Thursday, June 15, 2023

Pennsylvania leagues

 Pennsylvania



State tournament (NBC qualifier)
    1936


Anthracite League
    1923 
    1924 Mahanoy City


    Daubert, H. fairly sure 1924 Mt. Carmel


   1922-5-03 Weldon Wyckoff will report
    1924-7-27 Bill Morrisette provokes fan riot - stands fans off with bat until police rescues him
    1924-9-18 Mahanoy City had 55-40 record this year. Says what some of the players are going to do now. 
    1924-9-24 claims that Mahanoy City is equal of any IL club (HA - try taking on Baltimore)

    (1923-7-05( Mahanoy City. Three local boxes.

    1921 championship series 
    #6 9-23


All-Wilmington League (DE) 
    1915 Vandever final standings
    1916 Brownson  final standings South-Side Eden stats
    1917 final standings

    this league certainly had some major league pitching 

    Greenwell, Ernest p 1916 South-Side Eden box Evening Journal has all boxes
 
    Crouch, Bill p - pitched one g for 1910 SLB - father of Bill Crouch 1917 Vandever
    Myers, Joseph p "Yellow Joe" 1917 New Castle no-hitter

    1915-9-24 Arnold Livermore, Vandever catcher, given trial by Athletics
    1915-9-27 Vandever defeat New Castle, champions of Delaware-Mayland League
    1915-10-05 Charlie Schor, if-p of Eden, dies of blood poisoning. He was 20 years old, and a machinist at the DuPont Powder Company. 
    1916-9-17 Brownson loses to Chinese Students 2-0
    1916-10-14 South-Side Eden team has banquet
    1917-4-20 some contracts listed
    1917-8-10 Frank Glenn MG of a team - lists location of park
    1917-10-06 Delaware boys from league are performing well on the Camp Dix diamond

    1917 Championship series 9-30 #1 Harlan & Hollingsworth 1, New Castle 0. 1K ATT
        10-07 New Castle 3, Harlans 1. 

    August, George "Stoney" 1916 South-Side Eden MG
    Wright, Walter "Red" 1916 South-Side Eden had 13-g hitting streak - part of a series of profiles of team's players

Anthracite League

Atlantic League (PA-DE-NJ)
    1923 coverage in Lancaster New Era

Berks-Lancaster League
    1937


Bethlehem Steel League
    1920 9-12 standings

    Ehmling, Al 1920 Sparrows Point all boxes, plenty of pros

    Plitt, Norman 1920 Lebanon Philadelphia Inquirer has boxes too
    Weiser, Bud 1920 Steelton
    

    1935 Italian All-Stars


    1933-8-05 Homestead Grays will play City League All-Stars today. 
    1933-8-29 .300+ batting. Harold Peeler leading league with .514 (19 for 37)
    1933-9-22 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peeler motored to Buffalo for Buffalo-Rochester playoff game.
    1935-9-11 Iroquois finished 1st in regular season. Roster listed, with full names. "The Iroquois baseball club was organized last April and consists of a number of All Pen players."
    1935-11-13 Iroquois will hold first annual banquet tonight at the Italian Hall. Eliminated in playoffs by champion Italian All-Stars. Guests listed. Pete Behan, former MLB, is manager of All Pen Blues. 

    1934-5-25
    1935-5-20 Opening day. Standings. Hersh Lasky threw a 2-hit shutout and Alf Brown homered twice for Iroquois. 500+ ATT. 

    1933-9-24 All Pen Blues win McKean county championship for third straight year, defeating Smethport. They smacked Johnson, Art, Warren-native and former NYG. Harold and Jack Peeler played for Smethport. 


Bux-Mont League
    1929
    1932 Bustleton

    1932-9-10 Bustleton wins title before 3K fans. Frederick Dollenberg went from obscurity to fame in his community by hitting a walk-off double to win 5-4.

    

Central Penn League
    1935 1st half 8-31

    McLaughlin, Hollis 1935 Milton P-M 41, but 14-1 record

    Roy, Emil 1934 Mifflinburg

    1937-4-30 blow dealt - Juniata River flooded away Lewiston's $20K baseball diamond
            it was a fine park, completed by the aid of large federal grant
            repaired damage from previous year's flood
            no baseball in Lewiston means no more than four teams in Central Penn


Dauphin-Perry-(Juniata) League
    1919 stats

    1917-5-12 Rosters. 
    1921-5-05 Non-resident players listed. Ed Stricker, Harrisburg spitballer, claimed by two teams.
    
