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Maine leagues

 Maine


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State champions
    1922 Augusta Millionaires

    1922-9-14 Montreal Gazette. Sherbrooke 3, Montreal Royals 1. Sherbrooke wins series 3-1. Sherbrooke will play series with Augusta Millionaires, champions of Maine, and then play a post-season series with Three Rivers.

Casco Bay League
    1909 8-22 standings
    1951
 
    milb:
    Stanwood 1909 South Harpswell

    1951-7-03 double no-hitter

Central Maine League

    1923-9-01 (g) in 14 inning 2-2 tie, Art Fowles k's 23

Eastern Maine League
    1913 Belfast 9-02 standings
    1914 Easterns 7-16 standings  9-08 standings

    Wormwood, Harry NENL 1914 Belfast making $15/wk - p-1b in minors, 1b for Belfast

    Lawry, Otis 

    Bangor has play-by-play: 1914-7-02 1914-7-15 1914-8-25

    1914-7-02 Butner, Bangor pitcher, is 6'3", TL, and "not at all fat" - "has some breaks which are easy to hit but hard to place anywhere"
    1914-7-10 new Bangor MG - Otis Lawry is made field captain - league now has two good umpires
    1914-7-15 Lawry HR - 
        huh? "Bangor found Temple, another $15 per. man for ten bingles and about all clean ones, but Temple earned his $20 a week by tightening up in the pinches for he wouldn't feel like collecting his $25 Saturday night to let such an aggregation get away from him. Bangor had ten men stranded on the bags. Temple ought to divide some of his $30 with Blethen and Albert, who play for fun, for they saved him considerable trouble by some fine catches of dangerous drives at critical times."  
    1914-9-07 Easterns, champions of Eastern Maine, to play Lewiston Pilgrims, western Maine champions. 
    1914-9-07 Easterns beat Pilgrims twice

Eastern Maine League
    start:
    1933 Bucksport
    1934 Trenton 7-23 standings

    Neptune, Joe 1933 Bucksport 1934 Bradley 1935 Orono Orioles
 

   1934 Bangor Daily News has lovely box scores ex. 7-23

    Neptune, Joe 1933 Bucksport mg - still playing!!!


Interstate League
    
      Calvert, Paul (Charlie Culver) p 1924 Berlin 2 "colored lad"

    1924-7-21 Myron "Speed" McNeil, Bath pitcher with the Lewiston Athletics, has thrown 21 straight scoreless innings.
        1924-7-31 Portland demands $250 to play here in Lewiston - absurd
            Billy White, p-m of Twin Towers, leaves after management refuses him $ to get players
        1924-8-05 Lewiston. Batting + fielding. Bucky Gaudette leading qualified batters by 109 pts (.455 to .346.)

    1924-7-28 Portland. Berlin 5, Sanford Goodall Textiles (non-league) 4. Berlin's Culver and Duba were playing in Montreal so locals filled their positions. Red Wildes, who had been riding the pines for a long time, started at 2nd and did a great job.


    1924-7-29 Lewiston. All boxes + standings + game ad. 
    (1924-8-02) Rumford. Berlin-Dixfield box.
    1924-8-06 Lewiston. Ump blew call on Red Wildes dropped tag. Pic of Doc Durgin, Lewiston-Auburn Outlaws. (Lewiston-Auburn changed nickname from Athletics to Outlaws in the span of a week.)
    1924-8-17 Lewiston Sun-Journal. 1200 ATT.
    
    1924-7-22 Buck Gaudette pic.
    1924-8-14 Buck Gaudette pic. (better quality)
    1924-9-07 Lewiston team pic. 

Knox County League
    1895 final standings

 
    Woods, Walt a Sabbatarian who played all positions 1895 Rockland

    1895-7-08 Curley of Holy Cross, 2b, signs with Warren
    1895-8-13 Haverhill, Mass. team relocated to Thomaston & joined league
            Rockland has new manager

    1895-9-02 3K+ ATT - both Warren & Rockland now claim title




Maine League
    1922 9-02 standings
    1923 dnp
    1924 Augusta Millionaires final standings HR hitters listed Whitehouse #1 won by 10: final stats
    1926 Bar Harbor 1st half, P.C.F. 2nd half 8-15 standings 9-07 almost final standings
 
    milb:
    
    Buckland, William 1924 P.C.F. 1925 Easterns
   Kirshstein, Sam  also 1b EL/NENL (also called Kirstein, Kirshtein) 1924 Old Town 1925 Easterns 1926 Millinocket
    Loftus, Fred p-of pro debut at 27 1926 Bar Harbor
    Small, Asa vg hitter in NENL - 3-0 in 1929 
    
