Thursday, February 29, 2024

Frank Keetz

article about town ball




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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Negro Leagues

Negro Leaguers in foreign lands

https://darowski.com/outsider/totals.html Stats for players, incl. winter. Very good resource.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/George-Stovey/ Considered the first great black pitcher.



Negro Southern League    
    team pics
    no-hitters

    1947-7-17 (Meriden) Preview of Asheville Blues v. Insilcos. Their pitcher, Robert Bowman, has a 36-4 record over the last two seasons. The Nashville Cubs of the same league beat the 'Silvermen' 7-3 last week. 

    1947-7-17 The Insilcos beat the Asheville Blues 7-4.
    (from Lloyd A.C.)
    1947-8-11 Beat Memphis Red Sox 5-0 to revenge earlier defeat. 
    1947-8-29 (Chester) Asheville Blues 9, Lloyd A.C. 3. 

    Flournoy, Willis p 1919 Atlanta Cubs No-hit purported Fe Cubans before a large mixed crowd at Ponce de Leon park, the Atlanta Crackers' home. 
    1919-6-08 Games to be played from Mon-Wed, 6-09 to 6-11.
     "This is the first season that colored teams, with the exception of the soldier boys last year, have been allowed to play at Poncey, and there is a determination among the colored people to support their teams, which indicates that there will be a record-breaking crowd to witness the initial encounter on Monday afternoon. Most of the colored businesses will be closed in time for their employees to see the game and many white firms have expressed a willingness to allow their help to attend.
Besides the opportunity of witnessing Cubans in action on a baseball diamond and of seeing an exciting game, the Camp Gordon jazz band will furnish music and add to the entertainment of the fans.
On Monday the convalescent soldiers, both white and colored, will be admitted free. Tuesday will be ladies' day and there will probably be a double-header on Wednesday afternoon. A special section of the grand stand will be reserved for the whites. The colored fans are urged to bring the ladies out to see the opening game tomorrow afternoon as they will have access to the grand stand.

Negro Texas League

    Alexander, Buck p 10-31 6.14 

1921-7-08 Houston Post. Houston Black Buffaloes leading league with 29-15 record. Jackman beat the Galveston Black Sandcrabs. Black Buffs have won 19 of last 26 games on road. 
    
1920-6-24 Dallas Express. Line. Buck Alexander is Houston Black Buffs pitcher 
        negro Texas League
1921-4-25 Fort Worth. W/ Houston Black Buffs, beat Fort Worth Black Panthers 10-7. Struck out 9. Box. 
1921-6-12 Houston Post. Lost 6-5 to Dallas Black Marines. Line. 
1921-7-30 Houston Post. Tied 7-7 with Black Panthers in 13 innings. Box. 
1921-9-05 Houston Post. Relieved in loss to Dallas Black Marines. No box. Now Dallas is 1st and Houston second - only four games left in schedule - Houston would have to win three and Dallas lose three for Houston to win pennant. 




Mohawk Giants

Mohawk Giants
1913-5-25 At Schenectady before 3,500, beats Paterson Smart Sets 4-1. Smart Sets were playing in '40s. 
1913-6-08 Before 2,000, lost 8-6 to Pittsfield Electrics.
1913-6-22 Beat Tenth Calvary 7-3
1913-6-25 Beat Rutland 5-0.
1913-7-13 Before 6,000 fans, the largest crowd seen in Schenectady in years, shutouts Troy NYSL on 3 hits. 
1913-7-27 Before 6,000, beat Elmira Colonels 7-3. 
1913-8-01 For Schenectady Mohawk Giants, beats Bennington 12-3.
1913-8-25 Chicago NL refused to play Wickware - ended up beating a Wickware-less Rutland 5-0. 
1913-10-05 Defeated Walter Johnson in 1-0 five-inning game. 

1913-4-20 With Royal Giants v. Wilkes-Barre Barons - left with 6-6 game, which reliever blew in tenth. 

1913-7-24 Accepted money from Lincoln Giants but then wanted to pitch for Chicago American Giants. Teams fighting over him; Wickware is not seen in a good light.
1922-4-13 Joins Homestead Grays

Mohawk Giants pics

Florida Hotel League


1913-1-30 lineup and line given in NY Age. 


