Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Alberta leagues

Alberta amateur championship
    1922

    1922-8-04 The Red Sox have won nine straight games. Already champions of Northern Alberta, they will journey to face Big Valley. Manager Reg. Godson.
    1922-8-30 Battle for Calgary Herald trophy will be decided in a doubleheader played today at Diamond Park as the Edmonton Red Sox will grapple with Taber. The Red Sox already lead by two games. The Red Sox have three pitchers at the ready: "Oats" Godfrey, Buzz Geddes, and Jimmy Enright. 
    "Due to the heavy expense necessary to bring the Taber aggregation to this city local baseball officials are looking forward to a bumper attendance at the three game series."

    1914-9-05 Provincial amateur championship. Edmonton City Dairy 4, Calgary Athletics 1. 

Big Four Inter-City League
    1947 final batting alt
    1948 final stats - VG alt Stats on attheplate are incomplete & not final
    1949 Edmonton Cubs final stats (ATP)
    1950 final stats (ATP)

    Buono, Gus c 1948 Cubs
    Clarkson, Reg Would hit .327 in 1950 WINT. 1949 Edmonton Eskimos. .386 with 60 XBH, 61 SB in 96 games.
    Kershaw, Ernie Born 1909 - pitched for Vancouver WINT between 1939 and 1946.
        1948 Calgary Purity 
    Enjaian, Ray TSN card Spent the winter of 1946-47 on SLC's roster.  1948 Cubs
    Maze, Tony p 1952 Man-Dak 1948 Purity
    Morris, Eddie 1948 Edmonton Eskimos P-M 

    1947-9-03 Chulla made a host of friends in his time with the league.
    1947-11-20 "Tony 'The Mighty Mite' Chulla, Cub infielder who paced base stealers of the Big Four loop last season, is playing some winter ball at his home in San Francisco." Playing for Ray's Repair in the Seals Stadium Saturday league, he's 5 for 11 so far.
     1948-7-30 Stats. 
        In order to be eligible for the play-offs, players must have played in one game before 8-01.
     1948-9-03 Players share in the receipts of the first four games of the playoff final only. The Edmonton Eskimos are dividing their proceeds into seventeen shares: fifteen full shares for fourteen players and the manager, and another two divided between the trainer and three marginal players.
        Ed Morris, Eskimo manager, will return to his home in L.A. after the series is over. Tony Chulla, Gus Buono, and Leo Sullivan are all back home in the San Francisco area, as are Ray Enjaian and Ray Canepa. Jerry Prouty is back in Salinas.
    1948-9-16 Final stats. Quiet Morrie Hawkey, Cubs pitcher who led the league in ERA with 1.76, is a pharmacist in Barrhead. At one time Don Jones, Cubs pitcher with a 2.23 ERA, seemed headed for the Dodgers' rotation. Tony Chulla stole 54 bases in 73 games.
    1949-4-19 About the Cubs' prospective players.
    1949-5-23 Jawn Ducey is general manager of the Eskimos. Tony Chulla threw his arm out and is not playing baseball.
    1949-7-08 Stats.

    1948-5-21 (Edmonton Bulletin) Tony Maze, who is upwards of 225 pounds, hit what must have been the longest double in league history. Calgary Purity 99 first baseman Tony Gully wears #13 and glasses.
    1948-6-22 (Edmonton Journal) Boxes + standings. "Leo Sullivan, one of the year's greatest collegiate pitchers out on the west coast" threw a five-hitter for the Cubs.
    1948-7-29

    1948-8-22 Semi-finals.

    1947-8-30 Alex Uffleman, Calgary Buffaloes, who led the league with a .305 average.
    1948-7-30 Three Cubs: Leo Sullivan, Gus Buono, Ray Enjaian. 
    1948-8-23 George Petrunia, Cliff Johnston
    1948-9-03 Doug. Darrah
    1948-9-16 Morrie Hawkey, Lefty Belter
    1949-4-19 Reg Clarkson & Hobie Clark (black)
    1949-9-20 Celebrating Cubs & a soaked Les Edwards, their pitcher-manager.
    1949-11-01 Pic of Reg Clarkson playing football for the Edmonton Eskimos. 
    1949-12-31 Reg Clarkson. Also a pic of Andy Clovechok, top Edmonton Flyer scorer.

Calgary Brewery Trophy Series
    1923

    1923-6-14 Series of Edmonton Red Sox v. Rockyford will resume today. Two Red Sox players were injured by the rough playing of Rockyford.
    1927-6-22 Claresholm will play Fernie, the holders of the cup. 
    
    1927-8-04 (Claresholm) Beat Stavely twice for title.
        "We should like to know the name of the gentleman who in the excitement of Thursday's ball game was ecstatically kissed when Claresholm won. Lucky dog!"
    1927-8-09/8-10 (Claresholm) Withstood second challenge to their ownership of the title by beating High River twice. Dodger Lewis struck out 17 batters in one of the games.

Central Alberta League
    1940 6-15 standings

    1940-6-14 Chief Jimmy Rattlesnake won for the Wetaskiwin Mustangs.
    1940-6-16 Edmonton has all boxes. Attendances of 500 and 3K. 

    1940-6-17 Bud Foley, Arrows' pitcher. Seems to be wearing a hockey uniform in the picture.

Chinook League
    1951 final stats (ATP)
    1952 final stats (ATP)

     Clarkson, Reg 1951 Calgary Buffaloes - .382
 
Edmonton Senior City League 
    1911 7-10 standings
    1919
    1920 7-17 standings
    1932


    1923-6-30 The league has wilted in recent weeks. It was hard hit by the long rainy spell but now that play has resumed, its quality is subpar. The Red Sox are the only real team in the three-team league. Reorganization would do the circuit good. "Under the proper management amateur ball would enjoy just as much popularity and patronage as it did in the banner season of 1919." 
    1932-5-05 The league opens on the 14th of this month. Four teams will play in it. Commentary on notable players.

    1919-6-09 Chekaluk fanned 18 Y.M.C.A. batters and doled out to them one sole stingy hit, but he won by the narrow score of 5-4 as his control was lacking. 450 ATT.
    1919-8-03 Double-header. 
    1920-7-12 Chekaluk no-hit Y.M.C.A. until the ninth inning, when he gave up a pair of singles.
    "The city amateur baseball league, after a suspension of several weeks due to lack of suitable grounds - a sad enough state of affairs, be it said - resumed operations at Diamond Park last night"
    2nd half schedule given. It will be played from 7-11 to 7-29, while the pros are out of town.
    1920-7-14 K.O.C. 2, Dekan Grotto 2. 11 innings. Chekaluk (who batted leadoff) struck out 17 batters while Enwright struck out 14. 