Delaware-Maryland League
    1915

     1915-9-27 Vandever defeat New Castle, champions of Delaware-Maryland League

Eastern Pennsylvania League
    1937 Quakertown
    1938 Quakertown
    1939 Quakertown 8-26 standings
    1940 Easton 7-24 standings final stats Good
         final stats interesting break-down for Lansdale official final stats
    1942 Lansdale Play-off batting
        Team hit 1 homer in 46 games.
    1947 final stats
    1948 final stats
    1949 Limeport 7-28 statsb
    1950 7-14 stats
    
    Celmer, Fred .312 1940 VIRL 1945 Lansdale Hawks
     Horvath, Julie c 1945 Bethlehem
    Kimble, Jack p still regular EL at 41 1947 Harleysville 1948 Harleysville Tigers
    Either Lehman, Al or Lehman, Al if 1940 Lansdale Hawks
    Malseed, Frank p  threw screw-ball 1941 Lansdale 
    McQueston, Jim 1940 Easton
    Mellor, Whitey if 1947 Harleysville 400 ATT. 
    Noblitt, Jim p - vg low minors in South 1943 Nazareth Is 3-0 v. Hawks this year. Deserted Nazareth to join Trenton and now that he's released Ollie Shelly doesn't love him no more. 
    Radler, Frank p - pretty much unbeatable in low minors, 1948-51 
            1946 Bethlehem Orioles 1947 Easton
    Rothenhausler, Jack two-way, vg in low minors, 25 in 1947 1946 RR 1947 Riegel Ridge
    Slaalien, Syver "Si" p 41 in 1946 1941 Lansdale 1942 Lansdale 
    Sterner, Lloyd 1945 Easton Trade Union - hit league-leading .425
    Wearshing, Grover see NJ page
    Witner, Jerry 1940 Lehighton
     Zarinsky, John milb 1938-41  1947 Limeport 1949 Limeport

    Ambler, Wayne if pro 1937-41, PHA 1937-39 1943 Lansdale 1946 Lansdale
    Errickson, Dick regular p 1945 Lansdale Hawks 1948 Easton 13-0 1949 Hickory Park
    Holden, Joe c 1943 Lansdale
    Klopp, Stan "Bettz" p - 36 in 1947 - career mostly non-pro 1946 Harleysville 1947 Harleysville
    Narleski, Bill 1940 Easton
    Martini, Wedo p 1940 Lansdale Hawks 1941 Lansdale
    Sabo, Alex c  1947 Harleysville 1948 Harleysville .362 1949 Hickory Park

    1940-7-22  (Landale) League transactions.
    1940-7-25 (Lancaster Morning Call) Team rosters, with full names.
    1941-9-05 (Lansdale) Yawping.
    1941-12-29
    1941-12-30 and
    1942-5-16 Transactions. 
    1942-11-21 (Lansdale) Will be banquet for champion Hawks - full names. 
    1942-12-29  (Lansdale)  Sports diary.
    1942-12-29 Hal Kelleher joins Philadelphia police. 
    1943-9-10 (Lansdale) League had decided all four league teams would participate in play-off; ridiculous. Hawks left league rather than go thru such a farce. Lansdale Hawks and Nazareth Tigers will play for the mythical championship of Eastern Pennsylvania. Nazareth Tiger players may be blacklisted. 
        Hal Kelleher and Betz Klopp will face each other; their duels are legendary. Summarizes some. 
    Full names + batting and throwing.
\    1943-9-24 Hawks need just one more win to cop the series. 
    1943-11-10 Report on Lansdale Hawks banquet hosted by "their Prexy and financial guardian, Jake Shelly."
\    1945-9-18 (Lansdale) Reporter picks personal all-star team. Misc. talk.
    1946-12-31 (Lansdale) 1946 sports review part 1.
    1947-1-07 (Lansdale) 1946 sports review part 2.
    1947-6-21 Lansdale has released Si Slaalien
    1947-6-23 Harleysville manager Ollie Shelly believes he has a top pitcher lined up in Bertram Humphrey - Alex Sabo has caught him & says he has more stuff than any in the league. He has k'd 22 in a game. He is currently in Orange, NJ, but can pitch in EPL in July & August. 
    1947-10-24 League banquet. Shantz named MVP. 
    1948-6-15 (Chester) Six Lloyd A.C. players are with Harleysville. 
    1949-8-11 (Lansdale) "Is it true that Jack Williams and Dick Errickson are drawing $115 and $100, respectively, each week to pitch for Hickory Park?"
    1949-9-01 League in difficulties. Harleysville Chicks have withdrawn. Ollie Shelly, one of the foremost financial supporters of the league, has died. Attendance is down league-wide. League has been hurt since Jake Shelly withdraw his Lansdale team. Teams are losing money; the players still want their pay. 
    1949-9-09 (Pottstown) On Hickory Park Tigers. Catcher Alex Sabo won batting title; 30 for 75. 
    1949-9-25 Semi-final preview. 
    1950-7-25 Play-off eligible players listed, with full names. 

    1940-7-27 (Lancaster Morning Call)
     1941-7-20 (Philadelphia) Sun. Boxes without subcategories. Lansdale had its 13-game winning streak snapped.
    1941-9-14 Play-offs.
    1941-9-14 (Lansdale) Quakertown 13, Lansdale 10. 1500 ATT.
    (1942-7-20) (Lansdale) Play by play, boxes. 1200 ATT - largest ever local EPL crowd. + talk.
    1942-8-22 Kelleher set K mark with 17. The old record was 15, set by Jim Noblitt of the Fairview Ponies of Allentown in 1935.
    Bob Weiss of Riegel Ridge no-hit a non-league team in an exhibition. 
    1946-8-10
    1947-6-01
    1947-6-21 (Allentown) All boxes + standings. 
    1947-6-22
    1949-8-06
    1950-7-30
    
    1947-10-05 Exhibiton; Bob Shantz beat Curt Simmons before #K fans. 
  

