Friday, November 26, 2021

Negro League teams vs semi-pro teams

 NL teams

 1925-6-27 Jamaica Cardinals beat Harrisburg Giants, 6-2
1936-8-28 Bushwicks vs. Newark Eagles (27-31), 3-1 Bushwicks
1939-8-25 Bushwicks vs Birmingham Black Barons (11-21), 6-1 Bushwicks
1939-8-25 Bushwicks vs Birmingham Black Barons (11-21), 4-3 Bushwicks both 1940 JNLIP*-3635
1940-6-5, Nighthawks vs Newark Eagles (26-21), 7-6 Eagles 1940 JNLIP-2019
1940-8-12 Springfield Greys vs Newark Eagles (27-23), 4-3 Greys, 1940 JNLIP-3352
1941-8-24 Cedarhurst vs Chicago American Giants (12-20), 7-3 CAG -1941 JNLIP-4310

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Non NL teams

1920-9-17 Logan Squares vs Union Giants, 3-2 UG

1921-3-8 Logan Squares vs Union Giants, 12-7 LS

1921-8-13 (news) Blue Island vs. Chicago Browns, 4-1 Browns  Lefty Sullivan

1921-8-13 Decatur Staleys vs Cubans, 7-0 Staleys

*JNLIP= Jamaica NY Long Island Daily Press

Monday, November 22, 2021

Placer-Nevada League

Placer County League
    1917

    1917-6-10 Auburn. Local box, standings. Lists officers of both league and team. Lists Auburn averages. Anderson, formerly of the Trolley League, pitched for Wheatland. 

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1928 Lincoln written just P-N


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Sacramento Valley League

 1923 plenty of names

1928 mannerisms of Eddie Manger

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Army

Joe 

Sergeant Joe Duff
1922-8-04 439-78 record. "He is the star pitcher of the Infantry School Detachment (white) team commanded by Samuel L. Buracker, stationed at Fort Benning [Georgia], and since he joined the team three years ago the record shows 118 games won and 15 lost. They have won the army pennant three years."    
    52 years old. Has been pitching 28 years. 
    "When asked when he would quit pitching, he answered: "When I leave the army, and my time isn't up for a long while yet." 
    Pitching two seasons in the Cotton Sales [sic?] League while on furlough in 1902 and 1903.

1922-6-10 Preview for 1st game of best-of-seven "World Series" between Infantry School Detachment and the 29th Infantry.

1922-6-26 Lost 5-0 to Albany GA team (made of U. of GA players) as George Clarke no-hit Fort Benning.

Ambidextrous / switch pitchers

   https://switchpitching.blogspot.com/p/list-of-ambidextrous-pitchers.html Manuel, Moxie Wheeler, George https://www.baseball-reference.com...