Southern Alberta League
    https://baseball.fandom.com/wiki/Southern_Alberta_League Played at various times from 1909 to 1973.
    1927
    1928

    1927-4-15 (Claresholm) League formed, players signed. A dance will be held after opening day to try to pay for the team's "natty new uniforms."
    1927-5-06 (Claresholm) The Presbytery of High River noticed the league's schedule stayed clear of Sunday but with one exception. It will request the league to move that game to a more profane day.
    1927-5-20 (Claresholm) Line-ups for Claresholm and Stavely for opening day, with full names or initials for almost all players.
    1927-6-22 (Claresholm) Calgary has been a millstone round the league's neck. Four new teams should enter the league next year from various towns. High River has dropped out of the league.
        "High River has found the path of baseball strewn with a peck of trouble this year. To begin with, the High River people did not appreciate the game enough to support the team bearing their name and it resulted in a one-man financing scheme. On Thursday they decided to quit, but later arranged to carry through the season. And High River has had a team consistently playing winning games."
    1928-5-16 (Calgary) Describes each man on Claresholm's roster. A number of hockey players, including catcher Laurie Scott.

    1927-6-15 Stavely 7, Claresholm 6. Play by play. p.3 Buzz Geddes drove a liner through a car's windshield on Wednesday.
    1927-7-20 Claresholm 10, Lethbridge 0. Haynes allowed just one hit. Play by play. 

Western Canada League (B)


Western Canada League

    1963-9-06 Medicine Hat Commodores beat Calgary Giants 6-5. Won Governor-General Trophy series 4-1. 700-odd fans in attendance.
 
    1963-6-14 Three Calgary Giants
    1963-8-01 Nelson Briles & Tim Cullen (coveted by scouts)
    1963-8-21 action pic
    1963-8-31 action pic (manager arguing with ump)
    1963-9-07 action pic
    1963-9-13 Tim Cullen
    
    w/more 1963 pics & probably more from other years:



Claresholm

1949-1-13 Henry Viney names all-time local team.

1927-7-06 Claresholm Elks 14, Calgary Hustlers 2. Play by play. Part of a carnival.

Edmonton

1922-6-17 Chekaluk will pitch for Brule v. a local city league team.
1923-6-30 Chekaluk is the pitcher for the Brule Miners.
1923-8-09 (Edmonton via Saskatoon) 12 players had their amateur cards suspended by the Alberta branch of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada. Chekaluk is among the twelve.
1923-8-18 Semi-pro tournament will be held next week at Diamond Park. Both Mountain Park and Cadomin have classy teams; Bowers pitches for Mountain Park and Chekaluk pitches for Cadomin. "Chekaluk had a try-out with the Eskimos, but his wildness proved his undoing and he was given his walking papers."
    "The Edmonton Outlaws
    "There is no dearth of talent in the city when it comes to the formation of a local team. The recent activity of the Amateur union has resulted in many players of ability being free to take part."
    Some of Edmonton's hockey players will get a chance to strut their stuff on a diamond.
    (Recent Sports Happenings) There are few amateur players of quality left in Edmonton.
1923-8-31 (Calgary) "In the semi-professional baseball tournament recently held in Edmonton in which all the northern athletes recently banned by the amateur union participated, Mountain Park won out by defeating Jack Stanley's Outlaws 4 to 0 in the final game. Chekaluk pitched for Mountain Park and allowed but two hits." 
1924-2-20 Oscar Bowers and Steve Chekaluk are both going south of the border to seek their fortune. They started out with the famous Veterans' team in 1919 and they've been burning up the province since. Pro ball is dead in this province. 
    "Chekaluk is a product of Edmonton. He grew up here and went through the public schools and Victoria High School, I believe. He is only 23 years old and weighs 185 pounds, standing about six feet high. He has a fast ball that has the genuine stuff on it - a real hop. This is enough to entitle him to consideration any place. He has a fair curve ball and a good knuckle ball. He can field his position as good as the average run of pitchers, and he is no weakling with the bat.
    "He has the physical goods in the raw. Control and experience is all he needs to become a great pitcher. And whether he ever gets them depends upon the intensity of his own application. If he acquires control he is bound to get the experience, because control of that natural stuff that he possesses will get him by in pretty fast company until the experience is his also.
    "Many a big league pitcher who is getting by with nothing but his knowledge and control would give his left arm to have Chekaluk's fast one.
    "Oscar Bowers is about the same age as Chekaluk, possibly a year older. He is a bigger man, weighing over 200 pounds and standing over six feet tall Bowers. is a very well proportioned specimen of an athlete, and is a prepossessing looking youth as well. He creates a favorable impression by his personal appearance.
    "As a pitcher he has better style and action than Chuck, and has more smoke. He actually has blinding speed and better control than Chuck but not so much stuff on his fast ball. If Bowers succeeds in developing a good curve ball, he is bound to be heard from, but there is no chance unless he does. In the smallest minor they will hit speed if there is nothing to mix up with it."
 1924-5-02 (Edmonton) Got a letter from Steve Chekaluk. Chekaluk and Oscar Bowers, from Edmonton, are now working out with Seattle. Wheezer Dell used to be called Sunflower. Origin story of nickname. The veteran Seattle pitchers are giving them plenty of tips.  
    1924-6-05 (Edmonton) Chekaluk and Bowers are now pitching in the Mines League. They are not overawed; they're doing well, and they think plenty of Edmonton boys are just as good as them. Butte's high elevation makes pitching difficult. Chekaluk thinks Laurie Scott is a better catcher than any in the league.
1925-4-04 Bowers and Chekaluk have been cut by Seattle. Norman Dodge, former Edmonton ball player and Edmonton Journal writer, is pitching for the Modesto Tigers. He grows prunes and oranges in balmy California. 
1925-11-03 (Oakland via Calgary) Chekaluk, aka Chek, is pitching now for the Oakland Roofing Company in the Oakland Mid-Winter League. He and Bowers were assigned to Butte last year by Seattle.

1919-8-13 Pitching for Deacon White's Great War Veterans, Chekaluk shutout on 3 hits and 1 walk the K.O.C. team. 1.1K ATT.
1921-7-20 Pitched an exhibition game for Big Valley v. Stettler, striking out 14 batters and scattering three hits.
1921-8-24 Chekaluk appeared for Edmonton Eskimos (WCAN). Stint not listed on BR.
1922-6-17/18 Over the weekend pitched both games for Brule v. local city league teams; lost 7-4 to the Red Sox on Saturday but beat Morinville 6-1 on the Sabbath. Gave up just two hits to Morinville, striking out twelve.
1922-6-24 Lost 4-2 to Edson for Brule. K'd 10 in 7 innings and gave up just four hits but his team made eight errors behind him. 
1923-6-10 Brule Miners beat Edson 10-2. 400 ATT. 

Edmonton Baseball Old Timers

1967-4-20 Some now live in Calgary.
1967-10-26 Pictures of four members giving each other bunny ears.
1969-6-03 List of those who will be here 6-06 "to swap lies"
1972-10-17 Lists six out-of-towners who have come to six straight dinners. Some of them harken from as far away as Florida.
1977-5-19 The old members are dying off and young members are not replacing them. A list of those who have died since the 1976 dinner.


Obits

1976-6-29 Buzz Geddes. Played until 1937.
1977-2-16 Laurie Scott. John Ducey thinks he could have made the majors if he had a better bat. He had an incredibly accurate throwing arm. He caught for a while in the Butte Mines League. His baseball career lasted from 1920 to 1928.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Orlando K. Fitzsimmons

"Financial Ideas Worth $5000 to You - If You Can Comprehend Them!" Published in 1904. Price ten cents.
1940 copyrights of LA: copyrights "Direct way to business betterment."