    1942-10-25 Lansdale wins championship by taking both ends of double-header before 1K fans at Quakertown 
    1943-9-11 (Unofficial championship series.) Hal Kelleher no-hit Nazareth in game 1. First no-hitter on Lansdale diamond since Wedo Martini no-hit Easton in 1941.
        "Not even the mildest of beefs [with the umpires] was registered - a new world's record for a Hawk-Tiger baseball game."
    31 balls were fouled out of the park.
    1945-10-14 Lansdale 7, Bethlehem 3. contin. Bethlehem 2, Lansdale 1. 230 ATT defied cold weather to watch first twin bill of "Little World Series." 
    1945-8-21 Bethlehem 8, Lansdale 3. 1400 ATT, 1299 paid.
     1947-9-13 Souderton 10, Riegel Ridge 5. G #2. 900 ATT. 

    1940-7-22 (Landale) Keith Wassmuth
    1940-7-24 Roy Johnson
    1941-9-15 Wedo Martini
     (1942-7-20) (Lansdale) Ted Emery
    1943-9-10 Art Sharkey
    1947-10-24 League officials and top players, incl. Shantz


Fayette County League
    1954 7-24 standings

    Boniar, Fran hit .435 & .436 in diff seasons 1954 Continental
    Menarchek, Joe k'd 248 at 16 1954 Filbert

Harrisburg Allison Hill Twilight League
    1921

    Brehm, Maurice "Java" p 1926 Harrisburg NYPL 1921 Shoemen
    Witmer, Leon "Lefty p 1922-24 BLRI 1921 Speese

    (1921-7-21) Batting. 

    1921-8-01 Speese won 29-4 in 6 innings. Future milb Java Brehm gave up 19 runs. 

Harrisburg West End Twilight League
    beginning:
    1917
    1921 final batting
    1935 6-23 stats


    1921-5-03 Rosters.
     (1921-7-21) Batting.
     (1921-8-02) Lester Bell returns from Bristol because team ran out of money and had to let go their out-of-town players.
    1922-3-23 Ed Stricker signs with Commonwealth.
    1935-6-11 (1st) In later years players could get as much as $50 a game - would turn down big league offers because they'd get $50 a game, 4 games a week. Sometimes even $25 for sitting on the bench.
    1935-6-12 (2nd in a series) West End players - had players who turned down big league offers bc they were making more money in sandlot ball or wanted to pursue engineering or didn't want to leave their hometown.
    1935-6-20 (3rd) Motive Power club.
    1935-6-24 (4th in a series) Discusses the Commies - the team of the Jackson Manufacturing Company. Tells of its origin and its players - & it had very good players. Pros and good-enough-to-have-been-pros. One of them turned down a pro offer because he was making more money playing sandlot ball.

    1919-7-25
    1920-8-02 2K ATT. Ed Stricker threw no-hitter.
    1921-6-29
    1921-8-01 6K ATT. 
    

Interstate League
    1932
    1933

    Farrell, Francis-Leo "Red" long-time EL/NYPL 1b. 1933 Emporium Sylvania Foresters (alt) Team has sixteen year-old catcher.

    Scott, LeGrant 1939 PHI rf. Turned pro as pitcher with Birmingham 1934. 

Jefferson County League
    1930 Sykesville
    1939 Kramer
    1940

    1940-5-02 Brookville. Schedule. 
    1940-5-17 Sykesville. Rosters with full names.
    League will open its twelfth consecutive season tomorrow.
    "Season schedules have been printed and distributed; season tickets have been sold; grounds have been put in condition; and all other things common to the opening of the season have been completed in readiness for the first call of 'Play Ball!' "
    Jimmy Forrest = Kramer MG. Other managers listed; team prospects commented upon.
    1941-5-13 Ed Nupp, Sykesville sports editor, is the biggest I-told-you-so around.
    Jefferson County League no longer deserves its name, as only half its teams hail from Jefferson County.

    (1940-5-24 Sykesville. Veteran Ramsey Spencer of the DuBois Reds threw a no-hitter on opening day. Boxes, standings.
 
Lackawanna Association (nvg quality)
    1943 8-02 standings

    Monarchi, Peter 15 in 1943  1943 St. Nicholas

Lancaster City and County League
    1937

    Rohrer, Roy p 1937 Gap

Lebanon Valley League
    1937
    1939

    Leskie, Bill  1937 Robesonia Pioneers 1939 Newmanstown
     Narleski, Bill 1939 Newmanstown "Narlesky" 

    Buzas, Joe 1939 Tremont
    Wagner, Charlie p 

    1939-8-11 Harrisburg Telegraph. .300+ batting and schedule for upcoming week. Bill Leskie leading league with .373 average - Chick Fullis second @ .361. Bill Leskie led the league in hitting in 1937 for the Robesonia Pioneers.
    1939-9-08 Reading via Lebanon - Reading Times sportswriter picks league all-star team. 
    1939-9-20 Lancaster. Commented final batting. 

