1912 Chicago American Giants

Known Roster
Jesse Barber
George Dandy
Charles Dougherty
Frank Duncan
Rube Foster
Bill Gatewood
Charley Hill
Pete Hill
Dicta Johnson
Bill Lindsay
Bill Monroe
William Parks
Andrew Payne
Bruce Petway
Bill Pierce
Bee Selden
Candy Jim Taylor
Albert Toney
Frank Wickware

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

April 18, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Current News of Chicago - Rube Foster has Great Aggregation of Ball Players - Party in Honor of Miss Ethel Mitchell - University Club Gives Musical and Dance - By Cary B. Lewis. - Special to the Freeman. - Chicago, Illinois, April 18. - Chicago is all agog over the coming baseball season among colored players. Interest is at fever heat. Rube Foster has the greatest aggregation ever, and from all reports will have the only colored team in this city. The lineup is as follows: Duncan, left field; Hill, center field; Payne, right field; Lindsey, pitcher; Monroe, second basse; Booker, third; Hutchinson, shortstop; Petway, catcher; Pierce, first; Daugherty, pitcher; Gatewood, pitcher; Wickware, pitcher; Rube Foster, pitcher. The team is stronger than ever. This is indicated by the very fine practices the team has been having the past three weeks. The opening game will be Sunday, April 21, at the American Giants Park, Rogers Park vs. American Giants. One of the greatest crowds in history of colored games is expected to be present on Sunday. Special arrangements have been made for special parties and thousands of private boxes will be taken by enthusiastic fans. The ladies will be present in large numbers, wearing their Easter frocks and gogeous plumes and hats."

April 21, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Sunday, April 21 - American Giants vs. Rogers Park, Chicago."

Chicago, IL
"American Giants Win Game - Defeat Rogers Park Baseball Team, 5 to 1, in Opening Contest. - The American Giants always strong, opened their season yesterday with the usual victory. Rogers Park being the victim and the score being 5 to 1. Rube Foster's players went through their paces without a hitch and had the game sewed up from the first inning."

Chicago, IL
"Giants Win First Game - More than 1,000 Fans Present to See Opening Contest - Many Gaily Dressed Ladies Present - Editor Benjamin Davis, of Atlanta, Georgia, a Guest in the City - Annual Recital at Oakland Music Hall, Drew a Large Audience, Social and Personal News. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Chicago, Illinois, April 25. - Special - Although the weather was very cloudy and rain checks were given each fan on Sunday at the American Giants' Park, it remained clear enough for nine innings to be played and the American Giants under the direction of the famous Rube Foster, to be victorious. The game was played against the crack Rogers Park team, and interest ran high throughout the nine innings. Over a thousand people were present to give cheer to the home boys, who brought the bacon home with ease. The game was sewed up in the fourth inning when the Giants brought in four scores, having brough in one in the third, the Rogers Park, too, being able to score one in the same inning. The crowd was made up of some of the most prominent people in the city, and the boxes were filled with charming ladies and their escorts. The ladies were all dressed in the height of fashion, their headgear being the newest and latest in millinery art. Among some of the prominent men in the boxes were W. L. Houston, ex-grand master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Washington, DC. Hon. S. B. Davis, editor of the Atlanta Independent, Atlanta, Georgia. Honorable B. F. Moseley, Hon. Lousi B Anderson, assistand county attorney, Dave Wyatt, M. Haynes; John Frye, Edward Clark, Frank Leland, Major R.R. Jackson, and a host of other well-known fans. The Giants paved a brilliant game, and Gatewood pitched a splendid game, only they worked, while he struck out seven(teen?) batters. Notes on the Game. The ground was very soggy, and not much opportunity for brilliant playing. The American Giants fans were out in great numbers. The Gians have the most enthusiastic fans of any team in Chicago. Editor S.B. Davis occupied a box. The Atlanta journalist had the highest praises for the American Giants. Monroe, in the third inning, made a phenomenal catch. He is one of the safest players on the team. Duncan made a hit between second and third that was a peach. He was the first to score. In the fourth he made a two-bagger. Strother played first in tip-top style. He did not fail to hit the pill. Payne made a two-bagger in the fourth and befuddled everybody around second base. The double by Green and Strothers was on of the feature plays of the day. Greenie was in fine fettle on Sunday and his stock is still up at 100 per cent. Col. H. Horseley is at the gate this year, representing the Giants. When a colored newspaper man enters, he holds them up , but when a white man passes and says he is a representative of the press, he passes them in. This is rather embarrassing to colored editor and newspaper men. Mr. Foster and the Giants have been out in the State since Monday, and will return by Saturday night in time for a game between the Giants and the United States League. Pierce's arm was in great form Sunday. He is a fine catch and a wonerful addition to the team."

April 23, 1912

Aurora, IL
"Tuesday, April 23 - Giants vs Aurora, Aurora."

Aurora, IL
"The American Giants play in Aurora today and tomorrow."

April 24, 1912

Aurora, IL
"Wednesday, April 24 - Giants vs Aurora, Aurora."

Aurora, IL
"American Giants, 3; Aurora, 2. - Aurora, Illinois, April 25. - The American Giants took a ten inning game from the locals yesterday, 3 to 2. Rube Foster held Aurora to four hits."

Aurora, IL
"American Giants, 3; Aurora, 2."

April 25, 1912

Mount Sterling, IL
"Thursday, April 25 - Giants vs Oshkosh, Mount Sterling."

Mount Sterling, IL
"The Oshkosk team, training at Sterling, will play the Chicago Grays next Saturday and Sunday and the American Giants April 25 and 26."

Mount Sterling, IL
"Oshkosh defeated the American Giants at Sterling yesterday 5 to 4. It was a tight scrap and went ten innings."

April 26, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Friday, April 26 - Three I League."

Mount Sterling, IL
"The Oshkosk team, training at Sterling, will play the Chicago Grays next Saturday and Sunday and the American Giants April 25 and 26."