Even if he could have performed modern equivalent of miracle of loaves and fishes, the feat could not have solved poverty.

1863 MI business register

1883-8-08 (Angola Steuben Republican) Playing ss for Park nine
1883-8-29 (Angola Steuben Republican) Playing ss for Park nine
 1883-12-12 "came down from Reading last Saturday to see the boys."
1884-8-13 ASR - is now with Lexington KY team - recently of Park club of Pleasant Lake IN
1884-8-15 Lexington roster listed
1885-10-21 ASR - has been pitching trial game for Detroits
1886-2-03 Well known as the pitcher for the Park club of Pleasant Lake - has signed with Detroit
1886-2-06 Taking daily gymnasium practice w/others including Getzien
1886-3-20 Yesterday before a crowd of 1500 beat Macon 21-0
1886-3-24 Lost yesterday to Savannah 13-5
1886-3-28 Signed by Augusta
1886-3-31 For Augusta, beats Pittsburg 2-1
1886-4-04 Recently released by Detroits
1886-4-08 Called the Detroit phenom - dropped by MG Watkins and signed with Macon.
1886-4-14 (Angola Steuben Republican) Asked for release from Detroits and granted it - has signed with Savannah GA. 
1886-7-02 Positive description of him
1886-9-13 Lost 7-6
1886-9-14 (St. Paul Globe) Released by St. Paul - they signed One Arm Daily in his place.
1886-9-19 (St. Paul Globe) As a parting gift was fined $50 for losing the game of 9-12.
1887-9-15 Started for Milwaukee v. Eau Claire - "He had hardly any control over the ball, and was being batted freely by the Eau Claire men." 
1887-9-17 Started for Duluth v. La Crosse - "was so wild that Morken was substituted."
1887-10-19  (Angola Steuben Republican) Has returned to his home in Reading Mich., having completed season with St. Joseph MO.
1887-10-19 (Angola Steuben Republican) Won 26-10 game for Parks
1888-5-13 Has signed contract with Jackson. [Tri-State League]
1888-7-11 (Angola Steuben Republican) Will pitch for Reading. Admission ten cents.
1888-7-18 Pitched for Reading & lost 16-4 to Angola Grays
1888-8-08 Played 2b & lead off for Pleasant Lake in game v. Angola Grays. 800 ATT.
1888-9-12 With Pleasant Lake, Ind - 2b-p - 1600 ATT. 
1888-9-19 (Angola Steuben Republican) Is now playing with Jackson
1888-9-26 Played for Angola along with other Pleasant Lake players - 2b
1889-12-04 (Angola Steuben Republican) "on the road selling fruit trees"
 
1893-1-27 (Owosso MI Times) Agency of American Express Co. in Owosso turned over by J.M. Beckwith to OK Fitzsimmons.
1893-6-30 (Owosso MI Times) Agent of American Express Co. Has handled about 400 crates of strawberries so far this season.
1894-6-08  (Owosso MI Times) A member of Silver Dandruff Cure Co.
 
1900-12-06 Arrived in Victoria on steamer from Vancouver
1901-5-08 "The boys will this season have the benefit of a first-class coach, O.K. Fitzsimmons, formerly of the Detroit club in the National League, and the Denver club in the Western League, having kindly volunteered to coach the team. The presence of an old hand like Mr. Fitzsimmons should be of great assistance to the boys."
 1901-5-29 Will coach Victoria BC team
1901-6-05 "energetic and capable."
1901-7-08 "The Victoria team has a capable coach in the person of Mr. Fitzsimmons. He is an experienced and level-headed enthusiast, and knows what is wanted an emergency crops up."

1911-2-19 Recollections of a game from 1886. George Baldwin k'd 18 and Fitzsimmons k'd 12.
1914-3-22 Recollections of Mark Baldwin; talks of game. 

1903-2-17 Times attacks
1903-2-27 Reprint of LA Herald interview with Fitzsimmons
1903-5-14 Times reiterates disapproval

1903-6-14 LA Times declares him a "brazen blasphemer"
1903-6-16 LA Times: "The most amazing freak of so-called 'religious journalism,' up to date, is the Federation Herald of Los Angeles with Jesus Christ on one side of the front cover - and Orlando K. Fitzsimmons on the other." 
1903-6-20 LA Post-Record devotes a page to sarcasm about Times' attack. 
    "A turgid sample : "Someone rather appropriately called [the Cumulative Credit Company] 'A 25th Century Banking Institution,' intimating that it is 500 years ahead of its time. But Mr. Orlando K. Fitzsimmons, the president of the company, says that it is not ahead of its time, but has arrived just at the opportune time, contending that no great movement comes ahead of its time." 
1903-6-24 LA Times w/cartoon of St. Orlando and more critiques. 
1903-6-24 LA Times: He's the only get-rich-quick man to call himself the second Christ.
1903-6-26 Fresno Morning Republican heaps venom on get-rich-quick fakers
1903-6-27 LA Post Record, with cartoon and many capital letters, criticizes the LA Times' criticism of Fitzsimmons, devoting long columns to the advantages of Cumulative Credit System. 

https://www.newspapers.com/search/?date=1902&keyword=%22orlando+fitzsimmons%22&region=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc

1902-11-20
1902-11-21 "Don't be timid" (Evening Express)
1902-11-26
1902-11-27 Address = 512 Bradbury Building, Cor. Third and Broadway.
1902-11-28 "there is no hidden monster"
1903-1-30 Write for free booklet.
1903-2-27 Challenges critics to a debate - calls them things 
1903-11-11 Their advertisements continued to appear in the Post-Record; Saint Orlando's ad of November 11, 1903, headed "Money Making As a Science," claimed that the Cumulative Credit Company had "paid out over $100,000 in benefits to its patrons at an average profit over 200 per cent per year."
1903-11-14 Ad in LA Post-Record.

1903-9-09 LA Times. The Federation Herald, Fitzsimmons-worshipping paper run by the Rev. E.H. Brooks, is now defunct. 
    Last issue publishes creed, beginning "I believe in Orlando K. Fitzsimmons."
    Fewer people are falling for Cumulative Credit.