    1937-5-16 (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal) All boxes. 
    1937-5-16 (Lancaster New Era) Two boxes.
    1937-5-16 (Reading Times) All boxes. 700 ATT.
    (1937-6-02) (Harrisburg Evening News) Palmyra boxes for weekend

Lehigh Valley League
    1923
    1924 Northampton 6-28 standings Bethlehem withdrew

    Bareiss, Ed 1924 report "was one of the best hurlers in independent ranks two years ago with Philadelphia Terminal, is staging a comeback in the Lehigh Valley League. Bariess had an off year last year but has apparently recovered his great speed"

    1923-4-10 some signed players incl Jing Johnson
    disbanded 1924-7-12
    1930-6-26 George Leibensperger is one of the hardest-working catchers in the league.

Lehigh Valley Twilight League
    1947 Palmerton 

    Filipovits, Joe of 1940 APPY 1946 Northampton threw 1-hitter
    Saas, Paul p AKA Sass - ISLG p 1940-41 marriage pic 1988 obit  
        1946 Cementon batting champ 1947 Slatington
    Sobota, Anthony "Ottie" 1946 Palmerton 1947 Palmerton Sokols Palmerton had a brother battery

    1946-7-20 All-star team selected to face Northampton
    1947-7-23 All-star team selected to face 1st place Palmerton  alt

    1946-8-01
    1947-6-22 Boxes + standings.
    
    1947-10-05 Limeport 4, Palmerton 3. Post-season series tied at 2. 
 
    1941-8-17 Action pic. (League all-star team beat Tri-County all-star team 6-3.)
    
Luzerne County League

    Brazil, John 

Mahanoy City League
    1939
    1941


    1939-8-22 @ West End Stadium. Leskie homered over the 312 ft. sign in right - Jack Joyce hit another over the 296 ft. sign. Mart Dixon is now 8-1. 
    Grier City A.C., City League leaders, lost 7-2 to Tremont Miners of Lebanon Valley League. 

McKean-Elk League
    1949

    Peeler, Tom p 14-1 1950D 1949 Smethport
 
    1948-6-27
    1949-7-13 Bradford. All boxes. Mostly good fielding. Tom Peeler threw 1-hitter. 

    1950-9-22 Solid pic and profile. Discovered at Yankees' tryout camp last year. He didn't expect to be signed as he wasn't burning up the McKean-Elk League, but scouts signed him. 

McKean-Potter League
    1949

      Peeler, Tom p 14-1 1950D 1948 Smethport

    1948-6-27 Tommy Peeler threw 11-0 1-hitter. His father was Peeler, Harold, one of McKean County's top catchers for a number of years. Peeler hit 17 homers in 325 at-bats in the ECAN and QOVL in 1923 and 1924. 

Men Valley Baseball League
    1931 
    1932 6-23 standings

Monongahela Valley League
     1925 8-13 standings

    Pros:

    Fred Morris (no BR for tm) 1925 Bentleyville
    Stan Musial 1936 Donora Zinc
    Jack Pezzoni 1925 Monongahela

    Notes:

    1941 6-16 standings

    Bush, Roxy p - war-time EL 1941 Hanover AA sensation of 1940

    Mellus, John NYG - NFL 1938-49. 1941 Breslau


    1941-7-27 NEP League All-Stars 8, Mid-Valley A League All-Stars 6. First game of charity double-header - 750 ATT. 

New Castle City League
    1949

  
   
    1949-8-25 City League All-Stars listed, with full names. 
    "Just which league in Lawrence county baseball is the majors or the minors has never been satisfactorily decided. The County and City loop both boast of lots of really interested fans and fine talent.
    Next Monday night, some clues as to which league is superior may be given when the cream of the stars from each circuit will meet at Flaherty Field in a benefit game to send a team of local lads to the Junior National Amateur Baseball Federation tournament at Louisville early in September.
City League prexie Len Gilbert often jokingly refers to the County loop as the majors, but at the same time has a smug look on his face which says, "They are a bunch of farmers who should stay out where they belong. My league is superior in talent and team balance".
County League President Alec Samuels thinks the city lads are a "bunch of publicity crazy sandlotters who have gotten into this thing over their head and now have to go through with the game"."

    1949-8-24 Ecclesian 4, West Pittsburg 3 at Washington Field. 1500 ATT. Playoffs. Finals begin Friday the 26th. 
    1949-8-26 Lawrence Indies 7, Ecclesian 2. 

    1949-8-29 County All-Stars 11, City All-Stars 10. Proceeds of game: $350 - donations brought figure to $380. Action pic. 

Norristown City League
    1943

    Noblitt, Jim p - vg low minors in South

    Burbage, Buddy NLB "bears a close resemblance to Homer 'Goose' Curry. 

    1943-8-28 Picked all-star team beat Lansdale Hawks 5-4 in 11 innings before 500 fans. Lots of vg talk.

