1913 Schenectady Mohawk Giants
Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.
March 24, 1913
Palm Beach, FL
"The Mohawk Giants, an aggregation of dark brown gents who have been playing all winter at Palm Beach, will appear here for an exhibition game against the Mechanics some time next month. Secretary Reddy has offered them the choice of two dates. The University of Vermont want the Mechanics to hold the date of April 17 a few days longer. The Green Mountain collegians will then either reject or accept the plan to play here."
May 30, 1913
Perth Amboy, NJ
"(Doc) Scanlon will work in the afternoon game against the Mohawk Giants, and opposed to him will be Harry (Frank) Wickware, one of the greatest colored box artists at the present time. The Giants will also play the New Brunswicks Decoration Day morning."
August 1, 1913
Bennington, VT
"Mohawk Giants Tomorrow - Fast Colored Team to Play at Morgan Park Tomorrow Afternoon. - The Mohawk Giants of Schenectady will play Bennington at Morgan Park tomorrow afternoon. The game will be called at 4 o'clock. The Giants appeared at the park recently and defeated the locals in a fast game of seven innings. Many of the supporters of the local team are of the opinion that had the game gone the limit Bennington would have had a chance to win. Wickware, the sensational pitcher among colored ball players this year, will be in the box for the Giants."
Bennington, VT
"Wickware Trims Huckleberry Boys 12 to 3 - Dusky Pitcher Holds Them to Five Hits - Game Was One Sided - Peloquin Was an Easy Mark For Mohawk Giants and Locals Were Lifeless. - The Bennington baseball team was given the trimming of the season at Morgan Park yesterday afternoon, when it was defeated by the Mohawk Giants, the colored team from Schenectady by a score of 12 to 3. The dusky sluggers pounded Joe Peloquin for a total of 25 bases and won in a walkaway. The ease with which the Giants collected hits off Peloquin was enough to win several ball games but in addition the auburn-haired boxman from Willimantic was given punk support. The Huckleberry boys played like a lot of dead ones. There were occasional bursts of real baseball by the locals but during the larger portion of the game they were so lifeless that many of the spectators left the stand. Wickware, who is said to be the greatest boxman among the colored teams this year, pitched for the Giants and while he was not forced to work he showed that his reputation was genuine. He also proved that he was not only a twirler but a batter as well, with four clean hits out of five times at bat. There was a good Friday crowd in attendance and it is to be regretted that the home team could not have shown its appreciation with a better display of interest in its work. There were only three innings of real baseball, the first three periods. The Giants went after Peloquin for three singles in the opening stanza and collected two runs. Bennington came back with the same number of tallies due to Carolan's three base drive into center field. Neither team scored in the second, although both had runners on bases. In the third a hit and an error gave the Giants another run but a hit and a pair of errors but Bennington runners on second and third. Here it was that Wickware showed his ability as a pitcher. With two on bases and none out, he began to shoot the ball over the plate and quickly retired the side. From the third to the ninth the game was a procession of biff, bang as the darkies hammered the ball to all corners of the field and raced around the bases."
Bennington, VT
"August 1 - Bennington 3, Mohawk Giants 12."
August 19, 1913
Rutland, VT
"The Rutland baseball team defeated the Mohawk Giants at Ruland yesterday by a score of 9 to 7."
August 21, 1913
Schenectady, NY
"The Bennington baseball team went to Schenectady yesterday and was defeated by the Mohawk Giants, the strong colored team, by a score of 2 to 0. Peloquin pitched for Bennington."
Schenectady, NY
"Bennington 0, Mohawk Giants 2."
August 22, 1913
Bennington, VT
"Base Ball Games - Friday, August 22, 4p.m. - Morgan Park - Mohawk Giants vs. Bennington"
Bennington, VT
"Edgar's Timely Hit Won For Bennington - Home Run With Bases Full - Defeated Mohawk Giants - Final Score Was 8 to 6 - Colored Players in the Lead When Long Drive to Left Field Changed Situation. - Bennington defeated the Mohawk Giants of Schenectady at Morgan Park yesterday afternoon 8 to 6. The Huckleberry boys have now played four games with the fast colored team that has been representing Schenectady on the diamond during the present season and yesterday's contest ws the first in which the Vermonters have come through on the big end of the score. A remarkable home run hit by Edgar in the fifth inning really won the game for Bennington and gave the crowd an opportunity to witness the performance of one of the most spectacular feats in baseball, a home run with the bases full. In order to have filled all of the requirements of a dramatic baseball performance the hit should have been made in the ninth inning with the score of 3 to 0 in favor of the visiting team. There should have been three men on bases and two strikes on the batter. Edgar's hit did not complete this most nerve-racking of all imaginable climaxes in baseball combinations but it met most of the conditions. The Mohawk Giants were in the lead by a score of 3 to 2. There were three men on bases and there were two strikes on the batter. When the little center fielder hit the ball went out over left field into the before the ball was returned to the diamond. Canfield of Hoosick Falls pitched for Bennington. He was batted rather freely and the hits by the dusky players were made in bunches, but there were not enough bunches to win the game. He pulled through the first three periods with but two hits and no runs scored. In brook and he easily made the circuit the fourth the Mohawks got to him for a pair of doubles and a single and scored three runs. During the fifth, sixth and seventh he held the heavy hitting outfit to one single. In the eighth he was found for a double and three singles good for two runs and in the ninth three singles put another runner across the plate. White, who pitched for the Mohawks, had difficulty in locating the plate. Prindle was passed three times and on two of the three free tickets he made the circuit of the bases. The third time he was sacrificed to second, stole third and was thrown out at the plate while attempting to score on an infield hit. Bennington had the bases full and none out in the seventh but two batters went out on fly ball that were too short to permit the runner on third to reach the plate. The Bennington team played without an error and only two miscues were charged against the Mohawks. Doyle, who started the season with Hoosick Falls and who was in the Rutland lineup for a time, took the place of Shortstop Conley who recently joined the Northampton club of the Twin State League. He made a good impression on the fans and secured one hit."