1904-1-06 Times. Under investigation by grand jury. 
    "That it is a real good business - for the company - has been apparent for some time. The offices on Broadway are extensive, well appointed, and in a measure luxurious, and the cost of keeping the broad span of window space in such a polished condition that the suckers may see themselves as they pass cannot be a trifle."
    Fitzsimmons = president, Johnson = secretary
    Since beginning they have issued 46,000 certificates on weekly plan - or,  about $46,000 a week. 
    The certificates promise at their maturation to entitle the bearer to $2 for every week  - "Provided that there shall be sufficient money in said Mutual Benefit Credit Fund available for that purpose to pay said amount." If there ain't - oh well!
    Need to constantly find new suckers or else will collapse.
1904-2-08 Times. Have modified contracts in accordance with wishes of Assistant Attorney. 
1904-2-11 Times. Continues to use mail even tho grace period has elapsed. 
1904-2-24 Times. On Febr. 22 Assistant United States Attorney-General declares company is a fraud. The comparisons it made between itself and life insurance companies were declared false and misleading. 
    The United States government declares the company a fraud and bars it from using the mail. No letters addressed to it will be delivered, nor may it give or receive money with postal money orders. 
    Fitzsimmons declares himself and his associates to be martyrs; intones that the rights of his patrons are being suppressed. 
1904-3-14 Evening Express. Judge Wellborn of US Circuit Court explains how 30% of the $80 paid in is set aside for the company, leaving only $56 to pay the $160 due to the patron. The shortfall must be made up by new suckers. 
1904-3-25 Positively no mail to company or principals shall be delivered. 
1904-5-08 Times. Fraud order revoked on understanding that he no longer uses such methods. 
1904-6-16 (Cedar Rapids Gazette) Cumulative Credit has opened an office in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids is their "state office."
        Describes the book Archive has. 
        Quotes plan. 
        "it is inane stuff, to say the least."
1904-12-10 Stockton Evening Mail. Office is like a bank; has a way with words and could talk you to death; has recently opened office in SF.

1905-1-07 W/pic. Is in SF being shadowed by officers who are prepared to arrest him. Has continued to try to use the mail for fraudulence. 
1905-1-08 Was arrested yesterday. Held for $5K bond. Gave name as Adolph. 
1905-1-09 Has a new book out called "Financial Ideas." Different from 1904 book that's on Archive.
    "In large type upon one of the cover pages the seeker after financial knowledge is informed that "We need not worry about the sun's cooling off, nor the depopulation of the earth, neither need we fear the time when the Cumulative Credit system will commence to retrograde, for that is only when its blessings have covered the entire earth, and there are no more people to reach." 
    On page nineteen he draws a verbal "likeness" of himself:
    "Here is the staunch business man. Through the broad shoulders and fully-developed chest can be seen great physical endurance, while the keen, bright eyes, the clear-cut features and strong, heavy jaw indicate executive ability and the indomitable will power that has characterized his life.
    "But these qualities, valuable as they are to the head of a great enterprise, are not sufficient to carry to successful issue the stupendous plans conceived by him. To these must be added those of the philosopher and teacher - the man who can conceive a great idea, and present it intelligently to the masses."
1905-1-21 SF Call & Post. A poem he wrote in response to "persecution" is reprinted. He considers himself the 20th century Ben Franklin.
1905-2-12 SF Call & Post. Suing wife, Mary, for divorce on grounds of cruelty.
1905-4-25 Is at large by $2K bond.
    Had evaded mail stoppage by directing patrons to write him "at a certain room number of a certain downtown business block" "addressed to a fictitious Chinaman." 
    On 1904-9-01, as new suckers were slowing, issued new contracts that matured after 40 weeks, not 80. Will mature 1905-5-01. 
    But! Fitzsimmons has announced that he will "change all contracts to fraternal insurance contracts; all contracts that do not mature by May 1, 1905, will be changed to fraternal life insurance contracts, payable at death."
    The new contracts cannot be sold or transferred. Company will pay $30 a year on them for the next three years and at the end of the three years pay $180 back - and at the bearer's death will pay back $2 for $1. This is how he hopes to survive. 
1905-4-26 SF Chronicle. If he secures a divorce, will pay wife $3K + $100/month, plus custody of their child Virginia. Applied for divorce on grounds of desertion. 
1905-4-29 LA Evening Express. Cumulative Credit company suspends business by order of sheriff. 
1905-4-30 SF Call & Post. Has not paid $6500 to former stockholder M.E. Johnson
1905-5-02 LA Times - another suit begun, this one against Orlando personally.
1905-5-09 SF Call & Post. Divorce granted for desertion.
1905-6-20 Times. Court calendar was overfull with cases; his must be postponed to the coming term. 
1905-8-09 Times. On 8-07, F.B. Parker, Fitzsimmons' local manager of the Cumulative Credit Company, was sentenced to a year in jail and a thousand-dollar fine "for sending sucker bait through the mails."
1905-8-24 Times. Man driven insane by loss from company. 
    Fitzsimmons is now in Chicago, and has just issued a new booklet called "What Has Been Done and Why."
1905-9-17 Returned yesterday from the east. Will be tried 9-21.
1905-9-21 Difficulty finding jurors for trial. Took up Chinese pseudonym for letter-writing
1905-9-26 Evening Express. (p.1) Found guilty on six counts. Gives account of what the court said. 
       Pastor of Magnolia Avenue Congregational Church testified that what Fitzsimmons did was "all right and honest."
1905-9-29 Evening Express. Found guilty. Judgement could be up to nine years in jail + $9K fine.
1905-9-29 Post-Record: "the man who conceived the brilliant scheme of bettering the condition of the poor by giving them $100 for $50"
1905-10-10 LA Times. Convicted on eight counts of using US mail to further lottery scheme. Sentenced for six months - no fine. His associates were fined $250 each w/o jail time. The three are appealing their mild punishment.
1905-10-10e Fresno. Case is appealed. Released on bond of $4K. No fine.
1905-10-10 LA Evening Express says he was fined $250.

1905-11-16 Cumulative Credit company shares can be exchanged for shares in Fitzsimmons' new company, the Economic Relief Society. "Fitzsimmons is out on bond, awaiting a rehearing on appeal."
1906-2-03 Review of Metamorphose by Fresno Morning Republican. Gives a summary of the low opinion he is held in. Quotes from book.
1906-3-06 Note in WSJ regarding publication
1906-3-15 "Metamorphose" is being distributed as free copies by World Betterment Society, Fitzsimmons' new organization in Buffalo.
1906-6-20 Buffalo Courier Express. Betterment World League [sic] held first meeting 6-18; has 30 members. Buffalo is league's birthplace. 
1906-7-26 Chicago Tribune. World Betterment League has opened new and "'scrumptiously'" furnished offices in Chicago. 
    Dr. Axel Gustafson is president of league.
    Meeting was attended by twelve people who gave unimpressive responses.
1906-8-17 World Betterment League has 87 members in Chicago. 
1906-10-04 Buffalo Times. DA Abbott will investigate World Betterment League.
1908-6-06 Buffalo Enquirer. Retrospective.
    "According to the Fitzsimmons circulars $780 thus judiciously invested would bring the investor a life income of $30 a month. Two hundred or more followers were gained. The slogan of the organization was "Do to others what others do to you."
    "Money reached the World Betterment Association's offices, but the golden harvest promised did not make an appearance. The people who had joined became restless and suspicious. Some of this spirit must have been communicated to Fitzsimmons, for one morning, when some of the faithful called at the executive offices they found that Fitzsimmons had left Buffalo."