North Penn League
    1909 Ambler
    1910 Ambler


    1910-9-10 (Pha. Inquirer) Box. Ambler won pennant-clinching game before 3K fans. "The town is wild with enthusiasm tonight, and every man was cheered for winning the pennant two years in succession." 

North Schuylkill League 
    1929
Penn-Jersey League 
    1916 Northampton 7-17 standings

       Clougher, Johnny c NYSL 1916 Belvidere

        1916-5-22 season scheduled
    1916-7-21 Belvidere has withdrawn from league - had really good team made of former NYSL players and NYC area semi-pros, and the cost was too great -  will be replaced by Phillipsburg
    1916-7-24 Washington pitcher Randolph throws at particular batter every at-bat

Penn-Jersey League (vg) 
    1924 7-15 xtra 8-19  
    
    1924 in Camden Morning Post and Philadelphia Inquirer

    Ayau, Vernon 1924 Lit Brothers
    Lai, Buck 1924 Trenton

    Lohr, Howard 1924 Chester
    Lord, Bris 1924 South Phils
    Steineder, Ray pitched 29g in 2 yrs in majors - only years in OB 1924 Trenton
    Swigler, Ad 
    Touchstone, Clay 272 milb wins 1924 Lit Bros

    1925-6-12 after league's disbandment, Camden is considering entering new planned league

    Chester was in league, so Roy Ellam, Howard Lohr etc. 

    MG
    1925
    Camden : Lou Schaub

Pennsylvania Motive Railroad Power League
    1918 
Pennsylvania Railroad 
    1917
    1919 

     w/ Hilty  1919-9-14  

    1916-10-12 Purchasing Agents beat Altoona Car Shop 9-3, with Lohr, Peplosky, Touchstone, etc. 8K ATT.
    1917-9-10 With six Chester players in their line-up, Purchasing beat Maintenance of Ways 9-2. 

Pennsylvania Railroad General Office Championship
    1923 

    1923-9-18 Philadelphia Terminal 3, Auditor of Revenue 1.
    Ringers (?) like Buck Lai, Howard Lohr etc
    1923-10-05 Auditor of Revenue was league champ - roster listed
 
Pennsylvania State League
    1926 8-19 standings


Perry-Juniata League
    1929 Champ: Blain

Punxsutawney City League
    1941

    1939-9-19 2nd half averages. Johnny Wolfe was 2nd in K's.
    1941-4-04 Elk Run A.C. plans "extensive campaign." Blair (Legs) McQuown is the team's treasurer and top pitcher. The team will play in the City League and play many games outside of that schedule. 
    "The Elk Run club, sponsored by a club that was organized a scant six months ago, will use the B. & O. R. R. "Y" diamond in Elk Run for all home games and soon will start putting the diamond into shape for the season.
    "The team already has received 17 new uniforms, natty outfits that doubtless will rank with the classiest in the district. From the standpoint of being well dressed, the Elk Runners will have plenty on the ball.
    "The new uniforms are cream in color, trimmed in black and red and carrying blue letters.
Paul (Peg) Grube, former Punxsutawney High School football and basketball star and an exceedingly active member of the Elk Run Volunteer Fire Department, is president of the Elk Run A. C. and manager of the club's ball team. Mike Ciccone is vice president of the club, Dick Brown is secretary and Blair McQuown is treasurer.
The organization to date sunk approximately $200 in equipment and will likely spend more before the season opens next month."
    (1941-5-12 Pre-season boxes. First half schedule. League begins tomorrow. League has three new teams.
    1941-5-13 Team rosters, with full names. Umpires assigned for tomorrow's games.
    1941-5-13 Contin.

    1939-7-25 Standings.
     1941-5-25 
    1941-6-03 Adrian undefeated, having won 5 straight games.
    1941-6-10 W/ standings.

    1941-5-25 DuBois Reds (Jefferson County League) 8, Elk Run A.C. 6. Several hundred ATT. 2 combined errors.
    Punxy Aggies 12, Yatesboro 0. 

    Pitcher Jack Sitosky with Kramer of Jefferson County League in 1940 1940-5-17

Reading City League
    1937

    Guard, Paul 1937 Pendora Wildcats beat the Ukranians

Scranton Association
    1943 

    (1943-8-02) Standings and boxes. Can't find any pros but the fielding's good. Lots of Eastern European names. Sts. Peter and Paul team. 

Shenandoah City League
    1935 Final stats
    

    1935-9-13 Bill Leskie lead league with .507 average. 
    1935-9-13 Contin. 

    1943-5-05 Bill Leskie recently enlisted. 
        Talks about local father-son athletes. 

