Monday, October 23, 2023

1918 Shipbuilders' League

short stop fielding
Outfield fielding

Crockett: MG: Tom Calahan
Hanlon: MG: Bill Kenworthy
Pittsburg: MG: Bill Steen


1918-9-29
1918-11-10

1918-12-15
1918-12-22 only about 100 fans

1918-7-29 Gossip - Howard Gregory, Hanlon pitcher, accused of throwing emery ball 

    1918-11-19 Pittsburg V Shipbuilder's All-Stars line-ups
    1918-11-23 line-ups - w/big full names
1918-12-10 var. stuff - Speed Martin a blonde
1918-12-15 Baum's v. Bohne's has some of the former players

1918 Hanlon Shipyards pic with pennant receiving loving cup for winning pennant
 

Jimmy Claxton


1914 Portland Hubbard Giants team pic

1917 Ipswich, ND
1919-5-12 Tie 2-2 with Halton-Didiers - Claxton does not pitch full game
        opposing pitcher is MLB Pruiett, Tex
1919-6-23 Claxton k's 19 against Dominic Limiteds/ milb Heinie Lay in 3-3 tie.  box
    San Leandro C.L. Best Tractors will play championship series with Shasta Limiteds, colored club. "An automobile parade of Shasta fans will be held from Oakland to San Leandro"
1919-7-06 Defeat Halton-Didiers 4-3 in 10-inning game before 3K+ fans. 
1919-7-13 Best Tractors 6, Shastas 4. Babe Danzig wins with double. MLB John Gillespie wins. 
1919-8-10 Shastas bring new pitcher from LA. 
1920-3-08 loses 0-5 to Best Tractors & Gene Caldera
1920-3-29 K's 13 but loses 6-2 to Oakland Moose.
1920-4-01 Shasta Limiteds have two stars in Carlisle Perry & Goldie Davis - have accepted contract to play with L.A. White Sox - White Sox are one of few teams to pay straight salary
1920-8-21 Shastas to play Sperry Flour - Chet Bost is MG

1922-10-05 Pierce's Colored Giants - formed out of Oakland's colored center - 1200 ATT evry wk
        Claxton not on team

1928-8-27 w/ Yakima
1929-8-10 "has been making batting tough for several seasons in the Yakima valley"

1938-5-22 Longshoreman baseball being revived in Tacoma

1938-7-17 Manager of Reno Brewery in Western Nevada League, will pitch.
1940 Dixie Club

 1941-5-31 "Floyd Isekite, leading southpaw in the Western International last season, was whacked out of the box by the Casinos in the sixth inning of his first start in the Western Washington circuit, a loop supposedly several notches below the W.I. Pitching for the opposite colored boys was Jimmy Claxton, a veteran of 49 years. 

Michigan leagues

 Detroit Baseball Federation
    1947

    Blanchard, Bruce 1940 Puritan (class C)
    Ebranyi, William 1936-39 D, 1944 AAA  - convicted felon 1940 Checker (NBF game) 

    Bertoia, Reno 

    1940-10-29 MVPs of each class given awards - pics of all. Bill Ebranyi is given highest honor -             class A MVP award.
    1947-5-04 rosters of Class A clubs + pics of managers
    1947-8-20 receives indefinite suspension
    1947-8-23  Ebranyi suspended for a year for spiking player

    1947-7-06 5K ATT - only line scores - also action pic. Has list of all scores. 

    essay on 1949 Windsor Canadians ebranyi played with - has summary of illegal activities
    1956 yearbook for 42nd anniversary of organization
    Jim McDonnell SABR bio - a bit of a summary of league
    
Detroit City League

    1914-8-16 S&S loses 5-0 to Philadelphia Phillies

Detroit Manufacturers League
    1914 8-16 standings
    1915 Studebakers


Detroit Masonic League
   1914 8-16 standings 8-16 batting Walker has 16 sb in 7 games

    Lisk, Joe 1914 Zion (26 sb in 8 games)

    Lathers, Chick former Tiger  1914 Palestine

    Chick Lathers pic 1914

Michigan Tournament
    1952

    1952-7-18 tonight two undefeated teams will clash when the St. Joseph Auscos play the Grand Rapids Black Sox. 

    1952-7-17 St. Joseph Auscos 7, East Chicago 0. 

Southwestern Michigan League
    1952 6-30 standings
    1954 6-28 standings

Pros:


St. Joseph Auscos
    1953-6-24 batting


MLB:


Fisher, Red 1924 St. Joseph  of-MG - and CHW scout
    Grimm, Grand Rapids star, will probably pitch for St Joseph - is this the Carroll Grimm who later managed Battle Creek Postum?
Miller, Elmer two-way for 1929 PHI, but with obscenely bad control
        1929 Postum 1930 Postum  1929-9-25 233 in bowling
Terwilliger, Dick p 1930 Battle Creek Postum Postum = Kellogg Cereal related

https://www.newspapers.com/search/?city=Battle+Creek&county=Calhoun&date-end=1930&date-start=1930&keyword=%22elmer+miller%22&region=us-mi

1929-8-05 Phillies will play Battle Creek; Battle Creek civic recreation league players will be looked over by Phillies. Include future DET backup catcher Reiber, Frank "Tubby"
    Grimm, Carroll, former pitcher for Lansing CENL, is manager of Postum. Will receive $1000 scout-fee if Elmer Miller is kept by the Phillies for more than thirty days. Postum played to 1.2K ATT yesterday without a house in sight.

milb:
 



Comstock, Ralph SABR bio also w/ Toledo Rail Lights 1919-20  1919 Detroit Maxwells during practice grandstand caught fire - players turned fire fighter and put out the fire, without much damage

1914-8-15 (Saturday) Detroit Free Press
    Commercial League, Manufacturers League, Masonic League, Oddfellows League, Railroad League
 1914-8-15 some misc. scores
 1914-8-16 (Sunday)
    Telephone League
1914-8-16 many misc.
1914-8-23 City League + misc. 
1914-8-30  misc. 
1914-8-30 more
1914-9-13 Urban Shocker beats Canadian All-Stars
1915-8-14 (Saturday) various standings, leagues
1915-9-19 Brooklyn 2, S&S 0. 
1923-7-08 (Sunday)

City tournament
    1914-8-16 rosters listed
    
    Barber, Frank at least 120 pro wins
    Hendershott, Vern 1914 Liberty
    Maurer, Mike  1914 St. Louis

    games at Packard Park. 

