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Eastern Illinois League
The Eastern Illinois League was a Class-D league in Minor League Baseball that existed during the 1907 and 1908 baseball seasons. The league president as of 1907 was L. A. G. Shoaff. According to the 1908 Spalding Guide, the league got its start in Pana, IL and the league's "godfather" was Joe Adams, also known as "Old Wagon Tongue." In 1907, teams had a salary limit of $600. Cities Represented *Centralia, IL: Centralia White Stockings 1907 * Charleston, IL: Charleston Broom Corn Cutters 1907; Charleston Evangelists 1908 * Danville, IL: Danville Speakers 1908 *Linton, IN: Linton 1908 * Mattoon, IL: Mattoon Giants 1907-1908 *Pana, IL: Pana Coal Miners 1907-1908 *Paris, IL: Paris Colts 1907; Paris Parisians 1908 *Shelbyville, IL: Shelbyville Queen Citys 1907-1908 *Staunton, IL: Staunton Speakers 1908 *Taylorville, IL: Taylorville Tailors 1907-1908 *Vincennes, IN: Vincennes Alices Vincennes (, ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Colts
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Kelly (baseball)
Albert Michael "Red" Kelly (November 15, 1884 – February 4, 1961), was a Major League Baseball rightfielder who played in with the Chicago White Sox. He also played in the Minor Leagues Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in N ... with the Des Moines Boosters of the Western League in 1910 and . References External links 1884 births 1961 deaths Chicago White Sox players Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball players Major League Baseball right fielders Baseball players from Illinois Des Moines Boosters players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Ryan (third Baseman)
Michael Patrick Ryan (June 7, 1868 – September 13, 1935) was a third baseman for the St. Louis Browns of the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ... in 1895. External links * 1868 births 1935 deaths 19th-century baseball players St. Louis Browns (NL) players Baseball players from Missouri Major League Baseball third basemen {{baseball-third-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Ketter
Philip Ketter (born Philip Ketterer; April 13, 1884 – April 9, 1965) was an American Major League Baseball catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the catcher ... who played for the St. Louis Browns in . External linksBaseball Reference.com 1884 births 1965 deaths St. Louis Browns players Baseball players from St. Louis Minor league baseball managers Hopkinsville Browns players Bloomington Bloomers players Columbia Gamecocks players Marion Diggers players York White Roses players Johnstown Johnnies players Chester Johnnies players Burlington Pathfinders players St. Joseph Drummers players Quincy Gems players McAlester Miners players Taylorville Tailors players {{US-baseball-catcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank O'Day
Henry M. O'Day (July 8, 1859 – July 2, 1935), nicknamed "The Reverend", was an American right-handed pitcher and later an umpire and manager in Major League Baseball. After a seven-year major league playing career, he worked as a National League (NL) umpire for 30 seasons between 1895 and 1927. O'Day umpired in ten World Series – second only to Bill Klem's total of 18 – including five of the first seven played, and was behind the plate for the first modern World Series game in 1903. Retiring at age 68 years, 2 months, he remains the oldest umpire in major league history – a fact which was not known until recently, as he routinely shaved five to seven years from his true age throughout his career. His 3,986 total games as an umpire ranked third in major league history when he retired, and his 2,710 games as the plate umpire still rank second in major league history to Klem's total of 3,544. He is largely known for his controversial decision in a pivotal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincennes Alices
Vincennes (, ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is next to but does not include the Château de Vincennes and Bois de Vincennes, which are attached to the city of Paris. History The Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in Vincennes fortress in 1777, where he remained until February 1784 although he escaped for a little over a month in 1778. Thereafter Vincennes fortress was closed and de Sade transferred to the Bastille. In 1821, the noted French poet, Alfred de Vigny, wrote his poem, "La Prison," which details the last days of the Man in the Iron Mask at Vincennes. The ministers of Charles X were imprisoned at the fortress of Vincennes after the July Revolution. A test was conducted in 1849 on Claude-Étienne Minié's invention the Minié ball which would prove successful and years later be adopted by the French army. On the morning of 15 October 1917, famous femme fatale Mata Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincennes, IN
Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville and Terre Haute. Founded in 1732 by French fur traders, notably François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, for whom the Fort was named, Vincennes is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Indiana and one of the oldest settlements west of the Appalachians. According to the 2010 census, its population was 18,423, a decrease of 1.5% from 18,701 in 2000. Vincennes is the principal city of the Vincennes, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises all of Knox County and had an estimated 2017 population of 38,440. History The vicinity of Vincennes was inhabited for thousands of years by different cultures of indigenous peoples. During the Late Woodland period, some of these peoples used local loess hills as burial sites; some of the more prominent examples are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylorville Tailors
The Taylorville Tailors were a minor league baseball team based in Taylorville, Illinois. The Tailors teams played as members of the Class D level Eastern Illinois League in 1907 and 1908. Following the folding of the Eastern Illinois League, the 1911 Taylorville "Christians" played the season as members of the Class D level Illinois-Missouri League. History The 1907 Taylorville Tailors began minor league play as charter members of the Eastern Illinois League. The league was formed under league president L. A. G. Shoaff as a six–team, Class D level league. The 1908 Spalding Guide indicated the league was founded in Pana, Illinois and the league's "godfather" was Joe Adams, also known as "Old Wagon Tongue," who would later manage the 1911 Taylorville team. In 1907 the league teams had a salary limit of $600 for their rosters. The Centralia White Stockings, Charleston Broom Corn Cutters, Mattoon Giants, Pana Coal Miners and Shelbyville Queen Citys joined Taylorville as cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylorville, IL
Taylorville is a city in and the county seat of Christian County, Illinois, Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,506 at the 2020 census, making it the county's largest city. History Taylorville was founded on May 24, 1839, and was named after John Taylor, a planning commissioner for the state of Illinois. Taylorville was known (in the early to mid-1990s) to have had a high rate of neuroblastoma, a cancer affecting the adrenal gland and striking children. The local power company Central Illinois Public Service Company was sued and lost for contaminating the groundwater in 1994. Some outer homes and a business in Taylorville were damaged by an Fujita scale, F1 tornado on April 2, 2006. On August 11, 2012, a Beechcraft Model 18 airplane crashed into a residential area of Taylorville, killing the pilot but injuring none on the ground. A subsequent National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigation into the accident concluded that an improper flap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staunton Speakers
The Staunton Speakers were a minor league baseball team based in Staunton, Illinois in 1908. The Staunton Speakers played briefly as members of the Class D level Eastern Illinois League, which folded during the 1908 season. After relocating from Danville, Illinois, Staunton captured the Eastern Illinois League championship in the shortened season, hosting home games at Sporting Park. History On July 17, 1908, the Danville Speakers franchise of the Class D level Eastern Illinois League moved to Staunton after compiling a record of 42–18 while based in Danville. The newly named "Staunton Speakers" joined the Charleston Evangelists, Mattoon Giants, Pana Coal Miners, Paris Parisians, Shelbyville Queen Citys, Taylorville Tailors and Vincennes Alices in the eight–team league. After beginning league play in 1907, it was reported by the Associated Press that the Eastern Illinois League teams in Charleston, Mattoon, Pana and Paris were supported, “in great part from saloon i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staunton, IL
Staunton is the second largest city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 5,054. History Name origins A man named Stanton bought land in the area, and then decided to move on and gave the land to the village for a square. At the meeting to discuss the post office someone suggested they name the village Stanton, a nod to Mr. Stanton. The suggestion was accepted and the application for a post office at Stanton went off to Washington, D.C. There the clerk who handled the request must have thought those westerners couldn't spell. The grant came back with the name spelled S-t-a-u-n-t-o-n, which is the name of a town in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It would take time and effort to have the error corrected, and little attention seemed to be given to the discrepancy.. Staunton, Virginia was and still is pronounced "Stanton". And so it was in Staunton, Illinois for many years. Some say that the people here began saying Staunton as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
