Universal Baseball Encyclopedia: July 2023

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North Dakota

Bismarck

1921-3-21 Andler signed - grandstand moved to new park site

1921-5-13 roster

1921-5-23 win 9-1 1165ATT - admission 75 cents for grandstand, 55 cents for bleachers

milb Bill Andler

1933-8-29 Quincy Trouppe Dan Oberholzer

1933 final batting 28-12-5 record

Ipswich

1917-4-12 Jimmy Claxton, "Indian", and "Dutch" Dahms, have signed up. Both were with Herreid salaried team last year.

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Book of bush league baseball

Alaska leagues

Arizona leagues

Tri-Copper League

Flame Delhi

Pennsylvania leagues

Philadelphia

Allegheny County League

Lehigh Valley League

Pittsburgh City League

Penn-Jersey League

Vernon Ayau Ayau, Vernon

Elmer Knetzer

Howard Lohr

Ron Neccai

Rube Parnham

Dick Spalding

Texas leagues

Dallas Victory League

East Texas Oil Belt League

Fort Worth City League

Cohen brothers (Andy/Syd of El Paso)

Hugo Klaerner

Red Murff

Utah leagues

Northern Utah League

Utah State League

Walker Bank

Lloyd Keller

Wisconsin leagues

Midwest League

Wisconsin State League

Lefty Johnson

Canada leagues

Laurentides League

Provincial League

Charlie Culver

Roland Gladu

Arthur Duchesnil

Alfie Malfara
Kaz Suga

NHL players

Alaska leagues

Fourth of July tournament

1922 Douglas Firemen

1922-7-04 Jimmy Manning, Douglas High School pitcher, won three games in two days to win first price for the Douglas Firemen. He struck out 35 batters and allowed six runs in 25 innings.

Four teams competed - two cash prizes of $200 and $150.

Commentary only.

1924-7-04 Boxes. Juneau 11, Soldiers 5. (Play by play) Douglas 6, Juneau 5. Manning won for Douglas. Douglas = Islanders.

1927-7-04 Boxes. Moose-Vets 9, Elks-A.J. 3. Elks-A.J. 15, Soldiers 3.

Juneau City League

1925

1926 Elks Final batting VG

1927

1926-8-14 Final batting. Spalding trophy given to Jim Barragar, Elks manager. Prizes given to league leaders.

1927-6-21 Preview. American Legion team will hold dance to raise funds for new uniforms.

1926-5-09 Box, play by play. Jimmy Manning pitched for the Miners.

1926-7-25 Standings, boxes. Sunday doubleheader at City Park.

1927-6-24 Standings, box. Jimmy Manning played 3b for the Vets.

1927-7-28 Little World Series preview.

1926-8-03 Championship series tied 1-1. Play by play, box.

1926-8-10 Baseball excursion to Ketchikan and return - $17.50

1926-8-24 Ketchikan 8, Juneau 1. No box. 3rd straight loss to Ketchikan. 300 ATT - cold and cloudy weather.

1927-8-24 Juneau 10, Sailors 1.

Moose team of Juneau City League w/ pics, a little information

Jimmy Manning iron man - star - Lingit (indigenous)

Molly McSpadden

Midnight League

1907

Welch, Paddy 1907 White Horse

1907 interesting article pro players signed - commentary on league conditions

1907-4-22 two top semi-pro pitchers sign with Juneau

1915-5-16 Dawson Midnight Sun League opens w 3 teams

1917 players commentary

1925-9-04 Ketchikan beat Juneau in three straight games for championship of Alaska.

\1936-6-04 Douglas opens home season - line-ups - sponsors - drawing

1936-8-29 Juneau will send team to Ketchikan for series of games after receiving guarantee of $250. Rosters listed. teams could do well against most semi-pro and class D teams.

1947-5-10 Juneau baseball season opens tomorrow. sponsors - drawing.

pics

1906 Juneau, champions

https://library.alaska.gov/hist/exhibits/Baseball.html

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/baseball-in-the-land-of-the-midnight-sun/ book - chronicling the old

https://www.amazon.com/Diamonds-Rough-Lew-Freedman/dp/0945397828

1914-6-01 Juneau. Pittman, of Douglas-Treadwell, no-hit Gastineau-Juneau. Douglas-Treadwell is up in the series 2 games to 1.

Skagway

1905-5-17 The White Pass Athletic Club of Skagway, looked upon as the champions of Alaska, will tour the pacific coast states this summer.

"Last season the Skagway team cleaned up everything it went up against. Owing to the great distance between that city and the expense attached to bringing a team either from Dawson to Skagway or vice versa, no series of games can with profit be arranged between those two fast aggregations.

Dawson plays a speedy game but she is not looked upon as traveling in the same company with Skagway. In her pitching staff, Skagway has a bunch of twirlers which will give any men in the amateur class a run for their money. O'Brien is a bush leaguer from Southern California, while Barragar and Oleson have always made reputations with the amateurs in the states.

Capt. Ed Barry, who holds down the short stop position, is as fast as they make 'em. That little fellow scampers around the diamond like a scared cat on the top of a fence. Barry is without doubt the best short stop in Alaska and could hold his own with many of them in the states.