String Bean Williams
BR Was a black ball pitcher from 1910 to 1925 - age 37 to 52.
https://agatetype.typepad.com/agate_type/2016/04/andrew-williams-right-field-1918.html Ashwill doesn't think the pic used for Williams' BR page is actually him - it contradicts other known images of him.

https://sabr.org/journal/article/riverside-ensenada-porterville-an-all-negro-minor-league-team/

Oakland Larks
    https://calisphere.org/item/4a3775d0b50d6b6b8dce726dec8b6004/

 1941 Birmingham Industrial League all-star possible picks -Artie Wilson, Piper Davis etc.

other article not as good, but still good. 

see clippings on Newspapers.com

Guys who spent most outside NL:


St. Louis

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/luke-easter/ Luke Easter joined St. Louis Titanium Giants in 1937 - about team.
    
1937-9-24 St. Louis Argus. Preview - Easter mentioned as home run slugger. 
1940-9-06 Team pic. 



Cannonball Bill Jackman
    

1921-7-08 Houston Post. Houston Black Buffaloes leading league with 29-15 record. Jackman beat the Galveston Black Sandcrabs. Black Buffs have won 19 of last 26 games on road. 
    
        negro Texas League
1921-4-25 Fort Worth. W/ Houston Black Buffs, beat Fort Worth Black Panthers 10-7. Struck out 9. Box. 
1921-6-12 Houston Post. Lost 6-5 to Dallas Black Marines. Line. 
1921-7-30 Houston Post. Tied 7-7 with Black Panthers in 13 innings. Box. 
1921-9-05 Houston Post. Relieved in loss to Dallas Black Marines. No box. Now Dallas is 1st and Houston second - only four games left in schedule - Houston would have to win three and Dallas lose three for Houston to win pennant. 

1926-9-16 Pitching for Philadelphia Colored Giants, beat Cape Cod Stars 2-0 and k'd 12.

Maxwell, Zearlee "Jiggs"  From Cleburne - played 20 games with Memphis Red Sox 1937-38 at age 34-35.
 
1934-7-29 Kansas City. With Monroe Monarchs, which also has Hilton Smith and Willard Brown. Has 16-4 record in Negro Southern League. 
1935-5-26 Monroe LA. With Monroe Monarchs. 

1933-3-25 Monroe. Monarchs 5, Pittsburgh Crawfords 4. 1st game of series. Monroe Monarchs are Dixie champs - Crawfords are negro world champs. 
    Jiggs Maxwell reported to the Monarchs. 



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Monday, February 26, 2024

Issei/Nisei



1947 Portland Vets
1948 Seattle Nisei Vets

 1948-7-07 Averages, box scores, and all-star team for Northwest Fourth of July tournament. 
    Pic of champion Seattle Vets; Edo Sasaki, Seattle pitcher; and Kay Kiyokawa, Hood River pitcher. 
1948-7-07 Nisei Vets finally did it. 
1948-7-07 pic of Heat Heyamoto (Seattle ss) with Hank Matsubu behind home plate.

Matsubu, Hank 1948 Ontario (OR) A.C. 

1944-5-06 Hank Matsubu - 2nd base in internment camp
1947-8-01 Picture of Wally Yonamine
    "Sad Shiraishi, the former Taiyo A.C. baseball flash, has a drug store in Ontario, Oreg. and also operates a film projector in a movie house there." 
1949-7-20 Northwest Times picks their ideal Nisei all-star team. 
1954-8-25 "Masami Ikeda, McChord Air Base hurler, was named pitcher among the stars in the Washington State semi-pro baseball tournament concluded recently in Bellingham." 

