Oregon
State tournament
1937 Reliable Shoes of Portland
1938 Silverton Red Sox
1937-7-25 Roster of Reliable Shoes talked of; are about to face Johnson Paints of Tacoma in battle for inter-state championship. Manager, Vern Harrington, calls it best team he's ever managed.
Pic of Monroe Dean.
1940-7-22 Preview. Preview.
1937-7-26 Series: OR champs v. WA champs. Tacoma Johnson Paint 7, Portland Reliable Shoe 4. Portland now leads 2-1.
1937-7-27 Tacoma Johnson Paint 2, Portland Reliable Shoe 1. Fifth game forced.
Dean, Monroe PCL ss. bad hitter as pro
Parker, Art PCL. 1b. Drove in 22 runs in five games of state tournament.
Quinn, Wellington-Wimpy Made majors as CHC pitcher in 1941. A 3b in 1937. Very good in WINT.
1938-7-09 Expect 25K ATT over two weeks of ball at Silverton.
Pic of Johnny Pesky, Silverton third baseman.
Misc.
1938-9-14 Silverton Red Sox had 29-10 record; 312 RS, 153 RA.
Blue Mountain League (Oregon-Washington)
Blue Mountain League (Oregon-Washington)
1911 Athena Final standings
1923 Walla Walla Legion Bears
1924 Walla Walla Legion Bears final standings
1925
1926
Frink, Walter "Soldier" p 1911 Athena Millers
1924-7-12 Game ad. Admission: 50 cents; children, 25 cents. "Pendleton has strengthened her team with two Portland, one Yakima, and one Spokane player and they will have the strongest lineup of the season ready."
1925-6-25 La Grande Pirates sign new blood
1926-3-22 The twelve-game season will run from 4-18 to 7-04. "The league yesterday took a step against high-salaried players, ruling that players must have legitimate jobs in the cities where they play."
1911-6-18 Athena. Local box. Athena have clinched pennant.
1911-7-02 Pendleton. "Soldier" Frink lost to Pendleton Buckarooes - Joe Berger, league's alleged top pitcher, continued his winning streak.
Final standings.
1925-5-31 Parris, Walla Walla Bears pitcher, is about 5'4", while Hein, La Grande pitcher, is well over six feet. "Unsually noisy crow."
1925-5-31 Box. In another game, Dunlap k'd 17 for the Pendleton Buckaroos. A better way of handling umpires has been decided upon. One umpire will be assigned per game who is on the "regular" payroll but is not a resident of any league town. Two umpires may be used if the team managers think a game is important enough.
Baker and La Grande will continue to charge for reserved grand stand seats.
Cascade League
Cascade League
1935
1936
1937
1938 6-15 batting
1939
1940 final batting
1941 6-30 batting 7-10 batting
1943 batting (all) final pitching + league leaders for some batting categories
1946 batting 8-18 standings
1947
1948 Miller Lumbermen final standings (both 1st + 2nd half) + Lumbermen batting 8-03 batting
1947 two managers pics + season preview
Brewer, Bernard Bud "Cocky" Brewer 1943 Giustina Reds 1943 Springfield Cardinals - K leader
Dierickz, Frank p 10g 1949 PCL Koch, Barney 1945 Giustina Reds 1946 Reds 1948 Lumbermen (.416)
Roelandt, Frank 1948 Hills Creek
Windsor, Duke 1945 Hills Creek Billies
1943-6-12 Ed Brauner: Giustina Reds MG
1943-8-16 Wayne Phillips: Hills Creek MG; Robert "Bullet Bob" Wiltshire: Hills Creek RHP
only loss in 7 decisions a 10-inning loss to Giustina 1934 Wiltshire
only loss in 7 decisions a 10-inning loss to Giustina 1934 Wiltshire
Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders' League
1918
Pillette, Herman 1918 Standifer 9-01 game
Foundation club actually represented Portland in PCIL.
1919-9-14The Standifer Shipbuilders beat McDougall-Overmire 7-3 for the independent championship of the region. Spec Harkness was the winner; Meyers, Soldier the loser.
Oregon State League
1932
1933 Salem final stats
1934 6-10 standings
1936 Bend Elks
1937 Bend Elks 8-20 .428+ 6-29 standings 2K ATT
1939
1940
1941 8-04 standings
1942 Eugene Athletics 8-9 standings leaders - Red Miller top pitcher .300+ / all-star team Eugene as of 6-30
Koch, Barney 1941 Eugene
Howard Maple 1938 batting champ
Johnny Pesky 1937 Bend Elks (lg avg leader) 21 for 38 1938 Silverton 1939 Silverton
1938-5-04 Moose Clabaugh signs with Toledo. Has been police officer in Corvallis last several months.
1941-3-23 George Wilhelm is league pres. for 25th straight year - pres. of Willamette Valley League & State League which is its outgrowth
Baer, Bob 1936 Hop Gold
Brewer, Bud profile pic w/ 1942 Eugene Athletics
Bubalo, Johnny 1942 Portland Firemen
Faubion, Juel 1941 Eugene Athletics
Kirsch, Don 1942 Eugene Athletics
Leptich, Joe 1942 Eugene Athletics
Nehl, Murel 1937 Bend
Oregon State League
1961
Portland
1920-8-15 Oregonian. Standings and previews for all four local leagues.
"Portland baseball officials are being besieged daily by returned players from the moneyed bush leagues and the minor circuits of the north for permission to get into local games again. A ruling recently passed prohibits any holder of a 1920 professional contract from playing with any of the association teams."
1922-6-28 Oregonian. Red Rupert, manager of Marshfield in the Coos County League, was in town yesterday looking for players. He signed Speck Burks, ex-Tacoma player, and Sylvester Clarke, and is negotiating with Johnny Fredericks [Frederick], leading batter in the Willamette Valley League.