Skagway will, however, be handicapped by the loss of Sanford, who played left field for the team last year. Sanford was there with the stick and as a "pitch" hitter led the bunch. Business compelled Sandford to return to Seattle, where he will remain indefinitely. Sanford won many games for Skagway by lambasting out a timely hit when the souses were needed to bring in the runs. Capt. Barry states that the team would also make arrangements to play a series at the Lewis and Clark exposition."

1905-5-28 Lineups for Skagway-White Horse game.
1906-5-26 Skagway took doubleheader from Juneau and White Horse - received the $125 prize and challenge cup. Are baseball champions. Lee Gault won both games of the doubleheader for Skagway (iron man). Skagway lineup listed.

Arizona leagues

https://usfamily.net/web/trombleyd/PhxBaseball15-57.htm

History of Phoenix minor league baseball

https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?user=4806317%3ABaseballResearchTeam

Arizona State League

1924 Mesa Jewels 9-29 standings No play-off series

1925 Mesa Jewels 1st half batting split season 10-08 standings

1926 Miami Miners

Antista, Tony 1925 Nogales

Menges, Billy 1925 Mesa + Miami

Rohrer, Daddy 1926 Globe Bears

Seaman, Bryce 1925 Mesa 1925 led U. of AZ batters 1923 ditto had played as a pro 1921-22

Shader, Mickey

Shires, Jack 1926 Miami Miners

Vigare, Felix 1924 Mesa

Baerwald, Rudy 1925 Globe

1924-9-28 Mesa Jewels.

1925-10-25 Mesa Jewels. Had 21-14 record.

Miami Miners 1926 pic

1924-9-28 Review of league's first season. Attendance was improved around league. Supported by fans and business men, the teams were able to import players.

Fall and winter ball will be experimented with here in the valley this year.

1924-10-03 Ad for series between Mesa and the Juarez Internationals, champions of MX-NM-TX.

1924-10-04 Preview for Mesa-Juarez for championship of the Southwest. Juarez has won 27 straight games.

1924-10-05 Tom Burke, former Miami 1b, league's leading hitter, homer record holder, and MVP, will play today for the Juarez Internationals v. Mesa.

Mesa beat Juarez 15-2.

1924-10-08 Yam Ornelas and Tom Burke, Miami players, are heading to the Imperial Valley of CA to play winter ball there.

Phoenix Tigers manager is trying to organize a winter league.

Former Phoenix Tigers manager makes all-star team.

1924-10-10 Mesa has been invited to play in Southern California.

1924-10-29 Mesa lost for the first time in its tour.

1924-12-28 The Mesa Jewels are sponsored by the Mesa Athletic Association.

\ 1925-3-31 Two Jewels players signed with Raleigh PIED

1925-4-12 Rosters with full names.

President R.J. Spiers is optimistic for opening.

Previews for opening tomorrow.

Profiles of members of Phoenix team. REALLY GOOD.

Also brief profiles of Nogales players. Team was organized a few weeks behind the others. Financial contributions came from Nogales and Sonora. "Nogales has never had a losing team because the fans have supported baseball too loyally to permit such a condition to exist. There are 20,000 or more people in Nogales from whom the Internationals draw their support. The Spanish speaking part of the population of the two cities of the border are baseball fans of the most enthusiastic type."

Fred "Hook" Jackson is "originator of 'tequila ball,' which starts well, gets dizzy and wobbles home."

1925-8-18 Mickey Shader received a blackhand letter telling him to get out of town for his dirty baseball. Must've been a joke or a nut; Shader plays immaculate ball. He recently won his fifth shutout, incidentally.

1925-8-31 (Nogales) Schedule for rest of season.

1925-9-02 Eddie Carlson, local sports fan, recently went on a trip to the coast. He saw a few PCL games and he considered the AZSL not too far below them.

1925-10-08 Mesa will play Nogales today to break their deadlock for 1st place.

1925-10-12 (Nogales) Mesa and Globe agreed to play a championship series.

Rudi Baerwald held that Ross Lyall, Mesa 2b, was eligible for the state league even if he was on Fort Worth's retired list.

League president does not consider Nogales' protest of Lyall. This means Nogales will disband as they have no hope.

1925-12-25 League meeting will be held 1-03.

1926-3-04 Mickey Shader and Tiny Leonard will arrive today in Globe to help prepare for the season.

1926-3-22 Nogales' roster for 1926 is almost complete.

1926-4-02 Rosters with full names. Managers listed.

Profiles of Nogales team members. Lists player itineraries. Players from all over.

1924-11-04 The Glendale Greys will play the Phoenix Tigers with ringer pitchers like Freddie Fitzsimmons and Herb Hall.

1924-10-12 Mesa 18, L.A. United Parcels 3. (report taken from LA Times)

1924-10-19 Mesa 4, Kern River Standard Oil 2.

1925-8-30 (Nogales) Nogales boxes only.

1925-9-06

1925-10-04 Last game of 2nd half.

