1919-5-11G players of Indiana Normal * actually college
1919-5-18G New Kensington Aluminum
1919-6-29G Edgar Thomson Transportation club
1919-8-17G Section K & Z of Westinghouse Twilight League - pictured sitting on building steps
1919-9-21 Westinghouse Machine Works, pennant winners of Westinghouse Electric Interworks League.
1920-8-01 Bar Mill of Duquesne Steel League.
1920-8-22 Mechanical team, champs of Duquesne Steel League.
1920-8-29 Oil City, Two Team League.
1920-9-05 McKeesport Tinplate, first half winners of McKeesport YMCA League, and Upper Department of National Tube company, who are neck-and-neck with Tinplate for 2nd half honors. Stats of both teams are given.
1919-5-04G action shots from 4th opening of New Kensington Aluminum
1919-6-01G Bert Wilson, manager of popular Aluminum
1919-6-08G Jack Onslow, Allegheny Steel manager; Edmondson, Allegheny Steel in action; Bert Wilson of Aluminum again.
1919-7-13G Al Callahan, ss of South Side
1919-8-17G Russell (Sully) Ross - star pitcher of Braddock of Tri-Borough, whose season closed last week.
1919-7-06G pics & great stuff!
1919-7-27G profile & cartoon of Thayer "Heavy" Torreyson, who began diamond career in 1880.
In 1st decade of 20th century, playing for H.L.A.C. of Homewood, knocked a homer through the outfield fence - took a board with it. He helped found the Tri-Borough League, and is manager of its Braddock Business Men. Spends most of his time in his billiards parlor in Braddock.
1920-6-06 Two-Team League going great; unafraid of threats from OB. Oil City has no millionaire backer - supported greatly by fan donations. General admission ticket is 50 cents, and season ticket for 50 game season is $10. Walter Kinney happy to not travel anymore; has bought an automobile and sent for his wife.
1920-6-06 Some of top independent teams have lost stars to industrial teams. Homestead Grays lost to Munhall Firemen.
1920-8-01 Snapped Up Around The Sandlots.
"Duquesne has one of the fastest diamonds in this end of the state and it is one of the few parks where good playing conditions exist. The Duquesne field, which was put in by the steel works, is said to have cost in the neighborhood of $50,000."
1920-8-01 Two-Team League will resume schedule. Oil City was on the road last week- not as successful on the road as Franklin. Franklin averages given.
"Franklin may be a rich town in some respects, but it's the man on the street and the fellow in the ranks with his four-bit piece who is keeping the Franklin team running. The payroll every two weeks is up in the thousands, those on the inside say. The story is told of one fan whispering to another that Kavanaugh is getting $2,500 for the rest of the season. Just then one of the team officials turned around and remarked: "I don't know exactly what Kavanaugh is getting, but I do know if he's getting only $2,500, he's cheap at that." And the inquiring fans are still wondering what he pulls down.
Dances, entertainments, carnivals, and other benefits, coupled with boosters and tag days, are keeping the Franklin team on a sound financial basis, and incidentally keeping the town pretty much in the limelight."
Allegheny Steel have 50-13-1 record. 85,945 people have watched them.
1920-8-22 Snapped Up Around The Sandlots.
New Castle Cords becoming known as C team, for seven of players' last names begin with C.
New Castle making a real effort to put a good team together; very good players jumping to them. Previously attendance was listless but lately they had 2,200 come out. "L.C. Sturgiss, general superintendent of the New Castle Rubber Company, acting for Bill Ducrsten, president of the company, stated today that the Castle Cords intended to put a team on the field competent to defeat any team in this vicinity."
1920-8-22 O'Donnell and Layden have jumped Franklin to go to New Castle; Franklin okay with that. O'Donnell had been dissatisfied ever since he was fired as manager, and Layden hadn't been playing very well. Layden replaced in center by Johnny Honig of Bethlehem Steel League.
"Franklin management and fans feel that they have a grievance against Jimmy Hagan, who is at the head of the office force of the Philadelphia National League team. Hagan came here last week and served the tem- porary injunction on Pitcher Bert Gallia. When he returned to Philadelphia he told the newspaper men that the Two-team League was simply a gambling proposition, and that the team's supporters were gamblers. It is true that there is betting on games when the police are not looking, but the bettors have no connection with the club, official or unofficial. Teams are supported by dyed-in-the- wool fans, who with their predecessors, have maintained a rivalry in baseball between the two towns for 60 years."
1920-8-29 Homestead Steel League review. Schoen Steel won.
1920-8-29 player fight at Oil City-Franklin game. "Serious trouble" was only prevented by a "heavy wire screen in front of the bleachers along the third base line of the West End park."
Manager Brackenridge has played all infield and outfield positions as well as having occasionally pitched. Umpire O'Toole has been snatched from the Two Team League by the Castle Cords.
Allegheny Steel is about to play a series with the Baltimore Dry Docks. Account of pitchers' duel between Gene Packard of Agathons and Knetzer of Steelers.
1920-9-05 The proposed post-season series between Franklin, Oil City, Allegheny Steel, and the other top teams has fallen through, but it has been established that there will be good baseball again next year. The Elcos, who represent Ridgway, Johnsonburg, and St. Marys, have signed Herb Moran as next year's manager.
"It is probable that before the 1921 season opens the various independent teams will get together and draw up an agreement respecting each others' right as to players. Franklin and Oil City have been bound by such an agreement this year and it has worked out well.
1919 final standings
Westinghouse Electric Interworks League five teams tied for 2nd.
1920
1920-8-21 Believed to be most remarkable game in history of West End. Before 3,000 spectators at Denny Grounds, West End and KOKA tied 0-0 in 20-inning game.
1920-8-21 Carnegie Steel of Farrell 2, New Castle Cords 1. Heinie Boll's hitting wins for Farrell. Cords have former Two-Teamers in line-up.
1920-8-01 Eddie Artman, TR
1919-7-22 Twilight teams enjoying daylight savings
1922-8-20 on the kings of the independent pitchers (has PICS): Elvin Hilty is 35-6, Zip Wenzel 38-6,
Frank Speece 25-2 (won 23 inning game a few years back) National Tube has a great staff (w-l not compiled exclusively with them:
Johnny McKeeta 12-0 (no-hitter), Walter Rhine 21-5, Earl Carson 15-4, Jimmy Coyne 20-6.
Johnny McKeeta 12-0 (no-hitter), Walter Rhine 21-5, Earl Carson 15-4, Jimmy Coyne 20-6.
Alex Pearson 20-4; keeps it up year after year.
A LOT of great records given.
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