Massachusetts
https://bevisbaseballresearch.wordpress.com/research-archive/shifting-pathways-for-amateur-players-in-boston-to-enter-professional-baseball-1876-1984/#_ednref2 Really good.
Boston semi-pro
Boston semi-pro
1913-8-25 Four pics.
Leagues listed. Season close to end; high school and college players will soon turn to football. Standings listed. Trouble in Twin-State League over players under NL contracts.
Boston HS
Leagues listed. Season close to end; high school and college players will soon turn to football. Standings listed. Trouble in Twin-State League over players under NL contracts.
Boston HS
1917-6-25
1918-6-24
1919-6-23 Boston Globe All-Interscholastic nine - with pics.
1929-6-17 Boston Globe All-Interscholastic nine - with pics. Arthur Graham Jr. Somerville HS center fielder. Kenneth Weafer - Woburn pitcher. Wilfred Burke, Rindge Tech left fielder, was black. Vito Tamulis second team pitcher with Boston English.
1918-6-24
1919-6-23 Boston Globe All-Interscholastic nine - with pics.
1929-6-17 Boston Globe All-Interscholastic nine - with pics. Arthur Graham Jr. Somerville HS center fielder. Kenneth Weafer - Woburn pitcher. Wilfred Burke, Rindge Tech left fielder, was black. Vito Tamulis second team pitcher with Boston English.
1915-4-18 Team pic of Somerville HS - "expected to make bid for Suburban League title." Tony DeAngelo with team - but not Pie Traynor.
1922-6-16 Three pics.
Waltham High no-hit pitcher with coach.
Woodlock.
1919-7-31 Pic of Martin Mullaney, U.S. Shipping Board spit-baller. He is 14-4 with a .348 average. He is 23. Allegedly former III.
1919-8-01 Boston Globe. Four teams in league - some Middlesex-Main players listed. Marlboro League listed along with KOC League, Cambridge Industrial League, and Trust and Bank League as putting up good ball.
1919-8-04 Albert J. Woodlock column with misc. talk.
1919-8-05 A little talk.
1921-9-02 Pic of Somerville B.B.C. stars: Arthur Graham, 3b-Cap Fred Graham, and catcher Charles Pierce.
"Graham Day" will be celebrated tomorrow in honor of Arthur Graham.
"For years [the Graham brothers] have done excellent work for the team and have repeatedly turned down offers to play with other clubs." "[Arthur] has turned down offers galore to play with minor league clubs and has remarked that he was satisfied to play with Somerville B.B.C."
Somerville B.B.C. has a 35-8-3 record this summer.
Team pic of Brighton Shamrocks, who have a 28-6-2 record. Roster listed.
Misc. talk.
1929-7-11 Pic of Arthur Graham Jr. and Sr. of the Somerville Progressives. Arthur Graham Jr. was center fielder on All-Interscholastic nine. The Progressives are a leading team, and especially in-demand because of their father-son combo.Pics
1910-9-22 Bay View team of South Boston. Have won 25 of 26 games. Their manager, Logan, has booked games with the best teams in New England.
1913-7-15 Three Dorchester Catholic players. Team has only one loss. Pitcher, pictured, has pro experience.
Ted Henry, English High ss-cap.
1917-6-26 Woburn High School team pic. 10-4 record. Future milb Weafer, Charles pitched. L. Weafer played first base.
1917-8-15 Marblehead has 10-1 record; Walter Lonergan & Lloyd "Chick" Davies, who quit Athletics
to become chemist at big tannery in Peabody. Scores listed
1919-6-25 Holy Cross team pic. 22-1 record. Scores listed.
Thomas M. Carnegie, grand-nephew of Andrew Carnegie and Middlesex School 3b.
1919-8-04 U.S. Shipping Board team pic - beat Lefty Thormahlen.
1919-8-05 Hingham Receiving Ship. 29-8. When Lombardi (U.S. Shipping Board) was with them he threw a no-hitter. Some averages listed.
1919-9-06 Oak Bluffs team pic. Had 28-8 record this summer. Billy Glennon of Malden High had 12-1 record. Bob Carney threw no-hitter. etc.
