Universal Baseball Encyclopedia: Utah leagues

Lloyd Keller 1922 Brigham

Davenport, Dave 1921 Ogden, Northern Utah League DiTD released by Ogden in 1921 because he was too good for the league - was 7-0 with 112 K's in 63 innings.

1921-3-25 Brigham. Team preview. Mentions Willis Morgan's "cunning brain and good right arm."

1923 mis pictures including Billy Menges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_City_(baseball)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Utah_League

Salt Lake Federation of Amateur Athletics

1934

1934-8-12 SL Trib. Wasatch Oilers team pic. Wasatch Oil won two pennants in the three leagues they played for. Won in the Wasatch (Wednesday) league and in the Pioneer (Friday) league, and finished second in the Bonneville (Sunday) league.

1934-9-04 SL Tribune. Wasatch Oilers team pic, with full names.

Bonneville League

1934

1934-7-01 SL Telegram. Boxes, standings.

Salt Lake Trolley League

1913 Frampton 7-27 standings Framptons are 19-1 6-15 standings more comprehensive team names

1914 4-27 standings

1915 8-08 standings (3rd series)

1915-2-27 Plans for season

1915-3-28 Picture of officers + very good account of growth in popularity of amateur & semi-pro baseball. Very good information.

1913-8-03 Hewletts

1914-3-15 Pics of league's managers and captains.

1914-4-19 Hewletts

1914-7-26 Lemps team pic

1915-5-09 Portland Cement team pic

1915-7-18 Portland Cement much better quality

1915-8-10 Hans Ford, Society Brand - in serious condition after hit in head by ball

1914-5-30 Boxes

Union Association (D)

1914 first half stats - vg w/standings & club batting

1914-9-12 Salt Lake Telegram chooses all-star team based on votes by official scorers.

1914-5-30 Boxes in Salt Lake Herald-Republican. Roy Castleton with Ogden.

Utah County League

1910 All but final standings

Lankford, Ad BLK - p AKA Add "Smoke" Langford 1910 Lehi

1910-7-29 Herald. Player rules sorted - no allowing players under contract with one team to play with another. Standings.

1910-8-18 Spanish Fork. Game commentaries, standings. Two Occidentals in Payson lineup.

1910-9-01 Herald. Standings. Langford hurt hand while sliding for Lehi.

At league meeting last night, Payson was awarded pennant and $200 purse, and today Lehi won 2nd and $150 purse. Provo got third and $100, Spanish Fork got 4th and $75, and Linden and Springville have a protested game to play for 5th place.

1910-9-01 Langford was spiked in 12th inning - Trasher took place, received win, and shutout Spanish Fork 3-0 in the second game.

1910-7-15 Telegram. commentary. Cook, Spanish Fork pitcher, set league record with 20K.

1910-8-10 Tribune. Lineups. Lehi defeated Pyson 1-0 - Mooney threw two-hitter for Lehi.

https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?county=Salt+Lake&date=1910&keyword=%22county+league%22&region=us-ut

Utah Industrial League

1934

1939 Provo Timps

1940

1948 Helper Utah Bottlers

Bensmiller, Mervin if 1948 Salt Lake City Pinneys

Cullimore, Grant of 1948 Brigham City

Owen, Earl for SLC (PION) between 1940&42, age 29&31, he was .329 with 26 triples in 146 games. Only pro experience. 1948 Salt Lake City Pinneys (1b-MG)

Marlowe, Mel p 1948 Salt Lake City Pinneys

Peterson, Blaine of 1948 Salt Lake City Pinneys

Smith, Henry p 1939 Provo Timps 1940 Provo Coors

Valcheck, Arnie 1940 Gemmell Club 1948 Provo Timps

Erickson, Ralph "Leif" p 1939 Magna-Garfield P-M 1948

Rhodes, Gordon p NYY 1939 Gemmell

Tate, Al (Nig) p 1948 Salt Lake City Pinneys

1934-8-12 SL Trib. Standings, preview.

1938-9-04 SL. Championship series preview. Commented final averages. VG pic of Les Lemon, hard-hitting Pinney Beverage catcher.

1940-5-03 Bingham. Rosters listed, with full names.

1940-8-01 Provo. Commented final averages.

1948-4-12 Pinneys had 60 players at practice, Provos 25. Al Drake, Provo 2b, has been in league since 1932. List of umpires, statistician listed, etc.