April 27, 1912

Davenport, IA
"Saturday, April 27 - Giants vs. Davenport, Davenport, Iowa."
Indianapolis, IN
"American Giants Base Ball Park - Andrew Rube Foster, Club Manager. - The Greatest Aggregation of Colored Base Ball Players in the World - Park Located at Thirty-Ninth Street and Wentworth Avenue - White Sox old grounds. Finest Semi-Pro Park in the United States. Owned and operated by Jno. M. Schorling, 403 W. 70th Street."

April 28, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Sunday, April 28 - Giants vs. U.S. League, Chicago, Illinois."

May 5, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Sunday, May 5 - Giants vs Joliet Standards."

May 7, 1912

Indianpolis, IN
"Pudgy Hutchinson left Tuesday to join Rube Foster's American Giants ball team of Chicago."

May 12, 1912

Chicago, IL
"May 12 - Giants vs. West Ends."

May 14, 1912

Chicago, IL
"First game, 8 to 3, Dougherty pitching"

May 15, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Second game, 7 to 0, Wickware pitching"

May 16, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Third Game, 4 to 1, Foster pitching"

May 17, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Fourth game, 12 to 6, Gatewood pitching"

May 18, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Baseball - The baseball situation of the past week has not been very flattering. Compared with the interest displayed at this time a year ago and now, the situation is quite forlorn and hopeless. This has been brought about by a lack of the Negroes themselves to organize. In an able article to the Press of two years ago, Andrew Rube Foster, one of the leading Negro baseball players of the World gave a number of good reasons why the Negro would not succeed in baseball without organization. Upon the strength of these suggestions, from Mr. Foster, an attempt was made to organize the Afro-American Baseball League of America with New Orleans, Memphis, Louisville, St. Louis, Mobile, Birmingham, Kansas City, and Chicago. Officers were selected and a meeting called to organize at New Orleans on the 27th of February 1911, but when it came to putting up the bonuses there were none found ready and as a result the effort to organize died a borning. Locally there sprang up three clubs, with the Union Giants making tout claiming Chicago as their home. At that time there had been one successful Negro Club, the Leland Giants. It had becom famous and was noted the world over as the leading Negro baseball Club of the world. Its success, no doubt, was the cause of its downfall and present inactivity. Rivalry and a desire to control brought about the formation of other clubs to compete for the patronage and prowess of the Leland Gaints. They all had a precarious existence for 2 years and then quietly, as Cleveland would put it, if alive, went into innocuous deuetude and now there remains just one Club in Chicago, the American Gaints, playing at 39th street in John M. Schorling's Park and paying the money to John M. Schorling that should be received by the race to which the patrons of the game belong. Be this as it may. The chances are that with Cuban Stars, Royal Giants, West Baden Sprudels and other leading clubs coming in here, the game will not be disinterseting, as present appearance would indicate, for Rube Foster, with his present line-up has almost as good a club as he had when Manager of the Leland Giants and if Tony and Monroe keep their present gait it will be hard for anyone to take the measure of the American Giants."

Chicago, IL
"Fifth game, 10 to 2, Lindsey pitching"

May 19, 1912

Chicago, IL
"May 19 - Giants vs. Royal Giants, New York."

Chicago, IL
"Giants Win 6 Games - Take the Entire Series from the (Royal) Giants - Chicago, Illinois, May 28. - Rube Foster of the American Giants, is the happiest man in Chicago. He has succeeded in accomplishing his aim; that was to win every game played against the Royal Giants of New York. This the old warrior did with almost perfect ease and to the entire satisfaction of the fans and his friend Mr. Schorling, who believes with Rube that they have the greatest colored aggregation in America. The American Giants won six straight games. The attendance at each game was very good and the two Sunday games were very large. Giants Win Six Straights. - The winning of the colored championship games are as follows: First game, 8 to 3, Dougherty pitching; second, 7 to 0, Wickware pitching; third, 4 to 1, Gatewood pitching; fifth, 10 to 2, Lindsey pitching; sixth 5 to 2, Foster pitching. It pleased the fans to see Rube in the box again, and he succeeded in winning two out of the six games played. He showed that he possessed that old-time fire and vim, and is still honored as the greatest pitcher of the race. It was his masterly twirling, knowledge of the game, artist as a ball player, that was responsible for his victory. - Double Header. - On last Sunday a magnificent crowd was present at the double header, and the famous Giants won both, playing against the Royal Giants and the West Ends. The boxes were filled with many of Chicago's popular ladies, who were charmingly dressed, their beautiful hats being the attraction of the spectators. For style and dress, the game on Sunday is an event among Chicago people. - Jesse Barber a Star. - Many fine plays were made by our boys. Barber starred for the winners. He made four timely singles. The double play from Pierce to Barber caused the fans to rise with a tumultuous yell. The second game on Sunday was with the West Ends. The white boys took a spurt and made three scores in the first inning. This displeased Wickware very much, and made the team get down to work, and in the same inning the Giants made three scores. For two innings neither team was able to score, but in the fourth the Giants warmed up and brought in two scores. In the same inning some very sensational playing was done. In the seventh inning the Giants scored again and the visitors never saw home plate again. Pierce, a mighty man at the bat, made a three-bagger. The fans went into ecstacy. Wickware struck out four men."

May 20, 1912

Kalamazoo, MI
"May 20 - Giants vs. Kalamazoo, at Kalamazoo."

May 22, 1912

Otrigo, MI
"May 22 - Giants vs. Otrigo, Michigan."

May 23, 1912

Alligon, MI
"May 23 - Giants vs. Alligon, Emancipation Day."

May 24, 1912

Windsor, ON
"May 24 - Giants vs. Windsor, Canada."

May 25, 1912

Detroit, MI
"May 25 - Giants vs. Detroit Athletic Club."

May 26, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Double Header - May 26 Royal Giants vs Chicago Gunthers, Giants Park. May 26 - American Giants vs. Detroit Athletic Club."

May 30, 1912

Chicago, IL
"May 30 - Giants vs. West Ends, Chicago."

August 3, 1912

Chicago, IL
"The Cuban Stars will arrive in the city on Saturday or before, and will play the American Giants Saturday afternoon at Schorling's Park. They will play Sunday and will probably have other games."

