Saturday, August 6, 2022

West Texas - New Mexico Leagues

 Cactus League
    1910   Cananea   30-23


    Harry Kane  1910 Douglas, MLB 1902-06

    1910-9-07 "Cactus League Dope" Harry Kane doused the ball with slippery elm and licorice

Copper League
    1924 8-31 standings
    1925
    1926 Fort Bayard


    Gandil, Chick 1926 Fort Bayard
    Jimmy O'Connell, 1926 Fort Bayard hit record homer 1927 Fort Bayard
   Tom Seaton, 1927 El Paso

    Rudy Arguijo 1926 & 1927 Fort Bayard

    1926-3-18 Fort Bayard will enter league
    1926-5-18 El Pasoans are making fund for ball club 
    1926-6-11 Juarez Indians are selling tickets in El Paso - passports will not be required to go to games.
    1926-6-22 Chick Gandil is released by Fort Bayard but signed by Chino
    1926-7-01 1st half all-star team picked
    1926-7-26 Lots of talk
    1926-8-06 Pete Arzate played 45 days with Juarez w/o salary
    1926-8-07  talk - Arguijo, who had feared his arm was done for this spring, is known for pitching doubleheaders. Has won 16 games, four more than any other.
    1926-9-07 Official all-star team named
    1926-9-25 Seven players stranded in Douglas.
    1928-5-28 Ray Fisher, known as Roy Counts when he played shortstop for Fort Bayard in 1926 and 1927, was actually an escaped criminal. Had stolen a car.
    
    1926-4-17 El Paso and Juarez teams line up before the opening game
    1926-4-24 Hal Chase
    1926-5-11 Three Fort Bayard players
    1926-5-15 Pee Wee Speck, El Paso ss + Lefty Ferguson
    1926-6-01 Cecil Coombs
    1926-6-11 Fred Baugh, Bisbee manager
    1926-6-25 Hy Henry, Bisbee pitcher + pic of O.J. Allen, longtime El Paso pitcher in mid-late 40s
    1926-7-26 Pep Lee, Douglas
    1926-7-28 Bill Allison
    1926-8-07 Chet Chester & Hy Myers
    1926-9-15 Fort Bayard team pic

Frontier League
    1925
    1926

    Smith, Liz p 1925 Fort Bayard Veterans Had won ten straight games


    1925-7-14 El Paso team is out of cash. El Paso is not "fabulously wealthy" like Douglas, Juarez, and Fort Bayard.
    1926-3-06 Four players from last year's Nogales AZSL team have signed with Juarez. They also tried to sign Bojourquez and offered him $125/month, but he wanted $150.

    1925-7-05 El Paso crowd was not friendly to Fort Bayard. Three El Paso officials have resigned within the last week. 
    1925-7-12 Fort Bayard Vets 12, Juarez Brewers 4. Box. Douglas Blues took doubleheader from El Paso. Only commentary. Buck Weaver made his first appearance in a Blues' uniform.


    1910 Fair Tournament

New Mexico Copper League aka Chino Copper League
    1917 Santa Rita managed by Bill Burns 9-01 standings
    1918 Tyrone 8-14 standings  final standings only two teams - positive appraisal of league's season

    Bristow, Benny Santa Rita retrospective
    Haley, Frank 1918 Tyrone retrospective
    Toner, Red 1918 Tyrone lost 29-18 confirmation
    Tullos, Les long-time TL 3b 1918 Santa Rita

    Bayless, Dick 1918 Tyrone died in Santa Rita in 1920
    Dell, Wheezer 1918 Tyrone play by play
    Mohler, Kid 1917 Hurley
      Roche, Jack 1918 Hurley I think


Valley League
    1925


  

        
    Joe Pate 1917 Santa Rita? A southpaw Pate

    1917-4-11 about league - Kid Mohler to play second for Hurley
    1917-3-29 Santa Rita loses 14-6 to Chicago Cubs
    1917-7-18 two Oakland Oaks jump to sign with league
    1918-4-29 Hurley 23, Tyrone 14. 
    1918-4-04 Frank Truesdale, of Toronto Internationals, playing with Santa Rita
    1918-6-25 Tyrone won 10th straight game - McArdle took part in double play
      1918-8-21 report from Harry Kane - no soft job - players really work
            rosters for Santa Rita, Tyrone, & Hurley listed
    1918-8-30 players not worried by "work or fight" order - when not playing, work in mines of southwest New Mexico. Tyrone also has Bill Pertica (new addition) & Fred Carrisch
    1957-9-27 report that Santa Rita beat Cubs 6-5 1918-4-05


1916-8-16 Frank Perrode and Kid Mohler are going to play for Harley, NM
1917-12-29 roster of Fort Bayard - includes Kid Mohler & many others - lists pro experience
        Mohler w/ them by 1917-8-25  1917-8-11 roster


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