1948-4-30 Utah Bottlers of Helper preview. Manager is called Ug because he has difficulty remembering names and so will call his players Little Ug, Big Ug, Double Ug, etc.

1948-5-01 Magna preview.

1948-5-03 Pinney Beverage preview.

1948-5-04 Provo team preview. 4th in series.

1948-5-05 Brigham City preview. Last in series - league had five clubs.

1948-5-09 really good article about the league's history and its close connections to communities.

1948-7-29 top batters named and described. Also boxes - 1000 ATT.

1948-9-10 1st game of playoffs will have nine batters with averages higher than .380

1948-9-20 Says Helper has scored 297 runs in 20 games.

1948-9-21 During the war Jack Graham was stationed at Camp Kearns, Utah, which had a good service team. He also played with the Brigham City Peaches under a false name, for soldiers were not supposed to play for civilian teams.

1948-12-13 Fred Sanford pitched in league in 1938.

1949-4-28 pic of executives. Rosters partially listed w/ full names

1937-8-03 Provo. Provo Timps team pic.

1948-4-12 Earl Owen/Al Drake

1948-4-30 Harold Dark, p

1948-5-01 Keith Barton, 1b

1948-5-03 Al Campana, long-time c

1948-5-04 Al Drake, veteran Provo 2b

1948-5-05 Roldo Call, 2b

1948-5-09 good pic of two Pinney hurlers

1948-7-29 Herb Babcock pic

(1937-7-30 Bingham. Standings and commentary.

1939-8-23 Provo. Boxes, standings.

1940-8-28 SL. Boxes, standings. VG pic of Len Page, Provo Coors' slugger.

1940-8-28 Provo. Boxes, standings.

1934-9-03 SL Tribune. Championship series box. Mel Scott pitched fourth game in nine days.

1939-9-17 Provo. Timps beat Pinney Beverages of Salt Lake 6-2 in deciding game. Deb Dudley, who critics a year ago were calling washed up, pitched and won for Provo.

1271 paid ATT - largest baseball crowd ever seen in Provo.

VG Deb Dudley pic. Good Provo Timps team pic, with full names.

John Philipy, who managed the Timps during the season, was transferred to naval service on the pacific coast after the second game of the championship series.

The Timps won all seven of their playoff games.

Utah State League (related to 1912 Union Association)

1901 Ogden won pennant for 5th straight year

1902

1905 9-05 standings

1906 Eureka 7-01 standings

1907 dnp

1908 Ogden final standings

1909 dnp

1910 Occidentals final standings

1911 6-25 standings Ogden batting

Bruyette, Ed 1906 Ogden

Clark, Dad MLB 1911 Salt Lake played for Ogden in 1912 UA (listed as Clark on BR)

Vahrenhorst, Harry 1908 Salt Lake

Annis, Fred p good NWES 1911 Salt Lake

Blexrud, Mel 1906 Ogden 1906 Dubei Tailors

Chevalier, Joseph 1908 Salt Lake White Wings

Gimlin, Frank 1906 Ogden

Heusser, Ernie 1906 Dubei Tailors

Margetts, Bert 1906 Salt Lake 1908 Ogden 1911 Murray

Seare, Walter 1906 Salt Lake

Wessler, George 1906 Dubei Tailors

Lankford, Ad BLK - p AKA Add "Smoke" Langford

1908 Occidentals shut-out 1910 Occidentals 2-hitter 2 shut-out 1911 Occidentals

1906 Walter Seare, Dubei

1906 Park City

1908-5-17 Tribune. VG team pic of Occidentals.

1908-7-12 Herald. NVG pics, including one of Langford.

1908-8-02 Herald. Pics of Ogden players "Maggie" Murphy and George Wessler.

1908-8-09 Herald. Pics of Occidentals Frank Black and J. Burns and new Salt Lake 3b Al Deane.

1908-8-16 Herald. Pics of Scott (Murray rf), Bert Margetts (Salt Lake), Win Fullmer (Ogden), Gunn (Murray 3b).

1908-8-23 Tribune. Pic of three Salt Lake players: cf Fuchell, pitcher Hunt, and 1b Kaefer. Hunt came, pitched a few games, then left.

1908-8-30 Herald. Pic of Sidney Echstone, new Ogden pitcher.

1908-8-30 Tribune. Pic of Bud Clark, Occidental pitcher who hails from L.A.