"At shortstop Hal Trainer, also of Somerville, did high-grade work and has had offers to go into faster company. He is only 20 years old and is six feet tall. He had a batting average of .510."
1919-9-12 John C. Paige Company team. 7-4-1 record.
1919-9-15 Somerville team pic. "Somerville B.B.C. is one of the oldest teams in Greater Boston. This season is its 15th in the field, and its record compares with the foremost clubs of the state.
"The Graham brothers, who have always played with the teams, are well known in amateur and semiprofessional baseball circles. Arthur Graham has been pitching for 15 years and few twirlers have a record with one team anywhere near equal to his.
" 'Grundy' Graham players third base and he has made a great reputation by his sensational fielding and timely batting." Have HOF Pie Traynor.
1920-7-03 Boston Typos. About to leave for St. Paul to play in Union Printers' Baseball League tournament. Has Red Synott, with 1920 USA Olympic hockey team.
1921-9-02 Pic of Somerville B.B.C. stars: Arthur Graham, 3b-Cap Fred Graham, and catcher Charles Pierce.
"Graham Day" will be celebrated tomorrow in honor of Arthur Graham.
"For years [the Graham brothers] have done excellent work for the team and have repeatedly turned down offers to play with other clubs." "[Arthur] has turned down offers galore to play with minor league clubs and has remarked that he was satisfied to play with Somerville B.B.C."
Somerville B.B.C. has a 35-8-3 record this summer.
Team pic of Brighton Shamrocks, who have a 28-6-2 record.
1922-6-20 Tufts College. 20-4 overall. At their home, Medford Oval, they were 16-0 and scored 149 runs against 29 allowed. Scores listed. Their captain was "Buck" Weafer.
1929-3-27 Holy Cross, incl Frank Nekola. 18 selected for trip South.
1913-8-15 William Sheehan, ss for Salem Maples
Bankers' and Brokers' League
1930 6-23 standings
Shea, Lefty 1930 Gurnett
1926
1926-7-17 Walter Schuster hired Jack Barry as advisory coach for his East Douglas team. "Walter has had some great teams in the past 30 years down in the old home town. Wonder if he remembers how, back in 1899, Charley Hickman, on 10 days' notice from the old Boston nationals, got his big league job back by virtue of his slugging up at East Douglas?"
Boston Park League
1929
1934 Jordan Marsh
1935 7-18
1936 6-20
1939 Casey
1940 8-3
1949 7-29
1955 6-20
Shea, Jim 1935 Walker 19th year
Boston Twilight League
1922 9-11
1923 North Cambridge
1924 North Cambridge
1925 Nashua
1926 9-2 standings
1928 8-20
1930 Roslindale 8-30 standings
1933 C.M.A.C. 8-18 standings
1934 Frasers 8-6 standings
1935 8-20 standings
finis
Carella, Oriental 1926 Fore River extremely good fielder
Hebert, Gene 1926 Malden see pic
Natoli, Johnny 1935 Middlesex Laundry no-hitter
Rauding, Herb 1929 Dorchester see pic - .359 29NENL 1930 Roslindale
Shuman, Frank 1926 Somerville see pic 15-8 2.47 for 27LynnNENL 1926 Somerville
1926 Claude Davidson resigns was pres-treasurer-secretary of NENL
also, umpires are under-paid
1926-8-23 lg announced that local players w/ BVL teams would not be allowed to play in lg
"BVL playing best ball in area"
1926-8-02 Somerville talk. Former pro St. Angelo, John, "formerly of the Somerville High and Abbott Worsted nines, is now playing a great game in the outfield for the Osterville club in the Cape Cod League."
1928-8-03 Standings. Very good pic of Kenneth "Dutch" Parsons, South Boston shortstop. Very good talk.
1930-9-02 1st game of play-off series
1924-7-25 (Portland ME) Pic of three Lawrence stars: Augie Swentor, 3b, Boston Twilight star; pitcher Dewey Spaulding; and Jim Thorpe. Lawrence team has fifteen players on payroll, including four pitchers and two catchers.