1907-1-20 LA Herald. "H. Aylmer Harding, the soulful psychic who parts his hair and his name on the side, has entered a new field of activity.
    "Haylmer is now the agent of Orlando K. Fitzsimmons of cumulative credit infamy."
    Engaged in selling book advocating the World Betterment League; to enter the League you must be in the "Golden Rule fraternity." 
    Golden Rule Fraternity has office in Chamber of Commerce. 
    "After his conviction Fitzsimmons dropped out of sight, but developments show that he has located in Buffalo, N.Y., where he is one of the leading lights in the World Betterment league and the Golden Rule fraternity, of which Harding is the manager in Los Angeles."   
    Harding tells reporter that Fitzsimmons was undone by the conspiring of mirky insurance men who could not stand to see the huge dividends he paid out.
    Frontispiece of book has pic of Fitzsimmons. 
        "From 50 to 150 per cent. is the promised yearly dividends on the money contributed, but as yet no explanations have been made as to who pays the freight. The scheme opens by the person who wants to get rich quick joining the World Betterment league, which, it is explained, is purely a fraternal and educational organization, and for which the dues amount to only $5 per annum.
    "After proving his fitness for fellowship in a higher order the member of the World Betterment league can become a 'contributing member' of the Golden Rule fraternity. In this institution no contribution of less than $5 per month is accepted and presumably the limit is the ability of the member to pay.
    "There is to be an "accumulated surplus" from which first-year members are to receive not less than 50 per cent and not more than 150 per cent on their first year's contributions, and second-year members not less than 100 per cent nor more than 150 per cent on their second year's contributions."
1907-3-10 (Chicago Tribune) Will lecture on "The New Economical System"
1907-10-08 SF Call & Post. Convicted by LA district court for using mails for lottery scheme.
        "The victim was required to pay in $1 a week until the 'maturity' of the contract, when the victim was to receive $2 a week up to a total of $160."
    Court finds this to be a lottery scheme, as the difference between pay-in and pay-out must be met by chance.
    The lucidity of this judgement is refreshing. In contrast to some newspapers we could name. 
    Tho a little odd. It was really a ponzi scheme, not a lottery.
1907-11-18 Sentenced to six months in jail. Some are still paying into the company.
1907-11-19 Says scheme was that each subscriber would put in $100 a month - after a drawing some lucky subscribers would get $150. A lottery. "The company depended on the delinquency of the poorer subscribers and the catching of fresh dupes in large numbers to keep the farce up. Many people of small means suffered when the inevitable break came." 
    I think this account is confused. 
1908-5-16 Too poor to pay $250 fine; applying for forgiveness of debt under pauper convict laws.

1909-8-22 SF Call & Post. Memories of Orlando K. Had a persuasive tongue. Went from city to city.
1910-9-11 SF Call & Post: Had a sweet office before nailed by postal inspectors. 
1912-8-04 Summarizes his palatial office.

1913-4-17 Metamorphose listed in ad; price 60 cents.
1914-10-29 Indicted. Lists him as being of Vancouver.
1914-10-30 (Oregon Daily Journal) Secretary of National Mercantile company - indicted with other members of the company for using the mails for a lottery. Company also has offices in Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma. 
1931-5-01 Gives talk re economy. 

1919-2-16 Poem by daughter Virginia
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Friday, May 10, 2024

William Cadreau


1908-6-05 Has been pitching for Ashland in Range League but was hurt last week and will be out for the season. 
 1908-6-20 (Bessemer) Pitching again for Ashland.

1908-7-19 / Lost 4-0 to Crookston for Fosston. Also - Hallet, an Indian who played with Bemidji this summer, homered for Thief River Falls. 

1909-4-30 In exhibition v. Madison of Wisconsin-Illinois League, Moose Jaw Robin Hoods lost 5-3. Pitched well in relief. 2b Starr is another young Indian with Moose Jaw.

1909 Fosston, Minnesota. (/)
1909-5-23 Tied Ada in 13-inning 0-0 tie. Did not allow a hit until the 11th, and gave up a total of merely two.
1909-5-30 Beat Ada 1-0 - k'd 13, allowed two hits. 
1909-6-20 Lost to Bagley 2-1 in 11-inning game. Both teams had seen minimum 24 batters through eight innings - game was scoreless until 11th.
    Has illustration from another game. Interesting. 

1909-9-06 Pitching for Brookstons, lost 6-5 to Cass Lake. Pitched well but his support was ill.

1910-6-13 While pitching for Minot, ND, had been complaining of pain in arm for several weeks after he had been hit by a pitched ball. Turned out to have a broken arm. One tough Indian. 
1910-9-27 "long on everything except pure English."
1910-10-06 Tales of his time in Chicago
1910-10-10 Spoke of positively by Tribune. box
1910-10-13 Article about from Jamestown ND, where he had pitched previously. 
1911-2-02 Will be released to make room for Jimmy Callahan.
1911-4-02 Purchased by Grand Rapids, Central League

1911-7-21 Calls the other Indian with Wibaux Arthur Stave. Team has been doing well v. Dakota towns.
1911-8-04 Wibaux MT Tigers disband. Had 19-7 record. Cadreau and Starr are going to Ashland. [Note: Cadreau and Starr, both Indians, were both with Moose Jaw.]
1911-9-01 No longer with Ashland. 
1911-9-02 Scribe spreads himself in descriptive ecstasy over him. 

1911-7-21 x 7-16: beat Dickinson 13-5. 7-18: Beat Beach 10-1. Wibaux has nice boxes!
1911-7-24 (Miles City) For Wibaux Tigers, beat Miles City 7-4 in 13 innings. W/box. 
        "Is there with world's of speed and good breaks. We can't understand why the Chicago White Sox let loose of him."
1911-7-28 x (Wibaux) Attendance at Miles City was poor for all three games. Cadreau also beat Miles City Eagles 15-0. No box as scorebook was forgotten in Miles City.
1911-7-30 (Glendive) For Wibaux Tigers, beat Glendive 8-3. Box. Cadreau gets $150/month. 100 Wibaux fans came to game.
1911-8-20 For Ashland, tied Ironwood 0-0 in 12 innings - k'd 17. 
1911-8-29 For Union Giants, lost 3-1 to Escanaba.
1911-10-01 For Chicago Union Giants, beat Peru IL 7-2. 

1912-3-14 Arrived in Walla Walla yesterday and made a hit with the fans. 
1912-3-17 Players had a terrible time with the combination locks on their lockers.
1912-3-23 Headline: "Chief" Cadreau Amazes Team With Bizarre Curve.
    "WALLA WALLA, March 22.-The surprise of the day occurred this morning, when in batting practice "Chief" Cadreau the little Minneapolis Indian pitcher, took off his jacket and let himself out. In rapid succession he pitched a curved ball that looked as though headed for the batter's ribs, but turned sharply at a distance of 10 feet and shot over the plate.
"Porky" Ryan, a right-handed hitter, was the first man to fall for this trick. When he saw it coming he jumped back away from the plate to keep from being hit, only to see the ball go over.
"Chief" put something on his deliveries for the 15 minutes he worked, grinning a silent grin while Cohn and the rest looked from one to another with approval. "Chief" has been up to date the lazy man of the squad in the estimation of some, but he was all "pep" today and he looks good to the fans. He is expected to work into condition more rapidly henceforth."
1912-3-24 Team pic. Cadreau in it. 
1912-3-25 Pic w/ three other pitchers. Showing plenty of stuff but will have to work hard to make the staff.
1912-4-06 Spokane. Will be the first real Indian to pitch for the Spokane Indians. His father is a Frenchman who married a Chippewa girl. "His home is in Cloquet, Minn. He is a short, stocky built chap, something on the proportions of Annis, and looks a bit like the ex-Tacoma southpaw in a uniform.
[] He was recommended to Cohn by Charley Brown, former [Spokane] City League umpire, for a phenomenal record in the Minnesota brush last year." 

