1916 St. Louis Giants
Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.
May 30, 1916
St. Louis, MO
"Colored Team Too Much for The Reissens - Local Team Drops Two Games Tuesday Afternoon to St. Louis Giants. - Slam Eight Home Runs in Game at North End. - Here's a home run record! In the two games at North End Tuesday between the Reissens and St. Louis Colored Giants, eight home runs were clouted, and deep center was the most vulnerable point of attack of the border. The Reissens slammed five out for no stop-over excursions and the Giants three. Siegel drove out two, Stevenson, Tayler and Frazer each one. - Manager Mill's St. Louis Colored Giants took both games of the big double header from Ben Reissen's pets at North End Park Tuesday afternoon before a packed house. The County League champs made the champion colored boys play hard to win. Both clubs played snappy ball. The Reissens hit the ball hard, and all that saved the Giants from two defeats was the circus catches made by the outfielders time after time. Hits that looked good for triples and home runs were pulled down by the fleet-footed Giant outfielders. They pulled them off the fence - catches that are seldom seen in the big league. Rep Siegel, Reissen's classy center fielder, ripped out two home runs."
August 6, 1916
Chicago, IL
"Giants at St. Louis. - The American Giants left last Sunday for St. Louis, Missouri. They will return the first of the week. They hope to cop the series there with the St. Louis Giants."
August 11, 1916
St. Louis, MO
"St. Louis Giants Secure Federal Park - St. Louis, Missouri, August 11 - After much dilly-dallying over one of the most momentous questions that has yet arisen in this city affecting the future of Negro baseball, the Federal League base ball park has been secured by Charles C. Mills and associates, and will be the future home of the St. Louis Colored and white fans of the Mound City. This is generally regarded in Colored base ball circles as a most important circumstance, as it adds just that much more to the fast growing popularity of baseball among the Colored and white fans of the Mound City."
September 14, 1916
St. Louis, MO
"Henry Greys Down St. Louis Giants - St. Louis, Missouri, September 15. - The Henry Greys defeated the St. Louis Giants, 20 to 9, getting 22 hits off Gatewood, yesterday. The Henry Greys won the series, three out of five. The Greys will meet the American Giants in a double header at Chicago Sunday. Clyde McBride and Heine Blitz are at the present time playing with the Greys."
July 2, 1916
St. Louis, MO
"St. Louis Giants Trim A.B.C.s, 10 to 4. - St. Louis, Missouri (Special to the Freeman) - A big crowd turned out at Brock Park Sunday, to see the St. Louis Giants wallop the A.B.C.'s of Indianapolis, 10 to 4, in the second game of a double-header. Though the Indianapolis team was beaten, it looked good. Lack of good pitching enabled the locals to run up the score, McAdoo of St. Louis was the hitting hero, with three doubles and a triple in four trips to the pan."
July 3, 1916
St. Louis, MO
"St. Louis Giants Again Beat Indianapolis, 5 to 4. - St. Louis, Missouri (Special to Freeman) - The St. Louis Giants defeated the Indianapolis A.B.C. team at Brock's Park Monday in a very interesting game. This is the second victory for the Giants over the visitors in this series of games. The visitors rallied yesterday in the ninth inning, and with a runner on first and second Rhodes sent a three-bagger to right field with none out. Poor decisions by the umpire at this stage of the game turned a possible victory for the visitors into a defeat."
July 9, 1916
Chicago, IL
"American Giants 6, St. Louis Giants 0."