Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Idaho Leagues

Alfalfa Valley League
    1920 Boise 5-17 standings + play by play.  7-05 standings

    1920-7-15 After clinching pennant Boise players do not care about remaining four games. Manager Cordes is annoyed. He is arranging post-season games with S-I and Snake River League clubs. He requests all players be at ball park by 5 today for a panorama to be taken of the team. 

Boise Valley League
    1908 Boise Shamrocks 7-09 standings

    1908-6-10 league organized.
    1908-7-04 Shamrocks will appear for first time in new uniforms in today's game. A number of S-I players will appear in the lineup for Nampa. 
    1908-7-09 Shamrocks and Boise Athletics will play game for purse of $200
    1908-7-30 Falk Mercantile will like to join
    1908-8-16 Shamrocks called champions; roster listed.

    1908-6-21 attendance of several hundred

Idaho-Oregon League
    1948 


    1948-4-21 Hank Matsubu signed by Payette. 
    
    1948-5-30 Hank Matsubu pic

 Idaho-Washington League
    1925 Upstairs Price  6-28 standings


    Brandt, Ed 1925 Upstairs Price 1926 Cour d' Alene

    1925-6-28 Ed Brandt signed by Upstairs Price
    1925-6-30 Earl Dunlap, top lefty of the northwest, declared to be in a class with Ed Brandt. 
        offered a contract by White Sox but unable to come to terms - pitched in Blue Mountain League
        this year

Northern Idaho League
    1924 

    Bonner, Al 127 pro wins 1924 Kellogg loses 9-1

    Brandt, Ed  1924 Wallace k'd 16 - has k'd 63 in 5 games
    Fitzke, Paul 1924 Cour d' Alene played 1 g w/ Indians in 1924 - in PCL until 1943

Southern Idaho League - very little coverage 1908-10. 
    1907 5-06 standings
    1908 
    1909 Nampa
    1910
    1911 Buhl  8-06 standings
    1912-1915 did not play
    1917 6-28 standings
    1918 did not play
    1919 Rupert final standings (for 3 top teams) final 2nd half standings
    1920 Buhl Paul & Oakley dropped out early in season. 8-09 standings
    1921-22 did not play
    1923 Jerome

    Bartholemy, Al 1919 Paul MG-c
    Evans, Rube  1919 Rupert
    Frambach, Fred 1916 Rupert 1-hitter before largest crowd in season so far (5-30)
    Osborne, Johnson Hit .295 in 77 games for Oakland in 1923 but had .883 fielding as outfielder
        died 1924-10-03
            1919 Rupert - led league in home runs
    Reppy, Gay p five separate cups of coffee in AA - in only full pro season was 13-11 for 
            1925 WL St. Joseph 1916 Jerome

    Johnson Walter 1907 Weiser league schedule ends 7-14 - at end Walter's contract shall expire and he will go to Washington DC 75 shut-out innings 7-27 leaves for DC 
    Pillette, Herman 1919 Paul hired for a game
    Stroud, Sailor  1919 Rupert

    1919 Rupert pic - champions of Idaho

        bio of Rube Evans - brought emery ball with him in time with Rupert which was not appreciated
   