1910-8-13 Telegram. Occidental team pic.

1910-10-01 Telegram. Occidental team pic in street clothes. Good likenesses.

1911 pictures of five Ogden players

1911-4-16) Tribune. Mooney, Occidental pitcher.

1911-5-14 Tribune. Occidentals team pic - w/ Chet Bost

1911-5-20 Telegram. Good pic of three Occidentals - Frank Black, "Serious" Langley, and Ad Langford. Best is the one of Frank Black.

1911-5-28 Tribune. Kyle, Occidental pitcher.

1905 league championship: #2 - Ogden wins 7-1

1906 9-16 Eureka 5-2 9-17, Park City 5-1*9-23, Park City 3-2

*9-24 Park City, 6-2*9-29 1-1 tie

9-30, Eureka wins 4-3 and 2-0 (both pitchers pitched both games) final, Eureka 16-2

plenty of betting going on

1906 three Ogden players sign with Spokane

1906-9-15 league dissolved with championship arrangements made

Bert Margetts quite unsportsmanlike so sayeth Bert Waters, Park City MG

1906 cartoon - aquatic baseball - a suggestion for the Utah State League

1906 all-star team

1908 looks like the Occidentals replaced Fort Douglas - see standings

1908-8-09 Dad Gimlin signs pitcher from Anson's Colts

1908-8-17 Clark, from LA, pitches with Occidentals

1909-3-11 Utah State League Fans Hold a Meeting

1909-3-13 Ben F. Hunt, lefty pitcher of Salt Lake, is owned in OB by Tacoma, but was just released yesterday to the Salt Lake club of the Intermountain League.

1910 league championship

9-11 Murray 2, Occidentals 0

9-18 Occidentals 3, Murray 0 9-25 #5 Occidentals 9, Murray 6. 4.5K fans

1910-9-23 Occidentals lose to Wellsville, 9-2

1910-9-29 Occidentals prepare for series with Eureka for state championship

1910-10-01 Racist cartoon depicting Occidentals

1910-10-02 Occidentals 14, Eureka 10. 10-09 Occidentals 10, Eureka 2.

Occidentals are state champions

1911-6-16 Occidentals make five home runs and six triples in one inning - two of the home runs by Chet Bost

1911-6-26 Salt Lake team blew up bc of inability to retain players - remnant combines with Murray - league hopes to continue w. 3 tms

1911-6-29 W.E. Sanderson of Ogden quits as president - Dad Gimlin refused to bring team to Salt Lake bc no money in it - league dead - Murray & Occidentals will continue to play as independent clubs

1911-7-24 "in their first game since the death of the State League

1908-7-11 Herald. Boxes. Close game expected between Salt Lake & Occidentals - instead the Occidentals demolished the league-leaders 14-7. (Occidentals-Salt Lake was not league game.) 1K & 700 ATT.

1908-7-24 Tribune. Occidentals won 1st league game 8-3 v. Murray Tigers as Langford hit a three-run homer.

1908-7-26 Telegram. Boxes. Attendances of 400, 800, and 1000.

Occidentals lost game to Murray Tigers. (No box.)

"Langford came up and hit the ball to the right field fence. Scott ran into the fence in trying to catch the ball, connecting with the fence with his chin, and he was knocked out. Before the ball was recovered Langford had reached home plate, scoring a home run which should have been good for only two bases. Scott was soon revived."

1908-8-01 Herald. All boxes.

1908-8-08 Herald. White Wings box. 300 ATT.

1908-8-15 Herald. All boxes. Ogden team called Lobsters.

1908-8-16 Herald. Clark, new Occidental pitcher from LA, is another Langford.

Unnecessary wrangling at ball game from both teams (Occidentals and Salt Lake). Detailed account.

"So far this season not a single player has been fined by any of the umpires, and wrangling will not be stopped until the umpires take money away from the players who are mostly at fault."

1908-8-16 Occidentals have hoodoo on Salt Lake White Wings. Occidentals have 5-4 record - every other team has played around 18 games. "Buddy" Clark is the Occidentals' new pitcher.

1908-8-22 Tribune. All boxes.

1908-8-29 Tribune. Frank Black called "Chronic Kicker" Black. Does not have Ogden-Murray box. Ogden has clinched pennant.

(1908-8-30 Herald. All boxes. White Wings break hoodoo & beat Occidentals. New umpire from CTSL. "Terrible Swede" Hanson pitched for Occidentals. League president = Tobin.