    Polli, Lou "Crip" p. Born in Italy. 263 wins in high minors. 1926 P.C.F.
    Wilson, Squanto 1924 Lisbon Falls Worumbos prob. not actually Indian
    Whitehouse, Gil vg 1922 Easterns (in game, plays in every position) 1924 Easterns
            SABR bio died in 1926 of a heart attack - called the "Babe Ruth of Maine"

    1923-12-21 going to try state league again - previous attempt at forming league failed over disagreements over salary limits. Players have exorbitant salary demands like $75 or $150/wk
         lot of interesting information. Father of Maine League idea is Ben Houser, Augusta Millionaires MG and former MLB
    1924-8-22 Augusta MG: Ben Houser. Worumbos MG: Harry Lord. 
        Asa Small wears glasses -Speed McNeil, slow baller, signed from Interstate League
    1924-8-30 Bill Miller wears a bright red flannel shirt - 
        Roy "Cocky" Roche of the Easterns is the most popular player in league - "midget star"
    (Bangor Daily News has all boxes)
        "blond" Deetjen pitching for Portland
    1924-9-12 Fans pick all-star teams.

    1925-7-01 Bangor Daily News. Local box, standings.
    1926-6-29 Lewiston Sun-Journal. Box. "Bill Moran, manager of the BBs [Bangor-Brewers] has moved himself to first base placing Underhill, the midget who played with Portland last year, on second base."
    1926-7-18 Bangor Daily News. Local box, standings.
    1926-7-31 Portland Press Herald. All boxes, standings. 2nd half just started.
    1926-8-10 Bangor Commercial. Box, standings, scheduled games.
    1926-9-02 Bangor Commercial. All boxes.
    1926-9-03 Bangor Commercial. All boxes.
    1926-9-06 Bangor. Play by play + box for final game, + almost final standings. P.C.F. and Millinocket have finished their schedules. Most of the P.C.F. players left for home last night. "Pitchers Davidson and Small, first baseman Kirshtein and outfielder Peabody of Millinocket will go to Belfast to help that team finish out the Maine Coast League schedule."
    No championship series will be played between Bar Harbor and P.C.F., champions of the first and second halves. 
    1926-9-07 Bangor. Bar Harbor wins double-header from Bangor to take 3rd place. End of schedule. "Each game was over in 55 minutes of play. There was only one strike out and no bases on balls registered during the sixteen innings." 

    P.C.F. stood for Penobscot Chemical Fiber

    Whitehouse, Gil 1924

Maine Central League
    1918 7-8 standings

    Del Bissonette 1918 Oakland

Maine Coast League
    1926 Rockland Final standings
    
    Aube, Hormidas "Husky" p 1926 Rockland Played outfield when not pitching
    Fraser, Arthur "Chick" 15-6 1927 NENL 1926 Belfast
     Kirshstein, Sam  also 1b EL/NENL (often called Kirshtein) 1926 Belfast
    
     Polli, Lou "Crip" p. Born in Italy. 263 wins in high minors. 1926 Rockland

    1926-6-21 Kennebec. Triangular league of Rockland, Camden, and Belfast has drawn up its schedule. A total of 63 games will be played. "Of this Belfast will have 21 games at home, with a Saturday game here every other week with its old rival Rockland." Pat French (1930 Pine Tree League MVP) is Belfast P-M. 
    Belfast home games listed - run from 6-30 to 9-06. "The Belfast games will be played on McClellan Field, which the Rotary Club has developed, building bleachers and a grandstand. This will be the first time anything outside of high school games have been played on this field."
    "It has been arranged to give Camden and Belfast all the Saturday games, that day being better drawn days in those towns, while it is not as good a day for Rockland's home games. This leaves Belfast alternate Saturdays when her team may arrange independent games..."
    1926-6-22 Rockland getting roster together; looking to sign Aube.
    1926-9-06 Bangor. "Pitchers Davidson and Small, first baseman Kirshtein and outfielder Peabody of Millinocket will go to Belfast to help that team finish out the Maine Coast League schedule."
    
    1926-6-29 Lewiston Sun-Journal. Box.
    (1926-8-01) Pic of five hurling aces, incl. Husky Aube. All boxes.
    (1926-9-13) Bangor. Boxes, final standings. Rockland finished one game ahead of Belfast. Aube won final game 4-3; if he had lost, Rockland and Belfast would have been forced into a tie with its old rival.
 