1926-8-02 Pics of Al Shanahan (ss), Frank Shuman (p), and Jimmy Sheridan (rf), Somerville players.
1928 Andrews, Les p-of-part owner of Chelsea
1928 Thormahlen, Henry had 21K game
K-BB guy pitched a ton milb Albert Davidson
Twilight Stars cartoons:
Strecker, "Lovie" 1922 aka Louis Stretcher
Boston Suburban Twilight League
1935 7-22
Cape Cod League
1931 final batting
1932
1933 final batting
Central League
1923 Fitchburg
1924 Gardner
Lynn KOC League
Lynn KOC League
1928
Beegan, Jimmy 1926 NENL p 1928 General Electric
1928-5-06 Four combined errors in 11-inning game.
1928-7-06 All boxes, standings. 1K ATT, 250 ATT.
Marlboro Factory/Manufacturers' League
Marlboro Factory/Manufacturers' League
1919
Lonergan, Walter ss MLB 1911 - postal worker 1919 Corbin Shoe
Whelan, Tom AA semi-regular; 1st full pro season at 27. 1919 Corbin Shoe
Corbin Shoe team is identical to Marblehead team.
1919-7-28 Lynn. Report.
1919-8-01 Boston Globe. Four teams in league - some Middlesex-Main players listed. League listed along with KOC League, Cambridge Industrial League, and Trust and Bank League as putting up good ball.
1919-8-04 Corbin Shoe heads the league now, with Middlesex-Main in second place. Frye-O'Keefe and Curtis are making a good fight. The chances are that the games scheduled for Wednesday afternoon will mark the close of the league season. Corbin won its game Saturday, beating Frye-O'Keefe 5 to 3, while Curtis did the unexpected, defeating the crack Middlesex-Main nine. A number of major, minor and semiprofessional players figured in Saturday's games. It is charged that two members of the Corbin team were offered $200 and $100 respectively to throw the game on Saturday, but these boys, playing for the first time with the nine, indignantly spurned the proposition.
Middlesex County League
1928
Sweatt, Chester BR has no birthdate - born 1886 FamilySearch 1928 Billerica
Joe Gregg, old GE star, started the season managing Concord in the same league
Mill League
1912 Adams final standings
Springfield AAA Parks League
1936 East Springfield Westinghouse
1943 8-09 standings
1944 7-21 standings
Flinn, Roland p (Flynn) 1937 Fro-Joy
Shapiro, Lou 1943 Springdale Allies 1944 Worthington Pump no-hitter - w/pic pic
1936-8-27 All-star voting. Ernie Taliaferro, Fro-Joy pitcher, has 133 votes - only player with more votes is Pete Siciliano, Bosch catcher.
1937-4-16 Fro-Joy roster. Have Bunny Taliaferro, Negro ace. (integrated)
1941-8-19 Lerory Best is the best money player in the league. Has won 7 straight games. Has been the backbone of the Gilbert & Barker team for the last few seasons.
"Best has been around a long time. He was a star at Tech, made a name for himself pitching for the Springfield Colored All Stars and had a fling with the Philadelphia Colored Giants. But Leroy has passed the stage where he wants to be in the spotlight all the time. When G. & B. added Seaver and Patte to its mound staff after the early stages of the season, Best was just about the happiest fellow on the squad. He was content to sit on the bench and let them do the pitching but always was ready to step in when the going got tough.
A lot of batters in the Triple A. League will tell you Best has lost his stuff and is getting by on nothing. If that is true, he's doing a pretty good job of it, for no club has been able to beat him."
Gilbert & Barker is entered into NE qualifier of ABC - roster listed, with full names.
1952-3-8 in 1942-3-8 Worthington Pump extended winning streak carried over from last season to 22
1935-6-12 Box. Standings for both 1st round and 2nd round, which is just begun.
1937-9-09 Preview for g#4 of championship game.
"Players of both clubs, but chiefly those from Westinghouse, wanted the fourth game on an enclosed field where admission could be charged. And President Jackson agreed with them, feeling that the public had received three free games of basebal and that the players were entitled to a "gate."
