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St. Paul Colored Gophers
The St. Paul Colored Gophers was a small club of black baseball players formed in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1907. They were not a formal Negro league team, as the commonly referred-to "Negro leagues" were not created until 1920. However, like other barnstorming teams of the time, they put considerable pressure on the desegregation of baseball. Historians rarely mention the Colored Gophers in Negro baseball history, and statistics are hard to find. History The club lasted several seasons, also playing under the name Twin City Gophers and Minneapolis Gophers. In 1909, the Colored Gophers defeated what was considered to be the most powerful Negro baseball team, the Leland Giants. They were managed that year by Phil "Daddy" Reid and Irving Williams, they managed to land Taylor brothers Candy Jim Taylor and Steel Arm Johnny Taylor. Candy Jim went on to manage the team in 1910. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 In Baseball
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Bunch Davis
Frank "Bunch" Davis () was a shortstop in the Negro leagues. He played for several different teams, including the Chicago Union Giants, St. Paul Colored Gophers, and Minneapolis Keystones The Minneapolis Keystones was a small club of black baseball players formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, running from approximately 1908 to 1911. While the Negro National League was not formed until 1920, the Keystones did have many top notch pla .... References External links Further reading * Hentschell, I. J. (April 18, 1909)"Independent Baseball" ''Minneapolis Star Tribune''. p. 56 * Star Tribune staff (April 16, 1911)"Keystones Off for West Baden" ''Minneapolis Star Tribune''. p. 51 * Star Tribune staff (June 24, 1911)"Keystones to Play Conrads" ''Minneapolis Star Tribune''. p. 19 Chicago American Giants players Leland Giants players Minneapolis Keystones players St. Paul Colored Gophers players Baseball infielders {{Negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Binga
William H. Binga (February 26, 1869 – October 14, 1950) was an American third baseman, catcher and manager in the pre-Negro league baseball era. Born in Michigan, Binga played most of his career in Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently, it appears Binga started his baseball career at the age of 26, playing three games as a catcher for a team in Adrian, Michigan. He quickly moved on to the Page Fence Giants, which eventually brought him to Chicago when the team moved to Chicago and became the Chicago Columbia Giants in 1899. In Chicago, he played for several seasons for the Columbia Giants, Chicago Union Giants, and the Leland Giants. He would move with many fellow players to Minnesota in 1908. Binga left the Colored Gophers based in Minneapolis in August 1911, the newspaper citing a "disastrous season" due to "bad management" and said the players of the team were "much dissatisfied." During his career, he played with Sol Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Milliner
Eugene J. "Gabbie" Milliner (November 27, 1878 – January 15, 1921) was a Negro leagues outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to c ... for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. Milliner died at the age of 42 in Denver, Colorado. References External links * anSeamheads Brooklyn Royal Giants players 1878 births 1921 deaths Hot Springs Arlingtons players St. Paul Colored Gophers players 20th-century African-American people Kansas City Giants players Kansas City Royal Giants players {{US-baseball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Marshall
Robert Wells Marshall (March 12, 1880 – August 27, 1958) was an American sportsman. He was best known for playing football; however, Marshall also competed in baseball,"Keystones Trimmed Oelwein Saturday" ''Oelwein Daily Register'', Oelwein, IA, Page 4, Column 3 track, , and wrestling. When Marshall played baseball for [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haywood Rose
Haywood "Kissing Bug" Rose (1870 - January 7, 1947) was an Outfielder in the Negro leagues. Rose died at the age of 77 in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count .... References External links Columbia Giants players Leland Giants players Louisville White Sox players Minneapolis Keystones players St. Paul Colored Gophers players 1870 births 1947 deaths Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee 20th-century African-American people Baseball outfielders {{Negro-league-baseball-outfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will McMurray
William Joseph McMurray (February 26, 1882 – January 26, 1945) was an American baseball catcher in the pre-Negro leagues. He played most of his seasons for the St. Paul Colored Gophers and the West Baden Sprudels. He played with many popular players of the day, including George Shively, Candy Jim Taylor James Allen "Candy Jim" Taylor (February 1, 1884April 3, 1948) was an American third baseman and manager in Negro league baseball. In a career that spanned forty years, he played as an infielder in the early years of the 20th century for over a ..., Chappie Johnson, Dick Wallace, and William Binga. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:McMurray, William Baseball players from St. Louis 1882 births 1945 deaths St. Paul Colored Gophers players West Baden Sprudels players Baseball players from Chicago 20th-century African-American people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chappie Johnson
