The Maritimes consist of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
History.
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1919-6-09 (Fredericton Daily Gleaner) Baseball is becoming as popular as it was before the war. Tells of revival in Cape Breton and Halifax.
1919-6-09 (Fredericton Daily Gleaner) Baseball is becoming as popular as it was before the war. Tells of revival in Cape Breton and Halifax.
https://www.amazon.com/Even-Babe-Came-Play-Small-Town/dp/B01FKV1BE2 Abt New Brunswick 1930s ball.
Pictures. Including of crowd at game, 1951.
https://archives.novascotia.ca/connors/results/?Search=&SearchList1=1
Sydney Post is on microfilm & Sydney Record
Sydney Post is on microfilm & Sydney Record
Cape Breton League
1913
1936
1937 BR
1938 BR
1939 BR
Glace Bay
1937-8-09 Lorne Johnston will pitch for the Glace Bay Miners today - arrived from Boston, is property of the Bees. Has been pitching in semi-pro leagues since 1934.
1937-9-24 Hickory NC. "Charles Nalbock, former Hickory Rebel, arrived in Hickory this afternoon from Nova Scotia where he has been playing baseball. Nalbock, who was with Valdese this season before going to Nova Scotia, said Ray Rex, also a former Rebel, and Bud Shaney, pitcher for the Charlotte Hornets of the Carolina league last season, played for the championship Sydney, Nova Scotia team. Sydney won out in eight games to cop the championship, Nalbock, who will remain in Hickory for a few days, said. After his short stay here, he plans plans to visit his home at Omer, Michigan."
1937-8-09 All boxes + play by play for Glace Bay. "fixture"
Glace Bay Gazette is digitized 1937-38
Bissonette, Del 1936 Glace Bay Miners (p.98 ibid)
Hunnefield, Bill 1936 Glace Bay Miners (p.96 ibid)
Merullo, Len 1936 New Waterford Dodgers (p.80 Hard Ball)
Small, Charlie 1936 Sydney Mines Ramblers (p.80 Hard Ball)
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Moore, Roy 1936 Glace Bay Miners (p.96 ibid) pitched for House of David, 1935
Quinn, John 1936 Sydney (p.92 ibid)
1920 6-07 standings War Vets have team
1920-7-11 Wanderers 8, Crescents 3. 1.7K ATT.
1922-5-21 Wanderers beat the United States Cutter Tampa 30-3.
1918-7-17 (Victoria) Former Victoria player Chick McLeod is stationed at Halifax with army.
1920-6-18 (Halifax) Wanderers team pic, with full names.
+ a fan writes saying that games should be played in the afternoon, not evening. Plenty of talk + standings. Talks about Colchester-Cumberland section of Central League as opposed to local section.
1920-6-23 War Vets team pic. Attendances for each game yesterday are 1500 and 1600. Boxes.
1920-6-23 Jimmie Muise, speedy Truro Indian, did very well in three mile-race held after ball game. An all-star team - probable players listed, with full names - may play at Bridgewater.
Halifax
Halifax
1891-5-30 The first game of the Social-Mutual nine was a disaster: three runs earned out of 32 runs scored, and 49 fielding & battery errors if you count walks.
"But it is widely reported that several of the players were asking for a stated sum per game before the season commenced, while one who is well acquainted with the workings of the Mutuals, said the other day: "The players share and share the profits alike, with the exception of White, who gets twice as much as any of the others." However, as I have already stated, if the games should become close and exciting, the interest may increase even to old times. Of this we shall see."
1891-8-22 Only 142 paid attendance for Social-Mutual game. Halifax's interest in baseball seems to be at a low ebb.
1916-7-09 Crescents 7, Composites 4. 400 ATT.
Pics are very high quality
Teams at Wanderers Grounds cool pic
1949
1950 final stats
Brightman, Harry p 1950 Kentville
Giaquinto, Frank p 1950 Halifax
Halpin, Jack p 1950 Halifax
Lay, Joseph 1950 Dartmouth Arrows
Bella, Zeke 1950 Dartmouth Arrows
Farrell, Turk 1950 Halifax Shipyards
William "Buddy" Condy was batting champ 1949-50
Halifax Twilight League
Halifax Twilight League
1927 St. Agnes
1928 St. Agnes
"BASEBALL, long a popular sport in Halifax, has, after a depressingly long period, during which the very existence of the game was threatened, returned to immediate and spontaneous success in this city. Each evening that the various Twilight League games were scheduled to take place fans to the number of two thousand flocked to the spacious Wanderers' Park, there to witness baseball in all of its variable stages, good, bad and indifferent. but on the whole, the brand of ball exhibited in this popular league has been very good, and as a result, Halifax is again the scene of unparalleled baseball enthusiasm."
