LA general
1918-1-25 really good - memories of old players - includes what they're doing now
1939-6-25 (LA Times, Sun.) "Southern California Baseball Managers' Association, through Booking Agent Ray French, has scheduled the following semi-pro games to be played today:" long list.
1962 scores
1911-4-21 Sam Ferraris, top pitcher and commission merchant, + Huntington Beach team
Coaches, promoters, etc.
Long Beach semi-pro (Harbor district)
Perez, Manuel p - vg
1936-11-22 Long Beach Merchants (with Stortis) win 5-4 v. National Military Home team of Sawtelle.
1939-6-25 Boxes.
1935-11-07 Houghton Park - L.A. Nippons preview. Pic of Bev Brown, Houghton park pitcher, who played with the Hollywood Stars early last season.
1936-11-21 (Sat.) Either Glenn Gabler or Chuck Lightfoot will pitch for the visiting Gaffer and Sattler Stove team vs. the Lomita Merchants.
The Jadran A.C. is playing in the Greater Southern California tournament. "Slav team." Roster listed (many of whom would be on Jadran roster in 1939)
1939-8-19 (Sat.) The Longshoremen team has been reorganized. It will play as a traveling team in fall and winter. Some players listed.
Chuck Lightfoot won 5-0 for the Shell Oilers in Wichita.
Manuel Perez, who threw a no-hitter last week vs. the LA Croatians, will pitch tomorrow for the Wilmington Merchants v. the LA Nippons.
The Jadrans will face the Long Gate Merchants tomorrow. The Merchants were one of the top LA Association traveling teams the last few years, but now have a home: a new ballpark on Tweedie and Atlantic blvds.
20-30 club tournament
1935
1935-4-18 Local box - other scores. Andrade (Allen Andrade?) pitched for Calexico and k'd 15 in 4-1 loss.
Bay League (Bay District League)
1923 Palms
1932-33
1934-35
1946-47
Balcena, Bobby Filipino-American
1947-2-13 San Pedro. Pic of Balcena, who will try to defeat San Pedro Merchants with Yugoslav-American Club.
Pic of Nick Sladich and Frank (Snuffy) Machado, outstanding performers for the Yugoslav-American Club in the Bay League. Sladich hit .313. John (Red) Zar is Slav manager.
1947-1-19 San Pedro. Long Beach AFL 11, Yugoslav-American 3. 1st game of championship series. Slavs were undefeated in regular season but played their worst game all year. Box. Balcena was only bright spot.
1947-1-26 San Pedro. Slavs 8, Long Beach 4. Balcena allowed eleven hits but was tough in the pinches.
Greater Southern California Baseball Managers' Association
1935
Lindell, Johnny p 1935 Arcadia Merchants "Lindel"
1935-4-19 Anaheim. Fox-Fullerton preview. "[Fullerton] manager J.F. ("Pep") Lemon will send Clifford Perry to the hill against the invaders, who will rely on "Spike" Kelly, former St. Louis pitcher. Three years ago Perry humbled the Good Humor Ice Cream nine, 3 to 0, by pitching nine innings of no-hit no-run baseball. Kelly was the victim."
(1935-4-23 LA Evening Post-Record. Lines. Ann Dvorak Stars split doubleheader with Paramount Cubs.
The Los Angeles Nippons split a doubleheader with the Tokyo Giants. Kumalae and George Matsuura combined to beat the Victor Starffin 4-3 on Saturday, but Eiji Sawamura beat the Nippons 14-3 on Sunday - both Matsuuras could not stop the Giants.
Santa Monica American Legion beat the Los Angeles Colored Giants 2-1.
(1935-7-16 Arcadia. Local box. Johnny Lindell beat Fox 7-6.
(1935-7-23 LA Evening Post-Record. Lines. Kumalae beat Speed Martin in 1-0 pitchers' duel. Trona's 23-game winning streak snapped. The San Bernardino Acme Brews beat the Los Angeles Nippons 5-3. The Ann Dvorak Stars lost 13-8 to Norwalk State Hospital.
(1935-7-23 Contin. Catalina Cubs were 4-1 for the week.
(1935-10-15 The Paramount Cubs beat the L.A. Nippons 3-2 as Tilly Schaefer k'd 14.
"Southern California, following the lead of Stockton, will open a camp for young ball players at San Bernardino November 1 to 15.
The camp is under the direction of Johnny Angel, representative of the Wilmington, Southern California and Mondbosen, Penn., clubs, and offers an opportunity for young players who are willing to pay their own expenses to break into the professional game."
Intercity League
1910
1910-6-10 LA Herald. will play 11-week schedule. Players must be amateur. $5 entrance fee for clubs.
Inter-City League
1933-34
1934
Storti, Joe 1934 San Pedro Merchants had k'd 32 in 15 innings
Long Beach AAA
1933 7-28 standings
Spindel, Hal 1933 Houghton Park
Los Angeles City League
1895
1896 Trilbys
1897
1901
McGilvray 1900 SCAL 1901 Maier & Zobelein's
Whaling, Babe .407 1896 Victoria PNWL
1901-5-16 Post-Record. "The fans have demanded baseball while the Angels are away, and a city league has been formed, with three teams entered, one each from Hoegee's, Tufts- Lyon Arms company, and the Columbia Cycle company. The old stand-bys, such as Tommy Early, Henry Mangerino, who caught for San Bernardino in the winter league, are in the teams, and some good ball is promised.
Early has done some of the most sensational flelding ever seen here, during his holding down of the second bag in a former city league A weakness in his throwing arm is the only thing that prevents his being a star of the first order. Most of the other players, including Babe Whalen, Little, Leland, Smiley, Guercio, Hart, etc., are well known locally.
At present games will be played on Sunday during the absence of the "perfeshes," though there may be week-day games later. The first game is scheduled for June 2."
1901-5-22 Times. "In the three teams which form the City League are a number of well-known players who could hold their own in any company. But they have settled down and have accepted lucrative positions with mercantile firms.
They play the game because they like it. While the exhibitions may not be as fast as those afforded by the Looloos, yet they will be interesting enough for anybody."
1901-5-26 Times. Preview. "The grounds can be reached by the Main-street cars or the the Grand-avenue line - or you can walk.
"After much persuasion and the assurance on the part of Chief Hensley that he would not be arrested for carrying concealed weapons, the sporting editor of The Times was induced to umpire the game. As an additional protection he has persuaded Joe Bernstein, the clever little pugilist, and an old player himself, to give the decisions on the bases. Any man who questions a decision will be matched for twenty rounds with Bernstein-or the sporting editor, weight for age. It will be the first time that the double umpire sys- tem has been tried in this city, and the results will be watched by the fans- and at least one other-with a great deal of interest.
A feature of the game will be the recording of the Looloo-Oakland and the 'Frisco-Sacramento games on the bulletin boards. The results will be obtained by innings, and Manager Eliet extends a most cordial invitation to all to visit the Chutes, free of charge, afterward."
1901-6-01 Post-Record. Terse preview.
1901-6-02 Times. Play begins at 2.30.
1901-5-26 Times. Three VG pics. 1st game played - 500 ATT. Whaling caught a good game.
"Each team suffered from the absence of strong players, who found at the last moment that for some reason or other, they would be unable to play."
1901-6-02 Times. Second game of season played yesterday at Washington Gardens. The players were meek with the umpire because the umpire was boxer Joe Bernstein. Two pics of Whaling. (LA CALL also played at Washington Gardens.)
1901-6-09 Times. "Small crowd and scant courtesy from the bleachers..." Box but no pics. "Elzalda was called out in the third inning, because after he had made a two base hit he ran pretty nearly straight from home to second, overlooking entirely the formality of touching the premier bag as is the custom among baseball players. Thus his hit came to naught."
Two other "Brisenos" [sic] in City League - Albert "Baby" Brisseno played for CALL.
Major Summer League
1930
Rohrer, Daddy 1930 Pasadena Merchants
1916-7-12 Second Regiment, in Arizona, may organize teams - tons of California players
Orange Belt League
1924-25 2-25 Arcadia stats
1929
1932 2nd half standings
1933-34 12-15 standings
with Los Angeles Nippons
Douglas, Ken p 19 years in high minors 1924-25 Pasadena Eagles
Hanson, Elmer 105 wins - two-way 1924-25 Arcadia Merchants 2 1925-26 Arcadia DitD
1933-10-22 Monrovia. Boxes for doubleheader. Both games decided by one run - one Matsuura pitched the first game, the other pitched the second.
1933-12-11 Nippons beat league-leading Arcadia Merchants 5-3 San Bernardino Valley League
1924
1924-8-12 Santa Fe Reds have disbanded
San Diego
1929-10-13 City/County standings/boxes.
1930-10-12 City/Inter-city boxes.
San Diego City League
1919 7-21 standings
San Diego City League
1929
1931
1929-7-16 Eight-team county league will be organized. The San Diego City League was organized two weeks ago with four teams. That will end the weekday scheduling of games. [?]
1930-6-19 Chet Harritt, Ryan Confectionery player, to wed. The Ryan game will begin an hour later than originally scheduled to give the players a chance to attend the wedding.
