Thursday, June 15, 2023

Oklahoma leagues

 Oklahoma


State tournament
    beginning
    1927
    1929 St. Louis Magnolias 
    1932 Antlers Mountaineers
    1941

    Blankenship, Homer p 

    1941-7-15 Clinton Jaycees roster listed, with full names. They will play Stillwater Boomers in 5-game play-off series for right to go to NBC.

    1932-8-19 (Enid) Enid Knox Oilers 9, Antlers Mountaineers 1. A 3rd round game.
    1932-8-25 (OK City) Antlers win the Oklahoman and Times state tournament. Played at WL park. boxes. 2.75K ATT. Big write-up. Only the 2nd time in 6 years the tournament winner has hailed from outside Oklahoma City. 

Cotton Belt League
    1926


    1926-6-03 interest in league is growing
    
Logan County League   Quality: Insignificant 
    1921 Crescent  7-14 standings + Crescent stats
    1924 
    1936 

    Edward Stucin 1936 Guthrie


    Chesty Hart 1936

North Central Oklahoma League
    1938

    Yellow Horse, Moses Mose/Chief 
    1938-6-03 Glencoe. Expected to be in lineup for Glencoe on Sunday. Glencoe batting thus far. Visiting Ralston team has Indian battery and Indian infield. 
    1938-7-03 Two North Central League teams fighting over him

Tulsa City League

    Hasley, Dewey c  1935 Texas Company 
    Hoetker, Albert p 
    Vigare, Felix TL/WL  3b  1935 Kansas City Market

    1935-8-26 City League all-stars selected to battle Tulsa Oilers. Picture of Felix Vigare. 
    1935-8-31 picture of City League all-stars
    
    1935-8-31 Oilers beat City League stars 9 to 1 - 2500 ATT  box

Misc. 
1933-5-18 Tulsa Kawners receiving reinforcements in preparation for game with major league old-timers. They have added players from the North American Tanker and Texas Co. nines. 

Hasley, Dewey c 1933 Texas Co. 
Roberts, Red PCL/WL/TL 


Averages:

1936-8-30 Eason Oilers not final batting.
1938-9-04 Eason Oilers, final batting. Hugh Willingham hit 30 homers in 60 games - has hit 99 homers in three seasons with Oilers. 

Pics:
1936-9-13 Eason Oilers, who have now won three straight Oklahoma semi-pro titles
1937-8-30 Enid Oilers - NBC champs
1937-9-19 Indiv. pics of all Eason Oilers.
1938-7-03 Eason Oilers.

1936-9-05 Two Shawnee Blackwell Oilers
1936-9-07 Two actions pic + one dejected pose from state sandlot tournament.
1936-9-08 Action pics from state sandlot tournament.
1936-9-13 Hugh Willingham, Oklahoma tournament MVP. Tournament team selected.
1938-5-05 Ed Lowell, 1b-MG of Duncan Halliburton Cementers. 

Notes:
1937-8-31 Duncan team reinforced for Houston tournament w/ Hugh Willingham and Gordon Nell. Only non-Texas team competing.
1937-9-01 Three Oilers off to play in Houston for three diff. teams.
1937-9-21 Duncan Cementers got $3600 for winning Houston Post tournament. Lists all-tournament team.
1937-10-03 Most Oilers will stay in Enid for winter.
1938-11-26 VG - details costs of Enid Eason Oilers.

Pros:

Ledford, Gene 1938 Eason Oilers

MLB:

Eaves, Vallie SABR bio 1934 Shawnee Redmen (NBC) 1935 Ada 1937 Ada / NBC Enid Seminoles
Waner, Lloyd 1924 Ada play by play
Waner, Paul 1921 Ada 1922 Ada (p) both have play by play 
            SABR bio says he had 23-4, 1.70 in 1922
Warren, Tommy p 1941 Clinton Jaycees 1942-10-14 Presumed to be lost in action. 1942-12-04 Wrote postcard telling friends he's okay. Former pitcher for Perry Merchants.
Willingham, Hugh once hit 38 HR in TL 1938 Eason Oilers x - hit 30 HR in 60g. 1940 Halliburton Cementers
        SABR bio says baseball career ended in 1935. Encyclopedia of Arkansas Onlyinark


1924-4-03 (Atoka) Homer left to play ball for Breckenridge TX
1925-8-31 (Ada) Ted & Homer used to back stars in Atoka Sunday baseball.
1932-7-03 (Ada) Homer is one of the Ada Independents' pitchers. On the 4th of July the Independents will face the Holdenville Indians, back from a tour of TX LA AK in which they were 42-8. The Indians will enter the Denver tournament after this series. Ada also has former pro Lefty Williams and future MLB star Harry Brecheen on their staff.
1932-10-10 The father of the Blankenships visited from Atoka & watched the game w/ Antlers.
1932-10-21 (Ada) Pros in Antlers-Ada lineups.

1932-9-18 (Ada) Ada Independents 7, Antlers Mountaineers 5. Ada beat the state sandlot champs. Cy Blanton pitched for Ada. Ted & Homer Blankenship were the battery for the Mountaineers.
1932-9-19  Ada 7, Antlers 4. Brecheen won.
1932-10-23 (Ada) Ada 5, Antlers 2. Ada 3, Antlers 2. Box for second; Ted pitched & Homer played left.
















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