 
Puget Sound League Blue Section
1947-3-04 Northwest Times propose that Nisei Vets combine with Western Giants to make one strong team instead of "two weak teams." 
1948-3-10 Shiro Yamaguchi is baseball chairman of NVC. 
1948-3-17 Team sponsored by Nisei Veterans Committee. Non veteran players will be allowed this year. Expected roster named. They were champions last year. 
1947-4-22 Edo Sasaki k'd 16 for Nisei Vets; standings. 
1947-8-01 Vets captured title. 
    "The live spirit of the hustling Vets should be credited to Shiro Yamaguchi, the pre-war shortstopping ace of the Western Giants, and Joe Kesamaru, the lightning-shifty ex-college and prep star. The two combined their talents to keep the never-say-die Vets much intact." 
1950-5-03 Nisei Vets 3, Teamsters 14. Western Giants 8, Eastlake Merchants 1. 
1951-4-11 Nisei Vets and Western Giants will combine for team in Puget Sound League. 
1952-1-01 "After Richard Tsuji injured his throwing arm, Managers Shoichi Suyama and Joe Kesamaru of NVC called on Sasaki to carry the pitching load, and Sasaki, although off to a slugging start, finished like Citation in the long stretch. A hurler with more stuff on the ball than any Nisei hereabouts today, Sasaki was largely responsible for NVC's rousing second-half comeback in the Puget Sound league last season."
    "Ray Saito, infielder-outfielder for Nisei Veterans - Possibly the most outstanding Nisei baseball player in the Pacific Northwest. Saito was a feared batsman for the N.V.C. outfit in the P.S. circuit. As an outfielder in '51, he was second to none as far as his smooth fielding and timely hitting were concerned. To the Vets he was as valuable, though not as colorful, as Jim Rivera was to the Seattle Rainiers. Saito was the ace in the NVC fly-chasing department." 


1914-3-22 Tacoma Tigers 5, Japanese Nippon Club 1. Nippon made two errors. 700 ATT despite raw weather.



https://www.mlb.com/cut4/4-little-known-historical-nisei-league-figures-c215019678 

Fresno Athletic Club

1932-9-29 VG pic of Kenso Nushida and Lee Gum Hong. 



1931 LA Nippons team pic


Los Angeles Nippons
'The Los Angeles Nippon were organized in the 1920's and were originally known as the Los Angeles Japanese. They had a number of talented players including T. Ikadaki, Mori Miyahara, Isozaki and Oshio. Sammy Yakahashi  [Takahashi] was their flashy shortstop and best player. In 1930, he earned a tryout with the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League.
On April 13, the Giants engaged the Los Angeles Nippon in what was billed as "the Japanese World Series". Such hyperbole was often employed to hype games. Between 1927 and 1936, the Nippon nine from the City of Angels hosted ten games with Japanese college teams and five more with the 1935 and 1936 editions of the newly-organized Japanese professionals. Eiji Sawamura's reputation as the pitcher who struck out four American League All-Stars in succession, including legendary Babe Ruth, led to White Sox Park being filled to its capacity of 5,000 for all three games. Sawamura (left), Victor Starffin and Kenichi Aoshiba made quick order of their Nippon brothers and swept the series. The Giants' record when facing semi-professional or local teams in California was a remarkable 7 - 1."

1936-2-09 Santa Barbara. Nippons in CWL? Will face White Sox. Matsuura stole the show from Satchel Paige in their previous encounter. 

1936-1-19 Santa Barbara White Sox 2, L.A. Nippons 1. Matsuura lost pitching duel with Paige. 1000 fans - biggest crowd since Paige appeared last spring. Paige wore the uniform of Lloyd "Shires" Erhard, White Sox manager. 

Good article. 
Pic of Bucky Harris, Buster North, and Sam Takahashi - L.A. Nippons who went to Japan. Pic of George Matsuura in Nagoya uniform. 
Lots of information about family. 