1930-12-31 11 teams enter
San Diego City League
1929-30
Benninghoven, Herb c 1922 TL 1929-30 Gas Co.
Buerkle, Art 1929 CASL 1b 1929-30 Gas Co.
Ginglardi, Henry OF vg in WL1922-26 1929-30 California Dairies
Green, Bob p 5-2 1929 San Diego CASL 1929-30 Gas Co.
Killeen, Jack p 150 milb wins 1929-30 California Dairies
1929-4-14 Good profile
Luscomb, Rod .280 1929 San Diego CASL 1929-30 Ryans Pitched & batted 3rd in 2-1 loss
Villarino, Pete 1929 CASL 1929-30 North Park
1929-10-29 Game between City league all-star team (captained by Al Simmons) and County League all-star team (captained by Jimmie Foxx) tomorrow.
1929-11-10 Boxes, standings. Gas Co. were champs "of old City League."
1929-12-08 California Dairies is 9-0.
1929-12-22 Boxes, standings for 2nd half (?) opening.
San Diego County League
1913
1923 National City
San Diego County League
1929 San Diego Final batting
Killeen, Jack p 150 milb wins 1929 National City
1929-7-16 Eight-team county league will be organized. The San Diego City League was organized two weeks ago with four teams. That will end the weekday scheduling of games. [?]
1929-9-24 Batting. Jack Killeen is 2-for-3
1929-10-22 Final batting.
1929-10-29 Game between City league all-star team (captained by Al Simmons) and County League all-star team (captained by Jimmie Foxx) tomorrow.
Service League (L.A.)
1918
Anheier, Clyde 1b 10yr gap between milb seasons 1918 Navy
Sepulveda, Lou c PCL 1913-17 1918 Navy
1918-5-05 Wilbur Scott 19y.o working under direction of MLB Jack Ryan - perfecting Ryan's famous mudball throws shut-out
Jimmy Rose, cf of Navy, popular semi-pro of L.A. - played for Hollywood HS 1917
Southern California Association
1939
McShane, Jack if 1939 Venice St. Augustine Next week St. Augustine will meet 20th Century Fox, last year's state champs. lost 7-4 to 20th Century Fox
Southern California League
1913
1913-5-14 Standings, box, three pics.
1913-5-13 San Diego Bears - w/full names
Southern California Class AA League
1925
Miller, Al (?) reported as former Vernon, but actually former LA 1925 Irvine Beanpickers
boxes: Long Beach Press-Telegram 7-19
Southern California Class AAA League
1946-47
1953-2-07 San Pedro. Star-Kist were champions of the traveling division. Had league record of 5-3 in season - reinforced since then, including by Balcena.
Southern State League
1909 11-01 standings
1910
1907-4-28 schedule drawn up. "The eight-club league became an impossibility because the Los Angeles people insisted on having five of the eight teams and thus completely dominating the league, which the outside teams would not stand for. The methods of the LA teams in attempting to run affairs to suit themselves was shown up in the Winter League, and the outside teams have resolved to have no more of it."
1907-9-13 three managers listed - new players signed
1909-10-31 Herald. Two boxes - comments for others.
Southern State League
1908-09
1909-10
DeMaggio, Nic (I think) 1909-10 Boynton
1908-10-25 Herald. All boxes, standings.
Annis (Fred Annis?) pitched for Gardena.
1909-11-28 Herald. All boxes - league opening. Gateway, league team, was in soon-to-be-formed Trolley League. Bresino at short for Goldsmith. Ruhland and Kratzburg, pitchers.
1910-2-20 One box, standings. (Looks like they started a second half to the season.)
Ventura County League
1946
1903-10-01 Evening Express. K.O.C. will play Elks on 10-11 at Chutes Park - will have players such as Harry Lelande, Bill Gannon, etc. Record-breaking crowd expected.
1916-7-12 Second Regiment, in Arizona, may organize teams - tons of California players
1908-10-25 "THE colored Giants baseball team is one of the fastest amateur organizations in the south, having won thirty-four games out of thirty-five played so far this season, defeating such classy clubs as the McCormicks, by the score of 1 to 0; the Home Council club, by the score of 3 to 2; the Olive team, with Walter Jonson in the box, by the score of 6 to 5 in eleven innings; the Wieland club, by the score of 7 to 5; the Norwalk aggregation in three straight games, and the Pioneer Stars. Bud Clark, who twirls for the Giants, has taken part in nearly every game, with the exception of a few weeks when he went on a visit to Salt Lake City.
This afternoon the All-Star club will try to defeat the Giants on the Joy park diamond for a side bet of $50. The first game on that diamond will be between the Pioneer Stars and the Curbain teams, which will be a curtain-raiser to the big game, which starts promptly at 2:30 o'clock. Sam Ferraris pitched a no-hit game against the Giants for the Home Council aggregation, while Clark has a record of winning twenty games for the Giants. The Giants have a scheduled game with the Edison Electric company team of the California Winter league on Thanksgiving day, which should be a hummer, for a side bet of $50, while the All-Stars will clash with the McCormicks again Saturday, October 31, for a side bet." Los Angeles Giants team pic + pic of Bud Clark.
Small profile of John Eagle.
1909-1-03 Long Beach White Sox team pic. Fred Annis pic. VG Claude Finley pic.
Good descr. of White Sox. Lots of good stuff.
1909-3-22 Pic of Art Hensling and Fred Annis.
Profiles of Hensling and Annis.
1909-11-21 Lesser. Previews. Santa Monica will organize team - Flame Delhi will pitch.
1909-11-25 Lesser. Previews.
1909-11-27 "GUS NAST, who has been holding down the short field for the fast Bakersfield team in the San Joaquin valley during the past summer, has returned to the local amateur baseball fold and will join the Santa Barbara aggregation in the Winter league. Gus is a well known character in local fandom, having grown up in the local amateur baseball fields, and every fan will be pleased to learn that the husky lad is destined to enter the professional ranks the coming season. Muskogee, in the Oklahoma- Kansas league, which will be admitted into the Western association during the coming year, has secured his signature to one of their contracts.
By the wonderful record made by the Bakersfield team during the past summer, others besides Nast in the team lineup have been boosted to the first rung in the professional baseball ladder. Out of the forty-nine games played by the drillers during the summer only ten were lost and twenty-nine were won in consecutive order. This showing spread the reputation of the team beyond the confines of the valley and set managers to looking into the respective merits of the players which resulted in at least six of the team joining professional company.
Ned Smith, the speedy third baseman, will journey eastward with Nast and join the Muskogee team. Captain "Spot" Macmurdo has attached his signature to an Oakland contract and Manager Walter is to the good a first-class initial sacker. Catcher Hoff is undecided as to his berth, but may accept an offer from one of the teams in the Texas league. Pat Phillips of the twirling staff, who has made the good record of fourteen wins out of his sixteen appearances on the mound, has an offer from Oklahoma City, but may stay on the coast, for, whenever questioned, Pat replies, "California for mine." His pitching mate, Dell Trager, will journey eastward with Hoff. Johnny Eagle, another Los Angeles boy who has more than made good on the second sack for the valley city, and Hugh Garriety, pitcher and fielder, are both contract free at present, but undoubtedly will be tied up with a contract before spring."
Southern State League lineups preview.
"When the Dyas-Clines and the Redondo baseball teams clash on the beach town diamond next Sunday in the initial game of the newly organized Southern State league, the sporting goods boys will don brand new uniforms of a blue hue, with orange trimmings. The following players are requested to call at the Dyas-Cline store at 8 o'clock Saturday evening: Wamley, Houlsby. Drown, Lyon, Frayer, Wilson, F. Knutznolle, Sawyer, Scott and Baker."
Los Angeles Giants have arranged schedule of 22 games - listed.
1909-12-10 Post-Record. "Tom Tennent, the San Francisco. first baseman, is in Los Angeles from Brawley, Cal., looking for ball players for the winter season. Tonneson and Whaling will probably be taken back by Tennent. Tonneson is an Oakland pitcher and Whaling is from the Cananea, Mex., team."
1909-12-15 Los Angeles Giants MG signed Langford. He gave up two hits last Sunday. "Manager Black must have been taking a snooze when Manager White of the Giants slipped away with this valuable baby."
"Azusa has a grievance with a rightful cause, and what the football village fans think of the Los Angeles Brick company team for not showing up Sunday- well, any way disappointment is a word entirely too inadequate to express their feelings.
The best crowd of the season filled the bleachers and stretched along each side of the base lines Sunday, all good-natured and full of expectancy at first, but as the sun gradually sank lower in the west and it became evident that no ball game would be forthcoming, so also sank the cheerfulness of those present, and by the time the crowd commenced dispersing the bricklayers certainly were in bad standing."
1909-12-18 A.B. Andrews, Gateway manager, has signed Occidental pitcher Smith.
"Frank McGee, who played in the right garden on the fast Douglas, Arizona, team the early part of the season, since arriving in the city a few days ago has had several offers to play ball, but Frank is an exception from the general rule of baseball artists - he wants a job. Any team that can get employment for this youngster will gain the services of a fast and sure fielder. Answer through The Herald."
