Sunday, February 20, 2022

West Branch League

 1931

Champion: Turbotville (beat Mifflinburg in Little World Series)

Upper Circuit:

Turbotville
Hughesville
Muncy
Watsontown
Montoursville
Montgomery

Lower Circuit:

Mifflinburg
Lewisburg
Milton
Middleburg
Sunbury
Selinsgrove



1932

Champions: Middleburg (defeated Watsontown in Little World Series)

Upper Circuit: 

Watsontown
Muncy
Turbotville
Montgomery
Montoursville
Hughesville

Lower Circuit:

Middleburg
Mifflinburg
Milton
Sunbury
Lewisburg
Selinsgrove


1933

Champions: Mifflinburg Senators (beat Montoursville in Little World Series.)

Upper Circuit:

Montoursville
Montgomery
Northumberland
Hughesville
Muncy
Picture Rocks

Lower Circuit:

Mifflinburg Senators, managed by Oren Sterling
Milton
Middlebury
Sunbury
Lewisbury
Selinsgrove

(teams listed in order of finish)

Statistics:

Batting Champion: Ace McLaughlin, Montoursville, .407 in 27 games. 

1934

Champions: Montgomery (beat Watsontown in playoffs)

Central Penn League took most of the good teams, so it wasn't that great of a league. 


Monday, February 7, 2022

Blow-outs

1912-8-25 Plainfield beats Bound Brook 27-7 - Ernie Lindeman wins - play by play
        Lindeman got six hits
1921-9-05 Parkesburg Iron beats Pennsylvania Giants 26-1
1922-8-19 Bellevue beats Harmarville Consumers 23-2
1925-8-2 Pepsi-Cola beats Church Hill, 27-9

1948-7-12 Carmichael Firemen 24, Sacramento Coca-Cola 0

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Hawaiian notes

Source for all that follows: file:///C:/Users/kiach/Pictures/Johnson_Michael_r.pdf

1890s:

Star pitchers: Lionel Hart, George Wood. 
Popular: Chris Holt, Chris Willis, Percy Lishman. 

Pro players:

John Ganzel, Barney Joy, Buck Lai, Henry Oana, John Williams, En Sue Pung, Tony Rego, 

Bozo Wakabayashi, Kenichi Zenimura, Wally Yonamine, Bill Nishita, Jyun Hirota, Dick Kashiwaeda, 

Notes: 
John Williams continued to play baseball as a part of Standard Oil's team through the 1920s. 

En Sue Pung was a teammate of Barney Joy with the H.A.C.  Twice toured the U.S and Asia with touring teams. His career lasted 25 years. 


Thursday, January 20, 2022

1906 Honolulu League notes

 1906-7-25 St. Louis may have thrown a game


Kamehameha:

Jones, catcher, was blamed multiple times for not being able to catch Reuter, and Reuter not being able to pitch his best.

Maile Ilima:

Bill Thomas

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=thomas004wil   him?  https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1947&key...