"The Giants scheduled several games with squads consisting primarily of Japanese-Americans such as the San Jose Asahi, the Fresno Athletic Club, the Los Angeles Nippon and the Stockton Yamato. 
    On March 27th, they squared off against the San Jose Asahi. The Asahi were a local ball team in a community proud of its heritage. The game was played at the Asahi Baseball Park, a stadium constructed in 1926 and built entirely by the local Nikkei (Japanese-Americans of all generations) community. There was considerable interest in the up-coming contest against what was perceived locally as "the powerful visitors from across the Pacific." The Tokyo Giants' lean but highly talented pitching corps was both admired and feared.
    Local fans had high hopes for their team. Pitching sensation Russell Noburo Hinaga (right) was considered excellent at every position he played. Fans and media  alike referred to him as "Mr. Baseball." He was the oldest of the three Hinaga brothers. He started his brilliant career at the age of 15, joining the San Jose Asahi team when they were first organized in 1918. In 1925, Hinaga had toured the Orient with the Asahis, pitching against Japan's leading Universities including the powerful unit from Waseda. At one stretch he had compiled a sparkling record of 29 and 2. In the outfield, the Asahi had George "Moon" Ikeda, who it is said never dropped a fly ball. Ikeda roamed the outfie"ld pasture utilizing a glove from which he had removed all the stuffing. There was also Chitoshi "T-bone" Akizuki, whose speed left fielders flailing in the dust.
    Not surprisingly, the game turned out to be a pitching duel between Victor Starffin and Hinaga. Going into the bottom of the ninth, the Giants held a slim 2 - 1 lead. Ky Miyamoto led off for the host club with a clean single to right. A walk and a hit batter soon loaded the bases. Manager Daisuke Miyake did not have the luxury of going to the bullpen to bring in a late closer. This would be Starffin's game to win or lose. 
    Harry Kamemoto tried to execute a squeeze play but could not handle Starffin's blazing fastballs and struck out on three pitches. Unfortunately for Starffin, his catcher also had difficulty with the strikeout pitch and it got by him for a passed ball and the tying run scored. Starffin struck out the next two batters. With the score knotted at two and with two out and the bases loaded, who else but "Mr. Baseball", Russel/Russell Hinaga, swung hard at a Starffin fastball, drilling it through second base to drive in Adrian Yamamoto with the winning run. In 2015, this "big game" was still remembered by former Asahi players such as Frank "Tarzan" Shiraki, age 91, of San Jose. He is among the dwindling circle off former players whose exploits were an integral part of Japanese-American baseball history."


    Russell Hinaga pic nvg

    1940-9-12 (Shinsekai Asahi Shinbun) Franco's Market 14, San Jose Asahis 0. Russel Hinaga lost. Box. 


1943-9-11 Granda CO. Interment camp? AA and A Leagues - all Japanese. George Matsuura 12 for 33.
George Matsuura pic - evacuated from West Adams home in 1942 and relocated to Camp Apache before joining army. 
Takahashi and Matsuura in 1942 soft ball. Santa Anita CA. 

Guadalupe Produce

1928-11-15 Santa Maria. Toured Japan; were 25-4-1. Scores and averages listed. Henry Oana hit .367 - 2nd highest average on team. Virgil Alexander hit even better than Oana. 

1928-7-01 Guadalupe All-Stars were champions of Central Coast League. Beat Cleveland Colored Giants 8-7. 
1929-5-05 Santa Maria. No Guadalupe box. Guadalupe Produce is 4-0 in the Central Coast League - has outscored opponents 72-9. 

https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1929&keyword=%22virgil+alexander%22&region=us-ca

Los Angeles Grand Central Market

1929-2-10 San Pedro. Box. Beat Wilmington Tigers 11-6. Jimmy Horio in left. 
1929-3-31 Santa Ana. Box. Beat Westminster Aviators 3-2. 

    1927 Aratani team pic. 
https://santamariatimes.com/lifestyles/local-fans-still-talk-of-big-game-59-years-ago/article_7e48c1ca-d9d0-514c-89bf-7e87cb7ba1a2.html"Virgil Alexander and Charlie Logia were two of the 15 members of Setsuo Aratani's Guadalupe Produce Company's "Aratani" baseball team. Although it has been said that all of the members of Mr. Aratani's team worked at the produce company, Ken Kitasako once told me that Mr. Aratani simply chose the best baseball players in the valley, no matter where they worked. His team was made up of Portuguese, Mexican-American and Japanese players. When he took his team to Japan in 1927 the young men competed against Japanese teams, winning 25 games, losing four and tying one."
    Hank Bonetti with Santa Maria Indians in 1950. 


    


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Sunday, February 25, 2024

25th Infantry Wreckers



1913-1-17 Regiment arrives - pics. 