But an investigation of circumstances, in which every factor pro and con was weighed, showed that the game was not feasible for Pynchon Park either tomorrow night or Saturday afternoon, and managers of both clubs agreed.
At first, the clubs wanted to put on their game at Pynchon Park tomorrow night, a seven-inning struggle to start at 5 o'clock. But there were factors against this arrangement. In the first place the early starting time might prevent many fans from coming to the game, experience proving that the bulk of fans turning out at Forest Park, came late. Again the expense was against the proposition for it developed that the cost of putting on the show before the teams ever took the field, was much greater than anticipated.
The weather was a gamble, too. A cloudy day would mean that many fans would automatically stay away. It has been proved too, that while fans flock to Forest Park in large numbers for free baseball, they have not turned out in numbers expected when the teams have gone to Pynchon Park in other years and admission charged. It was all too much of a gamble, all parties agreed, and so the Cans will see the fourth fray on Diamond No. 1, where the other three have been played."
1937-9-10 Westinghouse 4, Fro-joys 1. 6-7 ATT. Fourth and deciding game of championship series. Bunny Taliaferro at 3b for Fro-joys.
Action pic and pic of team captains and managers.
1934-8-24 Bunny Taliaferro day to be held at League Park on 9-16.
1935-8-21 Taliaferro and Cliff Best are with the Philadelphia Colored Giants, who will play the Milton Bradley A.A. here Sunday The team has a 62-12 record.
1967-11-20 Ernest G. "Bunny" Taliaferro obit. W/ pic. Died on 50th birthday.
Pic of Post 21 team right before leaving for Gastonia.
1997-4-15 Pic. Contemp thought he was good as Raschi.
1997-4-15 Talks of Springfield AAA League - employers often hired based on baseball ability. Negro Leagues didn't scout in area - players didn't want to travel.
Also talks of Leroy Best.
2003-2-26 Team pic - 1933 Springfield Technical HS. Gives more detailed story of 1934 Post 21. Reporter's dad said Taliaferro was faster than Vic Raschi.
2008-1-23 -- cites as source article on Taliaffero in Elysian Fields Quarterly vol. 24 no.3 (fall 2007) written by same guy who wrote "A Home Run for Bunny"
2010-5-16 Tale of Post 21 - team pic. Pulled out of National American Legion tournament cuz they wouldn't allow Bunny play. Team won New England championship.
2010-6-06 Pic. More about his life.
2019-10-20 Re doc.
2020-4-13 Obit of Post 21 team captain. He was 102.
Poems (boilerplate?) in memory
1935-6-12 Vic Raschi hammered off mound - Taliaferro came to rescue, got win in 9-7 game.
1935-7-06 W/ pic. Won 22nd consecutive game - only gave up one hit, a "trickling roller." No walks, no errors.
If Taliaferro can land a job and pitch for the one of the AAA League plant teams he will probably forget about the Philadelphia Colored Giants.
Taliaferro has been the backbone of Technical sports teams for the last three years.
If he signs with the pros he will forfeit high school and college athletic eligibility. He stands at the crossroads.
1950-4-03 Leroy Best, obit with pic. Died at 37. Born in Kinston NC 1913-2-07 and came to Springfield in 1923.
1933-6-25 Lou Shapiro of Holyoke named top schoolboy pitcher of Western Massachusetts - pic.
Springfield high schools stats. Taliaferro hit .270 (10 for 37 with 7 runs scored in 11 games.) Was 2-3 with 43 strikeouts, 8 walks, and 43 hits allowed in six games. Tied for lead in doubles with three. One of leading local three-letter-men.
Three City League
1912 6-26 standings
1912-9-06 Pittsfield commented averages. Pete Noonan will practice law in Wilkes-Barre over the winter.