Goes through the roster of St. Agnes, which will fight in the "Little World Series" of Nova Scotia v. Liverpool.
1929-9-04 St. Agnes arrived in Yarmouth for championship game. A record crowd is expected. Interesting details of trip; played bridge and sang.
1922-7-08 Pic/cartoons of Pat Harnett and Vince Ferguson, then only grammar school lads.
1928-8-25 St. Agnes
Nova Scotian League
1912
Berran, Denny 2g 1912 CHW 1912 Halifax Socials
1934-9-11 Windsor. A quarter of a decade ago, Tom Daly caught for Stellarton. Daly profile. Just as Cy Perkins advised Mickey Cochrane with PHA and Cochrane took his job, Daly advised Cochrane with Portland and Cochrane took his job.
1912-7-06 Jimmy Cosgrove's Halifax Standards described as Grey-shirts. Splendid baseball weather - big crowd.
"[Sterllarton] have one fine player in Daly, the Lowell crack, who, with a bad leg, worked with his nerve."
"Umpire Burns chased [Stellarton player] Sprague from his post from his post at first in the seventh for 'choice' language. The player was, however, allowed back on the strength of an apology and a promise to be good."
Socials lost to Westville 14-6 - line.
1912-7-13 Halifax. Boxes. Standings. Good crowd in 1st game - meager in 2nd. Halifax Socials described as Blue Shirts.
"In this game, Stellarton had a second new face in the batting order, in the person of that worthy one William Curren, who has dug spikes into the dirt of about every infield from St. John to Glace Bay. He did not, however, show up to be the "Billy" Curren of former days: and warmed the bench in the sec- ond fixture. It seems so long since this old war-horse began his ball career that one seems almost afraid to look back over the years."
1912-8-10 Standards called Greys - Stellarton called Browns. Very small crowd. Bad weather, bad play.
1912-8-14 Stellarton 7, Westville 3. (line)
All-Halifax 7, Lawrence MA 3. Don Chisholm played left for Halifax.
W.H. Isnor & Sons Hack and Livery Stable. Isnor is pitcher.
1912-8-17 Warwick k'd 11 for the Socials. He retired Daly, "a dangerous batters these days," with three swings off his spitter.
Pictou County League
1912
1919
1912-8-15 Dorchester MA disbanded in Halifax. Had a successful trip, losing three out of 17 games. "Manager Bigney thinks the Halifax teams are much stronger than they were last year and that baseball is becoming very popular in the provinces."
The manager of the Sydney Reserves of the county league has announced the signing of five Dorchester players.
1920-3-25 Talk about Maritimes pro ball
1920-7-07 Maritime athletes refused reinstatement to amateur ranks by Canadian Amateur Athletic Union, but Riley, St. John outfielder of the New Brunswick-Maine league, is an amateur again.
Fredericton newspaper
Independent League
1922
1922-6-12 Fredericton to face Marysville tonight.
1922-6-13 (Fredericton) Pitcher Blanchard brought from Boston on Bob Ganley's recommendation.
New Brunswick League
1924
1924-5-22 Roster introduced; a few of the players are from Bob Ganley's home town.
New Brunswick and Maine League (D in 1913)
1910
1911
1912
1913 St. John Marathons BR final standings
1919
Iott, Happy 1912 Houlton Reds
Peasley, Marvin p 1910 Woodstock 2.5K ATT 1911 Woodstock
1912-3-25 Says that Marvin Peasley had 20-1 record in 1910 with a no-hitter and two one-hitters. May be inaccurate - says Peasley was out all 1911 when he pitched at least a game for Woodstock.
1913-3-27 Fredericton. Letter received from Red Wildes, erstwhile Fredericton shortstop. He has signed with Haverhill MA and hopes to make good, but will keep NBME as possibility. League meeting will be held soon.
"Bob Ganley, who again will handle the Fredericton team if it is in the league in 1913, has a team pretty well in view now and can get the men when wanted. His players will be rather different from those of 1912, however, as several of those are not available."
1913-6-18 (Bangor) Bangor: "Rip" McPhee, "Red" Wildes. St. John: "White Bone" Shankey, "Indian Joe" Tarbell.