Patrick Rock - 




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Bullet Rogan

1915-7-02 Made HI debut for Third Battalion on June 30. 
    "The chief interest in the game was the first appearance on the local diamond of Rogan, late of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, who arrived on the last transport. There is hardly a company commander in the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who has not made a bid for this man's assignment to his company without success. The ultimate assignment of Rogan is still a matter of conjecture. As the recruit company is attached to the First Battalion, his appearance this afternoon with that team was allowed. He played the first three innings at third base and made a great impression. He looks like the classiest infielder the regiment has had in some time. In the fourth he went into the box and here his success was even more pronounced. He had worlds of speed and a quick delivery following a leisurely windup that is in itself puzzling to any batter. At the bat, he had three chances and in each case met the first ball pitched on the nose, but each time in the direction of some fielder."
1915-8-24 Newly elected field captain of 25th Infantry. 
1916-5-10 "The second game between the Machine Gun Company and Company I was all Rogan. He went to the mound for the battery team and the Company I batters seemed greatly in fear of his speed ball.
    Rogan was all smiles and gave them speed or slow balls, floaters or fadeaways and every other kind of pitch known to baseball on demand with the same result for every offering. Two hits of the scratch variety were all the opposing batters could get." 

1917-3-24 On furlough - to pitch for White Sox
1917-3-24 Half of "insular fandom" thinks Rogan is on way - half thinks he is in Honolulu. 
1917-3-24 Will play different position every Sunday
1917-3-26 Beat Western Pool 10-2 - allowed but one hit, a single in the 9th by Jess Orndorff. Joe Pirrone was opposing pitcher. 
1917-3-26 Also hit three triples
    Looked at other papers to see if any better coverage but no. 



1960-8-04 Stengel praises Rogan. 
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Sacramento Valley

1931-6-13 Bee. Standings for nine leagues + nvg pic of North Sacramento of Orange League - won both halves of the season. W/ Joe Marty, Tony Marincovich. (Same team played as Mapes & Mordecai later in the year: (1931-8-21) Woodland Oaks beat them 7-2 but the game was tight.)

Vincent F. Stanich

1956-7-08 Talk + Rural League batting.
1956-11-18 Eddie Samcoff profile. SWL talk.
1956-11-25 SWL talk + averages.
1961-8-27 About backer Julius and player Glen Gillespie.
1964-3-22 Elk Grove - Tommy Glaviano. Sacramento County League managers. Two teams are entered in both the PN and SCL.



Sacramento County League
    1925 6-08 standings
    1946 7-13 averages
    1947 2nd half standings
    1948 final averages
    1962 7-17 .250+

    Davey, Sonny 1946 Carmichael
    Marvelli, Joe 1946 North Sacramento
    Parino, John 1946 Clarksburg
    Stanich, George 1947 Carmichael

    Bradford, Bill  1948 Rio Vista - top pitcher - 6-0
    Westlake, Jim 1946 South Sacramento

    Carmichael Firemen in NBC
    Les Lollis, top pitcher, was black - was named MVP of 1946 NBC.

    1925-6-08 Wives battle on the side-lines
    1946-8-28 (Wichita) The Carmichael Firemen are the Cinderella story of this year's tournament. They are the only undefeated team, having won 20 games without a loss.
        Carmichael has an average age of 28. "The players are mostly homebreds and not many are ex-pros."
    1946-9-05 (Wichita) Pic of Les Lollis, who was named the NBC MVP. Tied the tournament record for wins with four - the record was set by Satchel in 1935.
        The Canadian-American world series - Carmichael v. Windsor - begins tonight. Both teams have identical records of 20-2.
    1947-7-24 Benny Salas ineligible to play bc under suspension by pro club
    1947-7-28 Ben Salas and Les Lollis combined for a perfect game for the Carmichael Firemen over Chapel of Oaks. Salas threw five perfect innings and was replaced by Lollis because the thousand-strong crowd wanted to see him pitch. Closest call was on the grounder hit by Harlan Pool, former coast leaguer.
    1947-8-13 Carmichael eliminate from state tournament
    1947-8-14 Manuel Williams, pitcher of Lincoln, will accompany Carmichael to Wichita
    1979-7-09 Brief profile of Les Lollis. Is 57 years old. Worked as an expeditor at McClellan AFB for 36 years. He's retired from that job but continues to work as a consultant for the Northern California Officials Association. Was an early black umpire, and filled in for ten games in the 1957 PCL when a regular was sick.