Team averages:
1895 Pittsfield with John Pappalau and Jack Chesbro not x
Holyoke Troy's Garage
Holyoke Troy's Garage
1935-7-08 lose 9-5 to Philadelphia Athletics
935-8-05 w/box lose 5-0 to Albany Senators before a crowd of 1500. Only their 3rd loss of the season in 27 games. 1935-8-06
1935-8-13 lose 11-1 to Cincinnati Reds (Shapiro smacked)
Knights of Columbus Tournament (Western Massachusetts championship)
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942 Springdale Allies
1942-9-08 Springdale Allies receive $150 prize as champions - Westover gets about $75 as runners-up. Lou Shapiro, who came out of retirement for the tournament, was named MVP. The Springdale Allies are all under 20 years old, with the exception of two.
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/yogi-berra-hits-his-way-through-new-england-sometimes-under-an-assumed-name/ around end of WWII NENL players would play under assumed names in semi-pro games on days off.
Lou Shapiro
1935-8-08 picture - he just turned down offer from Albany IL. He's allowed 9 or so runs over a dozen games. Discovered for the first time his heater has a hop to it. He does not want to turn pro.
Will pitch for Criterion AC in National Amateur Baseball Tournament. Roster of team listed, with full names.
1952-4-02 Will pitch for Plessisville. Had been sold by Sherbrooke of PROV to Bolger of WTNM - refused to return to the arid and steaming south.
1952-9-25 Had 18-2 record for Plessisville in Laurentian League. Has five offers for 1953: managing Plessisville, pitching for Licey (San Domingo), Minot (South Dakota), and St. Eustace and Lachute of Laurentian League. Shapiro played every position this season except catcher, participating in 59 of his team's 79 games, and hitting .285.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/transcript-telegram-happy-symancyk-plays/138021912/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/transcript-telegram-happy-symancyk-plays/138021912/
News
1920-7-22 Maverick Mills has 16-4 record; signs players from Fitton A.C.
Pros:
Anderson, Bill two-way in EL 1921 Dorchester Town Team 2
Connolly, Joe 1917 Fall River Independents 1918 Woonsocket 1921 Woonsocket Athletics played until 1928
1913 Salem Maples 1917 Marblehead 1921 Haverhill Pros
Morey, Dave 1917 Oak Bluffs 1919 Falmouth 1920 Falmouth MG. Broke ankle in process of hitting three-run triple.
Storie, Howie 1934 City League All-Stars
Tift, Ray p 1907 NY Highlander 1919 Somerville B.B.C. 1st game in two years.
Tift, Ray p 1907 NY Highlander 1919 Somerville B.B.C. 1st game in two years.
MILB:
Bishop, Lewis 1962 BVL Gardner Panthers
Coose, Ernest p 1912-13 CANL 1911 Rockland Emerson Shoe 22K in 13 IN confirm
Coose, Ernest p 1912-13 CANL 1911 Rockland Emerson Shoe 22K in 13 IN confirm
Gourley, Ernest 1926 threw 20 straight no-hit innings
Kirshstein, Sam also 1b EL/NENL (also called Kirstein, Kirshtein) 1919 Lynn Cornet All-Stars
Kirshstein, Sam also 1b EL/NENL (also called Kirstein, Kirshtein) 1919 Lynn Cornet All-Stars
Ruckstull, Myron if 1927 EL/NENL 1928 Falmouth
Sawyer, Fred 1g 1921 IL - allegedly former Portland NENL 1919 General Electrics
Sawyer, Fred 1g 1921 IL - allegedly former Portland NENL 1919 General Electrics
Warwick, Walter
Pie Traynor
1919-5-31 2 for 4.
1919-6-21 Somerville. 3 for 4.
1919-6-28 1 for 4.
1919-7-31 No box. Billy Glennon won his 3rd game in three days.
1919-8-05 1 for 4.
1919-8-07 1 for 5.
1919-8-12 1 for 3.
1919-8-15 0 for 3.
Pie Traynor
1919-5-31 2 for 4.
1919-6-21 Somerville. 3 for 4.
1919-6-28 1 for 4.
1919-7-31 No box. Billy Glennon won his 3rd game in three days.
1919-8-05 1 for 4.
1919-8-07 1 for 5.
1919-8-12 1 for 3.
1919-8-15 0 for 3.
1919-8-26 Tues. Traynor with Oak Bluffs box. 0 for 2.