    1914-8-16 St. Louis 8, Euclids 1. Liberty 8, Timken Detroit 5. 
    1914-8-23 Packard 8, Grand Laundry 3. Wandersee 2, Alerts 2. 
    1914-8-30 Alerts 4, Wandersees 2. 
    1914-9-06 St. Louis 4, Liberty 0. Alerts 5, Packards 2. 
        Mike Maurer, St. Louis, threw 1-hitter. 
    1914-9-13 Alerts 6, St. Louis 3. 

    1914-8-16 pic of Mike Maurer and Frank Barber

    1915-8-15 preview - Detroit Amateur baseball federation - teams playing for who shall represent Detroit against Cleveland. Lists former pros. Says last Sunday the game in Cleveland had 20K fans, and the two pitchers were major leaguers. 
    1915-9-06 games yesterday were rained out - will play today. Davey Jones will play with Euclids. 
    1915-9-07 more rain
    1915-9-13 Cleveland game had more than 50K fans. 
    1915-9-18 preview. 
 
    Blanding, Fritz * p Euclids

    1915-8-15 Grand Laundry 4, S&S 2. Peerless 6, Gurney Giants 3. 
                    Edelweiss 4, Imperials 1. St. Anthony 7, Heart of All 3. 
    1915-8-22 Sheriffs 18, Wayne Amaranths 1. Euclids 11, Liberty 3. 
    1915-8-29 Edelweiss 2, Sheriffs 0. Euclids 4, Peerless 0. 
                      Grand Laundry 5, St. Louis 2.
    1915-9-12 Grand Laundry 3, Edelweiss 0. Grand Laundry 3, Euclids 0. 
                       Edelweiss 7, Studebakers 6. 

    1915-9-19 doubleheader played at Packard Park. 4K ATT. 
            Grand Laundry 1, White Autos 0. White Autos 5, Grand Laundry 3. 
    1915-9-25 at Cleveland. 23K ATT. White Autos 5, Grand Laundry 1. 


    1915-9-18 pics of three Cleveland White Autos stars

    1916-8-13
        

California pros

  Army


MLB

Central California Baseball Managers' Association

Japanese Teams


Oakland Tribune Northern California Tourney

MLB:
Wright, Jiggs 1933 Richmond Produce

Oakland Tribune State Championship

MLB: 
both also played with Golden Glow
MILB:


Negro Leagues:

Sacramento Valley League cities
MLB:
Sacramento Teams
San Joaquin Valley League
Trolley League

Winter 

Pop Arlett 1922-23 Chevrolet

Averill, Earl 1925-26 Keneally Seals
Meusel, Bobby 1921-22 Wilmington 


San Diego  (Urbita Stars are of San Bernardino)

Hoffman, Dutch 1913-14 Urbita Stars gives receipts of the game


1907-11-24 Al Carson - Jack Myers - nice big box scores w/ k's and bb's
1907-12-01 Pickwicks lose again to Ralstons
1908-11-29 Franz Hosp of San Diego beats Walter Johnson - Jack Myers, Chick Autry, 




Allaire, Bob went straight to AA 1931 Houghton Park
Baum, Spider 1903 Baggotts
         1931-32 Acme Brews 
Bloomfield, Billy 1908 Newman see state champ list
Ferill, Dogs 1938 Iroquois Red Men
        1914 Fraser Photo managed by Bart Burke - other pros 
Gomes, Gene pitched for a good number of teams 
Gugich, Phil often played on the same teams as Ivaldi   1933 Santa Cruz Padres
Isekite, Floyd 1931-32 Ventura Merchants loses to El Paso Mexican team
    1938 Tye's Hop Gold (Alameda-San Jose Lg)
Lister, Walter 1943 Owl Drugs "threw 5th no-hitter a week ago
Robeke, Jazz 16-5 in PCIL in 1921 1923 San Leandro 1924 Willows 
            maybe same as SVL Charley/Jazz Robcke
            1940 pic 1924 prob. birthdate
Stassi, Bob 1957 Marysville
Valla, Gene 1921 Petaluma
Williams, Joe 5 seasons for Sacramento 1904-20 
        1920-6-16 PCL 3 for 3
          1938 Associated

Major League

Dejan, Mike 1948 Kopper Karts vs Rosabell Juniors
Falkenberg, Cy 1922 Raisin Belt League
Gedeon, Joe  1916 Trolley League 1916-17 Arata Brothers 
Gillespie, John went straight to MLB in 1922, went 3-3 1919 C.L. Best Tractors
Heilmann, Harry HOF 1912 Hanford
Hughes, Jay 1897 Sacramento Gilt Edges at Snowflakes Park. Two brass bands played. 4.5K ATT.
Mishkin, Solly 1923 Hollywood
Rothrock, Jack 1923 Wilmington
Roush, Edd 1909 Oakland City Walkovers post #1682
Seats, Tom 1950 Double Play
Sulik, Ernie 1947 Bercovich 
Stroud, Sailor 1922 Hanford 
Uhalt, Frenchy 1929 Fresno Acorns

Negro Leagues:

Western League

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