Bennington, VT
"August 22 - Bennington 8, Mohawk Giants 6."
October 5, 1913
Schenectady, NY
"Wickware beat Joe Williams at Schenectady, New York. He pitched for the Mohawks."
July 13, 1913
Schenectady, NY
"Play Ball By Injunction - Mohawk Giants Get Right to Meet and Beat Troy. - Schenectady, New York, July 13. - Sheriff Myers, of Schenectady, was prevented from interfering with today's baseball game in this city because of an injuction served upon him yesterday noon by the manager of the Mohawk Giants, a local semi-professional team. Although it was predicted otherwise, no arrests were made on warrants secured by agents of the Law and Order League, who might pay admission. The game was an exhibition between the Troy State League club and the Mohawk Giants, and resulted in the latter team shutting out the leaguers by a score of 4 to 0."
July 18, 1913
Bennington, VT
"The Mohawk Giants, a star colored team from Schenectady, will play the Bennington team at Morgan Park Friday at 4 o'clock. The Mohawk Giants last Sunday defeated the Troy team of the New York state league 4 to 0 and they have beaten Toronto, Pittsfield, Bridgeport, Albany and other strong teams this year."
Bennington, VT
"Tomorrow's Ball Game - Huckleberry Bunch Will Go Against Mohawk Giants. - Bennington fans will have a rare chance of seeing one of the fastest colored teams in the country when the Mohawk Giants play the local baseball team at Morgan Park, tomorrow afternoon. This team has been trimming all corners, and the game tomorrow should be an interesting one as Bennington is now going at a good clip. Last Sunday at Schenectady the Mohawk Giants put it over the Troy team of the New York State League, by a score of 4 to 0. Pappalaw, one of Troy's best twirlers, was on the mound for his team, but the colored aggregation got to him. This is the first colored team to appear in Bennington this season and the fans should turn out in force. Colored teams are always popular with Bennington crowds, because they usually give a first class exhibition of how the national game should be played, and they furnish plenty of amusement in addition. Manager Morrissey is to be congratulated on securing this fast bunch of colored men to play here. Oh you fans! Turn out tomorrow and see a good game of ball."
Bennington, VT
"Friday, July 18 - Morgan Park, 4 p.m. Mohawk Giants of Schenectady vs Bennington"
Bennington, VT
"Colored Players Won Game on 2 Long Drives - One Was a Homer, the Other a Three-Bagger. - Game was Stopped by Rain - Mohawk Giants of Schenectady One Run to the Good When Show Arrived. - The Mohawk Giants, the team of fast colored ball players that is representing the city of Schenectady on the diamond during the present season won from the Bennington team of the Northern Tri-State league at Morgan Park yesterday afternoon by a 2 to 1 score. A heavy shower stopped the game in the seventh inning but while it lasted the game was one of the best played here this year. The Giants, like all of the players in the traveling colored teams, are free swingers with the bat and, as they are a husky, broad-shouldered bunch, when they hit the pill it traveled. Two of these long drives to the outfield won the game for the colored team. One was a home run in the second and the other a three sacker in the third. Peloquin was in the box for Bennington and pitched one of the best games he has shown this year. Considering the fact that he pitched in the game against Adams on Thursday his work was all the more creditable. The Giants have beaten some of the best minor league teams in the country and for a bush pitcher to hold them to four hits in six and two-thirds innings is going some. Outside of the long hits made by the colored players the principal features of the game were the fielding of Conley and Prindle. The shortstop was in the game every minute and the way Prindle took long fly balls into the left garden surprised the Giants."
Bennington, VT
"July 18 - Bennington 3, Mohawk Giants 5."