1919-8-28 Oak Bluffs. 2 for 4.1919-8-11 Falmouth. 1-4. 3500 ATT.
1919-8-27 Falmouth. 2-4.
NENL
Fred Doe
"An Afternoon with Ralph McLeod" p.74 McLeod had grumpy neighbor - Fred Doe - who would yell at him when he hit the ball into his yard. Ended up getting him signed with the Boston Braves thru his connections.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Ralph-McLeod/ article used as McLeod's bio
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Fred-Doe/ Helped change law to allow Sunday ball in MA. Also star roller polo player. NENL player and manager - also semi-pro. 1880s-1890s.
"In 1892 Doe pitched and played outfield for Brockton. With the Brockton team, Doe got his first exposure to Sunday baseball, which was expressly forbidden by law in Massachusetts at the time but tolerated by officials in Warwick, Rhode Island, for games played at the Rocky Point resort. In a quest that took thirty-five years to achieve fruition, Doe was instrumental in helping to change the Massachusetts law in 1928 to permit professional baseball games on Sunday."
"With Providence holding a virtual monopoly on Sunday baseball attendance at its games played at Rocky Point, the New England League never seriously tried to play Sunday games again until the 1920s"
1903 "After Doe tried to sell the Brockton franchise for $2,500 (most of it to cover his losses in Lewiston, Doe said), baseball enthusiasts in New Bedford organized to create a financial incentive for Doe to return to New Bedford. According to the June 27 New Bedford Morning Mercury, Doe got a guarantee of $2,000 from the sale of season tickets (200 tickets at $10 each), $500 from the street railway company, and free use of the grounds. This seems to have been the beginning of Doe’s relationship with Mayor Ashley of New Bedford, who likely orchestrated the outbreak of exuberance among business owners to buy season tickets and convince the trolley line to help fund the baseball team. On June 22, the league voted to allow Doe to transfer the Brockton club to New Bedford."
"It was the electric trolley system that really made the New Bedford baseball venture work in the early years of the 1900s, compared to the lean years that Doe spent there in the 1890s. “The small leagues have been materially benefited by the trolley roads, as the public can get to the ball parks much quicker than in years past,” Tim Murnane wrote in the Boston Globe on September 13, 1903, referring to the earlier era of horse-drawn cars. “In many of the small leagues the teams go from town to town in this way, the roads often helping out in a financial way.” With electric trolley lines throughout New Bedford as well connecting to other cities and towns, Doe drew spectators from areas outside of the central city. Spectators that followed the visiting teams playing at the New Bedford grounds–especially those in Fall River–could also more easily attend games."
"In April 1920, the Massachusetts legislature finally relented and permitted Sunday baseball to be played by amateur players. Doe and many other supporters then concentrated on expanding the law to allow Sunday games to be played with professional players."
"In April 1920, the Massachusetts legislature finally relented and permitted Sunday baseball to be played by amateur players. Doe and many other supporters then concentrated on expanding the law to allow Sunday games to be played with professional players."
1925-12-21 Revival of NENL hoped for. Fred Doe is one of the leaders of the revival. Prospective league interested in Lewiston, and Lewiston is tired of independent ball.
Lynn.
Lynn.
1919-7-08 Chick Davis may play with Lynn. Marblehead news. "Believing that the loss of high-class independent baseball would be a blow to the town, several residents offered to finance the team." $400+ received.
1919-7-21 W/ pic. Four big league clubs after Bernie Friberg.
1919-8-19 Friberg day preview. Friberg only Lynn boy to have played big league ball.
1919-10-18 Cornet All Stars have won 85 of their 100 games over the last six years. Scores listed. 16-5 record for the season. Were champions of Essex County, and claim the New England independent title.
"The 1919 season has been the most successful in the history of the club. This season. the boys have pooled the net receipts of the games played Into a scholarship fund and several of the boys are now going to school and college as a result of the contributions of the fans.
1919-8-03 Cornet All Stars 3, Marblehead 1. 12K ATT. Gus Whelan - one Whelan on each team.