1912-3-26 S-R. Pitched v. Yannigans. 
    " 'Chief' Cadreau, the little Indian, was the real surprise, and he put something on the ball that got the goat of the batter. The chief had swift ones, and overhand and underhand curves, giving a catalogue of a good bill of fare in the pantry when time comes to eat them up." 

1912-4-20 Playing against Victoria, team fell behind 4-1. Then Cadreau came in relief - in 5.1 innings k'd 7, walked none, and allowed two hits. The Indians won when John Wuffli hit a grand slam in the eighth.
    "The crowd took to the Indian at once and never was a game pulled out of the fire under conditions more favorable for a noisy demonstration. It was one of the most popular victories, under the most peculiar circumstances, ever won at the park." 
1912-4-22 Got save in 5-4 win against last year's champions Vancouver. "President Cohn has been besieged with inquiries as to what day Cadreau, the little Chippewa Indian, would pitch again,"
    "Is Cadreau another $4000 beauty?" 
1912-9-20 Threw no-hitter for Spokane. Mrs Cadreau was in the stands, cheering on the mister. Showed good speed.

1913-4-29 W/ pic. Suspended by Spokane for demanding more money. 

1914-1-09 Cadreau pic. Some descr. of party. The bottle passed around frequently. 
1914-1-10 Spokane. Arrested on 1-06 on charges of drunkenness. 
1914-1-10 (Tacoma) "Following the return by mail of jewelry stolen from a hotel room at Spokane where he was one of the guests in a party William Cadreau, the Indian baseball pitcher, with the Vancouver team in the Northwestern league, was released by the police of Spokane, who had held him as a suspect. It is reported that immigration officers are now making an investigation at Spokane involving Cadreau."
1914-1-10 (Tacoma) "SPOKANE, Jan. 10.-William "Chief" Cadreau, formerly pitcher on the Spokane team, and later with the Vancouver Beavers, has become involved in a jewelry robbery at Spokane, and is now under arrest, although on a different charge.
Several nights ago when Cadreau was visiting Harry Wright, a former member of the British Columbia parliament, the latter discovered he had been robbed of a $1,000 ring and a watch valued at $750. An investigation followed and Cadreau was arrested on a charge of drunkenness.
Later the jewels were returned by parcel post, and the robbery charge against the pitcher was dropped. Then the immigration officials began investigating Cadreau- for what reason it is not known. Cadreau is a Chippewa Indian, and was always considered a good hurler."
1914-1-10 (Spokane) Harry Wright is a wealthy mining man of Nelson, B.C. The police have decided Cadreau was not involved, and suspect "another guest at Wright's 'little party.' "

1914-4-04 Sold from Vancouver to Saskatoon
1914-5-16 Saskatoon Daily-Star. NVG pic. 
1914-6-23 For Saskatoon Quakers, WCAN, beat Moose Jaw 1-0 in 11 innings. Play by play. W/ cartoon. 
    Not listed on BR as having played for 1914 Saskatoon Quakers
1914-6-27 Fined $30 for slugging ump
1914-7-25 Arm is still in bad shape.
1914-8-07 Odanah Star announces his arrival. He was suspended from NWES for assaulting an umpire. Says he had been pitching for Vancouver. Will spend a few days in Ashland before journeying to Tokyo, in which place he shall winter. 
    Mostly false.
1914-8-09 For Odanah Giants, lost 4-3 to Butternut team. In the fifth inning came in to relieve. The bases were loaded with none out, but he struck out the next two batters and got to two strikes on a third. And then - o fate! - the next pitch got away from the catcher and was lost in the grass. Four runs scored on the play - and that made the difference. 
    Starr is with Odanah too.
    "Cadreau still has the same old whip and was the idol of the Butternut fans."
1914-8-17 (Saskatoon) Was suspended - told friends he would rejoin the Quakers on the road but then just disappeared. Saskatoon road trip lasted 30 games. 
1914-8-18 (Saskatoon) Stayed behind for road trip, expressing a desire to get his arm into shape. But disappeared, and has not been seen for three weeks. 
1914-8-19 WCAN averages. Was 10-8. 
1914-8-30 Beat Tony Lodles of Ashland 4-1. Box. 
1914-9-30 K'd 21 for Odanah
1914-10-05 K'd 12 Duluth NORL batters. 


1914-8-14 The manager of a Japanese team sought a pitcher to face Keio University. Got Cadreau to be "Kato", a deaf and dumb pitcher. "Cadreau is copper-skinned, his hair is black, and, comparatively, he is short of stature." He was able to fool them until late in the game Cadreau "began to root in good English." 'Kato' k'd 13 Keio U. batters and won 6-3. Allowed seven hits. 
    1914-4-10 A pitcher named Kato, pitching for a team of Seattle Japanese players, beat Keio University 6-3, allowing seven hits.
    found original article: 1914-4-10 (Seattle Star)
1914-10-09 Was with A.G. Starr in Duluth, 10-03 & 10-04 over the weekend.
1914-11-20 Asked Saskatoon to release him - they refused. Any team that gets him next year will be getting a good pitcher.
    (Article from a Vancouver paper - copied in Odanah Star.)
    Also: A.G. and J.O. Starr will operate a billiard hall together. Antoine G. is the fastest 2b in these parts.
1915-1-15 Returned to Ashland from several days' visit with relatives in Cloquet MN.
1915-1-22 Eloped last week.



1915-5-16 Lost 7-1 to Fargo-Moorhead
1915-5-31 Lost 8-7 for Duluth White Sox.
1915-6-06 Lost 1-0 for Virginia Ore Diggers v. Duluth.
1915-6-13 Lost 9-0 for Virginia v. Duluth. Last game in NORL, I'm pretty sure.

1915-7-25 Played right field and pitched in a doubleheader for the Havre Gasmen, a pro team.Threw a three-hit shutout in the second game. "at one time Indian Cadreau displayed a marked degree of peevishness. The redman pettishly stole the umpire's record of balls and strike, obliterating the figures from the sand back of the box, where the arbiter had kept his trial balance."
    Havre first baseman badly hurt in collision.
    Won game of 7-23 6-2 v. Big Sandy. A large crowd from Havre attended the game. The series between the two teams is tied two-all.
1915-7-26 In left for Havre.
1915-8-07/08 New pitcher for Glasgow. Pitched both games of last weekend v. Williston; won Saturday's game 7-3 and tied Sunday's 5-5.
1915-8-12/15 (Willston) Box for game of 8-15; account of game of 8-12, in which he lost to the Minot Magicians 1-0. The only run of the game was on a steal of home. K'd 11.
1915-8-15 (Glendive) Won 1-0 for Willston v. Glendive in 11-inning game. 650 ATT. His team only made one hit. Struck out 12.
1915-8-22 (Glasgow) Played 1b for the Married Men v. Single Men; was 3-for-3 with two triples and a double.