1909-12-23 LA Herald. VG talk.
1910-1-12 Tommy Ybarrando is one of top City League pitchers.
"Giants Club Reorganized. Rejuvenation of the Los Angeles Giants has been effected and that organization will start a new career under a new name, with new uniforms and with four new players who hail from San Antonio, Tex. Henceforth the former Giants will be known as the Los Angeles Trilbys, and the club will be governed by a trio of managers, J. White, the former manager of the Giants; Charles Moore and P. D. Buck. Pitcher Mooney, one of the new ones, made a good record with the Bronchos of San Antonio, the past season. Money is considered the best colored twirler in the Lone Star state. "Baby" Webb
is another of the same club that comes well recommended. He is a utility player. His brother, J.Webb, will hold down the second cushion for the new organization, and he also was a former Broncho. Last, but not least of the new ones, is Otto Bolden, the imported 200-pound backstop, from the same Texas city. White, speaking of the future plans of the team last evening, said: "We will claim the western colored championship and will defend it against all comers. The Occidentals have no claim to this title because, when they defeated the Los Angeles Giants and claimed the honor, they were playing three white men in their lineup." Here is an opportunity for a cloudy mix-up that should bring out every smoked fan in Southern California."
"Bernie McKay, captain of the Oaklands, has been offered the management of the Mobile team in the Cotton States league. Should he accept this offer he will take with him Art Hensling of the Vernon heaving staff. Bernie is well known in Los Angeles. At the opening of the last college baseball season he coached the St. Vincent team.
1910-1-18 Manager Early of the reorganized Giants (Trilbys) put down $10 as a deposit at the LA Herald office. A game of three games will be played with the McCormicks for a side-bet of $100. When McCormick puts down $100, the Trilbys manager will put down the remaining $90.
San Diego withdraws from CWL because Santa Ana would not play on wet field. Speculation that San Diego team must not be drawing well.
Tufts-Lyon will play Riverside at Riverside on Washington's birthday. Riverside will have Walter Johnson, Jack Meyers, and Hosp.
"Walter Smith, the elongated pitcher of the Gateway club, in the Trolley league, may be seen in the uniform of the Bakersfield club the coming season. Yesterday afternoon Red Devereaux had a heart to heart talk with Smith and told him to report for practice February 1. Smith was supposed to report to Captain Dillon of the Los Angeles team for spring practice March 1, but so far has refused the offer from the Angel captain, stating that he prefers to play independent ball for the present. Before coming to Southern California Smith played with the Pocatello, Idaho, club, champions of the Idaho State league, having lost only four games out of twenty-eight played. The Pocatello team won the championship of Utah from the Occidental colored nine of Salt Lake. Smith allowed only three hits, defeating the opposing club by a score of 1 to 0."
"Among the Los Angeles players residing at Bakersfield and who in all probability will be on the 1910 Bakersfield team are Eagle, the fast little catcher formerly of the Edison's; Hoff, formerly of the Maiers club, and Phillips and Garrity, pitchers.
Reports from the oil well city are to the effect that Eagle has become a benedict, marrying a Bakersfield belle." Occidentals have secured the Chutes Grounds for 2-06 and 2-13 - will play McCormicks on first date and Santa Ana on second.
1910-1-21 "THE lot of the baseball manager is hard. Now comes Manager White of the Trilbys with a tale of woe about Scotty Allen having taken away his lease of Mace park, which leaves the colored team out in the cold as to grounds. "I never done him nothing," said White yesterday when relating the sad news. "He just flew off mad because I had agreed with Orendorff that one of our series with the Angel boys was to be played at Chutes park. It seems that Mista Allen wanted them all to be played at his Mace grounds, on which I had a contract. Understand me, sah, Ah had a contract, as Ah have received notification to the effect that that contract is no mo'- done given up de key to those grounds," When the colored magnate had finished his story his under lip was hanging unusually low and his eyes had a troubled look. As he turned away and his bulky disappearing form was silhouetted in Jim McCormick's doorway, he was heard to heave a sigh and murmur: "And the Trilbys have no mo' back yard to play in.""
Trilbys have withdrawn from Trolley League.
"The Los Angeles Trilbys were entertained Wednesday evening by R. C. Owens, proprietor of the Waldorf cafe, corner of Fourth and Ruth. The real sparkling joy water flowed freely and the members of the club sang many of those old songs so well known to ball players. The big new arrival, "Cyclone Joe Williams, acted as toast master, while Manager White officiated as usher for his team."
1910-1-22 "After several days of uncertainty, the McCormicks and the Trilbys have at last succeeded in securing grounds for their scheduled three-game series, which will be played at Jack Doyle's Vernon Park today and Sunday, and, if a deciding game is necessary, Monday will be the date for it."
W. Smith, Occidentals pitcher, is undefeated - has won 4 out of 5 games, the other being a 12-inning tie with the Shamrocks.
The Occidentals will leave for San Diego today - will play a doubleheader v. San Diego. Have lost only two out of 14 games in Southern California.
"Sonly, pitcher for the National Lumber company team in the City league, has an average of twelve strikeouts in the past thirteen games. Although this is an unlucky number, it seems to be otherwise with Sonly, as every day when he reports for work he has the pleasure of punching button "13" on the time clock and also the wagon which he drives carries the license number of 13."
1910-1-25 CWL teams met last evening at 210 Lissner building. Got pretty heated. League disbanded.
"Manager Black came back from the southern bay city with a story that puts a feather in Manager Black's hat. According to the black magnate, Palmer treated him royally and gave him credit for having a good team, even if they did lose. There was no mixup over the finances. What a difference a little sunshine makes in this world."
[Notable because at time Palmer was wrangling over $ in CWL.]
"The All-Stars want to mingle with the Trilbys for a side bet of any denomination. According to the dope, Newton does not mind taking on an easy one as well as the rest. Give the colored boys a chance to practise."1910-1-28 Post-Record. Jess Orendorff will make final appearance with Angels on Sunday before reporting to Chicago Cubs.
1910-1-29 Sam Langford will be umpire at the All-Stars - Trilbys game. Matter was settled when Joe Woodman, Langford's manager, approved.
T. Hopgood has the best spitball in the Interurban League.
The Santa Anita club is very Irish.
Other article - pic of Jimmy McCormick, who is part of organizing new class D organization called the Southern California Trolley League.
1910-1-30 Johnny Eagle's real name is Johnny Abila.
1910-2-01 McCormicks and Occidentals will play on Sunday at Jack Doyle's Vernon Park.
Los Angeles Grays would like to play Trilbys - feel that after their decisive victory over the fast Chino team last Sunday they are deserving.
"Promoter Orendorff is endeavoring to bring together the Oxys and the Trilbys in a game for the colored championship of the south. This would be the first championship game ever played in this part of the state between colored clubs and should prove a good drawing card.
Tom Daly will spend his share of the gate receipts received in the Angel-Trilby game last Sunday in a fishing trip at Catalina this afternoon."1910-2-02 The Trilbys and Joe Judge's Pasadena club will play on the Crown city grounds next Sunday.
"De Maggio is the Hans Wagner with the stick on the Boynton club."
George M. Ward, manager of Winter League champs Santa Barbara, is looking for a game with the Trilbys for 2-12.
"Bill Goodman will report to the Cananea club for spring practice March 1. Bill will receive $150 a month for playing third base for the Mexican c"ity team."
"Charley Drown twirled a fine game at Covina last Sunday and showed class against "Babe" Asher of the Cleveland Americans.
Dad, ground keeper at Chutes park, wishes the announcement to be made that there will be no more practice games indulged in on that field until the coming Marathon race is over."
Dad, ground keeper at Chutes park, wishes the announcement to be made that there will be no more practice games indulged in on that field until the coming Marathon race is over."
1910-2-03 "MANAGERS WARD AND WHITE of the Santa Barbara and Trilby teams respectively, after hurting challenges at each other for an hour in McCormick's pool hall yesterday, finally agreed to settle the question of club supremacy in a series of three games to be played February 11, 12 and 13. It seems that the Trilbys are the only ones of the crack local clubs who are willing to risk their future value as a local drawing card by a series of defeats by the champs of the recently disbanded Winter league. Manager Black of the Occidentals was given the opportunity to mingle, according to Ward, and so was Orendorf, who acts as manager for the Angels; but both these magnates gave it the go by. "As those two clubs are eliminated by their refusal to play," said Ward last evening, "and we have defeated the other strong clubs of Southern California in the Winter league, it seems that the Trilbys are the only contenders we have for the All-Southern California championship, and when we mix at Doyle's Vernon park that title will be at stake." The word title brought White, who had been leaning in an indolent way against McCormick's cigar case, to an erect and attentive attitude with a jerk. "Did ah hea' yo' say that a title went to dem who wins? Lo'd, man, how dem colo'ed babies o' mine will play to get that bacon!" Manager White is sincere in his opinion that the Trilbys are the class of the southland baseball situation."
McArdle, Mundoff, and Tennent, San Francisco Seals who have been playing in the Colorado Valley League, arrived in L.A. yesterday. Will report to spring training in San Francisco 2-28.