Chicago, IL
"American Giants Win Four Straight From the Cuban Stars. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Chicago, Illinois, August 7 (Special). - Mr. Foster, known as Rube Foster in all parts of the United States and the greatest baseball general of the age, has demonstrated his ability as a brilliant manager in capturing four successive games from the famous Cuban Stars. Each game has been a hard fought battle, all the tricks of the trade were put in operation. Gatewood, Lindsey and Dougherty were the successful pitcher and Petway the backstop. They won the first game last Saturday by a score of 3 to 1. Saturday, Lindsey was in great form and the Cubans were forced to bite the dust in the game with the American Giants at Schorling's Park. Lindsey and Pedrosa staged a great pitchers' battle, the latter losing the game in the fifth inning, when the local players gathered four hits off his delivery, which, with four stolen bases, netted three runs. Singles by Payne and Hill drove in the runs."

August 4, 1912

Chicago, IL
"They (American Giants) won Sunday's 4 to 3. Sunday there was only standing room... The Cubans lost their second straight game to the American Giants at Schorling's Park Sunday, 4 to 3, in ten innings. The winning run was made after one was out, when Monroe's single scored Barber. The Cubans tied the score in the ninth inning by scoring two runs on a hit batsman, an error by Pierce, a passed ball, a sacrifice fly by Pedrosa and Figarola's single. Gatewood pitched fine ball for the Giants, but his support was bad in the ninth, and he retired in favor of Lindsey. The Cubans used three pitchers, the winning run being made off Pedrosa. Sunday, Gatewood struck out five men and Mendez only two."

Chicago, IL
"The Cubans also made it two straight losses, Gatewood pitching the American Giants to victory in a tight 4 to 3 game."

August 5, 1912

Chicago, IL
"They (American Giants) won Monday's 4 to 1. At no time has the team played this season that the fans have been greater pleased than the series this week. Monday was another big crowd. The American Giants won their third straight victory over the Cubans Monday, 4 to 1, at Schorlings Park, the local colored men having all the break in the luck. Two hits in a row in the fourth inning with a bad peg by Gonzales, gave the Giants two runs and sewed up the game. Monday, the American Giants played an errorless game. the score was 4 to 1 in favor of the Americans."

August 6, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Tuesday of this week, Rube Foster won the fourth straight game from the Cuban Stars. The Cubans got off in the first inning and made one score, in the last half of the first, the Americans made three scores. In the third inning Taylor, by two costly errors let the Cubans bring in two scores and the score was tied. In the fifth inning, the Giants took a leap and brought in another score and repeated the same in the sixth and seventh innings. In the ninth the Cubans scored, making the score 6 to 4 in favor of the home boys. Parks, Barber and Pierce made a clean double in the sixth inning. Parks, a new player, did some excellent work around short and second. Rube not only pitched a splendid game, but made several hitss and was well supported.

"Monroe was off on Tuesday. He is laid up with a bad finger. Uncle Rube struck Jose Mendez out twice on Tuesday. The Americans were all shot to pieces the first time when the Cubans were here, but now that they are in form, they have outclassed the visitors. Parks, the new player, scored a big success in Tuesday's game with the Americans. Lindsey, Gatewood, Dougherty and Foster were the winning pitchers against the Cubans. Duncan continues to lead in the batting of the American Giants, while Pierce leads with the long hits. Payne, Hill and Duncan never miss them in the field and Petway's arm remains as true as steel."

August 7, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Gossip of the Field. - The American Giants, Cuban Stars and United States Leaguers left Wednesday, for Fennimore, Wisconsin, where they will remain until the last of the week."

August 11, 1912

Chicago, IL
"The American Giants will play the Cuban Stars again tomorrow at Schorling's Park."

August 18, 1912

Chicago, IL
"The opening game of the series between the American Giants and the Chicago Giants will be on August 18. The Chicago Giants have been greatly strengthened."

August 22, 1912

Chicago, IL
"A baseball game between Rube Foster's American Giants and Niesen's All-Star Gunthers will also be a feature."

August 25, 1912

Chicago, IL
"American Giants 7; U.S. Leaguers, 0. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Chicago, Illinois, August 27. - (Special). - One of the largest crowds of the season witnessed the two games at Schorling's Park on last Sunday. Hundreds of the friends of Rube Foster from the grand old state of Texas and other sections of the country looked on with glee and saw the American Giants shut out the United States Leaguers with a score of 7 to 0. Many of the most prominent members of the National Negro Business Men's League and a host of society people occupied boxes. The ladies were handsomely gowned and wore charming picture hats. The game was a hair raiser up to the eighth inning, when the white boys lost their heads and lost badly on errors. Not a score was made up to the sixth inning, and it was left for Barber to start the ball to rolling, knocking a three bagger and bringing in the first score on Lindsey's fly to Kavanah. Young Johnson pitched an excellent game and was brilliantly supported; and just the opposite was true of the Leaguers. Nine errors were made by the Leaguers, while only three were made by the Americans. Taylor scored on errors by Hutton, Keely and Rycraft in the seventh, then a double and a single caused Keely to withdraw in favor of Tom McGuire, and in the eighth inning the Giants scored four more runs."

August 26, 1912

San Diego, CA
"California Winter League - Under the arrangements that have been completed, this season is to be opened on November 1, with a league composed of four teams. Three of these teams, the Chicago American Giants, the McCormicks and Tuft-Lyons, will be located in Los Angeles, while the fourth team will be the San Diego club. The Chicago American Giants are known as the fastest colored baseball team in the United States. The team, as it has been playing in the East this summer, will be brought to California intact. The three famous colored baseball pitchers, Rube Foster, Johnson and Williams, are coming, and in addition, it is likely that Mendez, the great Cuban pitcher, who has defeated all the big league teams that have journeyed to Cuba, will likely be a member of the team."