1919-8-10 Marblehead 7, Lynn Cornet Stars 5. 14K ATT. Marblehead AA pic (nvg quality). Chick Davies beat Ray Caldwell. 2nd game of series. Tom Whelan, Lonergan, etc.
"This is the sixth season that the boys have played together. In 1914 they played as the Little River playground all-stars and won the state playground championship. During the 1915 season, the boys won
17 Games Without a Defeat.
"In 1916, the team won 19 and lost one, and in 1917. a record of 19 victories, one defeat and a tied game was turned in for the season's games. During 1918, the boys won 14 out of 22 games. The teams played this year have been the fastest in New England and the boys had a record of 10 straight victories in midseason. After defeating Marblehead, they lost one to the 'Head team, lost a game to A. C. Lawrence of Peabody, were defeated by Umpire McManus and the Newport Trojans, dropped an exhibition game to the Red Sox team, and lost the final game to Jesse Burkett's Worcester team. The boys have defeated the Polls of Hartford, Schencks of Meriden, Shipping Board and West Quincy - rated among the best in this section of the country."
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The Lynn General Electrics will play in an enclosed park in 1920.
"The leading factor in the work of the Comet club has been Johnny Morrison, the manager. He has always, worked for the interest of the boys and his greatest ambition for several seasons has been to see as many of the boys as possible have the advantage of a college education. The boys have always been "the kids" with the Lynn fans, but they have made much older players take short end of many diamond battles. Several of the boys are now at school, and may attribute their success in after life to Morrissey and the Lynn fans.
"This year, the team's finances have been handled by a committee with James C. Callahan, as chairman. The committee is now preparing a financial statement which will be ready for the public within a few days."
RECEPTION TO PLAYERS NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.
To celebrate the winning of the county championship and the fine record made in 1919. the Lynn fans will tender the Cornet team a reception Monday night at St. Mary's hall, Magrane square. The building has been secured for the night and a gala time is assured by the committee. James C. Callahan and Mike Doyle are leaders in the arrangements and a high-class entertainment is being arranged.
1919-10-21 Tribute given to Johnny Morrissey at banquet.
1919-8-03 Cornet All Stars 3, Marblehead 1. 12K ATT. Gus Whelan - one Whelan on each team.
1919-8-10 Marblehead 7, Lynn Cornet Stars 5. 14K ATT. Marblehead AA pic (nvg quality). Chick Davies beat Ray Caldwell. 2nd game of series. Tom Whelan, Lonergan, etc.
1919-8-17 Cornet All Stars 3, A.C. Lawrence (combination of Marblehead and Peabody) 2. 8K ATT.
General Electrics 4, U.S. Shipping Board 3. 2.5K ATT. 11 innings. Chick Carrigan.
1919-8-24 Cornet All Stars 8, Meriden Schencks 7. 12K ATT. Bernie Friberg welcomed home from Chicago Cubs. A Gaudette at 3b for Schencks.
1919-8-24 Cornet All Stars 8, Meriden Schencks 7. 12K ATT. Bernie Friberg welcomed home from Chicago Cubs. A Gaudette at 3b for Schencks.
1924-5-30 MLB Zink, Walter k's 14 but loses 6-3 to Revere A.A.
Somerville
1907-10-21 Arthur Graham was 11-1-1 for Stoughton.
1919-9-15 Somerville team pic. "Somerville B.B.C. is one of the oldest teams in Greater Boston. This season is its 15th in the field, and its record compares with the foremost clubs of the state.
"The Graham brothers, who have always played with the teams, are well known in amateur and semiprofessional baseball circles. Arthur Graham has been pitching for 15 years and few twirlers have a record with one team anywhere near equal to his.
" 'Grundy' Graham players third base and he has made a great reputation by his sensational fielding and timely batting." Have HOF Pie Traynor.
Arthur Graham Jr. is mascot.
1920-9-20 Pic. "Somerville has star battery in Graham brothers." Pitcher Arthur Graham and catcher Fred Graham. "Somerville baseball fans are 'het up' over a [Somerville] city championship series of five games between the Somerville B.B.C. and the Lincolns." "Somerville has won the title for six years." "The series is the talk of the people of the city, as both teams are evenly matched and always play clean baseball. The attendance at the first game was about 5000, which shows the interest in the series."