Slatington Suburban League

    Saas, Paul p AKA Sass - ISLG p 1940-41 1939 Danielsville

South Anthracite League 
    1926 Champ: New Philadelphia standings New Phil.
    1927 Champ: Cressona (?) 8-19 standings
    1928 Champ: St. Clair (?) 8-3 standings
    1929 Champ: Pine Grove 
    1930 Monahan: St. Clair Kantner: Schuylkill Haven 1

    President: K.F. Monahan, 1926 

    Profiles:
    News:


Susquehanna League
    1909
    1910

    Crossin, Frank (MLB) 1910 Nanticoke/Bloomsburg

    1910 Nanticoke roster

Tri-County League
    1927
    1941 7-14 standings 

    Witmer, Jerry also also of - vg mid-minors 1927 Hazleton  search

    Rhawn, Bob if  1941 Berwick ACF 22 - already had three years as pro

    1941-4-01 Will play 28 games. Lou Lustig is league president. Season will open 4-26.
    1941-9-02 All-Stars v. Glen Lyons of NEP. Lots of hitting. Rhawn 5-for-5 with two homers.

    1927-6-26 (Hazleton) Jerry Witmer hit walk-off homerun in 11th as Hazleton beat Weatherly 10-9. 
    
Tri-County League
    1927

    Callahan, Leo 1913, 19 MLB 1927 Endeavor p-of (I think)
 
    (1927-5-31 Rohrbaugh, "the little fellow who coaches Tidioute High School," pitched for Endeavor. Facing him for Irvine was Bannister, who previously pitched with the Erie Sailors of the Ohio and Pennsylvania League. 
    "Cut" McCullough caught for Endeavor. "Fritz" Urbanski pitched for Warren and Jewell caught. 
    Boxes and standings. 
    1927-6-18 Irvine National Forge 4, Endeavor Lumberjacks 2. Ray Poppleton with Irvine. Charlie Zuerl, Irvine left fielder, made an incredible catch. Bull Smith, "Endeavor's fence-busting fly-chaser," hit a wicked drive. Zuerl was playing deep and ran back at the crack of the bat. "He ran up against the fence and, leaning over on the barbed-wire, made the putout. He saved the day for Jackson's outfit." 

Twin County League
    1940

    Stiely, Fred p SLB 1940 Valley View described as "iron man" - batted cleanup 

    1940-8-01 Harrisburg Telegraph. All boxes, standings. 

Two-Team League
    1919 Franklin batting/fielding/pitching & final standings
    1921  Franklin final stats Oil City final stats + final standings 

    Peterson, Lewis 1919 Franklin

    Harris, Joe very good 1920 Franklin
    Layden, Gene NYY * 11 yrs between pro appearances * 1919 Franklin 
    Meador, Johnny 1920 Oil City 1921 Oil City
    Sisler, George (briefly) 1919 Franklin
    
    1920-7-30 Bill Nixon is a "crab"
    1920-9-26 a ton of things went wrong with Franklin's players
    1920-10-01 a record of every game Oil City played - 78-42
    1920-11-20 a record of every game Franklin played - for the season they were 60-42-1
    1921-6-02 vg article about the league's umpires
    1921-12-21 stuff about Sisler, Joe Harris, Ed Collins, Lefty Bayne
        Bayne pitched some for Franklin in 1919, but demanded $200/mo in 1920 so was not signed

    1919 Franklin Scott Perry/Gene Layden pics

    1919-10-03 Oil City 4, Franklin 3. play by play - Wilbur Cooper pitching for Oil City
    1919-10-04/05 10/04: Oil City 6, Franklin 5. 10-05: Franklin 6, Kane 0. 
        Sisler hobbling around in right field because he hurt his ankles in game
        field meet on 10-04

    MG
    1919
    Franklin : Nixon/Harry O'Donnell
    1920
    Franklin : John Brackenridge
    Oil City : Jake Pitler

    Parks:
    Franklin : Miller-Sibley Field



 
Wilkes-Barre City A League
    1937

    1937-7-01 Boxes + standings. Integrated; Wilkes-Barre Colored Giants

West Branch League    
    1955

    1955-8-22 Sunbury. Lower circuit standings, upper circuit final standings. 

Wyoming Valley League
    1923


Team averages:
1894 Franklin

Pros: 
Ainsworth, Red p good mid-minors 1920 Vulcan Rubber Beat Polish team 6-1 to win championship with $350 loving cup. Game was for the championship of Erie PA
    1920 Sharon/Farrell Carnegie 1920-4-05 Sharon Carnegie has arranged 26 games. Has four pitchers, including pro Reid/Rube Zellars. Has other pros. 1920-4-28 Will open season on Sat. 1920-9-23 Farrell Carnegie notable players listed, incl. MLB. (1920-8-23) Beat New Castle Cords 2-1.  team is Farrell/Sharon
Bashore 1923 Hershey
Blum, Fred p solid in B 1911-15 1910 Talmage of Roxborough (hometown) Won 2-0 20-inning game, striking out 18. W/ pic. 
Carts, Fred p - didn't become pro regular until 31 - "broke in" in IL 1920 Castle Cords
Drugmond, Joe five solid seasons in MATL - p 1923 Beaver Falls
Hummelstein 1903 Lindner the pitcher k'd 17 in loss
Kimble, Jack still regular EL pitcher in 1946 at 41 1947 Lloyd A.C. 3
Konnick, Andrew 1909 Brookside brother of Mike Konnick Anthracite
Miller, Joe 1923 Union Tool pitcher - outfielder in EL in 1925
Nothe, Walt p -high minors 1947 Lloyd A.C. 2 - has 4-2 record. Prop. of BRO
Swigart, J.D. 17-11, 3.40, .287 in B in only pro year 1919 Kittanning New Bethlehem 
        1924 Cressona Tigers
Walker, Bud/Buddy pro debut at 29 trial with 1929 PHI as p - 1b in semi-pro 1932 All Phils
Yoxtheimer, Milo c 1928 New Castle beat Havana Red Sox 3-1 before several hundred fans