San Diego, CA
*Same article, San Diego Union, California newspaper*

September 3, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Foster, Built Like a Barrel, a Real Star - Rube Foster, of the American Giants, of Chicago, is without a doubt the greatest ebony-skinned ballplayer in the game. He is entitled as much and probably more, to the title of Black Mathewson, as Jose Mendez, the Cuban wonder. Not that Big Six and Rube are constructed on the same physical lines; far from it. Matty is an athlete, while Foster bears a resemblance to a barrel. He is the heaviest human that ever played ball for money, with the possible exception of Captain Anson, and Anse had considerable longitude on Foster. At one time Foster had everything in speed and curves. but Father Time has robbed him of some of this stuff, leaving him with the finest assortment of baseball tricks in the game. Foster's age is a conjecture. He says he is 38, but there is a suspicion that when Messrs. Mason and Dixon drew their famous line, our little 267-pound cinder was thereabouts, playing ball. When pressed, he will admit being awakened by Paul Revere, on the occasion of that equestrian's momentous cross-country ride. Rube hails from Texas, and spent his youth picking boll weevils off cotton. About the time the American League was born he meandered into Hot Springs, Arkansas where Connie Mack was putting his future world's champions through the vapor and mineral water treatment. Foster found employment in a restaurant and spent his spare time warming up young Athletic pitchers and pitching to Mack's backstops. Foster winters in Cuba, where he is popular. For craftiness he has few ballplaying equals, although figures prove that the Cuban, Mendez, is a better hurler. Still, every time they meet, Rube downs the island star."

Chicago, IL
*Same article, Covington, Kentucky newspaper*

Chicago, IL
*Same article, Newark, New Jersey newspaper*

September 1, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Saturday's Game. - Wade was at the mound on last Saturday, but Dougherty pitched a better game, and the visitors rallied in the seventh inning and brought in four scores. All through the game it looked as though the American Giants would win, tying in the seventh, when Pryor in the tenth opened with a single, went to third on two infield outs, and scored on Webster's hit to center.

September 2, 1912

Chicago, IL
"St. Louis Giants Win Two Games - Play Only Two Out of the Series of Five. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Special to the Freeman. - Chicago, Illinois, September 4. - The St. Louis Giants had a series of five games with the American Giants, but for some reason they only played two games and part of the third, and that was cut off in the third inning on account of rain. Sunday's Game. - One of the largest crowds of the season witnessed one of the fastest and most interesting games of the season. The American Giants all but tied up the game in the ninth inning, when Bennett dropped the ball hit by Monroe. It looked as though it would be a shut out, but the home boys rallied in the ninth and brought in two scores, and two more were certain, had it not been for Dougherty's stumble. It ended three to two."

September 3, 1912

September 5, 1912

Chicago, IL
"They were to play a double-header on Monday (Labor Day), but the rain storm put an end to the game and the St. Louis boys packed up and winded their way to St. Louis. The visitors, however, won the two first games, both by narrow margins."

September 7, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Baseball Notes. - The American Giants will play the St. Louis Giants on Saturday, and it will be a double header. This will be followed with a series of five games. The St. Louis team has just returned from the East, and is said to be in splendid trim, and five great games are expected to be pulled off Saturday, Sunday and the following three days. Order your box seats early. It is said that Rube has begun to teach his baby boy how to throw a spit ball."

September 8, 1912

Chicago, IL
"The famous pitcher, Walter Ball, who had the reputation this season of pitching twenty-five straight games and winning all, will be seen at the mound on Sunday against Rube Foster. Since his last trip to Chicago he has equally as good a reputation, making good in the East with the crack teams in that section. Ball claims that he will redeem himself in the coming series. St. Louis fans will be out with their pennants, while the local fans will be seen waving pennants for the American Giants."

Chicago, IL
"The American Giants will play the Chicago Giants on next Sunday, there is quite a discussion among the fans as to which team is the better. While it is generally agreed that the American Giants lead in the number of games won, the Chicago Giants have determined to give the champs a run for their money."

September 9, 1912

Indianapolis, IN
"A.B.C.s Lose to Giants. - Eight Errors Responsible for Defeat by Chicago Team. - The A.B.C.s lost to the American Giants last Monday, 11 to 6, in a loosely played game, eight errors being credited to the local team. Lyons was found easy for the visitors, while Gatewood kept his hits well scattered. The home team scored four runs in the first frame, and the game looked like it was won until the Giants took the lead and held it."

September 10, 1912

Indianapolis, IN
"The A.B.C.s nosed out a victory in the ninth inning from the American Giants at Northwestern Park Tuesday, 4 to 3. A close decision won the game from the visitors. With the bases full, Pierce was pulled from the plate by a wide throw home and Selden crossed the plate before he could recover. Both pitchers were in good form and battle was on from the start."

September 11?, 1912

Brighton Beach, MI?
"Chicago American Giants Defeat Abrams Giants, 5 to 1 and 5 to 0."

September 14, 1912

Chicago, IL
"A great card is on at Gunther Park, Saturday. The U.S. Leaguers are to meet the Chicago Giants at 2 o'clock, and the winners will play the American Giants in the second part of the double bill."

October 6, 1912

Chicago, IL
"American Giants Break Even - Rube Foster's American Giants split even with Hammond in their last local games of the season at Schorling's Park in Chicago yesterday, losing the first game, 11 to 6, but winning the second in a five-inning set-to, 5 to 3."

October 13, 1912

Chicago, IL
"It is possible that the Hammond baseball club will have one more game before they wind up their season and if possible will journey to Chicago next Sunday where they will line up against Rube Foster's American Giants Last Sunday at Schorling's Park, the two clubs split even in a double-header, Hammond winning the first game 11 to 6 and losing the second 5 to 3 in a five inning contest."

October 18, 1912

San Diego, CA
"The fourth team, the Chicago American Giants, the colored world's champions, is now in Los Angeles. Everyone who has seen this bunch of smokes play ball or who has followed their record knows they have the goods. Andrew Rube Foster, pilot of the dingy crew, has brought five pitchers along."