The Molalla team has several Portland players.
1922-7-06 Oregonian. Al Lodell, manager of Anaconda in the Butte Mines League, is negotiating with Johnny Fredericks [Frederick] and Goldman of Camas in the Willamette Valley League.
1924-5-11 Daily Journal. "Breezy Gossip of the Bushers." Lots of talk - two pics. VG.
"Soldier Meyers, who has pitched for Sherwood and Sheridan for several years, has signed with the West Coast team in the Interstate League. He used to have a fastball that set the boys down, and from all reports, he is in just as good condition as he ever was."
Leon McCluskey, Associated Oil 3b and alleged former WCAN, played with his company team in London in WWI.
1922-6-25 DJ.
1922-9-04 DJ. Game reports. Lefty Schwartz struck out 17 for Sunnyside v. Walla Walla.
Portland Intercity League
1920
Interstate League
1924
1907 L.S. Frakes
1907-3-31 Oregonian. Soldier Meyers with L.S. Frakes.
1907-4-06 Oregonian. Whitehead is L.S. Frakes MG. A few pros listed.
1907-4-13 Oregonian. With L.S. Frakes of Portland Tri-City League.
1907-4-18 Oregonian. Rosters.
1907-4-28 DJ. Players whose contracts were approved in the last week listed, with full names.
"Manager Whitehead is having some little trouble keeping his team of bushers together. Newell and Johnson have left him temporarily and are playing in Colfax, Idaho, and Catcher White has gone to Nampa, Idaho.
Umpires and managers in the Tri- City league should enforce the rule which prohibits persons not in uniform from occupying a place on the players' benches or gathering around the field inside of the playing lines. Last Sunday at Vaughn street the space back of the catcher and around the players' benches was overrun with small boys and parties not in uniform. Fans soon notice these things and remark about it."
3300 fans attended the three games of last Sunday.
Pics of Johnny Tauscher and G.M. McElwain.
1907-5-05 DJ. "Financially the league has been a success. The attendance at each game has been better than at each preceding game."
"The officials of the league are spending their time and money personally for the success of the organization, without any remuneration whatever, which is an excellent indication of the spirit of the promoters."
"The Brainard Cubs is the only team in the Tri-City league which has not been obliged to change its original organization. Manager Smith believes in getting a good bunch together in the first place and then keeping them continually at work until the team becomast a perfectly adjusted playing machine. Every game the Cubs go into shows them better and points to the fact that the pennant race is not run until the last ball is pitched."
Batting averages.
1907-7-05 DJ. Standings - eight teams in league.
Cubs and Bohemians split a doubleheader yesterday at Astoria - no box.
1908-5-17 DJ. Preview/good talk. Lists Sunday's games and umpires.
Clarence Marshall, ex-Portland Beaver, is 6'4" and has "plenty of speed and elusive curves."
"Midget" Streit, East Portland pitcher, has left Portland and will summer in eastern Oregon, where he will practice surgery and play ball on the side.
"Somebody wants to know 'who Shaw is,' that pitched the two games against Salem last Sunday. The league officials are on a still hunt also and rumor has it that a certain young pitcher will have a session on the carpet 'ere long."
" 'Big Bill' Kotteman, the ex-Cub, is making the La Grande fans dizzy with his speed and curves."
Catcher Johnny Shea returned home from his stint with the Tacoma Tigers. He says he was not given a chance to make good. He has signed with Vancouver of the Tri-City league.
Ex Tri-City Leaguers Charlie Moore and Harry "Swede" Graham are making good in the NWES.
Vancouver sold the spit-baller Jack Olney to West Portland.
1910-4-10 Daily Journal. League opening has been twice delayed by rain.
"The bulk of the players are familiar Tri-City league stars, some having played through the three seasons past in Tri-City league uniforms, and each season has made them faster and more experienced." Lists previous league averages for some.
Rupert is manager of the West Side team - Garrigos manager of the Dilworth Derbies. Their rosters listed - including the teams the players were with last season.
1910-4-10 Contin.
1910-4-11 Druhot is in good trim - weighs 154 pounds. He still refuses to report to Wheeling - and who can blame him for wishing to remain on the pacific coast?
1910-6-19 DJ. Good talk, standings.
1910-7-31 Preview. With Portland PCL on a road trip many fans are expected.
1910-8-27 Salem. Preview- Salem and Dilworth tied.
1910-8-30 Salem.
"After playing the entire season, 19 games in all, the two teams [Salem and Derbies] that clashed Sunday, emerged from the race with honors even, each having won 13 and lost 6 games, which made it necessary to call an additional contest to decide the winner of the league championship and the Honeyman Hardware company trophy. Salem won the deciding game 4 to 3 from the Dilworth team.
From the opening of the season the race seemed to lie between the Salem and Dilworth nine. Their men had a trifle the edge on the others in the hitting line, all of which counted in their favor. First one team and then the other alternated at the top of the ladder through the season.
While the season was a successful one from the character of ball played by the young semi-professional players, the financial success of the league was not the most encouraging. The lack of
attendance at the games was more pronounced in Portland than in in other cities despite the fact that three teams were entered from Portland.
At the start of the race the battle for the championship lay between East Portland, called Dilworth Derbies; West Portland, more familiarly known Portland fans as "Rupert's Rubes"; Sellwood, Salem, Vancouver and Peninsula. While teams from all these places finished the season it was only after two teams had been supplanted with new aggregations. The cities thus affected were Vancouver and Peninsula.
Lack of attendance was the cause of disbanding. The team from Vancouver, which started the season, was succeeded by the First Infantry team from Vancouver Barracks. While the soldier boys had a good collection of individual players, their teamwork was ragged, and, as a consequence, they finished the tailenders.