MLB:

Barthold, John p-of 1910 Southwark 3K ATT. 0 combined errors in game.
Bea, Darius (NLB - .331 with 1939 PS) 1947 Chester Old-Timers
             1928 Bradford
Dorner, Gus p Chambersburg native 1899 Chambersburg 1901 Chambersburg Wolf post-season. Carlisle integrated - Manning, ex-Cuban Giant pitcher, was in box - and other colored players Carlisle news  SHO 3
    Clippings
Kay, Bill 1919 Klein Chocolate odd style of batting
    1933 Passon 2.2K ATT - lost 4-4 to NY Black Yankees 1934 Passon
             1922 Mahanoy City
                1923 Chester       1925 Catasauqua
Plank, Eddie p - Gettysburg native - pro debut at 25 1899 Gettysburg 17K
Rheam, Cy 1923 Bellevue
        1922 Lit Bros.
Steen, Bill 1921 Cressona 
    1925 Charleroi 
Titus, John 1900 Pottsville Homered over fence to win $3 pair of Manning shoes. 1902 Pottsville organized from SABR bio: "After Company K disbanded, Titus returned home and played basketball for a team in St. Clair that decided to all grow moustaches. He ended up keeping his throughout most of his baseball career, at a time when very few players sported facial hair."
Wagner, Honus 1919 Wagner's Stars

Lancaster New Era (1923) carried box scores for Hershey, Klein Chocolate, and others

Notes:

1924 Allentown Dukes  w/ Mush Higgins pic about to set out for second annual tour of Puerto Rico.
         Very good team. end of year retrospective
    
1925-9-21 Suburbans will face Hilldale - have Mush Higgins, Buck Lai, "Jew" Riegert etc in line-up

Allentown
1956-5-15 1906 North Ends were one of the town's first fully-uniformed independent teams. 
1959-8-22 Allentown City League All-Stars were Lehigh Valley champs in 1909. Team pic. Played outside city limits because Sunday ball was illegal inside. 

Chester

1921-8-12 Hoping to win their 5th straight game v. Doherty Silk Sox. They lured Lew Malone away from the Sox with one of the fabulous salaries they've become famous for.

Schedule seems to have been Mon-Wed-Sat
1947-7-16 Preview for game with Memphis Red Sox
1947-8-09 Lloyd manager Arnold "Lefty" Vann signs NLB catcher Wynn, Willie. Integrates team. 
1947-8-18 About strange decisions and replies of Art Gilbert, Lloyd Field umpire. 
    Saturday's game with the NY Black Yankees was rained out. Homestead Grays will appear tonight; preview. The "Vannmen" have a 16-15 record. 

1947-8-06 Tampa Rockets (FSL) 7, Lloyd A.C. 5. Lloyd now has a record for the season of 14-14. (Wed. game would be rained out.)
1947-8-10 Birmingham Black Barons, 9-1. Capacity crowd. 
1947-8-11 Beat Memphis Red Sox 5-0 to revenge earlier defeat. 
1947-8-13 Beat Baltimore Elites 9-8. 10 innings.
1947-8-18 Homestead Grays won 6-2. PS will make 4th appearance and CAG will play for first time in several years. 
1947-8-23 Beat CAG 9-8 in 10 innings. 
1947-8-25 Lost to Baltimore Elites 11-2. Says on schedule that wed. game will be played at 8:45 PM.
1947-8-27 Lost to Newark Eagles 9-3. Game was tied 3-3 until 7th. 
1947-8-29 (Chester) Asheville Blues 9, Lloyd A.C. 3. 
1947-9-08 Beat the Durham Eagles 10-9. 
1948-7-21 Baltimore Elites win 6-4. Their 3rd straight win. 

George "Farmer" Bell SABR bio Amateur until 29 - pitched five years for BRO

1899-8-15 7th & 8th games of championship of valley will be played v. Chambersburg tomorrow. Both teams are greatly strengthened. Togie Pittinger will pitch the first game for Carlisle and Bell, "the reliable Carlisle boy," will pitch the second game. "Patrons of the game know Bell's ability..." 
    Afternoon admission is 25 cents, boys 15 cents. Evening admission is 15 cents, ladies 10 cents. 
    Evening Herald preview
1899-7-13  Carlisle Sentinel Beat Chambersburg 4-0 in 2nd game of doubleheader. Stoney McGlynn shut them out 8-0 in 1st game. 

