mostly college players. 24-3 record - challenge any club for series to determine state champions. roster w/ full names

1924 Tate team pic. 44-16 record. 
1926-8-22 "Shakey" Kain pic. Star pitcher for Tate, team that has 25-4 record. Averages given - Thrasher is leading club with .442 mark. 
1926-9-07 Team pics of Tate & Thomaston. Boxes: Frank Baker of Tate threw no-hitter. preview for state title. 

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Western League

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