Arthur averages 10K's a game and fields like a major leaguer. "Fred Graham, the catcher, is a star and one of the best base runners seen in semipro baseball. He has never been known to wear a chest protector or shin guards."
1921-9-02 Pic of Somerville B.B.C. stars: Arthur Graham, 3b-Cap Fred Graham, and catcher Charles Pierce.
"Graham Day" will be celebrated tomorrow in honor of Arthur Graham.
"For years [the Graham brothers] have done excellent work for the team and have repeatedly turned down offers to play with other clubs." "[Arthur] has turned down offers galore to play with minor league clubs and has remarked that he was satisfied to play with Somerville B.B.C."
Somerville B.B.C. has a 35-8-3 record this summer.
1922-5-25 Arthur W. Graham, Somerville pitcher, hit behind the ear by a swift pitched ball. Unconscious. Is 31 years old and married - lives at 16 City Road.
1922-5-25 Arthur W. Graham, Somerville pitcher, hit behind the ear by a swift pitched ball. Unconscious. Is 31 years old and married - lives at 16 City Road.
1922-6-16 W/ pic. Arthur "Skinny" Graham has recovered and will pitch tomorrow. He was unconscious for seven hours on 5-25. He's been playing ball for 19 years. "He is well-known in Chelsea, where he pitched high-grade ball for the local Knights of Columbus nine. The chances are that he will again be with the Chelsea Knights, playing on Sunday afternoons."
1929-6-17 Boston Globe All-Interscholastic nine - with pics. Arthur Graham Jr. Somerville HS center fielder.
1929-7-11 Pic of Arthur Graham Jr. and Sr. of the Somerville Progressives. Arthur Graham Jr. was center fielder on All-Interscholastic nine. The Progressives are a leading team, and especially in-demand because of their father-son combo.
1930-6-19 Arthur Graham Jr. - is starring for Bridgton Academy and will play semipro ball this summer.
1911-9-02 Arthur Graham no-hit Columbia A.C. of Cambridge. F. Graham at third.
1912-5-04 Beat South Boston Cherokees 8-2. Line.
1913-7-26 Opening game in Somerville League - 3000 ATT. Broke up in the sixth when Fred Graham punched an umpire and Arthur jumped in. Fred Graham charged with assault and battery.
The mayor, who threw out the first pitch, was indignant at the fight.
1919-8-28 Lost 4-0 to Lincolns in 1st game of city championship. 3K ATT. Lincolns had Carrigan at catcher.
1922-4-29 Beat Grant A.A. 5-1 for Somerville B.B.C., k'ing 13.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrahAr00.htm Art Graham - Boston Patriots LE, 1963-68.
Woburn
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrahAr00.htm Art Graham - Boston Patriots LE, 1963-68.
Woburn
1917-6-26 Woburn High School team pic. 10-4 record. Future milb Weafer, Charles pitched. L. Weafer played first base.
1921-9-25 Pic of Charles Weafer receiving loving cup.
1929-3-27 "Another member of the well-known Weafer family of Woburn High fame gives promise of making the High School team this spring. He is Emmett, a pitcher. Ronald Weafer of Boston University is also a pitcher. He formerly twirled for Woburn High and Dean Academy. Charles (Buck) Weafer, an older brother, played with Fore River in the Twilight League last year, and Harold Weafer is manager of the Wilmington, N.C., nine.
1929-6-17 Boston Globe pics All-Interscholastic nine - with pics. Kenneth Weafer - Woburn pitcher. Wilfred Burke, Rindge Tech left fielder, was black.
1919-8-10 General Electrics 3, Woburn Town 1. George Weafer = Woburn pitcher and W. Weafer = right fielder. Weafer, Hal, a Woburn boy, was a long-time milb first baseman and AL ump.
1931-7-19 George Weafer, veteran Woburn pitcher, won 4-0 for the Woburn Midgets.
1931-7-26 MLB Weafer, Ken played for the Woburn Midgets in 4-3 win. 18 at the time.
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