1913-7-28 (Boston Globe) Standings. Woodbury, St. John = Frank Woodbury
1913-8-26 More detailed report. St. Croix has disbanded; St. John and Fredericton will probably play out their schedules, but Bangor will not, as who needs a three-team league?
1913-8-26 Similar note but from Bangor's perspective.
1919-6-09 (Fredericton via N) George Winters, who used to lead the St. John Marathons, is still playing ball in Milford DE.
1919-10-15 (Saint John Telegraph-Journal) Joe Page, baseball fan and writer, spoke & pleaded that St. John might join the NENL.
1919-11-15 (Saint John Telegraph-Journal) Profile of J.D. "Doug" Black, Fredericton Gleaner newspaperman. "He was the executive head of the original Fredericton Baseball Club, which formed in 1911; and organized the famous 'Pets,' who won three successive championships of the New Brunswick and Maine League." Deeply involved in Fredericton sports.
1920-11-04 J.J. Callahan, formerly "Hank" Callahan, 2nd baseman for the three-times champion Fredericton Pets of the league in pre-war days, has married.
1924-2-23 Fredericton quotes Sydney Record's memories of Tanker Hughes, a big dude and fearsome slugger who played for Fredericton in days of league.
1924-3-10 Fredericton quotes Sydney Record's memories of Bob Ganley, former major leaguer who played for and managed Fredericton & did a great job.
Salary limit increased from $1000/month to $1150/month, the largest in the league's history. Joe Neptune of Houlton fined for unseemly conduct on the playing field.
1913-6-06 (Saint John) 800 ATT
1913-7-01 (Fredericton) Frank Aherne won his 8th straight game for Fredericton. "Only Doland Tewhey remain of Bangor's initial squad." Bangor has Larry Conley - not on BR. Edmond "Red" Wildes played for Bangor, not Calais-St. Stephen as BR lists. Standings do not show a Calais-St. Stephen team, with St. Croix instead.
League meeting yesterday to discuss change of schedule etc. Stone is now property of Fredericton. "[Harry] Stone looks good at first. He was field captain for Woodstock last year batting for .252 in 75 games, and having a fielding percentage of .971. He had 106 put-outs, 28 assists, and 4 errors."
1913-8-26 (Fredericton) St. John 6, Fredericton 1. Second game of post-season series.
"The Fredericton squad is gradually diminishing. Jack Dedrich went home Monday evening and Bob Ganley left for home last night. Frank Keaney and Harry Stone are to leave tomorrow.
The club will be strong enough for the series however, as Dedrich is coming back, having learned that his father is not very sick. "Red" Wildes is to play shortstop in Keaney's place and Bien will play first base.
The Bangor News says that the Bangor team is to hang together until Monday next, Labor Day, when a benefit game is to be played."
1913-8-28 (Fredericton) Fredericton lost its final game 2-0 to St. John.
"Harry Stone's friends remembered him with a purse when he left for home last night. Frank Keaney, who also left last night for Uncle Sam's land, was also remembered."
"Red" Wildes with Fredericton.
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New Brunswick and Maine League
New Brunswick and Maine League
1919
(1919-6-17) (Saint John vn) Box. Season opening.
1919-9-21 (Saint John vn) Line. Woodland 3, Milltown 2. 1K ATT.
1919-9-24 (Saint John via newspapers.com) Line. Milltown 8, Woodland 0. 800 ATT. 2nd game of playoff.
Fredericton
1923-6-14 Manager Joe Ford signed pitcher Les Andrews, who was with Ford in Newburyport, Mass. last year.
Woodstock
Woodstock
1914-5-21 (Quoted in Fredericton) Woodstock, N.B., May 20- From appearances, Woodstock will not put a team into the Provincial Baseball League. A meeting was called tonight to take some action in the matter and only a few attended. The local teams are composed of railway employees, bank clerks and others whose occupation will not permit of their playing away from home. There will be three town teams, and evening games will be played during the season, with teams from nearby towns. This program was carried out last year with great success, exciting games being played with Houlton, McAdam, Mars Hill and other team.
St. John
St. John
White, Frank Hit .284 for Fredericton in 1913 at the tender age of 44
1888-9-15 Contest
1888-9-29
1888-9-15 Contest
1888-9-29
1889-5-25 Box for first game of the season - 4K came to the first two games. Pictures of three of the players, with bios.
1889-7-06 St. John has 8-4 record. Some stats given. Shamrocks are doing well financially.