1915-5-03 (Duluth via Winnipeg) "Cadreau is an exceptionally fast man and has had some splendid experience."
(1915-5-28 Odanah. Beat Superior 5-4 on 5-22. "The Duluth papers give Cadreau credit for being the best fielding pitcher that ever wore a Duluth uniform." 
1915-6-02 (Duluth via Fargo) Looks good
1915-7-22 Pitched for Minot. "Has wonderful speed and good control."
1915-7-30 Signed by Glasgow. alt (Glasgow)
1915-7-31 Listed in Northern League averages as having played eight games for Virginia.
1915-7-31 (Havre) Lines for week. New pitcher for Havre.
1915-8-20(Glasgow) Returned Wed. from Williston where he had pitched for a week.
1915-9-17 (Glasgow) From "Railroad News": "As the Round House Ball team expects to make a tour of the world this winter they have signed up Hal Fagan who is pipe man now and William Cadreau, who is helping boilermaker. With the new line up the round house will soon face the world."
1915-9-24 (Glasgow) Another mention
1915-11-05 (Odanah) Returned home the first of the week from Montana, where he pitched all summer. Called "Chief" Cadreau.

1916-5-21 (Fort Benton) Beat Big Sandy 2-1. Struck out 11 and allowed but 4 hits. "one of the best games that Fort Benton and Big Sandy ever played" 1.2K ATT
1916-6-04 (Great Falls) Pitched last 9 innings of 14 inning 10-9 loss to Big Sandy. A large crowd attended from all parts of country.
    commentary (Fort Benton) attendance was well over a thousand, largest ever at grounds.
1916-6-11 (Fort Benton) Lost 6-5 to Havre. Commentary only. 
1916-6-18 (Geraldine) Beat Geraldine 9-5.
1916-6-25 (Great Falls) Beat Havre 3-2 in 11 innings. 
1916-7-02 (Great Falls) Lost 4-3 to Big Sandy.
1916-7-16 (Cascade) Fort Benton pros beat Cascade amateurs 18-4 before 1K fans. Cadreau threw 5 innings. Commentary only. Box
1916-7-23 (Great Falls) Line only. Lost 9-8 to Cascade for Great Falls Independents.
     commentary from Cascade
1916-7-30 Lost to Big Sandy for Fort Benton. alt  comment from Fort Benton
1916-8-13  1st game for Hurley. Lost 7-6 to Park Falls. alt
1916-8-20 Beat Mellen 12-4 for Hurley. K'd 11.
 1916-8-27 pinch-hit.
1916-9-04 (Hurley) Won 7-1 for Hurley v. Ashland, allowing 1 hit.

1916-7-08 (Spokane) Altman, Joe "Dutch", former Spokane catcher, has left to play with the Fort Benton, Montana independent team this summer. On the team are Cadreau and Johnny Clothier, who are also former Spokane Indians. 
1916-7-14 (Great Falls) "Cadreau, an Indian twirler, worked out with the [Great Falls] Electrics and showed a lot of stuff. He may stick."
    He will be a given a chance in fast company.
1916-8-11 Will pitch for Fort Benton v. Big Sandy.
1916-10-06 Listed in Hurley averages. 2 for 15 in 4 games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Benton,_Montana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sandy,_Montana

1917-1-19 His wife brought him into the municipal court at Ashland on charges of non-support. "His bail bond was placed at $500 but Cadreau was unable to furnish it. As a sequel to the proceedings in court the heap big Indian twirler was placed in Class 1 by the Ashland county draft board, although he had filed a claim for deferred classification." 
    also (listed as 1918-1-19)

1917-4-17 (Chicago Polish paper) Pitching for Chicago Union Giants, lost to "Ragens" 2-0. Appeared in relief.
    Hurley Described as Odanah Indian. Lost 2-0 to Chicago Raneys.
1917-4-21 (Chicago Tribune) Pitching for Chicago Union Giants, beat Indianapolis ABCs 5-4.

1917-5-06 (Fox Lake) Fox Lake 5, Waupun 1. Play by play. Cadreau k'd 8. "Cadreau is one of the best pitchers that has ever performed in this section." 
1917-5-13 Lost 4-0 to Beaver Dam.
1917-5-13 (Dodge County Citizen) " 'History repeats itself' and as the Indian has always given way before the white man, so was it yesterday at Fox Lake when 'Devil' Short's much advertised redman went down in defeat before the wiles and backbone of 'Jimmie' Devine."
1917-5-20 Hit hard by Juneau for Fox Lake in Tri County League. "Big Chief Bill Cadreau" 
    "The Chief is a mighty good pitcher when he is right, but it seems that he has been fooling the people for the last two games and was trying to pitch with a sore arm but couldn't get away with it."
    Juneau "It is not true that 'all good Indians are dead Indians' because Cadreau is a young man of gentlemanly deportment who stood the 'gaff' from the Fox Lake rooters without reaching for his quiver or tomahawk."
1917-6-03 Was hit hard in relief for Mellen. Northwest Interstate League. 


1917-5-03 (Fox Lake) Roster examined position by position. "Wm. Cadreau of Chicago has been secured for pitcher. He has been twirling in the Pacific Coast League and will undoubtedly prove to be one of the best, if not the best, pitcher in the league. 
1917-6-07 Fox Lake replaced him with Bill Lathrop, who just threw a shutout. 

1918-7-21 (Austin) For Kelly Field, pinch-hit. Other pitcher described as team's best pitcher.
    Is Brown the MLB Eddie Brown? (see 1919-3-30)
1918-7-26) (Hurley) Stationed at Kelly Field in San Antonio. "He is playing with army ball team at San Antonio and recently flew 300 miles in an aeroplane to pitch a game." 
1918-8-10 (Laredo, TX) For Kelly Field, shutout Laredo 6-0. Described as former Cleveland American.

1919-2-9 (San Antonio) 2nd game of mid-winter season. Threw 4 shutout innings in relief for Kelly Field Aviators; beat Remount 4-0.

1919-2-8 (San Antonio) Defeated Remount twice last summer "but the horsemen claim it was pure luck, as on both occasions the horsemen outhit the birdmen."
    
1919-2-23 Signed by San Antonio Bronchos. 
1919-3-30 In camp with San Antonio Bronchos. 

1919-5-05 In exhibition game, started for Superior v. Saskatoon Quakers and gave up eight runs in two innings.
 1919-7-06  Lost 14-8 to Brainerd. Box. Gave up 22 hits.
1919-7-20 Beat Crosby 6-3 for Verndale.  Line only. alt is league game
1919-7-27 (Brainerd) Played right field for Verndale in Central Minnesota League.

 1919-5-13 Manager Lizette has two Indian hurlers: LeRoy and Cadreau.

1920-1-20 (Regina) "Baseball fans, some of them at any rate, will remember "Big Chief" Cadreau, who played with the Saskatoon Quakers in 1914. The chief was an ugly old boy when he was going, and one day, pitching against the Senators (then Red Sox) Casey Smith, another Indian, member of the local club, nearly broke his heart, for he delivered as a pinch hitter. Well, the chief has written President Smith from Odonham, Wisconsin, wanting a job with Regina next year. He says he is in fine shape and figures on a good season. The letter will be forwarded to Bill Speas for his consideration."