1910-2-05 Pic of catcher Frank (Shoes) Pfirrman, who has signed with the L.A. Angels. Pfirrman played for the crack Cananea team in 1907 and 1908 and for Newton's All-Stars this winter.
"When McCormick's Shamrocks and the Occidentals play the continuation of their twelve-inning local game of some time ago at Jack Doyle's Vernon park this afternoon an exhibition of the national game away above the average will result. These two clubs represent the cream of the local baseball teams, and each has a following of admirers who are willing to back their favorites to the limit of their purses. This condition of affairs adds great rivalry to their contests and the rooting is generally on the strenuous order. Sunday afternoon also will see these two teams mingling at Vernon, as the two are scheduled to play a three-game series to definitely settle their dispute of supremacy. Should another game be necessary, in case of an even break today and tomorrow, the date for the third contest will be settled the coming week.
On board a special Pacific Electric car Manager White and his Trilby baseball team, accompanied by numer ous loyal fans, will leave the Pacific Electric depot at the corner of Sixth and Main at 12:30 o'clock Sunday, bound for Pasadena, where they are scheduled to mingle with Joe Judge's remnants of his Winter league aggregation. The three close games recently lost by the Trilbys has cast considerable gloom over the management and the players, who will make a determined attempt to break their hard luck streak when they invade the royal camp Sunday. Manager White in his characteristic way said last evening: "Yes, sah, we ah going crown cracking Sunday." Another addition to the lineup will arrive from San Antonio today. Sam Bennett is the handle to this new debutant from the Lone Star state, where, according to white, "He am de pride of San Anton." With this new strength the Trilbys expect to make a clean-up of the local teams. In Sunday's game R. C. Jones will give $5 to the two players scoring the first two runs for the colored nine."
On board a special Pacific Electric car Manager White and his Trilby baseball team, accompanied by numer ous loyal fans, will leave the Pacific Electric depot at the corner of Sixth and Main at 12:30 o'clock Sunday, bound for Pasadena, where they are scheduled to mingle with Joe Judge's remnants of his Winter league aggregation. The three close games recently lost by the Trilbys has cast considerable gloom over the management and the players, who will make a determined attempt to break their hard luck streak when they invade the royal camp Sunday. Manager White in his characteristic way said last evening: "Yes, sah, we ah going crown cracking Sunday." Another addition to the lineup will arrive from San Antonio today. Sam Bennett is the handle to this new debutant from the Lone Star state, where, according to white, "He am de pride of San Anton." With this new strength the Trilbys expect to make a clean-up of the local teams. In Sunday's game R. C. Jones will give $5 to the two players scoring the first two runs for the colored nine."
"Railroad tickets were received from Cananea yesterday by Bill Goodman for Hensling, "Spider" Adams and "Baldy" Thomas."
Sam Ferraris of the Salt Lake team says his arm has improved considerably since he threw it out while practicing with Portland PCL at Santa Barbara.
Sneak thieves yesterday on the Vernon diamond broke into the players' dressing room and made a pretty good cleanup. Kelley of the Santa Barbara club lost $5 and a pocket knife and Coy of the same team was touched for several dollars in change. This is the second robbery reported from thta field within the last month.
Stoval and Bertie Whaling will form the battery for the Channel City club this afternoon in the second game of the series of three with the Trilbys. "Helen" Hunt will be the mound artist in Sunday's game, with Carl Lewis on the receiving end."
Paramount Cubs
1910-2-09 "THE big attraction in local baseball circles for next Saturday, Sunday and Monday is the scheduled mingling at Jack Doyle's Vernon park between the Santa Barbara club, champions of the Winter league, and the Los Angeles Trilbys. This arrangement will at last give the local fans an opportunity to see the northern champs work, and it is expected that Pitcher Hunt, who has made such a formidable showing with the northerners this winter, will be quite an attraction. His record of fourteen straight wins, ten of which were shutouts, indicates that the colored boys will have to romp along some to come out on the long end of the score."
CHW Altizer will play with Upland on Sunday.
"Since their victory over the Santa Paula team last Sunday, four members of the Teddy Bear club-namely, McKean, Vogel, Pedrotti and Rogerson-are wearing John B. Stetson hats, paid for out of the spacious purse of Manager Save. Previous to the game Manager Save made the offer to his team that if any of them kicked the horsehide over the fence he would present them with a Stetson. This offer certainly acted as a stimulant, as four long ones over the fence resulted.
Catcher Crittenden of the McCormicks is a good bet being overlooked by the organized ball scouts roaming around these parts."
"T. Hobgood, the clever twirler on the Burke Athletic club team, who has consistently won his games of late, has the reputation of having the largest and most tantalizing out curve of any heaver working on the mound in Southern California. With Catcher Brooks doing the headwork behind the bat, as he usually does when Hop ascends the mound, this combination is hard to beat, at least the league leaders' club found it so last Sunday when they dropped their first game of the season to the Athletes.
"Goose" Pittman, the far-heaving left fielder on the Shamrocks, clouted the sphere at a Hans Wagoner [sic] clip last Sunday when the Irish and Oxys mingled at Vernon.
Pitcher Clark, the hard luck twirler of the Racycles in the Southern States league, who is generally known as "Hardluck Tom," finally succeeded in breaking his losing streak last Sunday when his team defeated the Gardena club on the Gardena grounds. This victory has made Pitcher Tom the happiest boy in the league, and from now on it, is predicted that he will add numerous other scalps."
Channel City will play Trilbys this weekend. Their battery is Stoval and Bertie Whaling today, and Helen Hunt and Carl Lewis tomorrow.
1910-2-12 Despite 6-2 score the Santa Barbara-Trilby game was exciting.
Jimmy Kerwin has been released by the McCormicks and has signed with Santa Barbara.
Profile of Phillip Kelley, who played with the Maiers in the CWL, is now playing with Santa Barbara, and has signed with the Portland Beavers.
"Jess Stoval's sensational playing in left garden yesterday for the Santa Barbara club was of excellent form. Jess made two hard catches, which if muffed would have meant runs for the colored aggregation. Pitcher "Helen" Hunt of the northern team also came in for diamond honors by picking up a fast one.
Max Callahan the former St. Vincent's athlete, caught a fine game for the northern team yesterday in the game against the Trilbys.Sneak thieves yesterday on the Vernon diamond broke into the players' dressing room and made a pretty good cleanup. Kelley of the Santa Barbara club lost $5 and a pocket knife and Coy of the same team was touched for several dollars in change. This is the second robbery reported from thta field within the last month.
Stoval and Bertie Whaling will form the battery for the Channel City club this afternoon in the second game of the series of three with the Trilbys. "Helen" Hunt will be the mound artist in Sunday's game, with Carl Lewis on the receiving end."
"Archie Goldborough is requested to turn over Ybarrondo's release to Man- ager James Matthews of the Fraternal Aids. Manager Hartenstein is also requested to do likewise for Richard Clark to Tom Marr.
Of all the different superstitions which ball players have, one has come to our notice. Bennie Smith of Gateway team carries about the limit of curious talisman around with him. He has a rabbit foot in his pocket and a piece of sheepskin in the heel of his glove in every game he takes part."
Of all the different superstitions which ball players have, one has come to our notice. Bennie Smith of Gateway team carries about the limit of curious talisman around with him. He has a rabbit foot in his pocket and a piece of sheepskin in the heel of his glove in every game he takes part."
1910-2-16 "That exhibition of the national game between the Santa Barbara club and the Trilbys at Jack Doyle's park Sunday was a pretty match to witness and the characteristic rooting of the colored talent present made it doubly interesting. But the zeal and vim displayed by the rooting smokes on that day, the cloudy sections of the bleachers and grandstand, and the fierceness of the struggle between the two contesting factions on that day will dwindle away in its insignificance when compared with the attraction scheduled for those grounds next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, when the Occidentals and the Trilbys, the cream of the local chocolate baseball heavers, will mingle. Manager White of the Occidentals claims the colored baseball championship of Utah and the Pacific coast, but this claim has no disturbing effect on Manager White of the Trilby organization, who gently agreed to White's claims, but went him one better in the following words: "Huh, if that Occidental bunch am all dat, den the Trilbys am de champions of the world." According to this, the outcome of the coming series will definitely settle the three titles, and then some. That a world's colored baseball championship is at stake is not such a joke as it may seem to be. Where under the Stars and Stripes, the home of the game, is there a colored team stronger than these two that would have a chance to win from either in a series of games? Whichever team wins the coming series it can consistently lay claim to the world's colored baseball championship title and defend it against whoever enters a dispute. On Washington's birthday, February 22, the two clubs will meet on the Chutes diamond, when it is expected that the record attendance of the season will be present."
1910-2-21 "At Washington and Main yesterday afternoon William Edwards, first baseman of the Los Angeles Pippins in the Interurban league, jeopardized his life by stopping a runaway horse attached to a light buggy by running the animal to the sidewalk, thereby sustaining minor injuries about the left side of his body. Edwards was carried on the shoulders of his team mates through South Main street for his heroic act."