The Fulton Blues, a first class independent team of Portland, was prevailed upon to fill the vacancy left by the withdrawal of the original Peninsula team. Strengthened by the best of the players of the disbanded Peninsula team and their own players, the Fulton team stepped into the breach left by Manager Valentine's boys with a percentage of 500 given them by vote of the league directors. At the outset the Fulton boys, since called the Peninsula team, hit the downward path and wound up in the next to the last position.
Probably the most valiant fight for honors made in the league was that of Manager Rupert's West Portland team. It lost six straight games before luck turned in its favor. By strengthening his aggregation continually, Rupert made a desperate spurt for the first position during the latter part of the season and emerged from the cellar into third place and not far behind the leaders in the percentage race.
Sellwood made its debut into the Tri-City league ranks this season and for a time made good with a vengeance occupying for a time first place and ranking among the first division teams until the latter part of the season, when they hit the tobogan and slid into fourth place, where it stayed until the final.
The season just closed was the first one in which there were six teams entered. It was mainly through the efforts of Jack Helser, president; Harry K. Smith, secretary, and other officers of the league that it didn't go on the rocks and disband during the middle of the season when several of the clubs threatened to withdraw. Next year the clubs plan a bigger, better and faster Tri-City league."
1910-9-25 Daily Journal. Commented final fielding. Hypothetical all-star teams.
1910-9-25 Daily Journal. Final batting. First place batter (.407) had just 27 at-bats. I guess a low bar for qualification. The Honeyman Hardware Company is giving trophy bats to the top three batters. "Big" Mickels, who plays right field for Salem without a glove, finished third in batting, with .387.
1910-9-25 West Portland will play St. Helens for a $100 bet. Colly Druhot will pitch for St. Helens.
1910-10-21 West Portland will play Columbia Hardware for a $100 side-bet. The two clubs are some of the best semi-pro outfits in the city.
1910-12-26 Daily Journal. "Chum "Whitey" McBride, the Portland catcher of the Tri-City league ranks, has run up against the powers that be in organized baseball. "Whitey," who caught last year for Chehalis of the Washington state league, has a chance to sign with Vancouver of the Northwestern league, but can't get his release from Chehalis. He has appealed to Manager Bob Brown of Vancouver to make the necessary arrangements for a transfer, if such can be arranged."
1907-5-05 DJ. Brainard Cubs 15, Kelso Tigers 12. 700 ATT. "The crowd was big and noisy, the game was wild and wooley and the score was big enough to satisfy anyone." "Midget" Streit started for Brainard.
Lines for other two games. The Astoria Bohemians opened their Tri-City league park with a loss before 800 fans. Poland, "the Chemawa Indian twirler," relieved for Woodburn.
1910-4-16 Daily Journal. League opening.
1910-4-17 Daily Journal. 2K ATT.
1910-8-07 Daily Journal. West Portland closed league season by winning both games of a double-header.
1910-9-04 Salem. Last game of season - Senators lost worst game all year.
1907-10-12 Oregon Daily Journal. A number of the Frakes players withdrew because they demanded "the big end of the purse" and did not get it because "the directors of the Tri-City league" think that "unreasonable," as it was the directors who "have assumed all the expense incident to bringing the Spokane team here."
The Fairbanks-Morse team is quartered at the Perkins hotel. They arrived in Portland this morning.
Double-header to be played on the Vaughn street grounds.
1907-10-05 Spokane S-R. L.S. Frakes 12, Fairbanks-Morse 5. F-M, City League runners-up, totally outplayed. "The attendance was not very large." "The Portland nine is one of the fastest semi-professional nines that has been seen here. It has lots of ginger, and some star players."
Victor Holm, "probably the best semi-professional twirler in this section of the country," will pitch for F-M tomorrow.
1907-10-06 Spokane S-R. Portland L.S. Frakes 4, Spokane Cubs 3. "Wizard" Mallory k'd 17 in defeat. Fairbanks-Morse 4, Frakes 2.
L.S. Frakes = Portland Tri-City League champs. Double-header for the semi-pro championship of the northwest. Capacity crowd.
Lou Nordyke appeared for Fairbanks-Morse. Pro Schimpff pitched for the Frakes.
1907-10-12 Oregon Daily Journal. Fairbanks-Morse 8, Brainard Cubs 1. "A listless, foggy game in which 200 fans often forgot to root..."
"Seaton for the Spokane bunch had speed to burn and proceeded to wallop them over the plate until he mowed down 12 stickers."
The teams competed in a throwing & hitting contest before the game. Kruger of the Cubs won first by throwing 322' 6", and Slater of F-M won by a hit of 331' 6".
The Frakes did not play, as they were in disagreement with league management. "Secretary Smith of the league says that the Frakes wanted all the receipts, including the grandstand, for playing, while the members of the Frakes claim they asked for the grandstand and five per cent of the gate receipts, which they say was refused, claiming the league wanted the grandstand and ten per cent of the gate receipts."
1907-10-13 Oregon Daily Journal. Lines. Fairbanks-Morse 5, Brainard Cubs 4. Brainard Cubs 4, Fairbanks-Morse 2. Umpire Burnside was attacked by Slater, the Spokane 1b - and struck him on the head with his mask.
Secretary Smith of the Tri-City league claims the northwest amateur championship is still in doubt. I don't quite follow his reasoning.
1910-9-04 Gresham Giants 6, Salem Senators 3. Line. Gresham is now a contender for the state championship.
1910-11-13 Portland PCL 5, Rupert's Rubes 1. 3K ATT. Spec Harkness and Druhot pitched for the Rubes. Rupert's Rubes = West Portland team.
Portland City League
1916 4-09 standings
1922 Nicolai
1923 Alberta
1927
1928
1929
Bartholemy, Al Portland /LA 1915 Piedmont
Beck, Johnny Portland Beavers 1927 Salem Senators
1915-8-14 Claxton signed by Sellwood - teammate of Rube Maxmeyer - 3rd lefty pitcher on team
"Chubby Al" Bartholemy
"Judge W.W. McCredie says that City League is one of the fastest circuits of its kind that he ever saw."