George "Chappie" Johnson Jr. (May 8, 1877 – August 17, 1949) was an American baseball catcher and field manager in the Negro leagues. He played for many successful teams from 1895 to 1920 and he crossed racial boundaries as a teacher and coach. Johnson was born and raised in the village of Bellaire, Ohio, on the upper Ohio River. In 1895, he debuted at the age of 17 with the Page Fence Giants, where he played short stop, left field, then first base, then moved to catcher where he stayed for most of his career. Most of the team moved to Chicago and formed the Chicago Columbia Giants in 1899. There, Johnson often caught for George Wilson, and the two became a powerful battery for the baseball club. Johnson moved on to the Chicago Union Giants, and played on and off with the Algona Brownies, then moved with George Wilson to a baseball team in Renville, Minnesota and the famous battery won the state championship in 1905, playing against mostly white teams. Previous to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Gatewood
William Miller "Big Bill" Gatewood (August 22, 1881 – December 8, 1962) was an American Negro league baseball pitcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons. He pitched for the Leland Giants, Chicago Giants, St. Paul Colored Gophers, Chicago American Giants, New York Lincoln Giants, Cuban X-Giants, Philadelphia Giants, Brooklyn Royal Giants, St. Louis Giants, Indianapolis ABCs, Detroit Stars, St. Louis Stars, Toledo Tigers, Milwaukee Bears, Memphis Red Sox, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, and Birmingham Black Barons. Career Sportswriter Harry Daniels named Gatewood to his 1909 "All American Team." In the first week of June in 1920, at age 38, Gatewood left the St. Louis Giants and joined Tenny Blount's team, the Detroit Stars. Part-way through the second season, he moved on to the Cuban Stars. A 6'7" tall spitball pitcher, Gatewood was a first line pitcher in Blackball's pre-league days, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Wallace
Richard Felix Wallace (July 22, 1882 – July 19, 1925) was an American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1903 to 1924 with several teams, including the Lincoln Giants and the St. Louis Giants. He was Captain of the St. Louis Giants in 1912. He managed from 1909 to 1921. Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Wallace started his baseball career in 1903, playing for the Paducah Nationals of Paducah, Kentucky where he stayed until the end of the 1905 season. In 1906 and 1907, Wallace played for the Cuban Giants of New York City. In 1908 and 1909 he joined the St. Paul Colored Gophers, playing second base. At the end of the 1909 year, he joined the Leland Giants at second base where he also made two hits against Chicago Cubs pitcher Ray Brown. Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Wallace on his 1909 "All American Team." A court battle split the Leland Giants in 1910. Harris went to the Chicago Giants and played there in 1910. Wallace would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Roberts (baseball)
Fred Douglas Roberts (January 28, 1873 – death date unknown) was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1900s. A native of Danville, Illinois, Roberts made his Negro leagues debut in 1903 with the Leland Giants. He played with the club for several seasons before finishing his career with the St. Paul Colored Gophers The St. Paul Colored Gophers was a small club of black baseball players formed in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1907. They were not a formal Negro league team, as the commonly referred-to "Negro leagues" were not created until 1920. However, like othe ... in 1907. References External links anSeamheads 1873 births Place of death missing Year of death missing Leland Giants players St. Paul Colored Gophers players Baseball second basemen Baseball players from Vermilion County, Illinois Sportspeople from Danville, Illinois {{negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Jones
Willis Jones (birthdate unknown) was an American baseball outfielder and manager in the pre-Negro leagues. Easily confused on team rosters with his team mates Abe Jones and Bert Jones, Willis Jones appears on team rosters for the Chicago Unions and Chicago Union Giants from 1895 to 1902. After a few more years in Chicago, in 1907 Jones started playing for the St. Paul Colored Gophers and eventually moved to the nearby Minneapolis Keystones. He played with several popular players of the day, including Home Run Johnson, Rube Foster Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. Foster, considered by historians to have been per ..., Mike Moore, Bill Gatewood, Dick Wallace and George Hopkins. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Willis Algona Brownies players Chicago Unions players Leland Giants players Minne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