"Pitcher "Helen" Hunt of the Santa Barbara club Saturday received as a guarantee of good faith $100. Hunt failed to come to Los Angeles to take part in the Channel City-Santa Ana game, and it is presumed that he will rest up until the opening of practice before reporting to the Senators."
1910-2-24 "WHAT will Manager Black's wife say when she reads that her hubby has cold feet? There surely is something the matter with the lower extremities of that local baseball magnate, as Manager White is most conscientious in his statement that the Occidental manager was afraid to let the Trilby aggregation take another fall out the Utah bumpkins of the diamond shaped layout. "But for Red Taylor's unpopular decisions in the eye of the sporting public," said the guiding spirit of the Trilby hopes, "there would have been quite another story to tell about last Sunday's conflict on the Vernon grounds."
From the general trend of opinion it seems that that old-time handler of the indicator will have to wait quite a while before another opportunity arises to serve judgment on White's chocolate aggregation. Owing to what Manager Black calls "too much of the fighting spirit on the part of the dinges from the Lone Star state, cropping out last Sunday," the game scheduled between the Oxys and the Trilbys at the Chutes grounds for this afternoon has been called off by the cold-footed leader of the imported aggregation of ball tossers from that Utah country. Because of this breaking of a contract, which had been properly drawn up by both managers and both parties interested, the Trilbys claim the championship of the Pacific coast, and if Manager Black has aught to say it's up to him to say when, where and how, with the exception of Red Taylor holding the indicator." Los Angeles Giants, fast colored team, wants game.
"George Ward is trying his best to follow in the footsteps of James J. Jeffries, the undefeated champion of the world, in the farming business, and has bought a tract of land in South Hollywood and will branch out as a full-fledged chicken raiser of all fancy breeds known in the "chick" line. The other night George was spotted by a Los Angeles bluecoat with several chickens in a sack and held an interesting interview with Chief Galloway. Before he could give a satisfactory account of himself a friend of his named Halbriter was called to the station with the long green.
Last Sunday Hen Berry, Capt. Dillon and Happy Hogan paid a visit to Santa Monica and witnessed the game between the Santa Monica and Redondo clubs of the Southern State league. All three magnates were in close conversation and seemed to be well pleased with their finds.
Pitcher Delhi proved beyond reasonable doubt that he belongs to faster company and will probably make good with the Angels this season. To cap the climax, he twirled a fine game and distinguished himself by sending the sphere out for a home run. Venable of Redondo, not to be outplayed by his opponent, also sent the ball out for four stations, much to the satisfaction of the Redondoites. The game has secured a foothold at Santa Monica and is well patronized. Proctor umpired an excellent game, and rumor has it that the directors of the Pacific Coast league will recommend him to President Graham in case a vacancy should occur on the Los Angeles circuit."
Last Sunday Hen Berry, Capt. Dillon and Happy Hogan paid a visit to Santa Monica and witnessed the game between the Santa Monica and Redondo clubs of the Southern State league. All three magnates were in close conversation and seemed to be well pleased with their finds.
Pitcher Delhi proved beyond reasonable doubt that he belongs to faster company and will probably make good with the Angels this season. To cap the climax, he twirled a fine game and distinguished himself by sending the sphere out for a home run. Venable of Redondo, not to be outplayed by his opponent, also sent the ball out for four stations, much to the satisfaction of the Redondoites. The game has secured a foothold at Santa Monica and is well patronized. Proctor umpired an excellent game, and rumor has it that the directors of the Pacific Coast league will recommend him to President Graham in case a vacancy should occur on the Los Angeles circuit."
Tommy Ybarrando threw a no-hitter last Sunday.
1910-2-25 Southern California Trolley League given blessing by PCL President Ewing. Will play year-round, winter as well as summer.
Southern California League organized - Emmet Rogers and Jesse Orendorf are organizers and co-owners of San Bernardino franchise.
Emmet Rogers will play Occidentals with PCL combination next Sunday.
Santa Barbara will play the Trilbys again at Vernon Park on Sunday.
""Goose" Pittman, said a fan who was watching a game in which the left field marvel of the McCormick club was playing, "is without doubt the greatest heaving individual wearing the baseball uniform in Southern California today." This remark, which about hits the nail on the head, was overheard by a smoked baseball fan of the Trilby following. "Lo'd man," came in the coon dialect from the tier above the Pittman advocate, "you neveh have seen no flinging. Why, dat man Cyclone of dat Trilby agagashun can heave dat little round thing clean across dat city of Watts, sah, without even touching a chu'ch steeple." This line of bunk, although pretty strong, did not feaze the admirer of "Goose," who snorted the following retort while reaching up and gently fanning the protruding extremity of the colored top piece with a fist full of greenbacks. "Bet you the wad that your Texas Cyclone won't make the noise of the gentlest zephyr after his match with the tornado from Kansas." That fist full of dough held the chocolate hued fan in a trance for a few seconds, but on recovering, he slowly turned to his pal, who was seated next to him, and said: "Say, Bill, wha' am dot fou' bits dat ah loaned you last week?"
Lists scores for games on Washington's birthday. Pasadena beat Trilbys 6-5. No boxes in 2-23 paper.
1910-2-28 (Mon.) Nick De Maggio made himself a hero by homering in the Yeoman-Fraternal Aid game on Sunday.
George M. Ward is local agent of Goldsmith Sons of Company of Cincinnati - donated 12 Goldsmith balls to Hap Hogan of Vernon.
Santa Barbara beat Trilbys 10-1 on Sunday. Santa Barbara has disbanded for the season as several of its players will report to the PCL.
Santa Ana fans presented Walter Johnson a scarf pin of solid gold with his initials engraved on the face of the pin before Sunday's game, his farewell game.
1910-3-05 Goldsmith will play Trilbys Sunday.
In 19 games, City League pitcher Shonley has 201 strikeouts, 8 walks, and 42 hits allowed. With a little more practice he should go in faster company.
1910-3-07 (Mon.) Manager Hansen of the Goldsmiths not discouraged by defeat; would be happy to play Trilbys again for money, chalk, or marbles.
Glendale team pic.
1910-3-10 On Sunday, the Trilbys will play the Los Angeles Grays for the colored champion of Vernon and a side-bet of $50.
1910-3-12 Pic of Goose Pittman, popular McCormick Shamrocks left fielder. Cap says "MS".
News of the Diamond
1910-3-24 Ontario corrects record; did not lose 4-2 to Trilbys but beat them 4-1.
1910-5-21 Evening Express. "Peg" Finley is one-legged catcher; has accepted post as umpire at San Bernardino.
1910-2-27 Teddy Bears are 23-2.
California Winter League
1908-09
1909-10 Santa Barbara
Seaton, Joe p two-way 1909-10 Maiers 2 pitched & threw left-handed
Stadelli, Art of 1909-10 Maiers 2 - pitched & threw left-handed
Johnson, Walter http://cwcfamily.org/wj/ccstats.htm
1908-10-25 Jess Orndorff signed by manager Harry Dexter of Pasadena.
1909-11-28 Preview. "This season's teams are admittedly stronger, as a whole, than those of last year, and to this fact is due the close contests which have prevailed in almost every league game."
1909-12-05 Herald. About league. Has many good players.
"This league is now well along in its third successful year, which is, due to the efficient officers that have directed and financed the undertaking since its organization. Harry Lelande, the city clerk, holds the office of president. Palmer, who is successful in the theatrical business in San Diego, also has made a success of the club's vice presidency. George M. Ward, who is the local traffic agent for the Edison Electric company, is the secretary of the association. Edward Crolic, the haberdasher at Santa Ana, looks after the financial end of the clubs' affairs, while McCormick, at odd moments between the handling of the McCormicks and looking after his pool business, attends to the clubs' publicity department."
"Santa Barbara, the league leader, probably has the best array of well known characters to the followers of the national game. With this team Bernard of the Vernon club is playing short; Shafer, also of Vernon, is on the twirling staff: Carl Lewis of the Oakland club is doing the receiving work; Bernie McKay, also of Oakland, is located at third; Coy, another Vernon man, is one of the outfielders; Gus Nast, recently of the Bakersfield team, will hold down an infield position; Southpaw Hunt, who goes to the Boston Americans next season, is another of the twirling staff.
The McCormicks also are well supplied with big league material. Ralph Tozer and Orendorf, last season's battery for the Angels, are doing the heavy work; Jimmy Manes, who is doing stunts around the initial sack for the pool artists, has several good offers to enter professional company, and. Nat Clark of the pitching staff is another destined for one of the big leagues.
With San Diego are "Chic" Autry, the clever first baseman of the Boston Americans, and Charles Stoval, the field manager of the Cleveland Amer- icans.
Santa Ana has two stars in "Chic" Gandil of last season's Sacramento team, but who will make his debut in major league company next season with the Chicago White Sox, and Mott of the Vernons.
Billy Goodman, the Los Angeles boy who goes to Pittsburg next season, is with the fast San Bernardino team. Pasadena is lucky in having the services of Easterly, who did such fine work back of the bat for Cleveland last season. Annes, who hails from Salt Lake, is the star twirler of the pitching staff.