1890-8-30 Almost at the end of voting for favorite player on St. John team
1891-5-23
1891-5-30 Season opened in St. John
1891-5-23
1891-5-30 Season opened in St. John
"In the afternoon game Frank White experienced his first defeat. He pitched the same game that he always did, but on this occasion there was nobody under the little pop flies, and long excursions through the air that the ball always takes when White is pitching. There is something peculiar in his delivery, and with a good field behind him it seems hard to hit him safely, although they can find him often enough."
1891-6-06 We have three well-organized teams: Shamrocks, Y.M.C.A's, and Thistles; no reason why they should not form a league.
1891-6-27 Interest is slowly picking up, and we now have four good amateur teams.
"The players in these clubs, however, will probably make all the money, if there is any made. The Shamrock nine is playing for the "fun of the thing," and everything goes into the association; but it is quite probable that the Lansdownes and Thistles will get very little more out of it when the expenses and rent of grounds are taken out of the receipts. In the Sham- rock-Y. M. C. A. series the home clubs get one-third of the receipts for the use of the grounds, and the other two-thirds are divided between the clubs. It is probable that an arrangement something like this will be made in regard to the league clubs."
1891-8-22 Played for Y.M.C.A.'s in game v. pick-up nine.
"This year the league will have the field all to itself. Former amateur leagues have been under disadvantages that only the most determined effort on the part of those interested could overcome; yet they were fairly successful. During the last four years the amateurs have had professional ball to compete against, but, notwithstanding this, I remember games on the barrack square between the leading clubs of the league, which for attendance and enthusiasm equalled those of the professionals - except, of course, when the spectators played the game.
Sydney
1921-6-17 Offered Bob Ganley managerial post but his price was too high
Dean, Bill if 1913-15 COLL, NENL 1922 Fredericton appointed cap
Desmond, Conny 1913 NBME Fredericton - listed by BR as Desmon. 1913 McAdam AA
Flynn, B. 1913 NBME Fredericton - p 1913 McAdam AA
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Fine weather and a few good games would have a wonderful effect on the attendance. The weather was so uncertain last Saturday, that with the interest at such a low ebb, it was a wonder that there were any spectators present, especially with the admission the same as was charged for professional ball. However, considering the condition of the field and all other drawbacks, the game was a fairly good one."
"Frank White knows a good deal about base ball"
"Little things like [having players consistently at the same position] have a great deal to do with the success of the game from a grand stand point of view. In the old St. John games half the crowd was always more interested in the men than the team, and the announcement that the full nine would be on hand, and every man in his own position, always drew a good crowd. Tom Bell on first; Sam Milligan on second; Jimmy Kennedy on third, and Frank White short stop; always meant something and the cranks knew it and flocked to the grounds. This is just what the coming ball players want to do; select the positions they can play the best ball in and stick to them right straight through the piece."
"Billy Donovan, the captain of last year's Shamrocks, was very superstitious, and we all know how he used to make the nine work as hard looking for four-leaf clovers before a St. John- Shamrock game as he did in practice. Then there was an old gentleman who attended the games at the A. A. grounds, and was looked upon by every one as a mascot."
1897-7-17 Sat. St. Johns 11, Alerts 4. The largest crowd of the season was at the B&A Grounds. White at shortstop and leading off for St. Johns. Harry Henderson pitched for St. Johns.
"The Roses base ball club of the North End returned home on the Boston express Saturday night after a few days through Maine. The boys played two games at Houlton, and speak very highly of the treatment they received there, and on Saturday they started a game at Calais, but unfortunately a heavy rain set in and stopped what promised to be a fine game of ball. The Roses played against the Calais team, with O'Niel and McLeod as the battery, and when the rain set in four innings had been finished and neither team had scored. Billy Curren, the popular first baseman of the Roses' team, got off the train at Harvey Saturday evening and was left behind. He spent a pleasant day in the country yesterday, and may probably give one of his famous stump speeches in the Town Hall before he returns.
The St. Johns are thinking of taking a trip to Houlton at the latter part of the week and later on in the season St. John cranks may expect to see good games played here with the Houlton nine.
HALIFAX WANTS A GAME.
Mr. John Scott, manager of the St. Johns base ball club, is in receipt of a letter from the Halifax team asking for a game, and a game will no doubt be arranged."
(1901-7-18 South End League commentary - Rebels 15, Aberdeen 5.
"McAllister, the most recent acquisition to the Alerts, will play centre in the games against Halifax Saturday and Monday.