1910-5-01 Occidentals 8, Murray 3. 1K ATT.

1910-7-17 Herald. Local box - Murray-Ogden line. 1500 ATT for both games. Mike Donovan = Salt Lake MG-1b.

1910-7-17 Tribune. No boxes.

1910-7-17 Ogden Standard-Examiner. No box, but fairly long accounts. Linen, new Ogden pitcher, threw underhanded curves.

"It is said that a Murray sport who had one hundred dollars placed on the smelter team [Murray] gave Rebscher twenty-five dollars before leaving for the grounds for his phenomenal catch.

Linen, Ogden's new twirler, secured from St. Anthony, Idaho, is starting out with some hard luck, as he has now lost his first two games."

(1910-7-18 Telegram. Have box for Murray-Ogden game.

Good talk.

1910-7-23 Ogden Morning Examiner. No box. Was Ladies' Day.

1911-4-16) Tribune. 600 ATT. Mooney described as "elongated and eccentric."

"The same teams will clash again at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. This con test should develop into a pitchers' battle royal.

The elongated, eccentric Mooney will be on the mound for the Oxies, while Fred Annis, the former Salt Laker, will do the hurling for Margetts's men. The last time these slab artists met the game went fourteen Innings. This was last winter, a year ago, in the Coast Winter league. Annis was hurling for the Oxies and Mooney was on the mound for the Los Angeles Trilbys. In the Oxies' half of the fourteenth inning, with the score tied, Annis won his own game. After he had rapped out a two-bagger, Billy Lane, the Oxles' star third sacker, sent him home with a single.

Hurling for the Salt Lake team in the Intermountain league in 1909, Annis pitched forty consecutive innings without allowing a score."

Unless this article is mistaken, Fred Annis was a white ringer for the Occidentals.

1911-4-16 Tribune. 2500 ATT described as "magnificent early season crowd."

1911-5-27

1911-6-24 Tribune. All boxes - incl. for Murray-Ogden. 800 ATT.

1908-5-16 Salt Lake 4, Occidentals 2. 10 innings. 1K ATT for cold game.

1908-5-16 Tribune.

1908-5-24 Occidentals 9, Salt Lakes 2. 2K ATT @ Walker Field.

1910-8-31 Occidentals 5, Diamondville 4. 2nd game of Diamondville series. 500 ATT.

1906 Park City wore blue & white

MG:

1908

Murray : Dan Donovan

Wasatch League

1920

Menges, Billy 1920 Brigham - 5-11 with 6R in 2G

Morgan, Willis p -26W, 1914 UA 1920 Brigham City

1920-8-18 (Deseret) Brigham City Peaches batting + final league standings. Five of the Peaches were local players, including Willis Morgan.

(1920-5-25) Brigham. 1200 ATT at Saturday's Brigham game. Standing, scores, game commentary.

Pros:

Dell, Wheezer Called Weiser until 1915 1909 Richmond 13K 1909-7-08 Reportedly k'd 20 in last game.

Hunt, Ben 1908 Salt Lake City

Krug, Marty 1920 Tremonton-Garland

milb:

Keller, Lloyd 1922 Brigham (13-4) 1923 Brigham 1924 Brigham Peaches

1925 Brigham

Menges, Billy 1923 Provo

Morgan, Willis p -26W, 1914 UA 1916 Brigham line-up with full names. Movement to close businesses during game. "The ball suits have arrived and are on display at the Texas Tailors and Bert Olsen's billiard hall." 2 Hit homer to break tie and win game 6-4.

Willis "Cy" Morgan

1917-12-21 Has enlisted into the army. He quit pro ball after 1915 and has been in the automobile business in Brigham City since then, "as proprietor of the Morgan Auto company."

1918-4-02 Pic + shorter report of game.

1918-4-12 Is a soldier in Camp Johnston, Jacksonville FL. Beat the PHA 3-1 with his spitter and emery ball, giving up just three hits. 10K soldiers watched the game.

1920-8-03 A visitor at the game spoke badly of Morgan. "No player on the team works harder and more consistently to put over a victory than does Cy Morgan." Insulting to say he would ever throw a game by lax play. He has been playing the entire season without any promise of pay - victory is its own reward for him. Unselfish.

1922-7-12 team reorganized. William McIvor is part of club.

Japanese player for 1953 state champs - Ug Harada.