October 28, 1912

Santa Fe, NM
"Rube Foster - By Workman. - Without a doubt Rube Foster is the greatest ebony skinned ball player in the game. The Black Mathewson just about hits the nail head. Not that Big Six and Rube are constructed on the same physical lines; far from it. Matty is an athlete, while Foster bears a resemblance to a barrel. He is the heaviest human that ever played ball for money, with the possible exception of Captain Anson, and Anse had a considerable longitude on Foster. At one time Foster had everything in speed and curves, but Father Time has robbed him of some of this stuff leaving him with the finest assortment of baseball tricks in the game. Rube and his team, the American Giants, have cleaned up about everything in the amateur and semi pro line, and but for their complexion would continue the process among the big fellows. Foster's age is conjecture. He admits he is 38, but there is a suspicion that when Messrs. Mason and Dixon drew their famous line, our little 267 pound cinder was thereabouts, playing ball. When pressed he will admit being awakened by Paul Revere on the occasion of that equestrian's momentous cross-country ride. Two or three seasons back one of Rube's legs was fractured, while volplaning into the plate, but as soon as possible, he was hobbling about on crutches, supplying a little gingah to de boys. In the excitement of a close play he forgot his cracked stilt and was carried to the bench by a half dozen of his Giants. Rube hails from Texas, and spent his youth picking boll weevils off cotton. About the time the American league was born he meandered into Hot Springs, Arkansas where Connie Mack was putting his future world's champions through the vapor and mineral water treatment. Foster found employment in a restaurant and spent his spare time warming up young Athletic pitchers and pitching to Mack's backstops. When the team left the valley, Mack sent Rube to the Philadelphia Royal Giants, a fast colored team, and when at home he often left his own ball park to watch Rube pitch. Foster winters in Cuba, where he is popular. For craftiness he has no ball-playing equal, although figures prove that the Cuban, Mendez, is a better hurler. Still, every time they meet Rube downs the island star. If some Westinghouse Edison Marcaroni would shake a laig, and invent something to change the complexion of Mistah Foster's underwear we would see him in the majors. He is a great gambler, and next to base ball, poker is his favorite fruit."

Los Angeles, CA "Los Angeles, California, October 28. - The California Winter League, composed of four clubs and with some of the ball players of the Coast League in its ranks, will start Friday on an 18 weeks; schedule. The teams are the Shamrocks, American Giants, San Diegos and Tufts-Lyons. The schedule has been arranged so that three games will be played in Los Angeles and San Diego every weekend."

October 29, 1912

San Diego, CA
"Setting the Stage for California Winter Ball - Advance dope on the American Giants, the three-time winners of the Chicago City League Pennant, formerly known as the Leland Giants, is causing some other clubs in the Winter League to sit up and take notice. They have beaten clubs in the American and National Leagues, American Association, International League, Tri-State League and the Three-Eye League. There are players in the colored club who have played against Detroit, the Phillies and Athletics, defeating them when they were world champions, and against the Cubs, Brooklyn and other Major League Clubs. J.P. Hill, center fielder, lead Coline and Baker in hitting in a series of games, and also Cobb and Crawford. Petway, the big smoke catcher, is said to have nipped the mighty Cobb ever time in eight attempts to steal second. There are many other things about the American Giants which have startled folks, and it is not to be doubted that they are a real, regular, big league ball club, except in color."

Vernon, CA
"On Sunday, October 29, the Giants defeated the All Natives of California, composed of all league players living in California. The score in the other games: Giants 14, H Franks 0. Los Angeles Giants 0, American Giants 21."

October 31, 1912

San Diego, CA
"Players Report Here for Winter Baseball - Third in the winter series will be a series of games with the American Giants, a strong negro team from Chicago, who have been putting up some fine ball in the West. The local men fear this will be one of the hardest propositions they will have to go against."

Los Angeles, CA
"Negro Ball Stars Shine. - Rube Foster's Dark Players Look the Part - Big Black Hope is Sure Some Hard Slugger - White Men Must Play to Beat the Brunettes. - (By Harry A. Williams, in the Los Angeles Times.) - Here he comes! This warning cry from Bruce Petway, a tall, saddle-colored individual, and there were unmistakeable signs of action among the American Giants. A mammoth figure had just emerged from the clubhouse, and was steaming ponderously across the outfield toward the home plate. It was Rube Foster, boss of the Giants and the Walter Johnson of the colored race. Rube had tarried uptown to allow a picture man to take a shot at him, and his men had beat him to the daily practice at Jack Doyle's eminent domain. As a rule it takes some stretch of the imagination to liken a human being to a battleship, but if Rube Foster, ploughing up towards the home plate, a calabash pipe in his mouth and said mouth emitting as much smoke as an ocean liner, did not bear a close resemblance to the biggest dreadnought afloat, then I am seeing things. Rube was decked out in a brand new uniform of robin's egg blue. Just why Rube selected this delicate tint is best known to himself. Probably he figured that it would accentuate his brunette beauty. If that was his object he succeeded beyond all expectation. Thus esthetically garbed, Rube loomed up like the only and original cinder. Bill Lindsay was pitching to Barber in batting practice, and Foster lingered behind him just long enough to tell him that he didn't have anything but a fair supply of nerve and a glove at that particular moment. As usual, there was quite a delegation of darktown sports on hand to claim relationship of past acquaintance with Rube. One of these finally ventured out near the plate. He was the sportiest of the sports. He was decked in an ecru-colored suit, and his flaming red cravat served as the background for a rock of questionable authenticity. He approached Rube with an air of deference, and for a time it seemed that his courage might ooze out, but it didn't. Monroe is a little bow-legged chap with a burnt sienna complexion. He covers a world of ground, and Foster seemed to take especial delight in giving him hard chances when it came to infield practice. First it was a grounder between shortstop and second base. Monroe mitted it. Then Foster sent him scampering back in to short right, when he retrieved a ball that looked for all the world like a safe hit. Rube continued to give Monroe hard chances until that able athlete, his breath in danger of failing him, rebelled. Infield is Fast. - Rube good naturedly displayed his teeth and turned his attention to Fred Hutchinson, a pale-bornw individual who plays shortstop, and who has a habit of eating everything up that comes his way. Hutchinson behaves like a saffron edition of Joe Berger, and overlooked nothing that entered history or its environs. Hutchinson to Monroe to Pierce, is a play which will appear frequently in the box scores of the Winter League. This trio operated yesterday in a manner eloquent of double plays. Pierce, at first base, is a large strong individual, with considerable complexion. Ham Patterson hasn't anything on him when it comes to playing the A bag. Pierce also acts as a change catcher, and when he is serving in that capacity, Parks presides at first base. Parks, being versatile, is the handy man of the club. With him on the job and any of the regulars crippled, the team can continue to wag. Petway touched out an imaginary base runner and shot the ball to Monroe. Big Chief Meyers never made a prettier peg in his whole life. It is doubtful whether any man, white or black, can get a ball to second with more speed and precision than the tall and angular Mr. Petway. For several winters he has been playing against big league teams in Cuba. All this time, Parks was backing the outfielders to the fence with long fly balls. Frank Duncan, the left fielder, is a tall, dark individual with a considerable native ability and a mournful drooping in the right leg of his bloomers. Mr. Pete Hill, the center fielder, is famous for his ability to hit the ball. Give him Tris Speaker's complexion, and there would be nothing to it but Hill. Barber, in right field, is a great judge of fly balls. It is beneath his dignity to hurry. He doesn't need to. He knows where they are coming, and that is enough. Some Spitters. - All this time, Lewis Johnson, Bill Gatewood, and Charles 'Pat' Dougherty were warming up on the sidelines. Johnson is a spitball artist, and claims to have humbled Cincinnati with his moisture. Gatewood also is a spitballer. Dougherty is the sole southpaw on Foster's pay roll. Pat gained fame by holding the Chicago Cubs to one hit in a post-season game. The Giants look like a real ball team in practice, and there will be a flood of darktown coin to back them to win the Winter League race, which will open here Friday with the McCormicks opposed to Rube Foster's beauties."