The Salt Lakes in Charles Hall of the Boston Americans have one of the star heavers of the entire league.
The Maiers are lucky in having as strong a battery as Raleigh and Whaling. Raleigh made good in the big league last summer, and has as bright a future ahead as any box artist in the business.
The decision of the league directors to abolish Saturday ball has cut the schedule down considerably, and the lower teams will be obliged to hurry if they expect to finish near the top Santa Barbara, with a comfortable lead for first place, is improving with each game and looks like a winner at the present stage."
Lineups listed. NVG posed action pic and pic of J.P. McCormick.
1909-12-12 Preview. "After a week's lay-off the California Winter Baseball league will begin op- erations again today, the McCormick and Pasadena nines hooking up at the Crown city, the Salt Lakes journeying to San Diego, Santa Ana tackling San- ta Barbara, the league leaders, at Santa Barbara, and the Maiers playing with the San Bernardino club at San Bernardino. The players are anxious to get back into harness and some lively contests may be expected.. The McCormick-Pasadena game should prove a hummer. Pasadena would rather defeat the McCormicks than either Santa Barbara or San Diego, and it also might be said with safety that they would rather do this than win second place in the league race. Manager Palmer of San Diego was considerably riled over the decision of the directors to cut out Saturday baseball, and for a time threatened to sue the league, but this affair has been smoothed over and everything is plain sailing again, although the other teams will concentrate their efforts toward the defeat of San Diego. "Scotty" Allen will handle the indicator at San Diego, Jack Simons will work at Pasadena, Langdon will officiate at San Bernardino and Wilhoit at Santa Barbara. Following are the lineups for the various games:
[lineups follow]
1909-12-16 San Diego Sun. "A new face will be seen among the players of the San Diego teams next Sunday when they line up against the McCormicks at Athletics park. Jess Stoval, of spitball fame, who was a member of the local aggregation last year, and was formerly manager of the Bay City Athletic club, will be among Manager Palmer's pill artists when Scotty Allen calls "Play Ball" Sunday.
Manager Palmer tried to get Jess early in the season but was unsuccessful. Yesterday, after the gen-ral shake-up in the local team Palmer got in communication with Stoval in Los Angeles, and the star twirler consented to join his former teammates here.
Right Fielder Weed has been released, and Stoval will play in the feld until he is needed in the box.
The McCormicks will have their strongest line up when they face Palmer's players Sunday. Bill Tozer, the coast league pitcher, will be in the box, and Orendorff, the catcher who will go to the Chicago Cubs with Carson next spring, will be behind the windpad. For the San Diegos, Carson, who has been resting for several weeks, will do the twirling, and Meyers, the idol of the New York fans, will do the back-stop work.
The return of Stoval will be greeted with pleasure by the local fans, as his playing, both in the field and at bat, has been of the highest order. With the addition of both Stoval and Meyers, the fans will probably see the fastest team in action Sunday that has represented San Diego this year."
Jess Stoval pic.
1910-11-30 S-R. Spokane players in league. Jack Killilay did not try his hardest but won his game, and that's all his contract requires him to do, he says.
1910-12-05 Wenatchee. "George Longanecker, Wenatchee lad who will do umpire duty in the Northwestern League next season, was nearly engulfed in a race riot in San Diego, California, the other day while umpiring a game between the Leland Giants, colored, of Chicago, and the San Diegans. The dusky lads balked at one of George's decisions and when they refused to stand up to the plate Longanecker called four balls on four straight batters and forced in the winning run. The Lelands thereupon quit the field."
1909-10-24 Herald. Practice game between Salt Lakes and Maiers.
1908-10-25 Herald. All boxes, standings. Large crowd expected at benefit game today to be held for Fred Buelow, Minneapolis catcher who fractured his left ankle in a recent CWL game.
Wilhoit fined $2.50 for assaulting umpire. "Handsome" Jack Doyle gave Bilande, Maiers leadoff hitter, $5 for his homer.
Jess Stovall threw no-hitter for San Diego.
Ely at 2b for Salt Lakes.
1909-10-31 Herald. Four boxes. Elmer Koestner shutout Salt Lake in both ends of doubleheader for Santa Barbara.
"PASADENA. Oct. 31.-Baseball fans turned out in force today to witness the opening games of the winter league between the Pasadena and Maier teams in a double-header. The first game ran ten innings, ending in a score of 4 to 3 in favor of Pasadena. Raleigh of the St. Louis Nationals and Whaling of the Detroit Americans were the battery for the Malers, while "Babe" Asher of the Terre Haute Central league and Pasadena's old standby, "Teddy" Easterly, formerly of the Angels and last season with the Cleveland Americans, were the Pasadena battery.
The second game was called in the fourth inning because of darkness with the score 9 to 5. Pasadena on the short end. The visitors made five runs in the first inning. The batteries were: For the Maiers, Seaton, Northwest league, and Hoffman; for Pasadena, Annis of Tacoma, Northwest league, and Wachob, the former Pasadena high school player, who has been in the east during the past summer."
1909-11-14 p.7. San Diego Union & Daily Bee. Standings, local boxes for games at San Diego Athletic Park. Morning game was called by rain. All other league games stopped by rain. Bresino (Bressino) at short for Maiers.
(1909-11-25 Santa Barbara. Line.
1909-11-25 Herald. Salt Lake-San Bernardino box. 1-0 pitchers' duel between Reiger and Hensling. Salt Lake called Railroaders.
1909-12-12 Santa Barbara Independent. Local box. "Hunt had everything from the knuckleball to the fadeaway working yesterday."
1909-12-12 San Bernardino Evening Index. No box - standings, commentary.
1909-12-12 San Bernardino County Sun. Nada.
1909-12-12 Santa Barbara Morning Press. Local box. Claude Head.
1909-12-19 Herald, standings, commentary but no boxes.
Pic of Jimmy Kerwin, McCormicks left fielder.
"Jimmy Kerwin, the heavy hitting left fielder of the McCormicks in the Winter league, is considered by Manager McCormick as his best and surest hitter, and when speaking of Jimmy, refers to him as the "pinch hitter." Kerwin has been playing baseball in Southern California for many years and is well known to all the fans who attend the contests on local diamonds."
Tozer and Orndorff form battery for Los Angeles Japanese team in loss to Occidentals of Salt Lake (BLK) - Orndorff was promoter of game.
1909-12-25 LA Herald. Standings, Maiers-Santa Ana box.
1910-1-09 Herald. Johnson 1-hit McCormick. (Only box.) Other games were doubleheader at San Diego and game forfeited when San Bernardino didn't show up.
1910-1-09 Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana Yellow Sox climbed to 2nd. McAleer, WSH manager, and Happy Hogan were in attendance. McCormicks described as "Roosters."
1910-1-23 Herald. Santa Ana described as "celery lads." Joe Seaton called "midget wonder of Seattle." When Seaton tore a nail on his left hand, Stadelli went in to replace him. Despite not having pitched in two years he threw a great game.
1910-1-23 Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana 2, Maiers 1.
1909-12-24 San Diego team pic.
1909-12-21 McCormicks and Occidentals will play on Christmas. They played to a 0-0 five-inning tie on Thanksgiving. Managerial banter. White, Occidental manager, believed that Ad Lankford and Bill Pettus would be enough to beat the McCormicks. Pettus, Bill
1909-12-25 Occidentals 3, McCormick 2. Game at Chutes Park. Pics. "The rooting in the grandstand developed into a battle between the colored fans, who were backing the Oxys, and white followers of the McCormick team, in which the colored brethren won a decisive victory.
Manager McCormick is taking his defeat in the spirit of a true sport, and has challenged the Occidentals to a game to be played on his first open date. "
1910-1-30 Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana 3, Occidentals 0. Walter Johnson k'd 15 for Santa Ana. No box for Saturday game, in which Occidentals won 2-1.
1910-2-05 Preview.
1910-2-06 Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana 2, Coast League All-Stars 1. 600 ATT. "Little Midget" Brown, Santa Ana 1b, is the most popular player on the local team.
1910-2-13 Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana 2, Coast League All-Stars 1. (Sat.) Santa Ana 3, Coast League All-Stars. (Sun.) Santa Ana now calls itself the Invincibles instead of the Yellow Sox, as it has lost only once out of its last eight games. Walter Johnson pitched in Sunday game, which has only a line.
https://pasadenahistory.org/research/ Holdings of Pasadena Star-News (1886-1924) but not digitized.
California Winter League
Imperial Valley League
1909-10
1914-15 final standings
1915-16 11-22 standings
1916-17
1920-21
1924-25 Imperial City final standings
1925-26
Ordway, Willis 1909-10 Imperial I think
Nagle, Walter p 1909-10 Yuma smacked
1909-12-06 the clubs are nice to each other
1910-2-03 Yuba club has disbanded
1914-10-25 lists what all PCL players plan to do over winter - a number will play in Imperial Valley League
1914-11-25 Jesse Stovall plans to raid Imperial lg for players
1915-10-27 Irish Meusel offered contract by manager Rube Gardner of El Centro - Meusel has already signed with the Southern California League but he might jump
1915-10-31 league organized for season - lots of info
1915-11-03 Donald Rader, young Vernon infielder, appointed manager of Calexico
1915-11-09 salary limit cut almost in half - $750/month - PCL not happy abt their players playing in league - allegedly the players who played in the league all had disappointing seasons in 1915.