1916-3-21 William A. Ross will probably be ousted from lead of Gresham club
lists the 22 players signed by club w/ full names - includes Jimmy Claxton
1916-4-09 among others, Claxton is suspended by Gresham
1924-5-11 Daily Journal. Standings, previews, batting averages. Two umpires assigned to each game.
1927-4-15 Capital Journal. Salem Senators-Nicolai preview. Nicolai have Buzzelli and Bill Bottler, two former members of the Cyclols, Greater Portland-Valley League champs. Bottler is a famous home-run hitter.
Joe Leptich, Marty's brother, led the Timber League in homers last year.
1927-9-03 Jerry Goleman, cf, hitting .412 for the Salem Senators of the Portland League, works w/ Ike Wolfer (PCL) at service station in Portland - when Wolfer is busy with baseball Goleman keeps the station going - good description of Goleman as a player
1928-5-06 Standings, boxes, "Purple Vandals" team. Pic of Tom Gressett, also with Cour d'Alene of Idaho-Washington League. source
1934-8-16 Blitz-Weinhard 7, Wolfer's Federals 6. 1st game of championship series. Line. At Vaughn street grounds - line. 500 ATT.
1916-4-09 some pictures
Gerrick, Dave 1915 pitched in league - a Portland recruit - not on BR
1933-9-10 Daily Journal. Pic of Longview Forest Rangers, league champs, which will play today for the local championship.
1933-10-10 Locals 8, Dean Brothers 7.
Portland Valley League
1928
1930
1931 8-10 standings Salem Senators won 2nd-half championship with same line-up as in 1930
1928-3-25 League preview.
Portland Wright & Ditson Tourney
Frederick, Johnny Called Fredericks
1922-9-05 DJ. No player limit, but player cannot play for two diff teams in tournament - though Johnny Frederick has played for both Arleta and Nicolai. His eligibility may be in question in future.
1922-9-17 Daily Journal. First annual fall Wright & Ditson tourney. Ray Brooks is leader of Arleta Athletic Club, independent city champs - team is 0-3.
Ben Feetham is the manager of the 3-0 Nicolai Sash & Door Co. team. Organized a team of semi-pros last April and won the City League title with them - has substantially the same team now.
No eligibility rules.
Pic of three Fulton A.C. pitchers.
1922-9-17 Oregonian. Nicolai has just signed Lefty Schwartz, who was 17-3 this season playing semi-pro ball over Canada and Washington. Preview - players signed like Johnny Harkins and ex-PCIL catcher Babe Thomas for Arleta. Johnny Frederick, ex-Camas player who led the Willamette Valley League in hitting, will play for Nicolai.
1922-9-04 Daily Journal. Labor Day doubleheader. Boxes. Johnny Frederick hit a grand-slam for Nicolai.
Rogue Valley League
1953 final standings
1957 6-28 standings
1960 Roseburg Whitesox Roseburg stats final standings
Gordon Avery 1961 Roseburg 1962 Roseburg (1963 Oregon Frosh Eugene Ducks
Mike Coen 1959 Roseburg 1960 Roseburg 1961 Roseburg
Jim Dietz 1960 Roseburg 1961 Roseburg
1959 Roseburg five players w/Mike Coen
1960 Roseburg is in "pictures"
Salem City League
1927 6-21 standings
Wayne Barham 1927 Salem Senators
Rube Maxmeyer 1927 Woodmen
Southern Oregon League
1930
1935 Klamath Falls Red Sox
Best, Cliff also good hitter 1930 Medford Merchants
Risberg, Swede 1934 Shaw Bertram .419 in 7 games
Risberg, Swede 1934 Shaw Bertram .419 in 7 games
1930-8-17 game protested because pitcher's rubber turned out to be 64' from the plate
MG:
1930
Medford Merchants: Court Hall
Southwestern Oregon League (Southern Oregon League -1950)
1949 Roseburg Chiefs (season), Medford Craters (play-offs) final standings + final batting
1951 Coos Bay-North Bend Lumberjacks CB-NB final standings 8-24 standings
1952 Drain Black Sox 7-06 .300+ 8-9 .300+ 8-16 final standings
1953 Drain Black Sox final standings 8-08 .300+ .500+w-l
1955 Drain Black Sox final standings
Buzz Arlitt .318 avg in C/D 245 lb 1952 Coos Bay-North Bend
only occasionally pitching by 1955 1956 Drain
Cal McIrvin two-way player as pro 1954 CB-NB
Jay Ragni (two-way player in pro) 1953 CB-NB
Jim Sinovich in pro career, played for 9 tms in 4 yrs 1952 Bandon Millers
Harvey Storey 1768 pro hits 1952 Drain Black Sox
Ernie Velasquez 1952 Roseburg
1950 Bus Sporer all-star team named
1955 MVP Dan Luby
1957 Ray Stratton replaces Helser as Drain manager- Drain plays as independent club
XTRA
1952-5-01 Roseburg Chiefs prospective roster
XTRA
1952-5-01 Roseburg Chiefs prospective roster
Pictures:
1950 Bus Sporer 1950 MVP 17-6 record
1952 Roseburg Chiefs with Barney Koch and Harold Zurcher
Barney Koch, 1952 w/bio
1922
Willamette Valley League
1921 Crown-Willamette
1922
1922-5-28 Oregonian. Johnny Fredericks was lately released by Tacoma WINT. Lefty Williams, Crown-Willamette pitcher, is said to have pitched for the Lewiston Broncs of the NUTL in 1921 - could not confirm from abbreviated roster on BR.