November 1, 1912

Vernon, CA
"November 1 Giants vs McCormicks at Vernon."

Vernon, CA
"The American Giants, Champions - In Los Angeles, California. - (By Rube Foster) - Special to the Freeman. - The American Giants, undisputed colored champions of the world, reached Los Angeles, California, where they hold a franchise in the California Winter League, on October 14, opening in Los Angeles Friday, November 1, 1912. The league is composed of four clubs, McCormicks of Los Angeles; Tuft Lyons of Pasadena; San Diego and American Giants, of Chicago. The line-up of the three white clubs is composed of men off of every big league and minor league club in the world. Such players at Meyers, catcher, and Snodgrass, center fielder, and Shofer, short stop, of the New York Giants; Olson, of Cleveland; Hall, of Boston; Altizer, Cravath, Smith, EAsterly, Carish and California League Players, not a semi-pro player will be in any of the lineups. The American Giants have Barber, right field; Hill, center field; Duncan, left field; Taylor, third base; Pierce, first base and catcher; Monroe, second base; Petway, catcher; Hutchison, short stop; Foster, Dougherty, Lindsey, Johnson and Gatewood, pitchers; Parks, utility infielder. The Giants were met at the station with a band and over 2,000 of the citizens of Los Angeles. The mayor of Los Angeles and Vernon will throw out the first ball on opening day, November 1. There will be an automobile parade and there will be two bands. In three games played before the opening of the league season by the American Giants they have won all, and the fans are wild over the team."

Vernon, CA
"The McCormicks defeated the American Giants on the Doyle diamond before a large attendance of fans by a score of 8 to 5 in the opening game of the California Winter League."

November 2, 1912

Vernon, CA
"November 2 Giants vs McCormicks at Vernon."

Vernon, CA
"Second Game. - The Giants brought in their first tally in the first inning when Barber scored, but were tied in the second when Whalen let a fly get past him and Goodman crossed the plate for the McCormicks. The Giants came back with two more tallies in the fourth, when Pierce knocked one over the fence and brought in Taylor from second. These were the last scores, as both twirlers tightened up for the rest of the fracas."

November 3, 1912

Vernon, CA
"November 3 Giants vs McCormicks at Vernon."

Vernon, CA
"McCormicks 1, Giants 3."

November 6, 1912

San Diego, CA
"The balance of the McCormick nine is made up of big leaguers, and judging from the showing made by them against the American Giants last week, they should be able to make things extremely interesting for Palmer's Pets in the coming series."

November 8, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 8 Giants at San Diego."

November 9, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 9 Giants at San Diego."

November 10, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 10 Giants at San Diego."

November 15, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 15 Giants at San Diego."

San Diego, CA
"Meyers Reports to Mgr. Palmer - Big Chief Meyers has reported to Manager Will Palmer, of the Bears, and will be seen in a local uniform in the series against the American Giants, which will start Friday afternoon."

San Diego, CA
*same article, San Diego Union newspaper*

San Diego, CA
"Hamilton and Meyers to Work in First Game - There is something of a treat in store for the San Diego baseball fans the last three days of this week, when Manager Will H. Palmer's Bears and the well-known Chicago American Giants, rated the greatest team of colored baseball players in the country, clash on the diamond at Athletic Park. - Just which one of his five pitchers Manager Foster will work for the Giants in the opening game has not yet been announced. That he will open the series with one of his stars, however, is not to be doubted, as both the Bears and the Giants desire to get the jump on their opponents by winning the first game. That the Giants are likely to give the Bears plenty of trouble is shown by the handy manner in which they defeated the strong Tufts-Lyon team in two of the three games played in Los Angeles last week. In the final game of that series the Giants shut out their opponents, at the same time getting a total of six runns off Driscoll and Hitt."

