1906-6-15 Staunton. Staunton League team roster preview
Rollins, Pat, 45-year-old, will captain and catch. W.J. Gardner, Carlisle Indian, is a southpaw pitcher.
"Kat of Roanoke will hold down the initial sack. 'Bill' is the giant of the team and hits them so fast that infielders put ice in their gloves. Bill is not slow because big, but can travel over the bases and field his position with the best of them."
1906-9-04 Staunton. Team won 44 out of 63 games - won 21 straight games at one point. Big Bill Kay hit .413 with 27 home runs.
1907-6-21 Played a good game in "centre." Good talk. Martinsburg's scores so far in season listed.
Hagerstown will have a pitcher and first baseman from the Carlisle Indian school.
1907-8-13 Bill Kay and Doc Tonkin will go to Washington - Martinsburg will miss them.
"In 1907 he joined the independent team in Martinsburg, West Virginia. In early August, newspapers reported that Tonkin and outfielder Bill Kay of Martinsburg had been sold to Washington for $500 each.8 Kay was reputed to be hitting .500 and Tonkin was 14-2.9 “Both men were … favorites at Martinsburg for they were gentlemen, both on the field and off.”10"
1908-2-16 Washington Star article.
1908-2-22 Martinsburg reprints article about Kay from Washington D.C. Evening Star "that will be of special interest to his many friends and admirers in Martinsburg."
1918-7-13 Martinsburg. "According to a newspaper dispatch, "Big Bill" Kay, who played in Martinsburg 10 or 12 years ago, and who has been in the minors ever since, will be sold by the Binghamton, N. Y., team to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Kay has been famous for years as the greatest and most consistent hitter in minor league base ball and has had countless opportunities to get into the "big show." His awkwardness on the bases, however, has always held him back."
1922-4-11 Washington Times Herald. Married today in Buffalo. Gave up baseball in 1920 to become a banker and real estate promoter in New Castle VA.
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