    1907-4-13 nicknames of the clubs. Team rosters listed. Plenty of pros. 
    1908-3-08 Harkness, the big Californian, has contract to pitch for Boise. 
    1908-3-12 about forming a new league, of lesser quality. 
    1908-4-09 Mountain Home had good club in S-I last year; should organize a team again this year.
    1908-5-28 scores.
    1908-6-04 Boise team incorporated - $25,000 of stock issued. The players signed for stock. 
    1908-6-13 Directors of Boise club called into court for failure to pay for baseball uniforms. Prominent business men among the directors. Amount due: $260.35 to H. Seller & Co. Boise's team may need to disband. If Boise drops out of S-I the league may die. 
    1908-10-04 Since the days when John McCloskey managed Boise we never had so good a team until our current Boise Shamrocks. "Hundreds of dollars have been expended to import men here to play one or two games a week in the Southern Idaho League"
        1909-7-22 picked nine will play Nampa. 
    1910-4-21 opening games 4-24.
    1911-5-11 league organized and schedule given.
    1911-7-25 league contains keen rivalry and good ball. Awakening interest in baseball. 
    1911-11-03 W.E. May died 10-30 of typhoid fever. 
        He managed the pennant-winning Buhl club this year.
    1916-5-04 Twins Falls places its trust in Kelly, former NESL pitcher who was marvelous last year.
    1916-5-11 schedule ad for opening game
    1916-9-19 Shoshone was winner of first half, Twins Falls was winner of second half. League is determining whether championship series will run three or five games.
    1916-9-21 Series will be best-of-three. Ruled that no player can play in series who did not play one game for team during season. Rupert attempted to convince the league to overturn the games in which Robinson played for Twins Falls against Rupert, which would had given the 2nd half championship to Rupert. Robinson had been signed by Twins Falls at the beginning of the season and Rupert wanted to buy him for $40, and even though Rupert did not pay the money Robinson played a time with them before coming back to Twins Falls. The league ruled this was no cause for forfeiting. 
    1916-9-30 Jerome of S-I will play Glenns Ferry at Elywhee Festival. 
    1917-2-22 Buhl is considering filling the vacancy in the league left by Kimball. (they did not)
    1917-7-11 league died. Twins Falls disbanded - only three teams left. The remaining three teams will attempt to find a fourth, and if they succeed a new league will be instituted. (seems like they failed)
    1919-8-22 Burley's averages during trip to Boise.
    1919-8-24 1200 fans - Rupert 2nd half champions if they beat Burley next week, Burley first half champs - series to be played between 'em 
    1919-9-05 Report on Rupert players.
    1919-9-26 Pitcher Alexander of Paul signed by Sacramento
    1919-10-05 big article in Salt Lake Tribune on report.
    1919-10-11 Burley Herald corrects error in article. 
    1920-2-26 The Rupert team will be financially aided by the Commercial club. Rupert has a deal pending with a PCL team for a battery. 
    1920-5-08 Ad for game between Burley of S-I and Blackfoot of Snake River. Tickets are 75 cents.
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    1920-8-22 Buhl will play post-season games. Will oppose Pocatello who will have Win Noyes on mound. 
    1920-8-25 Report of doubtful veracity that Bill Gleason, former S-I catcher, has joined Pittsburgh NL.
    1921-1-02 "The Buhl baseball team had $45 in the treasury after all expenses of the season were paid, according to report of Joe Boyd, manager. The team won the championship of the Southern Idaho League, and claims the championship of the state by virtue of victories over Boise and Pocatello, champions, respectively, in the Alfalfa and Yellowstone leagues. 
    1921-7-26 From Twin Falls newspaper:
        "I heard the other day that there has been some talk of having a Southern Idaho League next season, and right here let me say, that if the fans won't patronize 25-cent baseball, played by boys that don't get anything but abuse for their services, I can't see how a team that has paid players on it is going to make good."  By 25-cent baseball the author was referring to the local league, whose games were unfairly unpatronized. 
    1922-3-31 league organized. Nothing else showed up for it in search for "Southern Idaho League."
        "Each team will be allowed to import two men but salaries at limited to $75 a month, thereby making jobs one big item in getting men." Interesting - would have to provide a job to draw a player.
        "Each team is to contribute $50 to a season's purse, hung up for the pennant grabbers and chasers. The winning team is to get $200 of this amount while the runner-up will drawn down another $100. Each team is to post a $300 surety bond that the season will be completed." 
    1923-5-25 schedule. 
    1923-7-27 Game ad. Admission: 35 cents. 

    1909-4-25 scores of opening games. 100 rooters accompanied Emmett on road game. 
    1916-5-14 Twin Falls 4, Kimberly 3. 15 innings. 
    1916-5-15 Rupert 7, Burley 5. 700 ATT. 
    1917-5-06 opening
    1919-8-14 box!
    1919-8-24 box
    1919-8-31 Burley 7, Rupert 5. 1800 ATT - largest crowd of season.
    1920-5-16 opening: three games. Burkley 4, Oakley 2. ATT 700. 
        Buhl 10, Paul 8. Attendance 3000. "A special train brought the Paul team and about 500 Paul fans to the opening game. Two bands, representing Buhl and Paul, furnished music between innings and helped root for their favorites.
    former MLB Chick Fraser is manager of Jerome. 

Western Idaho League
    1923 Emmett 7-23 standings


    1923-7-22 misc. player news.


State tournament:
    1948 Nampa

    Coursey, Del p (I think) 1948 Nampa  turned pro at 25 and was good in C

    1948-7-28 tournament all-star named

    1948-4-21 Hank Matsubu signed by Payette. 

    Pros:


1915-8-02 Caldwell has arranged three game series with Twins Falls, supposed to have one of the best teams in Southern Idaho. 

1920-7-04 Pocatello Indians sign two new players
1920-7-27 Barney Kerns has resigned as manager and Fallentine has resigned as catcher; they have been replaced by Bill Rose and former Coast-Leaguer Bill Gleason. 
drawing of him

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