Maine State League
    1936 7-2 standings



    1936 Lewiston Sun-Journal has box scores 

Mill League
    1921

New Brunswick and Maine League
    1910 



    1912-3-25 Says that Marvin Peasley had 20-1 record in 1910 with a no-hitter and two one-hitters. May be inaccurate - says Peasley was out all 1911 when he pitched at least a game for Woodstock.
    1920-11-04 J.J. Callahan, formerly "Hank" Callahan, 2nd baseman for the three-times champion Fredericton Pets of the league in pre-war days, has married. 

New Brunswick and Maine League (D)
     1913 St. John Marathons BR final standings

    1913-8-26 League collapsed because St. Croix players were not getting paid
    1913-8-26 More detailed report. St. Croix has disbanded; St. John and Fredericton will probably play out their schedules, but Bangor will not, as who needs a three-team league?
    1913-8-26 Similar note but from Bangor's perspective.

Northern Maine League
    1902 Champ: Oldtown
    1909 9-4 standings

    News:

    MLB:
    Happy Iott 1902 Millinocket 1909 Bangor 1909 Caribou
    Connie McGeehan 1902 Oldtown see sabr bio
    Ralph Pond 1909 Millinocket
    
    milb:
    Edward Barrington 1902 Millinocket
    Alfred Bushey 1902 Belfast
    Edward Butman 1902 Millinocket
    Gus Gardella 1909 Bangor
    Pete Gildea 1902 Millinocket
    Zelma Dwinal 1909 Caribou
    Joe Neptune 1909 Caribou
    Horace Newenham 1902 Oldtown
    Ordway 1909 Millinocket

Piscataquis League
    1926 8-27 standings

Buckland, William 1926 Greenville

Pine Tree League
    1926
    1927
    1928 
    1930 final batting Pat French hit .504 9-8 standings
    1932 final batting fielding 9-9 standings 8-28 batting final batting is missing 2 teams
    1934 Rumford Tydols  final batting 9-6 standings
    1936 Bucs final



    1926-7-31 Portland. Box. 
    
    1928 Lisbon Falls Lemons w/Holland, Sparsam
    McClellan, Brint 1932

      1936 Lewiston Sun-Journal has box scores 

    Lewiston Daily Sun annual all-star team:
    1929
    1932 has record of all previous all-star teams
    1933 w/pic
    1934 w/pictures of all the players

  

    1932-9-04 Lewiston-Auburn Buccaneers win 16th straight game

    "Investigating the Buccaneers" 1933  (bio+pic)
    1. Bucky Gaudette
    2. Vic Gouger
    3. George Cummings
    4. Roger Marcoux
    5. Ray Baum
    6. Johnny Reichel
    7. Ronnie Monk
    8. Jack Juneau
    9. Lucien Poirer
    10. Russ Holland
    11. Tom Collins
    12. Ernie Reidman
    13. George Foster
            finis

    League championships:
    
    1933
    9-12 Lisbon Falls 2, Bucs 0 series batting after 3 games

    1934 
    9-11 Rumford 5, Bucs 2      

    1935



    MVP

    1929 Eddie Humphries, Mechanic Falls voting results
    1930 Pat French, Rumford
    1931 none chosen
    1932 George Foster Bucky Gaudette second

Portland Mercantile League
    1930  final
    1931 7-28 standings


    action shots of Portland Gas incl. Scottie Slayback in Portland City Championship series

Portland Twilight League
    1929 P.A.C. 
    1930 P.A.C. 7-23 standings 8-15    
    1934 
    1935 
    
    McClellan, Brinton (Brint)  3b hit .315 with .497 SLG in NENL in only pro year
        1930 Portland Athletic Club 1934 Titus Drug
    Powers, John .312 in only NENL year 1930 Portland Athletic Club

    action pics 1930 P.A.C. v. Portland Gas of Mercantile League
    1934 action pic Johnny McCarthy, Titus 2b
    1934 Titus Drug pic have 52-17 record as of 9-09 - abt to face Will Jackman & Philadelphia Colored Giants

    1931-7-28 McClellan to get try-out with Red Sox - third Westbrook boy to receive trial
    1934-8-27 Titus Drug defeats arch-rival Frojoy

Portland misc.
    1936-5-13 roster of Portland Shellers given - team resembles Burnham & Morrill team that won Twilight and Pine Tree championships last yr

    1936-7-20 pic of Titus Drug players who are about to get tryout with Boston Bees
        Clark, Phil BR
    1938 Portland Pilgrims team pic w/ Brint McClellan - preparing for state tourney
    Anderson, Herb "Chick" 1937 Augusta

Saco Valley League
    1924
    1930

    
    McClellan, Brinton 1924 West Buxton 1930 Westbrook
    
    1924-9-06 West Buxton, league runners-up. 
    Walter Downs 1930 pic Limerick p
    Brint McClellan 1930 pic 4 in game Brint both hit grand slam and turned unassisted triple play - his team lost