1915-12-28 league now disbanded
1916-11-03 only playing with amateurs
1920-11-19 Chief Reber, El Centro player, has secured two new players. They have both signed to play in the PCL next year. One, a pitcher named Vernon Tipton, has pitched before in the Phoenix Winter League.
The season opens 11-21.
1925-2-21 The last games will be played tomorrow. Donations will be appreciated, as the players have gone to considerable expense outfitting themselves.
1925-3-11 There will be an end-of-year banquet.
1925-9-10 Salaried players have proved impractical; the amateur ball put up last year was satisfactory.
1925-9-15 A meeting to discuss the league's reorganization will be held tomorrow at the hardware store. Last year there were four teams in El Centro and two in Imperial. The league's territory may be expanded; interest was rather low last year. The old rivalries must be reestablished.
1925-11-04 There are six reams raring to go. No paid players allowed. Schedule given.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rudy-baerwald/ Baerwald, with Irish Meusel and Irv Kantlehehner, played with Calexico in 1914-15 - note: it was El Centro
Calexico Chronicle:
1909-11-07 play by play - umpire very good - abt 1000 ATT - receipts $180
1909-11-14 Calexico 13, Yuma 0 . pbp El Centro had a Brashear at 1b - idk if Roy or Kitty
1909-11-21 Calexico 4, Yuma 0. Walter Z. Smith is cap-MG of Calexico
1b for Holtville is Slim Bath. Jim Wiggs k'd 16
1909-11-28 Yuma 8, Calexico 2. no box. Box for Holtville 2, Calexico 0.
Walter Z Smith named coach of U of C for 1910
etc.
1920-11-21 Imperial Valley Press. Line. "Maure Hurt in center field is one of the best outfielders in the valley and displayed a line of ball that would do credit to a coast leaguer."
1909-11-27 El Centro news calls the baseball class A quality
Los Angeles City League
1909-10
DeMaggio, Nic (I think) 1909-10 Manchester 1909-10 Yeomen
1909-12-12 Preview w/lineups. Ybarrando described as "crack quarterback of St. Vincent's."
1909-10-31 Herald.
1909-11-21 Herald. All boxes.
1909-12-12 Herald. All lines. "Ybarrando was the star of the game, having seven assists. Owing to Ybarrando having been suspended by the A.A.U. a while back the brewers intended to protest the game, but, luckily for the [University] Merchants, his sentence expired on December 9."
1909-12-19 Herald. Boxes, standings. Ybarrando. Big Joe Acuna k'd 16 for Wielands and batted 5th. An Arrelanes in right and batting 8th for Wielands.
1910-2-20 Herald. All boxes.
Los Angeles Interurban League
1909-10
1909-12-19 Preview. Hollywood team, managed by Frank Abbott, admitted to league last night.
"New grounds have been leased, and hereafter the teams will be seen in action on the West Jefferson Polo, Hollywood and San Anita grounds.
Manager Mueller of the San Anita Pippins has resigned from the management of that team and hereafter will devote his time exclusively to the Los Angeles Pippins."
1909-12-12 Herald. Opening games - lines & subcategories only.
1909-12-19 Herald. All boxes, standings. NVG quality.
1910-1-09 Herald.
1910-1-23 Herald. Multiple games in which one team made 12+ errors. Pic of George O'Neil, West Jefferson Merchants pitcher.
1910-2-20 Herald. All boxes. M. Labaig, Radium Springs pitcher, throws no-hitter.
San Diego Winter League
1914-15
1915-1-23 Standings & preview. Pics of Jack Killeen & Jack Roche, Cycle-Arms battery. Attendance is increasing.
Southern California Winter League
1914-15 San Diego
1915-9-30 great league getting started. Includes Rube Foster's CAG
1915-10-27 Chief Meyers, Gallia, Tesreau
Southern California Winter Tournament
Southern Winter League
1916-17
1916-11-02 league formed with 14 teams
1916-11-03 some of the big leaguers signed
Trolley League
1909-10
Lankford, Ad BLK p 1909-10 Los Angeles Giants "Langford"
1909-12-19 Preview. Smith, formerly of the Occidentals, will pitch for Gateway, and Langford, another crack Occidental twirler, has been signed by Manager White of the Giants.
Fans who attend the Downey- Tufts-Lyon match at Mace Park will be able to follow the other game, "as arrangements have been made to have each inning's results telephoned from the Los Angeles Giants and Gateway battle at Dolgeville. As soon as the score of each inning is learned it will be placed on the score board, and whenever any feature play is made on the Dolgeville diamond an announcer will inform the fans at Mace park. This arrangement will also be featured on the Dolgeville grounds."
1909-12-12 Herald. Opening games - all lines.
1909-12-19 Herald. All boxes - only four teams in league. Integrated by Los Angeles Giants. Lankford-Smith pitching matchup was all-Occidental.
1910-1-23 Herald. Gateways 2, Alhambra 1. Gateways have been playing independent baseball since Trolley League broke up.
Long Beach Rockets
1950-2-22 Eddie Green is being looked over by a scout while pitching against the Stevens' All-Stars last Sunday. He was drafted by a Big State League team last year but did not report. He may keep his pitch in a local bank and play with the Rockets.
1951-7-22 Eddie Green, pitching mainstay of the club for the last few years, was loaned out to another team for a game. Rex Cecil might pitch with the Rockets. The Rockets will play Mary Star of Sea of San Pedro in a Southland AAA League game.
1950-2-19 Beat Stevens' Minor League All-Stars 6-2.
1950-9-03 MLB Daley, Bud pitches in relief for Rockets - gives up six runs in two innings. Eddie Green is strong in starting role.
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San Diego
1950-2-19 Beat Stevens' Minor League All-Stars 6-2.
1950-9-03 MLB Daley, Bud pitches in relief for Rockets - gives up six runs in two innings. Eddie Green is strong in starting role.
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San Diego
1929-3-07 Earl Ryan Confectionery nvg team pic. With Jack Killeen and Ash Joerndt.
Santa Barbara
1936-1-03 Bill McHenry, who has won 14 of his last 15 games, will pitch for the Black Yankees against the Cubs.
1936-1-17 Bill McHenry, who recently threw a 1-hitter here, will pitch for the Cubs.
1936-1-22 Bill McHenry, portly New York Black Yankees pitcher, will pitch for the Cubs vs. the Philadelphia Royal Giants on Sunday.
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.
McHenry, Henry, NLB pitcher, won 11-1 for Santa Barbara Cubs, so on 1-19 both Santa Barbara teams had NLB pitchers. Called Bill McHenry.
Paramount Cubs
1933-8-25 Honolulu. On advice of Buster North, the Paramount Cubs are interested in playing a series with the leading Hawaiian teams.
1934-5-19 Paramount will play Fox Studio. Buster North will oppose Sid Martin, ace hurler of the Triple A Winter League champs. Buster was a large factor in the Cubs' recent 12-game winning streak.
1935-3-17 Team organized by Pep (Hup-hup) Lee in 1927. Have won five Southern California championships since then, and have sent 6 players to the majors and 15 to the minors. Buster "Sugar" North is a prominent name in local semi-pro ball.
1935-7-20 Will play Screen Actors' Guild - Kumalae will pitch for Guild.
1935-12-30 Team finished the year with a 66-23 record and team average of .346. Averages listed. Buster North hit .319.
1936-1-11 Cubs will face Nippons tomorrow.
1936-1-29 Buster touted as good golfer.
1936-2-28 Buster given farewell party on eve of departure for Japan.
1934-5-27 Buster North beat Nippons 7-5.
1934-9-09 Buster North beat Andy Clyde's Cubs 2-1. The best game he's pitched in months.
1935-1-13 Buster North lost 8-4 to Bucky Harris' Los Angeles Nippons.
1935-8-18 Buster North beat the Ann Dvorak All-Stars 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. It was a pitchers' duel between him and another Hawaiian - Earl Vida. Vida misspelled Viada.
1935-12-01 Buster North, star Paramount pitcher, beat L.A. Nippons 2-0, striking out 15.
1935-12-22 Split doubleheader with U.S.S. Nevada. Buster won the second game 4-2, k'ing 9 and going 3-for-3.
1937-1-04 Sepulveda via Van Nuys. Walt Schafer, young Sepulveda local, is gaining fame with the Cubs. Is 15-1 and averages 15 k's and 5 hits a game. Is hitting .433 in 23 games.
Harry Wallace, Paramount Cubs' business manager, has issued a challenge to Barney Wolf of 20th Century Fox, on the strength of the Cubs' 15-game winning streak.
1939-1-07 Grudge battle of year between Paramount and MGM. Tilly Schaefer is the top lefty in semi-pro ball = averages 14 k's and 4 hits per game. Alleged to pitch for the Tigers in summer. "Lefty" Porkey Lockwood, former Paramount, undefeated in his last 17 games, will pitch for MGM.