1930-8-21 Andy Peterson, Willamette University man pitching for the Salem Senators, has won nine straight games with 80 strikeouts, 22 walks, and 59 hits. Threw the valley's first no-hitter since Larry French in 1925.
Pros:
Jack "Soldier" Meyers
1906
Meyers, Soldier
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=meyers049---
Listed on 1909 Butte roster but I think that's a mistake.
Pros:
MLB:
MILB: especially Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders League great coverage Foundation club actually represented Portland in PCIL.
Maxmeyer, Rube 1911 Portland Roadsters 1918 Peninsula 1918 Vancouver 1922 St. Helens American Legion
Best, Cliff also good hitter 1930 Medford Merchants 1931 Eagle Point Cheesemakers 2
(Medford)
Miller, Oscar "Red" 1943 Albina Hellships died 1957
Saltzman, Hal 23W in 1949 PCL 1946 Gilbert Furniture
MLB:
Don Messenger, Grocers' catcher, drives a beer truck in Portland.
Frederick, Johnny Called Fredericks 1922 Camas Blues
Koch, Barney 1947 Portland McElroy Dancers
O'Rourke, Jim national tourney MVP 1958 Drain Black Sox
Multnomah
1907-5-05 DJ. The Powers Blues and the Northwests both claim to be among the top independent teams of the northwest. Will play today on the league grounds.
Multnomah
1907-5-05 DJ. The Powers Blues and the Northwests both claim to be among the top independent teams of the northwest. Will play today on the league grounds.
"The Northwests, who not long ago took the invincible Kelso team into camp, will enter the lists fortified at every possible point and their game will be well worth watching. The Blues have played but one game this year, on which occasion they completely outclassed the Camas, Washington, team. Their lineup is familiar to every Portland fan who has followed the record of the old Maroons. The last named team, strengthened with the best of the Trunkmakers of last year, is the Powers Blues of today. The club's amateur standing and the fact that most of its members are also members of the Multnomah club give it access to the latter's grounds for practice, a privilege which it has availed itself."
1910-4-17 Daily Journal. One of the top local amateur clubs. Roster reviewed.
1910-4-17 Daily Journal. One of the top local amateur clubs. Roster reviewed.
1907-5-05 Powers Blue 4, Northwests 0. Cass Campbell threw 2-hitter.
Jack "Soldier" Meyers
1906
Meyers, Soldier
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=meyers049---
Listed on 1909 Butte roster but I think that's a mistake.
FamilySearch Enlisted in army in Portland, 1903-9-07. 1965-2-08 Inaccurate obit.
Find a Grave Has his death certificate.
1906 CASL stats - Bauer p.321
1905-3-15 Chronicle. Will pitch for Presidio v. Stanford.
1905-8-19 Oak Trib. Will pitch for the Presidios v. the Heesemans at Idora Park tomorrow.
1906-7-10 Bulletin. Expects to buy his discharge from the army in a few weeks.
1906-7-18 Bulletin. Was not able to get permission from the army to travel with the Seals to L.A. Parke Wilson is the Seals' manager.
1906-8-13 Bulletin. Parke Wilson deducted a week's pay from his paycheck. Wilson says it is just because he didn't make the trip - Meyers thinks it is because he pitched a game for Presidio.
1906-9-14 Bulletin. Arrived in Portland - his time with the army expired last week. As soon he received his discharge he went to Portland to rejoin the Seals.
1906-12-06 Chronicle. Confined to his bed in Portland. Was spiked on the foot at Idora Park while covering 1b last season, receiving a nasty cut which gave him blood poisoning.
1907-2-20 DJ. Called Jack Myers. Has been offered job in I-I-I.
1907-3-31 Oregonian. Soldier Meyers with L.S. Frakes.
1907-3-31 DJ. Called Jack.
1907-4-13 Oregonian. With L.S. Frakes of Portland Tri-City League.
1907-6-13 Bulletin. Dickering with McCredie. Says he will come out to practice but has not appeared.
1907-10-08 Butte Evening News. Russ Hall has reserved Soldier Myers, who failed to report this spring.
1907-11-12 Butte Miner. Will be on Butte team next year.
1908-2-15 Anaconda Standard. Listed on roster of Butte NWES - also, pitcher "Soldier" Thomas, who pitched the last game of the season for Butte in 1907; and Joe Thomas, full-blooded Portuguese.
1908-4-01 Anaconda Standard. Seattle has its own "Soldier" Meyers, a third baseman.
1908-4-05 Butte Miner. From Russ Hall letter.
"Soldier Meyers, who signed his contract this year, hasn't reported yet, and it looks as if he don't intend to. He is the one who accepted terms last year and then refused to report."
1908-5-04 Anaconda Standard. Russ Hall writes: "'Soldier' Myers never did show up. He won't fool me any more."
1908-8-03 Anaconda Standard. Dillon manager hoped Soldier Meyers would arrive in team to pitch against the Butte Independents - he did not.
1908-12-17 Anaconda Standard. Bob Brown of Spokane has a class-C Inter-Mountain League set up for next year; has bought five players from last year's Butte team, including Soldier Meyers.
1910-8-13 Salem Capital Journal. Pitched part of last year for SF and was farmed out to Montana - "rated as an exceptionally good pitcher."
Searched: Soldier Meyer, Soldier Myers MT 1907-08
Meyers, Meyer, Myers 1909
Meyers 1909 Butte, top 15 pages
"Jack Meyers" soldier OR
Searched: Soldier Meyer, Soldier Myers MT 1907-08
Meyers, Meyer, Myers 1909
Meyers 1909 Butte, top 15 pages
"Jack Meyers" soldier OR
1905-6-05 Examiner. Box. Started and lost for Presidio v. St. Mary's
1906-4-15 SF Call & Post. Relieved. Doing well for a youngster.