    Sentinel preview Will play Paxtang Club of Harrisburg. 
    "By request of many patrons of the game, one game will be played at 5.45 p. m. These evening games are a novelty in Carlisle and will be continued as long as the attendance shall warrant it. The Carlisle club is stronger than it has been for two years and it is hoped that lovers of base ball will attend the games and encourage the team in its efforts to give Carlisle a good base ball club.
Games will be called promptly at 2.30 and 5 45. General admission to afternoon game 25c; boys 15c. Ger- eral admission to evening game 15c. Ladies free."
1899-7-22 Beat Harrisburg 5-3, allowing 4 hits. K'd 12. 
    "Carlisle is playing good ball and the team deserves good patronage." 
        Herald preview Afternoon admission 25 cents, evening 15 cents.
    Sentinel preview "As yet the attendance has been insufficient to meet expenses and unless there is better attendance at the games the club will be obliged to disband." 
1899-7-27 Beat Mechanicsburg 16-3, allowing but two hits. Pitched a masterly game. Banks, the Cuban Giants' best pitcher last year, pitched for Mechanicsburg. (Integrated)
    EH preview & boxes for two wins at Chambersburg, one against "King" Pittinger. 
1899-8-02 (Philadelphia) McGlynn lost seven-inning second game of doubleheader v. Chambersburg 4-1. Opposing pitcher was Dorner, Gus, Chambersburg native. Pittinger won first game 6-0 for Chambersburg. Described as first games of series. 
1899-8-05 Carlisle won 11-7 and tied 5-5 with Chambersburg. Bell pitched the first game, the 11-7 win. It wouldn't have been close if Bell hadn't walked four batters in the 7th. Carlisle up 3-2-1 in series.
1899-8-08 Carlisle beat Mechanicsburg 16-4 and 17-1. Carlisle won the 16-4 first game, allowing but one hit. 
    "The series of nine games for the championship of the Cumberland Valley, between Carlisle and Chambersburg, has aroused the latent enthusiasm among the fans in the valley. The series now stands: Carlisle, 3; Chambersburg, 2; tie, 1. Four more games are to be played between the two teams, two here and two at Chambersburg.
    This series of games has tended to arouse the enthusiasm which had gone below par from the disastrous Cumberland Valley League season of 1896, and it is very likely that a new Cumberland Valley League will be organized next year, of eight clubs, from Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Hagerstown, Martinsburg, Hanover and Gettysburg."
1899-8-16 Carlisle split with Chambersburg. Pittinger lost the first game 5-4 - he would have won if Carlisle had not made 7 errors. Bell won the second game, a five-inning affair, 6-4. Carlisle is now up 4-3-1 in the championship series. 
    Carlisle won the championship. 
1899-8-24 For Carlisle "Colts", beat Mechanicsburg 16-2, allowing but two hits. Mechanicsburg had imported five Susquehanna players, including its battery, to no avail. 

1900-6-02 Capital City beat Mechanicsburg 13-10. Bell not mentioned. 
1900-8-04 (Carlisle) Beat Paxtang Club of Harrisburg 19-13. Were down 10-4 at the end of the third but rallied. 
    "At first Bell was a trifle unsteady, but he soon regained his usual gait and held the visitors down." 
1900-8-18 (Carlisle) Beat Capital City team 8-5 in a well-played game. 

1900-10-09 (Carlisle) Mechanicsburg won 13 out of its 15 games for the season, and Bell pitched all of them. After all expenses were paid, $21 was left in the treasury to be divided among the players.
    Described as "George Bell of this place." 
1901-5-24 (Carlisle) Left for Montgomery where he has signed for the season.
1901-6-28 (Carlisle) Returned home today for a visit. Has already won eight games for Montgomery.
1901-8-27 (Carlisle) Lost 5-3 to Harrisburg for Montgomery, giving up four hits and four walks.
1902-1-13(Carlisle) Well-known ball player living in Garrison Lane, severely injured his hand by scratching it on a nail.
1902-4-27 (Philadelphia) K's 19 P.R.R. batters in 7-5 loss for Newberry.
1902-7-15 (Carlisle) Of Carlisle, is doing good work with Watertown. Won 16-inning 12K game v. Montgomery on Saturday.
1902-12-17 (Carlisle) Played with Williamsport, State League, last season, and has signed to pitch with Worcester in 1903.
1903-7-22 The famous pitcher of Carlisle, is pitching today for Steelton
1903-8-20 (Potter) "George Bell, Coudersport's wonderful pitcher, has resigned his position in the Sweden cheese factory and will move his family to this place. It is expected that he will work in the glass factory in the coming winter."
1903-9-17 (Potter) Jack Maley, who pitched with Williamsport earlier this year, praises Bell.
1903-10-01 (Potter) - One of Coudersport's favorite pitchers, hurt a finger on his right hand catching a fly ball in practice and may miss the rest of the season./

Good Lancaster talk
1899-6-12
1899-6-19 President Hart of the Chicago club suggests free agency after five years
1899-7-10
1899-7-17 "After the game the Worcester players were stoned..." Had to beat the crowd back with their bats
1899-8-05
1899-8-14
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