San Diego, CA
*similar article, next day's San Diego Evening Tribune newspaper*

San Diego, CA
*similar article, Friday's San Diego Evening Tribune newspaper*

San Diego, CA
*similar article, Friday's San Diego Union Tribune newspaper*

San Diego, CA
"Bears Nose Giants Out in Ninth Inning - Fans Witness Thrilling, Nerve-wrought Contest Which Home Team Wins. - Downey There in Pinch - With Call Two and Three, Captain Lands on Ball for Safe Hit. - Last half of the ninth inning; score tied, three men on bases and two outs; three balls and two strikes called on the batter. Is it any wonder that it was a tense, nerve-wrought, breathless crowd of fans that sat in the grandstand and bleachers at Athletic Park late yesterday afternoon? Despite the deperado situation in which he found himself, a situation as crucial for the Chicago American Giants as it was for the New York Giants in the great series with the Boston Red Sox, when, in the tenth inning of the final game, Christy Matthewson found himself with the bases filled and one run needed for Boston to win, Rube Foster, massive heaver for the visitor, never for an instant lost his nerve. True, when the critical situation began to arise, Rube played for a time, for he was beginning to lose the excellent control that had characterized his work all afternoon. But, when he faced the situation of either putting the sphere over the plate, or having a fourth ball called, which would have meant forcing the winning run across the pan. Rube took careful aim at the rubber and fairly split it in twain. That is, he would have cut the plate had not the horsehide been stopped by Captain Tom Downey's mighty club. Tom's faithful stick was in the way, however, and the next moment Mr. Spalding was racing at aeroplane speed toward left field, headed for a certain location not occupied, and not likely to be filled, with one of those lucky Giant fielders. Then it was that Earl Hamilton, stellar southpaw, forsook his graceful perch on the third sack and ambled home with the third and winning tally for Bill Palmer's Bears. - Great Game Witnessed. - It was a great game. Not a fan there was who did not require a full ten seconds to catch his breath when it was all over, and then what a cheer it was that rolled across the diamond. And not a fan there was who was not going over and over the game, play by play, on the return to the city. All the good things that have been said about the Giants are none too good. They are a classy aggregation, and then some fast fielders, great peggers and heavy hitters, they make up a team capable of giving any club a strenuous battle and one not likely to be won until the last man is out. Earl Hamilton, star southpaw of the St. Louis Brown, and big Chief Jack meyers, premier backstop for the New York Giants, made up the San Diego battery, a combination sufficient to bring out the fans in troops in any city. It was Hamilton's first appearance in a San Diego uniform, but even so it was all that was necessary to make him the warmest kind of a favorite with San Diegans. Before three innings the bugs were shouting the praises of Hamilton until they were black in the face. Then, the the eighth inning, when he fanned Petway, Hutchinson and Foster in a row, the fans fairly went wild with delight. Big Chief Jack Meyers, always a tremendous favorite, got his full share of attention. When the Chief came to the second inning, the first time he had been at bat in San Diego this season, he was given a hand that left no doubt as to the extent of the popularity he holds with the San Diego crowds. Jack, after such an enthusiastic demonstration, should either have whiffed or rolled an easy grounder to some infielder. But he did neither. ON the contrary, the chief laid his mighty wagon tongue against one of Mr. Foster's favorite benders and slammed the pill past third for a corking single. Not satisfied with making the first hit of the day for the Bears, Jack continued on around the bases, with the assistance of Messrs. Baerwald, Higginbotham and Monroe (the latter of the visitors) and galloped across the pan with the first tally of the afternoon for the Bears. - Giants Have Luck - Both the runs scored by the Giants were brilliantly labeled with luck. In the first inning Barber walked and Hill sacrificed. Then Duncan landed on one of Hamilton's fast ones for three sacks, and Barber tallied. In the seventh, with two down, Monroe raised a high fly to deep left. Walker just missed getting his gloved hand on the ball, which struck the ground and with a mighty bounce, cleared the left field fence, enabling the lucky Giants to get the credit for a homer. With the exception of these two gallops the Giants failed to get anything that had even the first ear-marks of a hit. San Diego's first tally came in the second. With one gone, Meyers singled past third, Baerwald hit safely to center, Meyers going to second. Higginbotham shot a fast grounder at Monroe, who let it slip between his lefs, Meyers galloping home and Baerwald landing on third. Hamilton hit into a double. In the seventh the Bears rand the bell again. One man had gone out when Higginbotham slammed a safe one to left. Hamilton was given life on Foster's poor throw to first, Higginbotham going to third. Then Hamilton and Higginbotham worked the double steal to perfection, Higginbotham making home on the play. Myers and Bennett flew out and retired the side. The final tally came in the last half of the ninth. Higginbotham, the first man up, was out, Monroe to Pierce. Hamilton walked. Myers got a pretty single to left. Hamilton landing on second. Bennett popped to Hutchinson. Daley took first on four wide ones, and the bases were filled. Then, with the count three and two, Downey rapped a sharp one to left and Hamilton came across with the winning run. This afternoon the two teams will meet in the second game of the series. Tomorrow afternoon the motion pictures that were to have been made of the game last Sunday are to be taken."

November 16, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 16 Giants at San Diego."