1906-7-22 Examiner. While Seals are on the road - pitched for Presidio v. San Jose (CASL) and beat Arrelanes 2-1.
1906-8-10 SF Examiner. Lost for Seals.
1906-8-31 Chronicle. "Loaned" to Fresno - lost to Oakland.
1906-9-03 Chronicle. Lost 9-2 to Stockton for Presidio.
1909-8-22 A Meyers pitched for Belgrade. [Was actually Frank Meyers, who also pitched for Bloomer Girls and Livingston that season1909-6-10 1909-8-24 1909-8-26 1909-9-22
1909-8-22 A Meyers pitched for Belgrade. [Was actually Frank Meyers, who also pitched for Bloomer Girls and Livingston that season1909-6-10 1909-8-24 1909-8-26 1909-9-22
Note: Presidio was in the CASL in 1906.
Walter "Rube" "Soldier" Frink
1910-8-04 Pajaronian. "The poor showing made in the second half by the Monterey Club has occasioned no small amount of unfavorable comment and many fans are in doubt as to the real standing of the team as far as class is concerned. Many of the fans believe that the weak. team which has represented Monterey the past two Sundays, will be the one that plays the Pippins here Sunday. The fans believing this are in error and will have another thing coming. The fact of the matter is that the team coming here Sunday to tackle the locals is considered one of the fastest in the State and is the only San Francisco team that defeated the famous Newman team this season. Here are the facts. The Monterey team in this league does not contain one Monterey man but is made up entirely of San Francisco Presidio soldiers with a few Coast and State Leaguers added to its lineup. On the opening day of the second half the regular Presidio team had a date to play Modesto and a weak team was sent to Gilroy, which the Gilroyans tore to pieces. Last Sunday another mixup occurred of a similar nature and the Lash's Bitters team went down to Salinas to be trampled on. But no more of that business. From now on the regular San Francisco Presidio team will play in this league and next Sunday it will make its first appearance on the circuit against Watsonville. "Bull" Frink, the man who made Salinas lose early in the first half, will pitch against Watsonville and Frink is as good as any twirler on the circuit.
Van Otterman of the Missouri State League will be on the bench in case Frink happens to aviate, which is not likely.
`The fans want to rid their minds of all doubt about the team coming here Sunday. They will be a hard nut to crack."
As far as I can tell, Frink was never again called "Bull" Frink.
1911-10-25 Martinez CA. "Soldier" Frink sentenced to serve in WA penitentiary. A deal had been closed to sell him from Chehalis to a NWES club when he was caught trying to rob a Chehalis store.
1912-2-01 Spokane. Joe Cohn of Spokane Indians after Frink - will give him a trial if he is paroled. Frink was drunk when he tried to rob a store in Chehalis after the season had closed.
1913-5-10 Edmonton. Pic.
1913-8-01 Regina. Made amateur row when he appeared in a tournament.
1928-4-23 Mandan ND. Henry Dahners, star radio announcer and owner of Calgary team for six years, gives memories - mostly of Reuben Waddell Frink.
1910-4-10 Newman. Beat Newman 9-5 for Presidio. Batted cleanup and was 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored and a triple. The first amateur team to beat Newman since 1907-7 - the first to beat them at home since 1907-4. Newman turned a triple play but also made ten errors.
1912-3-10 Walla Walla via Spokane. Struck out 15 for the state penitentiary team in 6-2 win.
Prison team = Walla Walla Mavericks.
https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?city=Watsonville&county=Santa+Cruz&date-end=1920&date-start=1910&keyword=frink®ion=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc
Smick Myers
J.M. Meyers Smick Myres
Sapulpa was in the class D WA in 1911 but no roster is listed.
Smick Myers
J.M. Meyers Smick Myres
Sapulpa was in the class D WA in 1911 but no roster is listed.
1905-5-05 Everett. Henry Myers, left for Coulee City where he work in agriculture and play ball. "Henry is a brother of Schmidt Myers the cyclone performer who helped wallop the All-Seattles last Sunday."
1905-7-15 Snohomish via Tacoma. "Schmidt Myers, the phenomenal young pitcher who made a record with the Snohomish ball team last year and who has been pitching for Granite Falls during the present season, sawed four of the fingers of his right hand so badly Wednesday that he is out of the game for the rest of the season. He was working in a Granite Falls mill when the accident happened.
Hyde Morgan, one of the old standbys in the Snohomish ball team, is disabled and out of the game for an indefinite period because of a fall from his bicycle. His collarbone is reported broken."
1907-5-08 Everett. "Schmidt Myers is in Palouse drawing $150 per month and board as pitcher for the ball team. Last week he won a game for $1,000 and his manager is duly elated."
1908-8-11 Missoula. "A certain individual giving the name of "Cy" Young III. made an easy cleaning last evening during the progress of the ball game between Dillon and the Missoula team. From information supplied by various members of the Dillon aggregation the man Young sat on the visiting team's bench and mingled freely with the bunch, claiming to be the real article as a pitcher. Pitcher "Smick" Meyers, who joined the Dillon team here yesterday, coming from Wardner, asked Young to take care of a small roll of greenbacks for him during the game, at the same time taking a moonstone ring from his finger and rolling it among the bills, the whole amounting to about $190. Young, nothing loth, accepted the appointment as custodian of Meyers' wealth and in addition handled a few dollars belonging to other members of the team. The game over, the newly appointed treasurer was sought for and, according to the latest reports, is still being sought. The players put the matter in the hands of Sheriff Campbell and hopes are entertained that the fellow will be brought to bay before he squanders the worldly goods of the Dillonites."
1908-10-01 Everett. Smick Meyers home from east of the mountains.
1910-3-24 Wallace. Word was received that the well-known pitcher "Smick" Myers, who pitched with the Wardner-Kellogg team of 1908, died at his home in Snohomish WA after a short illness caused by pneumonia.