    1947-7-28 Ben Salas & Les Lollis

Sacramento Valley League
    1924 7-07 standings
    1925
    1933-6-27 1st half stats.
    1936 Marysville Giants
    1942 Marysville Giants


    Samcoff, Ed 1953 Colusa

    1925-3-02 (SF Examiner) Looks like the best baseball since the Trolley League
    1925-6-28 Marysville has signed Hunky Schorr
    1925-7-06 (SF Bulletin) The pitchers' mound at Willows is four feet closer to the feet than it should be, which gives a "wonderful advantage to Frank Juney, who not only uses an underhanded delivery, but every type of 'doctoring' that has ever been known in the national pastime. These freak deliveries, most of which have banned from organized ball, are extremely wicked and dangerous to batters.    \
    "Juney is the pitcher that Ty Cobb on his tour to the coast seven years ago refused to bat against because of the uncanny manner that Juney plied his trade."
    1927-4-24 (Sacramento Union) Game previews. Results of the Sacramento-LA game will be announced during the Heesemans-Colusa game.
    1927-10-05 (Colusa) In William Harrington Field Colusa has the best semi-pro field in the valley - maybe even in the state. Mickey Shader was 19-8. 
    Oakland PCL has signed John Bordes, Sterling Hammack, and Tod Matzka for tryouts next spring. Their catcher, Thompson, was also offered a trial but refused for business reasons. 
    Ray Bally, Chico Colts catcher, played a large part of the championship game with a lacerated forearm.
    Alan Rice, Colts 3b, is leaving for SF where he plans to play winter ball. Mickey Shader hopes to lead a team and have Rice at third.
    NICE financial info for championship game.
    1930-1-12 League meeting tomorrow.
    1930-1-26 Outside players encouraged. Previously the non-Sacramento teams were allowed to take only two players from Sacramento - now they can take all they want.
    1930-2-02 Bill Hickey will manage the Sacramento Realtors this year. Roster listed.
    1932-4-05 Chico has withdrawn - will play until can get replaced
            players were unsatisfied about financial arrangements
            no outright salary this year: players get cut of gate receipts on home games after $50 taken                    for expenses
    1934-8-11 (Marysville) The SVL little world series starts tomorrow: Marysville v. Grass Valley.
    1936-3-28 (Woodland) Lots of local ads in connection w/ Oaks. Quotes from Colusa & Woodland managers.
    
    1938-3-08 George Lial signs with Marysville Giants. 
    "Incidentally, Vincent Stanich, writing a Sacramento bush ball column, sounded the wrong note when he remarked the Valley League's decision to permit each team as many as four outside men will mean that capital winter leaguer's have struck "pay dirt" once again. 
    None of the valley teams intend to cut the purse strings to get outside talent for the reason that they cannot afford to meet extravagant demands. The old system in vogue a decade ago, wherein top salaries were paid to bring in top pitchers and heavy hitters, cannot be restored. The league rules now ban all forms of outright salary payments, but those winter leaguers who would like to play Sunday ball in the valley, and receive suitable expense allowances, will be accommodated."
    "The senior valley loop has long been compared in caliber to class D leagues, although it cannot claim that rating since games are only played once a week." 
    Valley class B league formed for 23-and-under players. 
               1934-8-12 in Oregon 1934-9-10 Sargent signs w/ Sacramento PCL 
    1935-7-13 Sargent had allegedly spent time with the Kansas City Blues
    1935-7-17 Harold Sargent compared to Dizzy Dean in self-confidence
    1940-6-29 (Redding) 1st half Redding averages + .300 all-league + top pitching.
    1940-8-02 Grass Valley must install lights or else lose franchise
    1942-10-06 Shaughnessy playoffs cancelled. Marysville Giants season retrospective.
    1953-8-20 300 fans attended Appreciation Night - the last game of the season - and saw the Colusa Pruners beat Yuba City 5-3. The fans donated $263.59 to the Pruners. The Glenn County Cardinals got the $270 pot for winning the championship. Oroville got $180 for finishing second.
    1954-7-10 1st beauty contest in league history - pic of "Miss Chico Colt"
    1954-7-24 The Chico Colts and Oroville Olives are arch SVL rivals of Butte County. Doug Weiss, Olives pitcher, dropped a box on his pitching hand while working in an Oroville box factory. Oroville line-up, with full names. Includes Mickey Risberg.