Trolley League
    1913 7-02 standings
    1914
    1915 7-12 standings



Twin States League
    1909 6-27 standings

    milb:
    
    Zelma Dwinal 1909 Somersworth
    Eke Johnson 1909 Portland
    Duke Kilfedder 1909 Pine Tree
    Mike McDonough 1909 Portland
    Louis Tetreault 1909 Portland

Maine state championship series

    1933 Bucksport v. Bucs
        Bucs win doubleheader all 3 games
    1934 Trenton v. Rumford
        1 Buckland etc. battered "shows diff. between two leagues"

Pros: 

MLB:
Del Bissonette 1918 Oakland 1921 Twin Town 1922 Lewiston 1922 Star Taxis
Rip Jordan 1909 South Portland 1910 Maine Centrals 1924 Portland Green Sox 2 "veteran Knight of the Slippery Elm" 
Marvin Peasley p 1910 Ricker (Colby Junior League) 1910 Woodstock

milb:

    1924 Easterns 1924 P.C.F. addit. in  Maine League section 
Buck Gaudette (vg) 1919 Lewiston French Lost concluding game of Irish-French series 1-0. 700 ATT.
    Played in outlaw Colliery League in 1936
Landry, Peter c 1918 EL  1920 Maine Centrals 2 Captain - ATT 1K+ 
    a Penobscot Indian

Pics

1904-8-10 five diff. incl. Harry Lord - South Portland v. HNS (Holy Name Society)
1905-4-02 Meloner, business rep of Willard
1905-5-28 Harry Lord (MLB) - Phillip P. White, cap of Willard
1905-9-10 O'Hearn, HNS pitcher; Cap Walter Henderson, Westbrook. Some cartoons. 1.8K ATT.
1919-6-27 Harry Lord
 
News
1905-4-02 roster of Portlands, formerly South Portlands  (more detailed)
1905-4-03 roster of Portlands, formerly South Portlands 
1906-4-18 Harry Lord signed as P-M of Biddefords - lured away from Worcester. Company being formed for team.
1919-6-27 Portland Athletics will start season;  have Harry Lord.
1920-7-22 Harry Lord will manage Pine Trees on Sunday


really cool - 1905 scorecard for Portland v. Lynn - with Harry Lord & Eddie Grant.

1924-8-18 The Lewiston Athletics (Interstate League) were beating the Augusta Millionaires (Maine League) 3-0 when in the eighth inning "the first base bleachers at the [Lewiston] athletic park collapsed, hurling nearly 500 men and women to the ground in a jumble of persons and lumber. Many were hurt, but it is thought none seriously." The game was viewed by the largest crowd of the season - 2000. The Athletics are now leading the series, two games to one. 

Hormidas "Husky" Aube

1926-4-19 W/ pic. John J. Magee, Bowdoin athletic coach and commissioner of the Amateur Athletic Union in Maine, considers the 1925 Rockland team to have been professional. As Aube played with them, he will presumably be declared ineligible. 
    "Aube was transferred to Westbrook High School from Catholic High last Fall. At Catholic he was beaten by Westbrook High, which won the championship."

1926-5-05 Beat his old school, Catholic High, 8-1 as he k'd 17.
1926-6-19 Won 1-0 and k'd 14 for Westbrook HS before 1.5K fans, ending his high school career with a bang.

Brint McClellan

1933-6-04 Boston Globe. Hit grand slams in successive innings. Each time the bases were loaded in the same way - walk, hit, walk. 

Elmer Rising

1924-8-18 Won 3-2 for Easterns v. hometown Rockland in exhibition. Passed up WSA tryout to play with Easterns. Returning to his hometown of Rockland, he "received a greeting of which a presidential candidate might have been justly proud. The business of the city was practically suspended at 5 o'clock and a crowd of nearly 3000 arose as one person when the schoolboy twirler walked into the box." Presented a gold watch by the mayor. Rockland imported a Boston Twilight pitcher, who played under the name of Roberts, but he could not outpitch our Elmer Rising.

Portland Green Sox
1924-7-29 The Kavanaugh Kids are 14-3. Team now has four pitchers.
    REALLY COOL pic of Bob Tecarr demonstrating his pitching grips. 

1924-7-06 Won 10-3 for the Portland American Legion before 2K+ fans. (American Legion team = Green Sox.) Pic of Eddie McEnroe, 3b.
1924-9-05 Worumbo 6, Portland 2. 
1924-9-06 Portland Sunday Telegram. Portland 9, Worumbo Mills 3. Green Sox cartoons.



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