Many motion picture stars expected in the crowd.
1939-6-24 Preview for next month. The Colburn Brokers are the top team in the Southland's Baseball Association.
1939-7-01 Will play at Paramount Field, Venice and Overcland boulevards, Sunday afternoon at 2. Lists some notable players who will perform for their opponents, the Colored Athletics.
1939-7-15 Pep Lee's Paramount Cubs have 22 consecutive wins - will face the Inglewood All-Stars tomorrow, who have a 12-game win-streak of their own. Dutch Bailey has 58 K's and 13 H's in last five games.
1939-7-22 LA. Dutch Bailey comes from Arkansas.
1939-7-23 (LA Times) Pep Lee has been managing the Cubs for the last twelve years. They have a 24 game winning streak and are looking for their 25th today v. the LA Croatians.
Willis (Dutch) Bailey, 22-year-old pitcher, has hurled their last ten games. In those ten games, has allowed 22 hits, struck out 72, and walked 13. Threw a no-hitter against the Catalina Cubs. He is 6'1", 170 lb. He is taciturn and somewhat mysterious - teammates called him Dutch because it took them weeks to learn his first name.
"Under Lee's tutelage the Cubs - composed almost entirely of players who work in various departments of the studio, from the cutting room to the labor gang - have won eight Southern California amateur championships, including five in a row from 1933 to 1937. They finished second last year and are way out in front this season."
Al Zuniga has been with the team nine years, Larry McNeff eight years, and Johnny Wickers and Roland Alexander seven years. Earl Ramirez, another veteran, is hitting .410.
1939-8-12 Bailey will pitch both games of a doubleheader.
1939-8-19 The Cubs will rematch the Colburn Brokers tomorrow in a grudge match. Several weeks ago, the Cubs' 24-win streak was snapped by the Brokers. The Brokers now have a 19-game winning streak of their own. Dutch Bailey's loss vs. the Brokers is the only loss of his career. He will face Bill Barisoff, who is undefeated in his semi-pro career. Barisoff was recently voted the most valuable player of the prep and high schools of the southland. A large crowd watched the previous Cubs-Brokers game, and a capacity crowd is expected tomorrow. Barisoff, Bill - milb 1940-50 - had 40 HRs and 155 RBIs in 1946 WINT. Didn't do much as a pitcher.
1939-8-26 (LA) Bailey has struck out 122 and given up just 57 hits in his last 14 games.
"The Walker Roofing team comes to Culver City boasting a sensational aggregation of stars, a team that gave major and minor league stars plenty of trouble when they were in the recently closed winter league. The roofing nine placed second among the six great teams in that loop.
Manager Pep Lee announced after last Sunday that Schafer, Ramirez, Harrison and Chambers, who had left for their respective teams in the minor leagues have already been replaced for the summer months. Those players who have now signed up with the Paramount Cubs are three former Paramount baseball aces, who made quite a name for themselves playing winter league baseball. They are "Dutch" Bailey eccentric screwball pitcher; Buster Betts, former St. Louis Cardinal infielder, and Larry "King" McNeff, the great Western International league pitcher-outfielder."
1940-4-27 Paramount manager Pep Lee is currently on location in a Paramount picture in Arizona. Interim manager. Dutch Bailey will pitch and Chief Spencer will catch him. Paramount righthander Hal Harrison will be ready in relief.
1940-6-07 (LA - Friday) The Paramount Cubs will play the Rosabell Plumbers on Sunday - a game that has been in the making for two years.
"The start of this story goes back two years when two semi-pro baseball associations flourished in Southern California. It was generally agreed the Plumbers were the strongest of one loop while in the other circuit, the Paramount Cubs ruled supreme.
"Time after time efforts were made to bring these formidable nines together in a championship tilt but since both clubs had home grounds, every effort ended in fail- ure. Several days ago, the Cubs decided to close their home ground and try their luck as a travelling team. The first opponent desired was Rosabell. Charley Pedrotti welcomed the challenge with open arms, setting Sunday the date for the titanic clash between these semi-pro giants."
The Paramount Cubs have a 91-16 record in two years.
"The Cubs boast one of the fastest men in baseball in center field, "Romeo" Ramirez, and also take a bow for one of the most eccentric pitchers in semi-pro in Willis "Dutch" Bailey. He falls under the category of a "mystery man" because of his odd assortment of pitches as "fork balls," screw balls, knucklers, and a self-invented "zagger ball." What effect these screwy deliveries will have on such potent batsmen as Joe Lurie, Red Thrasher, Morrie Donovan, Monte Wilson, Tillie Schafer or Sparky Reese remains to be seen.
"Here is an ironic twist to Sunday's encounter. Tillie Schafer, who, in all probability, will get the starting assignment from Manager Casey Campbell, will be facing his former team mates. Tillie pitched and played outfield for the Cubs alternately for two years in between professional assignments."
1940-6-12 Paramount will face 20th Century Fox on Sunday.
1939-6-18 LA. Bailey no-hit the Catalina Island Cubs 3-0 yesterday.
(1939-7-03) Have a goal of winning 50 straight games. Are at 21. Beat the LA Colored Athletes 5-3. Dutch Bailey gave up six hits, giving him a total of 13 over his last four games.
1939-7-09 Beat East Los Angles Blue Caps 6-2. Dutch k'd 10 and scattered four hits.
1939-7-16 Bailey blanked the Inglewood Stars 6-0.
1939-7-30 Lost to Colburn Brokers 4-2 - stopped halfway in their quest for 50 straight wins.
St. Augustine, of Culver City, is 5-1 in the Greater Southern California Baseball Association tournament, tied for the lead with the Rosabell Plumbers, Montebello Merchants and Southern Pacific.
1939-8-13 Bailey beat the U.S.S. Lexington in the 1st game. He had to leave the second game in the tenth inning after hurting his leg sliding; Paramount went on to beat the Lumber Workers Local 6-5 in 11 innings. Bailey k'd 18 in the 19 innings.
1939-8-20 (LA) Beat Colburn Brokers 6-4 at Culver City. Of the six hits Bailey gave up, three were homers.
1940-6-09 Rosabell Plumbers 8, Cubs 1. Bailey pitched in relief.
1929-2-10 Pacific Steamship Skippers 9, Wilmington Merchants 2. Storti, Menges, Blenkiron, and Tiny Pole with Pacific Steamship.
1946 San Pedro Independents pitched & batted 5th
https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22rosabell+plumbers%22®ion=us-ca 1946 San Pedro Independents pitched & batted 5th
1946-9-19 Leading Independents with .395 average and 7-3 record.
1946-12-28 Led Yugoslav-American team with .402 average and 2.38 ERA. Was away from team for three months when he played with the San Pedro A.C. football team. Sagianni, Nello led team in k's.
The Slavs, who are 22-14-1 for the year, are about to play in the Bay League play-offs.
1947-2-08 Play by play. San Pedro Merchants 6, San Pedro Yugoslav-American Club 4. 2K ATT. Four Palicas on Merchants club, three of them pros including MLB Erv Palica.
1948-1-25 Merchants 3, Slavs 2. Play by play. 1K braved chilly weather to watch game. Erv Palica beat Slavs.
1948-2-28 Slavs 17, Merchants 14. 5th game. 2K ATT. Not play by play, but tells how runs were scored.
1948-3-07 Merchants 7, Slavs 5. Decided city championship. 2K ATT. Balcena signed Mexicali contract before the game. No Palica.
San Pedro Merchants MG, Tony Police, played for the Pacific Steamship Company Skippers, 1928-29. 1929-2-10
1940-8-15 Simi Valley CA. Oxnard-Fillmore.
"Well, this particular year-it was 1911- Fillmore was an up-and-coming town and there were a lot of guys there with sporting blood coursing through their veins (not brains.) Among them was Lou Forrest, some years ago manager of the Tapo Citrus Association. Lou, with other bloods, induced some of the big leaguers who were not in "Red's" camp to "hole up". for the winter in Filllmore. Oh, yes, there were a lot of them. For instance, "Rock Cod" Hunt, the Whalen brothers, Jimmie Concannon, Art Stadelli, Rogers, and -, well, after nearly thirty years' elapsation of time a person can be excused for forgetting a few of the boys.
Oxnard had the mighty Tom Seaton, Kid Bresino, Jesse Stovall, French and others who had made their name in the box scores of the majors.
There were just two contending teams in the county (Ventura was then a near-ghost city.) Fillmore thought her team was invincible. Ditto for Oxnard. The up hot was the sugar city ran a special train of seven cars to Filmore to accommodate the many fans who were desirous of seeing the death struggle. And Oxnard not only brought the crowd but the money to cover every dollar, dime, nickle and penny that the Fillmore sports possessed. When the train pulled out on the return trip that night it carried away not only the Oxnard sports, but some $700 or more of good Filmore money
There was a real depression in the little city over the hills and baseball never had a real comeback since that time. If memory serves us correctly, it seems that there are still a few diamond fans in Oxnard who gloat over the victory and are unkind enough to remind The Enterprise publisher of the day, which was not much unlike that when the mighty Casey struck out."
Walter Johnson
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Walter Johnson
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