Billy Curren, formerly shortstop of the Roses, will probably pitch one of the games here for the Standards. Tuesday he held the Resolutes down to four hits.
A Halifax despatch last night says: Big Jack McLean, of the Boston American team, has been secured by the Resolutes. As the team will not carry two catchers, likely Downey will be released.
More interest is being aroused in the coming of the Halifax Standards than in any games arranged so far this season. Probably not in the history of the game has Halifax been represented by such strong teams as the Resolutes and Standards and the indications are that a stubborn fight will be put up between Halifax and St. John for the maritime championship."
1901-9-02 "The holiday [Labor Day] was celebrated by the usual double header between the teams representing two divisions of the city and both contests were carried off by the Alerts."
The 2nd game was attended by 2K "enthusiasts. A tremendous amount of money was wagered on the outcome of the games and intense excitement prevailed among the followers of the clubs as well as the admirers of the sport."
Stackpole described as "stalwart pitcher from the wilds of Maine." He has been recently pitching for the Halifax Resolutes. Stackpole, Cy
Stackpole pitched both ends of the doubleheader - beat the Roses 8-1 in the morning and 2-1 in a 14-inning afternoon game v. Andy Coakley. "Silent Tommy" Burns drove in the winning run of the afternoon game.
1200 or more people attended the morning game at the Shamrock grounds. "Supporters of the Roses were confident of the outcome and bet recklessly. Alerts' men were swamped with offers and a large amount was accepted." Saunders, Colby University lefty, pitched for the Roses in the morning.
"As early as 1.30 people commenced to gather at the Athletic grounds for the afternoon game. Long before 3 o'clock and the the grand stand was jammed bleachers thronged, while several rows of people encircled the outfield.
Excitement ran high before play commenced and the admirers of the Roses wagered heavily in order that they might recuperate their morning losses.
As Webber and Whelly were troubled with lame shoulders Stackpole expressed his willingness to pitch so he was sent again to face the Roses, who had the wizard, Coakley, on the pitchers' slab. On third base Burke was replaced by Howe."
Frank White played 2b for the Alerts.
1902-7-10 (Halifax via St. John) St. John Alerts beat the Halifax Resolutes 6-1 before 500 fans.
"It is said that Harry Henderson, a former St. John boy, is pitching in the Lowell (Mass.) team and doing good work."
South End League commentary and standings. Clippers are 10-0. "The Rebels presented that old-time champion Thistle battery, Wm. McGuiggan and Pat Mills. Their work was a revelation to the spectators."
1943-8-13 Telegraph-Journal. "Coakley was one of "the great" in the exciting rivalry of the Roses and the Alerts away back about the turn of the century. Making a name for himself in college baseball in Maine, he was taken on by the Roses, a hustling, battling team whose habitat was the Shamrock Grounds, North End, to strengthen them against the Alerts, whose home grounds were that famed spot in athletics on what is now Rothesay Avenue-the Joseph A. Likely lumber yard of the present. In days of yore they were the "Cricket Grounds" or the "B. and A. Grounds" or the "Athletic Grounds."
"According to the newspaper record, Coakley came here with a team from Houlton and was taken on by the Roses a bit later. This was in August, 1901. Before signing with them he pitched for the Alerts in a game with the Halifax Resolutes here and, says The Daily Telegraph, "gave a performance never equalled in Saint John. He struck out 11, was hit in only one inning (for two singles) and did not give a base on balls." Dolan was his catcher and for the Resolutes Gallagher pitched and the catcher was "Big" Jack McLean.
The old newspaper file is replete with names of young men of the day who made Saint John baseball history. In addition to those already noted were Fred Yapp and Harry Jope, the "Nid and Nod Battery"; Fred Shaw, Seton, Long, Shea, Thompson, Holland, Malcolm, Harry Black, Bruce McFarlane, Jim McLeod, Walter Chase, Billy Kelly, Billy Curren, Foley. And we had "Iron Man" Coombs: Pete Noonan, who caught Coakley for a time, and others whose names stir memory pleasantly with recollections of baseball at its tops in popularity in Saint John."
Sydney
1921-6-17 Offered Bob Ganley managerial post but his price was too high
Dean, Bill if 1913-15 COLL, NENL 1922 Fredericton appointed cap
Desmond, Conny 1913 NBME Fredericton - listed by BR as Desmon. 1913 McAdam AA
Flynn, B. 1913 NBME Fredericton - p 1913 McAdam AA
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