1920-7-01 (Owatonna) For Owatonna, lost 11-3 to Reno Athletic Club of Minneapolis. 14 hits and eight errors scored the runs. A large crowd.

1922-9-03 For Hurley, beat Ironwood 11-7. alt First game of season for Hurley as evidenced by averages - maybe the penultimate game of the season for the team. Ironwood

1922-5-05 Bemidji will play the Cass Lake Indians. A majority of that club claim to be professionals. Cadreau is one of Cass Lake's pitchers.
1922-5-17 (Crookston, MN, via Grand Forks) Each team in Red River Valley semi-pro League can sign two professionals; Cadreau is one of Crookston's two. "Of Willmar Minn."
1922-9-02 (Ironwood) of Odonah
1922-11-18 "The chief pitched for the Kelly Field team at San Antonio during the war. His arm then was almost gone, but he had amazing success against all army rivals. He could do nothing but toss the ball up, yet everybody got a sore back trying to hit him.
    "You're about through," the chief was told one day. "What'll you do when you can't throw that old apple any longer?"
    Cadreau grinned. "I'll buy a wheelbarrow, cart the ball up to the plate and dump it over," he replied."
    
1923-6-03 (Richmond) For Dayton Marcos v. Eaton, OH, started and gave up six runs and nine hits over six innings. Reliever k'd 11 over 7 1-hit innings. Marcos lost 7-6 in 13 innings. 
    "big Indiana twirler"
    Stole a base.

1923-5-03 (Dayton) Marcos will open their 15th season 5-06. Cadreau is one of their pitchers.
1923-5-06 (Dayton) Will face North Dayton Merchants 
1923-5-13 (Dayton) Will face Harshmans.
1923-6-15  (Richmond) Dayton Marcos, members of the Colored Professional League, will face the Richmond Eagles. 200 rooters will accompany them. Cadreau is one of listed pitchers.

1924-8-10 (Eagle River, Wis.) Played 2b and p for Eagle River in 13-6 loss to Camp Winnepe. 

1925-6-08 (Medicine Lake) Of Williston. Pitched for Poplar, a reservation team, v. Medicine Lake, and lost 6-0, allowing 13 hits.

1925-6-26 Pitches for Williston. Last Sunday he pitched well in relief v. Plentywood before 700 fans. Some claim he pitches as well as Risberg of Scobey. Says he used to pitch for Pittsburgh.

1926-6-06  p.1 (Glendive) "Chief Cadreau, an old league pitcher, who happened to be visiting in Glendive, played third base and did a nice job of it." Made a nice play in the fourth to quell a Wibaux rally.
1926-6-26 p.1 (Scobey) For Scobey, v. Plentywood, played in left field in 14-3 win. Plentywood had former MLB Dave Davenport on the mound. 
    Happy Felsch is manager.
    Boardman, Charlie pitched a great game for Scobey.
        alt (Scobey) "The game began with the opposing players and fans razzing each other in unprecedented style"
    Scobey and Havre will play a three game series; receipts will be divided 60-40. Havre leads the Montana Industrial League.
    Cadreau beat Regina 12-1 on 7-01. He beat Wildrose 15-3 on 6-27.

1926-6-17 Will pitch for Glendive, MT, v. strong Sioux City Stockyards. Gives full names for Glendive roster. Terry Mitchell pitched instead

1928-5-20 (Glendive) Glendive beat Bloomfield 31-4 to open their season. Was 4-for-7 and scored three runs. Says he used to play for Brooklyn.
1928-5-27 0 for 3
1928-6-02 0 for 5 in loss to Circle.

1928-6-12 Comments on local game in Kevin Review.
1928-6-28 Praises local team - described as Chief William Cadreau.
1928-7-12 Listed in Glendive (final?) averages. Was 4 for 15 in three games as a second baseman. 

1929-5-23 (Kevin) Plays infield, outfield, and pitcher. Is of Cass Lake, Minn. 
1929-5-23 (Kevin) Went to Sunburst 5-21 "on business pertaining to baseball." 
1929-6-06 (Kevin) Disappointed because game was called off - he had been training zealously for it.

1931-7-24 (7-19) 2 for 5 as 3b - "in his prime as a pitcher the Odanah veteran had the speed of 'Bullet Joe' Bush." 
1931-7-31 Relieved in 24-4 win.
1931-8-01 New Hurley diamond will be dedicated. 
1931-8-08 (Hurley) For Hurley. 1 for 8 in two games - at 3b and 2b.
    alt w/ Northern League standings. Other box on prev. page - no-hit in exhibition game.
1931-8-08 (Hurley) May pitch for Hurley v. Ironwood in Northern League game. "traditional Ironwood-Hurley rivalry."

1935-2-13 (Spokane) Says he's 37 years old. Was interviewed today. Says his arm is still good, and he'll play ball somewhere this summer. Where exactly he isn't sure. Last year he played with the traveling Nebraska Indians from Lincoln, NE. 
1935-4-20 (Spokane) Is the groundskeeper of the park at Prosser, WA. 

1935-5-26 (White Bluffs, WA) 2 for 4 hitting 2nd and playing 2nd for Prosser in the Valley League. Prosser's pitcher is named Records. 

1938-6-19 (Stevens Point, WI) Played part of the game in right field for the Waupaca Graycos of the Wolf River League. 

1938-6-21 (Oshkosh, WI) "William Cadreau, pitcher and member of the [Wisconsin Veterans] Home, left Monday for northern Wisconsin where he is to play ball and act as fishing guide in his leisure time." 
1938-6-25 (Ironwood, MI) Visited town yesterday. "He said he was enroute to Eagle River to guide Louis Comiskey, son of the late Sox owner, on a musky fishing trip." Says he is 51 years old, and gives his nickname of "Nitchey." 

1946-9-27 (Hurley) "former Odanah Indian reservation resident." "Cadreau's undoing with the majors was because he could not stay away from bars. He loved to bend an elbow."
1946-10-13 (Missoula, MT) " 'Chief' Cadreau, an Indian pitcher who might have been the equal of Bender had he practiced the latter's abstemiousness, died the other day at Cloquet, Minn. In 1911, Charles Comiskey signed Cadreau to pitch for the White Sox, but when the "chief" spent his train fare for drinks, he sent him to Spokane. There Cadreau won 21 and lost 11 in 1912, the next year won 15, lost 15. His habits got the best of him, so in 1915 he was pitching semi-pro ball in Montana. Havre, which had six St. Thomas college boys and Lorin Solon of Minnesota catching under the name of Stone (he was later barred from the football season while Gopher captain) were other players on that Havre club. Chinook had Bill McCorry of Spokane, later a well-known minor manager, Roundup had Blondy Leise, Fort Benton used Jack Halla, Chief Navarre, Billy Oriet and Fred Vance, Al Lodell had two great pitchers at Forsyth in Sutherland and Fitchner. It was a big season of real baseball money in Montana."




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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Union Association

 1911-9-11 About John McCloskey and his Butte team. Re-established pro ball in Butte. Will be back in 1912. Lack of interest caused Butte to lose pennant as players left.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Southern League

1919-3-23 Pics of Nashville Vols' directors
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