1910-9-09 Sapulpa Daily Democrat. Smick Myers - "snappy little pitcher" - arrived in town last night and will spend a few days with his friends. He just ended a post-season barnstorming tour of 19 games with the Joplin team. He pitched six games and won them all.
His home is in Spokane and he expects to winter there.
1911-2-20 Independence KS. Has resigned with Sapulpa.
1911-3-28 Coffeyville KS. Described as veteran pitcher of WA.
1911-4-23 Coffeyville. Described as one of the headiest pitchers in the game today.
1911-5-04 Sapulpa via Coffeyville. WA season begins next week.
1911-7-04 Missoula. Manager Joyce has a good opinion of 'Smick' Meyers, signed by the Educators last week. "If Myers is in as good shape as he was a few years ago, he will make good."
1911-9-07 Sapulpa Evening Light. Now playing left field for Snohomish and hitting .326.
1913-4-17 Albertan. Pumped the sporting editor about the league, teams, and salaries. He was worked through the winter as a boilermaker in San Francisco, and seems to be in fine shape.
1913-4-17 Herald. Pitched good ball for the Bronks last season - arrived in the city yesterday and reported for early practice. Seems to be in good shape.
1913-4-17 Herald. Pitched good ball for the Bronks last season - arrived in the city yesterday and reported for early practice. Seems to be in good shape.
1913-5-10 Edmonton Journal. Pics of all Calgary players - including Walter Frink, Smick Meyers, and Babe Hollis.
1913-7-28 Albertan. "The same day Smick Meyers, who was playing in the outfield, got one on the end of his index finger, which caused the hand to swell up, and a little later he got the index finger of his other hand split open. As he had no more hands he had to pitch on his nerve Saturday night, and the fact that he played under such conditions should more overshadow the fact that he lost his game."
1913-9-04 Herald. In Saskatoon umpiring the postseason series. If he can find any occupation in Calgary he will stay the winter - if not, he will return to his coast home.
1913-9-18 Everett. "Jack 'Smick' Meyers returned last evening from Calgary, Canada, where he has been playing in the Western Canada League. He greatly surprised his local friends by bringing home a wife, formerly Miss Allene Phiffer.
1913-9-19 Wallace ID. "There was considerable fun at the depot yesterday morning when the Spokane train pulled in. Placarded on the side of the car was a big sign reading 'Just Married.' In the car were 'Smick' Meyers and wife, formerly Miss Aline Pfifer of Wallace. The crowd took up the fun but the attempt to rearrange the sign failed."
1913-10-01 Calgary Herald. Pic. Has married - will spend the winter with his wife down on the coast.
1914-2-16 Edmonton Bulletin. Only member of last year's team to return a signed contract. May be traded to Moose Jaw.
1914-3-19 Edmonton Bulletin. Sends news of WCAN players.
1914-3-20 Calgary via Regina. Writes from Snohomish. Sends news of WCAN players and his own condition.
1914-4-15 Calgary Herald. "big rangy fellows built upon the lines of 'Smick' Meyers."
1916-2-17 El Paso Herald. Smick Meyers, who has been managing the Wallace ID Independents for the last two years, would like to play for a Rio Grande Valley League team.
1916-5-17El Paso Herald. Smick Meyers wants to get in touch with a good semi-pro team. Presents qualifications.
1916-5-25 El Paso Herald. E.A. Groweg, Tyrone MG, would like to be put in touch with "Smick" Meyers, Wallace ID pitcher.
1918-5-05 Wallace. May hold down left "if he can get the 'old soup bone' warmed up."
1920-1-24 Everett. "John 'Smick' Meyers of San Francisco, a former resident of Snohomish, is spending the week-end visiting in this city. He is now connected with the tobacco firm of Liggett & Meyers."
1954-2-20 Everett. NVG team pic of 1904 Snohomish team. Full names listed - including Smick Myers. In 1904 "the diamond was located south of town at Harvey Park between the Snohomish River and the Great Northern Railroad tracks."
1906-6-15 Everett. Meyers and Altman will be the battery for the Snohomish Seconds.
1903-7-03 Seattle. 17-year-old Smick Meyers beat Arlington 11-3 for Snohomish.
1906-4-08 Pitched for Granite Falls in 12-2 loss to Snohomish.
1906-5-13 Everett. Lost to Everett for Granite Falls. Myers.
1906-6-17 Everett. Myers at short for Snohomish Seconds in no-hit no-run no-error. game. Kelso pitched.
1906-6-24 Everett. Beat the Seattle Electrics 4-1 for Granite Falls.
1906-7-08 Everett. Relieved in 10-8 win for Snohomish v. Arlington. Called "Schmidt Myers."
1906-7-15 Everett. For Snohomish, Schmidt Meyers beat Monroe 6-4.
1906-8-05 Pitched for Snohomish v. Everett Brodecks in 1st game of amateur series v. large crowd of fans - ended in forfeit as Everett walked off field.
1906-8-19 Everett. Pitched for Snohomish v. Everett Brodecks.
1906-9-02 Lost 3-2 to Arlington for Snohomish.
1906-10-21 everett. Smick Myers played in the football game.
1910-5-29 Sapulpa OK Evening Light. Beat the Enid Independents 5-4 for the Sapulpa Oilers. Smick Myers. Play by play.
1911-6-11 Muskogee. For Sapulpa, beat the Muskogee Indians 6-0. Described as "lengthy." "Too much cannot be said in praise of Mr. Smick Myers."
1911-7-04 Missoula. Had nothing - quickly knocked off mound by Butte.
1912-8-30 Albertan. "Iron Man of W.C. League" - won both ends of doubleheader v. Edmonton. Edmonton pitcher, Jack Clayton, lost both games - an even rarer feat.
