June 8, 1917
Chicago, IL?
"Allison of Nashville, has enlisted with the Union Giants, Chicago, and is doing receiving duty in great style."
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Chicago, IL
"Charles W. Murphy, former Cub President, and Jake Stahl, who piloted the Boston Red Sox to a world's championship some years back, have accepted nominations as an advisory committee on bylaws and constitution for the Chicago Baseball League, the new semi-pro circuit. A.F. Sheahan was unanimously named president at a meeting yesterday in the Hotel La Salle. Other officers are: John J. Callahan, Vice President; Bill Niesen, Secretary; Warren Hill, Treasurer; Jimmy Hutton, Seargeant-At-Arms. Owners or delegates with power to act from the following park clubs voted: Garden City, South Chicago, Normals, Joliet, Logan Square and West Sides. Two other leading park teams are being considered as members. Final action on applications was deferred until next week's meeting. Secretary Niesen, 4750 N. Hermitage Avenue is in charge of the travelers' applications. Among the independent moguls in attendance were: M.J. and J.J. Stapleton, Normals; A. Sievers, Ciceros; Jim Simes, Joliet; A.J. Chubb, Beloit, Hinkel and Goodman, Garden City; Mike Heckinger, John J. Calahan, Logan Square; Warren Hill, South Chicago; Bert Fairchild, West Sides; Jimmy Keown, Louis Gertenrich, William Peters, Union giants; W.H. Nolan, H.A. Simmons, Braves; R.T. Carrol, Merrimacs; Jos Logan, Galligans; John Rogers, Rogers Park; Bill Harley, Waukegan."
Chicago, IL
"West Sides 1, Union Giants 0."
Chicago, IL
"Union Giants 6, Rogers Park 3."
Indianapolis, IN
"Chicago League - Union Giants and ABC at Indianapolis (Saturday also).
Indianapolis, IN
"Chicago League - Union Giants and ABC at Indianapolis (Saturday also).
Grand Ridge, IL
"Grand Ridge Defeats Chicago Union Giants. - Grand Ridge, Illinois, May 19 - (Special) - The Grand Ridge baseball team, yesterday afternoon defeated the Chicago Union Giants by a score of 6 to 3. Klines for the locals held the Giants to six scattered hits. About 450 people witnessed the game."
Grand Ridge, IL
"Grand Ridge Team Playing Union Giants Today - Grand Ridge, Illinois, May 25, 1917 - (Special) - The Grand Ridge baseball team and the Union Giants are slated to battle another game this afternoon on the local field. The Giants played at the Ridge last week, losing by a score of 5 to 3. The games were so well played that the fans requested a return game. Grand Ridge is the real baseball metropolis now in this section, and if the patronage continues the team will be playing to a thousand people at every game. The Ridgers have not lost a game, and with Ballard in the box today he will try and repeat the trick performed by Hines.
Rock Island, IL
"Local Pitcher is With Union Giants - Charles Gatewood, crack colored pitcher, who yesterday hurled the Edelweiss club to a 16 to 3 victory over the W.O.W. team, at the Ninth Street diamond last night joined the Union Giants of Chicago. Gatewood left last night with the team for Toulon, Illinois. The Giants played at Geneseo yesterday, Gatewood held the W.O.W. sluggers to two hits. He has been pitching effective ball for the Edelweiss club all season."
Kansas City, MO
"The Chicago Union Giants come today, Sunday, and Monday for three games. And then comes the World's Negro Champions, Rube Foster's American Giants, and the fans predict that the banner crowd of 7,000 that witness last Sunday's game will be surpassed when Rube comes."
Kansas City, MO
"Stolen bases, Torriente, Donaldson, Coleman."
Kansas City, MO
"Base Ball - Chicago Union Giants vs Schmelzer's All Nations - Sat. Sun. Mon. September 22, 23, 24 at Association Park Admission 25c Grand Stand 25c Extra - Game Called at 3pm - John Donaldson, World's Colored Champion, will pitch Sunday."
Kansas City, MO
"Base Ball - Chicago Union Giants vs Schmelzer's All Nations - Sat. Sun. Mon. September 22, 23, 24 at Association Park Admission 25c Grand Stand 25c Extra - Game Called at 3pm - John Donaldson, World's Colored Champion, will pitch Sunday."
Kansas City, MO
"John Donaldson was too much for the Chicago Union Giants yesterday and the Schmelzer All Nations smothered the visitors, 12 to 8. Donaldson allowed six hits, while the All-Nations got 12 off of Pyres, the Chicago flinger."
Kansas City, MO
"Base Ball - Chicago Union Giants vs Schmelzer's All Nations - Sat. Sun. Mon. September 22, 23, 24 at Association Park Admission 25c Grand Stand 25c Extra - Game Called at 3pm - John Donaldson, World's Colored Champion, will pitch Sunday."
Topeka, KS
"All Nations Coming - Schmelzer Team Will Play Colored Chicago Giants in Topeka. - J.E. Gaul, of the Kansas City Schmelzer All-Nation baseball team is in Topeka arranging for an exhibition game here September 25 and 26 between the Chicago Colored Union Giants and the All-Nations. John Donaldson, said to be the greatest colored pitcher in the world, is with the All-Nations and Gaul guarantees that he will pitch one of the Topeka games. Among the new men who have recently been taken on by the All-Nations is Pitcher Maple who was with the Joplin club of the Western League all season. The All-Nations have played 104 games this season and have lost only 9."
Topeka, KS
"Chicago Union Giants vs All-Nations at Topeka."
Chicago, IL?
"Allison of Nashville, has enlisted with the Union Giants, Chicago, and is doing receiving duty in great style."