1925-10-08 Mesa 14, Nogales 5. H.G. Bush of the Foworth Bush Lumber Company of Mesa offered the Jewel players $10 for every run they scored, which added to a tidy sum. Play by play.

1925-10-14 The game on 10-11 drew 1.2K fans to Globe park and another 1.2K-1.5K watched the progress of the match on the Phoenix Republican Wonder Board.

1925-10-19 Preview. All businesses and offices will be closed in Mesa from 3 to 5 at time of last game: solidarity.

1925-10-11 Globe 5, Mesa 1. Less than 1K ATT.

1925-10-12 Mesa 3, Globe 2. Play by play.

1925-10-18 Mesa 4, Globe 2. Pbp.

1925-10-19 Mesa Jewels 9, Globe Bears 0.

"Receipts for the series, according to unofficial announcement, were approximately $2,605. Globe will take all of the $1,070 taken in at the two games played in Globe and Mesa will take the entire proceeds from the two games on the southside, according to the agreement between the two clubs for the series. Sunday's receipts at the Mesa park were $1,170 and yesterday's receipts approximately $465."

Tri-Copper League

owned by Ray Consolidated Copper Mining Company source

many players from PCL, RGRA, also some from Trolley League

1915 Ray Mines 9-18 standings Ray Mines and Hayden Mills batting

1916 Ray Mines (won both series) 6-9 standings 9-29 final often has play by play

1917 Mill Ray Miners batting final Ray 1st series

Arbogast, Carl 1915 Mines 1916 Mill

Bromley, Jack 1915 Mines 1916 Mines 1917 Miners

Critchlow w/1916 Milwaukee 1917 Smelter

DeMaggio, Nic 1915 Mines 1916 Mines 1917 Miners

Fentress, Roy 1916 Smelter

Galena, John 1915 Mill 1916 1917 Mills

Garrity, Rabbit 1915 Smelter 1916 Mill

Hester, Herb 1915 Mines

Hosp, Franz 1916 Mines 1917 Miners

Hughes, Harry 1916 Smelter

MacMurdo, Spots 1915 Smelter

Munsell, Emmett 29-12 in 1915 between PCL&TL 1916 Smelter

Pendleton, John 1915 Mines

Stadelli, Art 1915 Smelter 1916 Smelter

Tobin, Joe 1916 1917 Miners

Toner, Red 1915 Mill

Carisch, Fred 1916 Smelter MLB 1903-23 - played in Dakota leagues in last years

Baerwald, Rudy NYY good SABR bio 1917 Mines

Boeckel, Tony 1916 Smelter

Glavenich, Luke 1915 Mines

Hall, Herb 1917 Mill ringer for post-season series

Delhi, Flame 1915 Mines 1916 Mines 1917 Miners

Johnson, Rankin 1917 Mill (Hayden)

Slagle, Walt 1917 Smelter

Tonneman, Tony 1916 Mines 1917 Miners

Zamloch, Carl 1915 Mill

1915 Spalding Cup won by Ray Mines in 1915

1916 Downey, Hester, Delhi

Cates, L.S. league pres. in 1916 - instrumental in bringing top players to AZ

Hosp, Franz 1916 HR won ball game - got choice of $5 hat or suit

Garrity, Rabbit 1916

1915 Mesa with averages from last year

1915 Smelter

1915 championship series

#1 8-8 #2 8-7 Mines xtra #4 11-07 Mines 7 Smelter 1 11-19 finish

1916 post season series Mine v. All-Stars

10-08 Mine 2 All-Stars 1

1914-10-01 Phoenix & Silver City about to play series for championship of AZ & NM

Herb Hall, etc.

1915 GREAT account of Copper League from Carl Zamlock

1915 newspaper appeals to fans apparently on behalf of copper company to stop roasting home club so much

1915-9-18 triple play turned

1916 Flame Delhi signed with Ray rather than report to KC
1916-4-28 baseball issue w/ picture and bio of every player in leagues WE WANTS IT

4-21 it is promised but not to me

1916-6-23 Herb Hester leaves to manage NWL team gives bio of Hester - will be replaced by Thomas Downey - Delhi also learning civil engineering - Delhi has 6-2 record

1916-6-23 Ray players have pro offers

1916-8-04 Miners managed by Beaumiller "GOTT STRAFE HESTER" (God punish Hester)
as opposed to "Gott Strafe England"
Hester censured by Seattle Times for bad conduct as MG of Great Falls

1916-9-29 Bob Gibson in uniform for Mills - sportswriter - helped keep up interest in Mills team

1916 Flame Delhi and others signed -salary limit mentioned

1916 some copper leaguers trying to get sig ned in Montana

1916 a refuge for Coast Leaguers

1916 Earl Sisson's batting average

Ray Miners won first half

1917 Texas Leaguers joining

1917 Ray Miners have scattered at closure of season Herb Hester MG - Bromley has three contract offers

1918 Tri-Copper players at San Diego Submarine Base

1916-6-23 emery ball banned after Johnny Lush started using it

1918-3-22 Jack Roche wishes he hadn't jumped after league went kaput

1919-6-18 Ray team is reorganized