Cook of Trenton, died last May, I think that they will be stationed this season at Hoboken. They have been stationed for the last four years at Trenton N.J., but as their financial backer, Walter J. They started for Florida this season but I would not go on account of the yellow fever, but would wait until they came North. Little Selden speaks very pleasantly of his connection with the Cuban Giants, and says: “I joined them two seasons ago, and was successful as a pitcher. Then he went into the Colored National league, but left them at Louisville, Ky., and joined the Cuban Giants. When they disbanded he went with the Resolutes of Boston, after which he traveled with the Bostons for two seasons. He began to play with the Ashlands, then the best local club at the West end, while he was attending the Phillips school. He has lived in Boston since 1869, and has always had a strong fancy for base ball. A Globe reporter called to see him a few days ago to find out how he was treated by the white audiences throughout the country, and learned the following interesting facts: This little colored fellow has since become one of the finest ball players in the business. “Decem– Many of the old timers remember the Boston mascot of 1876 and ’77. Lardner, In the Wake of the News, Chicago Daily Tribune, July 8, 1914:15. He shipped the kinky-headed Cubano to the peaceful vicinity of New Haven in the Nutmeg League where the folks don’t mind that sort of stuff.” – The Sporting News, March 20, 1913:4. Manager Dominik Mullaney was wise in his day and time. The hombre kept his bean clean but he carefully nurtured a fledgling moustache and the same spirals were prominent with their presence. This fellow’s hair had the tendency to grow in matted spirals that caused a great deal of comment around the circuit and the player was then required to keep his head shaved. I have a vivid recollection of one Cubano with Jacksonville in the spring of 1907. Several of them have made good with the Jays and the management is again scouring the island for other Senors. “This Jacksonville Club was long on Cuban ball players.
“The discovery by Birmingham that it had signed a Cuban player who is darker than the law allows – at least in Dixie – led Wilson Mathews to tell a little story that he picked up while an umpire in the South Atlantic League:
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In the meantime I intend to spend Christmas quietly at home where I will do full justice to the Christmas turkey.” - Bill Carrigan, Boston Post, December 24, 1915:25. No matter what dope the paper managers may give out I have made absolutely no move since the season closed. It is good policy to let well enough alone.
I am not thinking of trades or sales as far as my ball club is concerned. I spent more than a month at my camp down on Lake Annabessacook and though my self and friends had a good time roughing it, I didn’t do much in the hunting and fishing line, I simply used my stay there as a good rest. “I am down here in Lewiston taking things easy till it comes time to make arrangements for the spring trip. From Major League Baseball, the “proclamation” that Negro Leagues baseball shall be recognized as major league – something we all knew long ago and do not need to be told or reminded – instead, here’s some baseball stories that transcend all of that – here’s to great African-American players, to beer, and poetry. ‘Tis better, this week to dwell upon happier – and hoppier – subjects than pandemics and economic depression. Check out what’s new and keep up with all the news in the Boston Chapter on Facebook at BostonSABR or on Instagram at entries below are from 2020, click on a link below to scroll directly to each dispatch:ĭECEMChristmas greetings from the snowbound Mudville Bureau of the Boston Chapter. Stay Home With SABR: 2020 Dispatches from the Boston Chapter Decem/ in Chapter Updates / by sabrĮditor’s note: During our Stay Home With SABR initiative, enjoy these light-hearted Dispatches From the Mudville Bureau by Joanne Hulbert of SABR’s Boston Chapter to stay engaged with baseball until the games return.