    1925-7-12 Woodland 13, Willows 4. Box + standings. 
        "They no longer brand us "Boastful Woodland" up Willows way. A host of Willows fans came down to Woodland yesterday and helped swell the gate into the largest of this or any other recent season, but coming for the purpose of watching a padded Willows crew humble the "Boastful Woodlanders." They returned to Willows sadder, but wiser, and in the knowledge that Woodland really has something to be boastful of - exactly what Woodland has claimed, in fact. That is the greatest baseball team in the semi-professional ranks in California, and perhaps the greatest in America......"
    Gate receipts from yesterday were $916.40 - total attendance probably about 2,500. Half of Woodland's $450 debt still to go. 
    Willows has imported Hollander and Beals Becker
    1927-8-14 (Colusa) Triple tie for first. Willows has not been drawing good crowds. 
    1935-7-14 (Colusa) Colusa 2, Woodland 1.
    1954-7-25 (Chico) Two boxes.

    1927-8-15 Mickey Shader. 
    1933-6-27 (Woodland) Cliff Garrison.
    1933-6-27 (Colusa) Tub Perry and Tod Matzka.
    1934-8-11 (Marysville) Clyde Perry
    1935-7-15 Tod Matzka.
    1936-3-28 (Marysville) Johnny Belza and Dick Griffith, Yuba City Bears regulars.
    1936-3-28 (Woodland) Don Traynham
    1941-4-22 Opening day action pic.
    1941-5-28 Fred Muller.
    1942-10-06 Four different Marysville Giants. 
    1944-9-11 Vic Pitts, Marysville Giants manager.
    1946-6-22 Ollie Ledford, who today replaces Bill James as Oroville manager.
    1947-8-25 (Chico) Action pic + Tony Separovich.
    1947-9-23 Fred "Stormy" Briggs, Yuba City MG. Profile. There will be a day held for him on 9-25, his 52nd birthday. It will be the last game of the season for the Bears, and their first night game ever.
    1948-3-23 Ken Brock, Marysville manager. Pics of Fred "Stormy" Briggs and Earle K. Yorton, two men from the tiny town of Mellenon, WI, who have played a great role in Yuba City baseball. Profile of Yorton, this year's manager. Played two years of pro ball in Cubs chain in WI - played in NVSL in 1938.
    In the 1930s players who lived on the wrong side of the river could not play for Yuba City. This is no longer the case - so now Yorton can be a member of the team.
    1948-4-26 Three Yuba City Bears.
    1948-7-13 Brud Perry. 
    1950-6-22 Tub Perry and Jack Brewer.
    1952-7-24 Eddie Samcoff. His homer earned him $10 from the Colusa Grocery and four steak dinners from Frank and Betty's Cafe. Colusa averages listed.
    1954-7-10 Fred Besana.
    1954-7-26 Action pic.

Sacramento Winter League
    1916-17
    1924-25
    1928-29 Dante 
    1929-30 Great Western Power
    1935-36 1-27 standings six divisions. No boxes. 
    1936-37 
    1940-41 11-10 standings nine divisions. 
    1962-63

    Costa, Jack  1b-of in minors 1936-37 Julius Haberdashers no-hitter a few weeks ago
    Latino, John p 1945-46 Al's

