June 23?, 1917
Ruthven, IA
"Brown's Tennessee Rats are playing the best baseball of their career, having defeated the Lost Island Giants two out of three games at Arnold's Park in Ruthven, Iowa last week. The Giants winning one game by the score of 1-0. Jack Marshall pitching for the Rats and Tyree, formerly of the American Giants, for the Lost Islands. Only one scratch hit was made off the margin, while Tyree struck out 14 men but allowed five hits. The second game played before 4,000 people was won 5-4. The third game was 3-1. The Tennessee Rats will be seen in Kansas City in the near future."
July 6, 1917
Arnold's Park, IA
"Rats Win Series. - Arnold's Park, Iowa, July 6. - (Special.) - Brown's Tennessee Rats made a clean sweep of the series with the South Dakota All-Stars, winning the last game, by a score of 5 to 0, for a $100 side bet, before 1,500 people. Vinens pitched a wonderful game, getting thirteen strikeouts and allowing only three hits. Johnson and Hicks started at bat, each getting a homer with a man on. The Rats will play the Giants in Des Moines July 8."
July 8, 1917
Des Moines, IA
"The Rats will play the Giants in Des Moines July 8."
July 17, 1917
Lake View, IA
"Ball Games of Week - Deloit Defeated Tennessee Rats - Lake View Loses to Storm Lake - Dunlap to Fort Crook - Lake View, July 17. - Deloit defeated the second division of the Tennessee Rats at Lakewood park 7 to 2. On account of the Rats' pitcher, shortstop and first baseman getting caught in a rainstorm enroute, several local white players were substitute. The Rats will return here about August 5 for a game with the Lake View team."
July 28, 1917
Omaha, NE
"Brown's Tennessee Rats, the next attraction booked by the Brandeis Stores at Rourke Park, will open their two-game series Saturday, July 28."
Omaha, NE
"Athletic Carnival When Tennessee Rats Come - The Tennessee Rats will clash with the Brandeis Stores Saturday and Sunday at Rourke Park. This is the same aggregation that made a remarkable record of fourty-five straight victories last season, two of the games being won from the All Nations. Their defeat of three games by the Brandeis was a hard blow to Manager Brown, and he immediately got busy and bolstered up his club by strengthening three weak positions, and on the arrival of the new material proceeded to clean up everything in sight. Saturday's game will start at 3:15."
Omaha, NE
"The Tennessee Rats - The crack colored ball team of the country, against the famous Brandeis Stores, will be the premier attraction down at Rourke Park tomorrow afternoon and Sunday, and it is already an established fact that big crowds will be on hand to see the fun. On Sunday, particularly, will the hosts get their money's worth, for on this afternoon Colonel Fred Bradford, who never fails to give his patrons the fullest measure of sport in return for their duoats, has arranged for a veritable old athletic saturnalla. In addition to the big tiff with the Tennessee Shades, who inject more comedy and buffoonery into a game of ball than any team that ever caracoled over this historic old diamond, there will be a tug-of-war for a handsome trophy, a wrestling match and a boxing joust, all well selected events, and well worth much in convenience, even, to witness. Tom Ray, the imitable wonder of the mat, will tackle a mess of oppoents, and is sure to give the crowd a big laugh. Frank Potach, one of the speediest hurlers ever developed in the local field, and who made a name with the Ramblers, has been signed by Manager Bradford, and will be seen ina Brandeis uniform and on the little old hill in Sunday's game. The Black Rats are stacking up a wonderful game these days, and are the attraction of the summer."
Omaha, NE
"Brandeis Nine Trims Tennessee Rats, 8-6 - Department Store Boys Pile Up Six-Run Lead in First and Overwhelm Visitors. - McGuire's Pitching Effective and the 'Rats' Held Safe. Play Today. - Amassing a six-run lead at the outset, the Brandeis Stores nine yesterday administered a good trouncing to the Tennessee Rats, the famous colored aggregation, here for a two-day series. Five hits, some bad fielding and a base on balls let in the six tallies. Two more runs picked up in the fourth put the game on ice for the locals. These last were secured without a hit, two free passes and couple of errors doing the work. Marshall, twirling for the Rats, held the Omaha boys hitless after the second inning. McGuire allowed but two hits until the eighth, when he let down. Vivens will oppose Potash in today's game, starting at 3:15 o'clock."
July 29, 1917
Omaha, NE
"Brown's Tennessee Rats, the next attraction booked by the Brandeis Stores at Rourke Park, will open their two-game series Saturday, July 28."
Omaha, NE
"Sunday's game will be one of the features in conjuction with the big athletic carnival, consisting of wrestling, baseball, tug of war, shadow wrestling and other classy events. Manager Bradford of the Brandeis Stores has signed Frank Potach, star slabman of the Ramblers, and owing to the demand of Potach's followers that Frank be used in Sunday's game in order to give them all an opportunity to see him work in semi-pro company, will give him a chance to try his fast ball against the Rats."
Omaha, NE
"Tennessee Rats Take Game From Brandeis - Viviens' stunts proved too much for the Brandies boys at Rourke Park yesterday and they went down to defeat by the score of 4 to 1 before the Tennessee Rats. The colored boys played great ball and deserved to win. Potach started for the locals but lasted but four frames. Seven hits good for four runs being made off his offering. Olson relieved him in the fifth and stopped the scoring but it was too late. Four hits were all the locals could get off Viviens who was in grand form."