1913-6-24 Herald. The umpire was absent the first game of the doubleheader and Meyers handled the job himself - no kicks were registered against him.
1914-5-07 Herald. Hit hard by Saskatoon Quakers - relieved by Frink.
Calgary team pic.
1914-8-03 Spokesman-Review. Wallace pitcher - imported for Wardner - lost 8-5 to Kellogg.
1914-8-09 Wallace. Lost to Kellogg 12-11 for Wallace. Batted 5th and was 2-for-6.
1914-8-09 Wallace. Lost to Kellogg 12-11 for Wallace. Batted 5th and was 2-for-6.
1915-6-06 Wallace. Meyers. Lost to Mullan 7-3 for Wallace - batted 9th.
No results for Schmidt Meyers that I can see.
1913-9-15 FS Alleene Cathrin Phiffer - John Melvin Meyers. Married in Wallace.
1913-9-15 FS Allene C. Pfiefer - John Melvin Meyers. Married in Wallace.
1913-9-15 FS. Alleene Catherine Phiffer. Meyers born in 1885 - Phiffer estimated as being born in 1889.
Alina L. Pfifer In Wallace, 1910 - born in CO 1899 - don't think that can be her? Right? Parents are Daniel Pifer and Orphia Keller.
No results for Schmidt Meyers that I can see.
1913-9-15 FS Alleene Cathrin Phiffer - John Melvin Meyers. Married in Wallace.
1913-9-15 FS Allene C. Pfiefer - John Melvin Meyers. Married in Wallace.
1913-9-15 FS. Alleene Catherine Phiffer. Meyers born in 1885 - Phiffer estimated as being born in 1889.
Alina L. Pfifer In Wallace, 1910 - born in CO 1899 - don't think that can be her? Right? Parents are Daniel Pifer and Orphia Keller.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103048682/alleen_c-myers
John Melvin Myers 1885-1953
FS 1885-8-09 to 1953-11-30. Buried in Colma, San Mateo.
WWII registration Living in San Francisco. Born in Port [illegible] WA. Employed by A. Steinbrenner Sons. Lists address.
John Melvin Myers 1885-1953
FS 1885-8-09 to 1953-11-30. Buried in Colma, San Mateo.
WWII registration Living in San Francisco. Born in Port [illegible] WA. Employed by A. Steinbrenner Sons. Lists address.
CA death index Born 1885-8-09 in WA.
1953-12-01 SF Examiner. Obit. Beloved husband of Alleene C. Myers. Member of Snohomish Aerie #195 F.O.E.
1953-12-01 SF Examiner. Obit. Beloved husband of Alleene C. Myers. Member of Snohomish Aerie #195 F.O.E.
Portland Indoor League
1908-09 Gold Seals
1909-10 Dilworth Derbies
1910-11
1910-1-16 Oregonian. Standings. Bob Fordney of the Gold Seals pitched the first shutout of the season with a 12-0 beating of the Fullers. Lists averages of four batters with averages above .500. Buzz Beagle is hitting .650 for the Honeymans.
Team pic of W.P. Fuller & Co.
1910-2-06 Oregonian. Dilworth Derbies are champs. Eddie Morton k'd 16 in championship game against the Gold Seals. Harry K. Smith is league president - plans on a longer schedule next season. "It is probable also that a larger hall will be secured."
"Fred Washburn has given complete satisfaction as an umpire. He formerly worked with the Coos Bay League and later with the Interurban League. He is said to be one of the best informed men on rules in the country."
Lists indoor players who will play outdoor ball in the coming season.
1910-11-13 Daily Journal. Six-team league. A.G. Spalding team is formerly the Honeyman team. McKenzie of the Dilworth Derbies says all his old players are back.
"Paul Henderson, one of the star twirlers of last season, has signed a contract to play with the A.G. Spalding team. Practically the whole Honeyman bunch will be with the Spaldings this season."
Bob Fordney will manage the Goodrich team. This team will have almost all the players of the 1909 champion Gold Seal team, including Eddie Morton.
Jack Tauscher, "fast little shortstop of last year's Dilworth nine," has signed with the Spaldings. Colly Druhot will play outfield for the Spaldings.
1910-12-05 Oregonian. Line-ups preview. "The Gorham boys have been greatly handicapped so far by not having a good catcher. Elmer Davis, who is the only one that ever successfully handled Bob Fordney's terrific shoots, has been out of the city for some time."
"Hubbard, the Columbia's colored third baseman, proved to be one of the real hitters last Sunday."
1910-12-14 Daily Journal. Standings and talk. "Charles Lawrence, the fast deaf and dumb outdoor ball player, was an interested spectator at last Sunday's game. It would not be surprising to see this player in a uniform before very long."
1910-12-18 Daily Journal. .300+ batting. "Buzz" Beagle of the Spaldings leads the league with a .579 average (11 for 19).
1910-12-29 Daily Journal. Standings. Al Lerch, Dilworth Derby first baseman, made an unassisted triple play last Sunday. Bob Fordney threw a two-hitter. "The most reliable hitter in the league without doubt is "Buzz" Beagle the crack catcher of the Spaldings. There are no scratch hits about Beagle's work and the majority are good clean drives for extra bases."
1910-11-19 Oregonian. Ragged playing and heavy hitting in opening game. The Spaldings beat Gorham 33-4 as Henderson, Spalding pitcher, k'd 21.
1910-11-27 Daily Journal. Standings, line-ups but not boxes. Eddie Morton of Gorham Rubber struck out 31 Company B batters in a 9-3 loss. Too many dropped third strikes. He allowed one hit. Gorham batters made nine clean hits.
A total of 31 hits were made in the Columbia-Spalding game. The Beagle brothers combined for seven, and Jack Tauscher homered.
1910-12-11 Oregonian. Standings, line-ups but not boxes.
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