    Glaviano, Tommy 1945-46 1946-47 Julius Style Shop

    1917-2-02 games scheduled. Jim Longus is pitching for Giants, best colored team in the city.
    1922-11-14 Rosters. 
    1929-11-03 Commentary + standings. Earl "Lefty" Wagner, Great Western Power of 
    1929-11-10 Commentary + standings. Milt Thomas, Julius Haberdashers c. 
    1929-11-17 Commentary + standings. Bob Nixon, Dante of. Former pro.
    1929-11-24 Commentary + stats + standings. Ted Shirley, Ed Dell Stars pitcher
    1929-12-01 Lots of commentary + standings. George Lefty Wiedeman, Nevis-Carnie outfielder.
    1929-12-08 Commentary + stats + standings. Al Pierini, Dante manager.
    1929-12-15 Commentary + standings. 
    1929-12-22 Commentary + standings. Rain has wrecked the last few weeks. Sam Stassi and Jack Costa from the SF Winter League are joining Julius Haberdashery.
    1929-12-29 Commentary + standings. Cy Young, Nevis-Carnie pitcher. Specs Shea has 4-1 record.
    1930-1-05 Commentary + stats + standings. Champ Alloway, Southern Pacific catcher
    1930-1-12 Commentary + standings. 
    1930-1-19 Commentary + standings. 
    1930-1-26 Commentary + stats + standings. Bill Keneally, Ed Dell Stars 3b. 
    1930-2-02 All-Star team picked - w/pics.
    1930-2-02  Commentary + standings. Dante's two pitchers, Chet Crump and Lou Heinzer, who both threw shutouts last week.
    1930-2-03 Practically final standings. GWP & SP tied for first place in National League. Team pic of Central Outfitting, American 'A' champions. 
    1930-2-10 Great Western Power 3, Southern Pacific 0. 2461 paid ATT. Gate receipts were $100 more than last year's championship game. Elmer Shea threw his 5th shutout of the season. Not an error was made by either team.
    1930-2-09 Great Western Power and Southern Pacific will meet today for championship. 3K ATT expected. Team pics. 
    1931-1-04 Game previews. 
    1931-1-04 Commentary + standings. NL has just started 2nd half. Mike Visintainer, Mapes & Mordecai cf, who will get tryout with Seals this spring. 
    1931-1-11 Commentary + standings. Account of guy who holds grudge against Julius & always roots against his teams. Pic of Stan Hack.
    1934-12-23 misc. 
    1935-11-24 Misc. news and old memories. All star teams from 1930 and 1931. George Lial weighed as much at 14 as he does now. Quartet including Lial used to sing songs at intermission. Jack Stassi trying to sign with a team. 
    "Hugh Duffy, now in Honolulu, was a great catcher, received many pro offers."
    "Bill Essick, scout for the New York Yanks, will be in town soon to look over the prospects in the local Winter League. Essick makes an annual pilgrimage to all the bush leagues in California. It was while he was here last winter that he signed up "Sonny" Davey." 
    1936-1-25 commentary w/full names of batteries and managers. Kettle Wirts is Roma Wine manager. 
    1936-11-22 Tale of 1923-24 league. Rosters listed. Some real good names. 
        Pete Daglia struck out 72 in 3 games - was soon signed by PCL. 
    1937-1-16 After great start Haberdashers are slumping. Lial says they just aren't hitting. 
    1937-11-21 misc. The Julius of Julius Haberdashers is Julius Anapolsky. 
    1937-12-12 Jack Costa has retired. George Lial is NYY scout. 
    1938-1-02 misc.
    1938-10-23 misc. 
    1945-11-25 Commentary. New signings. Top batters.
    1951-10-24 Game match-ups. Les Lollis is an umpire.
    1961-10-01 Rosters and schedule.
    1962-7-17 "The Matt Drayers ball club has lost an ardent fan with the passing of William Samcoff. Samcoff was the dad of Eddie, who has performed for a Louie Bordisso club for the past 15 years."

    1923-12-30 Boxes. plenty of pros. 4K ATT
    1924-11-02 Dunk, Simpson Printers, throws no-hitter
    1929-12-01 Boxes. plenty of pros.
    1930-1-26
    1962-1-28 (Union) Boxes. 
    1962-9-30 (Union) 
    1962-9-30 (Bee)
    1962-11-04 (Bee)

    
    1930-2-02

    1929-11-24 Ted Shirley, Ed Dell Stars pitcher. Pic + profile. 
    1929-12-01 George "Lefty" Wiedeman, Nevis-Carnie outfielder. Pic + profile. 
    1934-8-29 pic of George Lial with dog. He raises purebred wire hair fox-terrier dogs. 
     1934-12-23 six individual pics + team pic of Joe Davis Haberdashery
    1936-1-27 Sonny Davey

    Julius Haberdashers
    https://www.juliusclothing.net/about "Julius was a well-known sponsor for bush baseball, his Coast Division teams won a record 12 National Division Pennants in the Winter Leagues." Nice old pic of store.





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