San Diego, CA
"Weird Game, With Much Noise, Won By Giants - Snapshots Made at Yesterday's Game by Union Staff Photographer: Tope Shows Close pLay at First. Hill of Giants Sliding to Bag Which Ryan of Bears Covered, the latter Leaping into the Air to Take the Throw. Below is the Benching of Pierce of the Giants, the Player Being Lead From the Field by a Police Officer. - Near-Riot Staged, Word of Umpire Disputed by Visitors - Scoreboard Groans Under Weight of Runs, Colored Men Taking 11-5 Count. - If it is possible for eighteen men to play fifty-seven varieties of baseball in one game, then each and every one of the fifty-seven varieties was exhibited yesterday afternoon at Athletic Park, when the American Giants took the second game of the series from Palmer's Bears by an 11 to 5 count. Hits, errors and arguments vied with each other regarding which would have the greatest total, yet with all of the wordy altercations and some that were more than wordy, the game brought out several hair-raising plays. One thing was clearly established yesterday, and that is the Giants are past masters at the art of crabbing, and until the word of Umpire McCafferty is constradicted by good proof, fans who attended the near Shiloh engagement of yesterday will believe McCafferty did the proper thing when he benched Pierce, first-sacker for the Giants. - Lead to Bench by Officer - On a close decision at first, in which Downey was concerned, Pierce, questioned the ruling of the umpire. He sulked and made noise, all of which was unneccessary. Then, according to McCafferty, the colored player called him a vile name. Pierce refused to obey McCafferty's command to go to the bench, but his defiance was short-lived, for he was lead to the visitors' habitation by an officer. From then on arguments took place with great frequency and in the latter part of the game Left Fielder Walker of the Bears staged a straight to the chin blow, with Center fielder Hill of the Giants as the victim. Players and umpire, also officers, averted further trouble between the two. Fans believe that much of the wrangling would not have happened if opposing managers had directed their teams with better judgement. Forgetting the rough stuff the exhibition was punctuated with sharp hitting and three homers. In the four-base knocks Ryan and Dougherty, opposing pitchers, and Duncan played the titel roles, Dougherty's drive over the right field fence probably was the longest over clearing that barrier. - Two Chances for Chief - Big Chief Jack Myers, who capered in right yesterday for the Bears, probably will recall many times how he was called on to play the role of clean-up hitter on two occasions yesterday. The first time, which was in the opening, the big fellow failed to deliver and whiffed when the bases were filled, this retiring the Bears. Again, in the third the Chief was up to leap into fame, for three were on and two were down. This time he connected and his single to left scored a pair of Bears. The Giants sneaked into the run columns early in the fray, taking one count in the opening frame when Barber came home on Pierce's hit to left. Barber got on when Walker dropped his fly. It was an easy chance. One more was tucked away by Rube Foster's men in their half of the second, this being the homer made by Dougherty. The Bears tipped the beam in the last of the third and left the score two and two Chief Myers hit scoring Bennett and Downey. - Each Score in Seventh. - Each aggregation blanked in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, but the lucky seventh brought three for each side. Three hits and one error gave the Giants their three, while the Bears registered as many on two hits and two errors. One of these blows was Ryan's homer. This run-getting left a pair of fives on the score box. But the tie was soon broken, for the Giants hopped on Ryan in the first of the next canto and rolled up five runs. And worst of all the five tallies came after two men were down. Bennett gave the Giants a lift when he made a bad peg to Myers to catch Hutchinson. AFter that runs came so fast that tallies seemed to rain. Curtailing description of the registration, the five Giants scores resulted from four hits and two errors. Once more in the first of the ninth for the colored team ended the scoring, the Bears being easily disposed of in their last chance. This afternoon's game will end the series with the Giants, and if the weather is favorable a record attendance is looked for. Earl Hamilton and Big Chief Jack Myers will be the battery for San Diego, while Lindsay and Parks will perform for the visitors. The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock."

November 17, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 17 Giants at San Diego."

November 22, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 22 McCormicks vs Giants at San Diego."

November 23, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 23 McCormicks vs Giants at San Diego."

November 24, 1912

San Diego, CA
"November 24 McCormicks vs Giants at San Diego."

November 28, 1912

Vernon, CA
"November 28 Giants vs Tuft-Lyons at Vernon."

November 29, 1912

Vernon, CA
"November 29 Giants vs Tuft-Lyons at Vernon."

November 30, 1912

Vernon, CA
"November 30 Giants vs Tuft-Lyons at Vernon."

December 1, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 30 Giants vs Tuft-Lyons at Vernon."

December 6, 1912

San Diego, CA
"December 6 Giants at San Diego."

December 7, 1912

San Diego, CA
"December 7 Giants at San Diego."

December 8, 1912

San Diego, CA
"December 8 Giants at San Diego."

December 13, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 13 Giants vs McCormicks at Vernon."

December 14, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 14 Giants vs McCormicks at Vernon."

December 15, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 15 Giants vs McCormicks at Vernon."

December 21, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 21 Tuft-Lyons vs Giants at Vernon."

December 22, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 22 Tuft-Lyons vs Giants at Vernon."

December 23, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 23 Tuft-Lyons vs Giants at Vernon."

December 24, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 24 Tuft-Lyons vs Giants at Vernon."

December 25, 1912

Vernon, CA
"December 25 Tuft-Lyons vs Giants at Vernon."

December 27, 1912

San Diego, CA
"December 27 Giants at San Diego."

December 28, 1912

San Diego, CA
"December 28 Giants at San Diego."

December 29, 1912

San Diego, CA
"December 29 Giants at San Diego."

December 30, 1912

San Diego, CA
"American Giants Won Pennant in the Winter League of the Coast - Chicago, December 30. - The American Giants baseball team, under the management of Rube Foster, won the pennant of the winter league in California. The Giants won eighteen games and lost seven. San Diego finished second, Tufts-Lyons third, and McCormick's fourth. Foster kept up his winning streak and won all but one of his games he pitched. Lindsay and Wickware also twirled good ball. The Giants will now go to San Diego, where they have arranged to play fifteen games with an all-star aggregation."

June 3, 1912

Indianapolis, IN
"The American Giants will play the Indianapolis A.B.C.s Monday and Tuesday, June 3 and 4, at Indianapolis, Indiana."

"Giants Beat The A's Twice. - Chicago Has Fast Aggregation - Rube Pitched Second Game. - Chief Rube Foster and his American Giants downed the A.B.C.s for two games, played Monday and Tuesday, at the Northwestern lot. Daugherty nipped the first game by a score of 15 to 3. The A.'s played a good game, despite fast clip in the first part of the second game, scoring three runs, and that's all. Rube, of course, was a drawing card, and his hurling was the feature, done with the clockwork infield of the Windy City tossers. At critical periods the chief was calm and at home, and played his game with apparent ease, his long experience in the diamond dust has enabled him to have well at hand the fine points, and he is looked upon as the best known ball player of color living. When you think of baseball celebrities you think of Rube. Rube is a good-natured, big warrior. His excellent control over his aggregation is something unusual for a team not within the ban of a league and its laws. When he gives his orders for certain plays, a mad attempt to obey is made by the players receiving them. To hear him tell a player what to do, one might think he (the player) is learning. The chief goes so far as to pick the bats for a player of certain occasions, and what ball to hit and where to send it. In other words, he is the engineer of his crew in the strictest sense. He has a smile, a laugh, and a frown that he issues out when occasion presents itself. Foster has a strong team this year, and from the recent series of four games with the Royal Giants of New York, which the Chicagoans took, prospects point to a winning streak for the season."
Indianapolis, IN
"Rube Foster and his Giants returned to the city on last Saturday night. On June 3 they won over the A.B.C.s with a score of 5 to 7, Dougherty pitching."

June 4, 1912

Indianapolis, IN
"The American Giants will play the Indianapolis A.B.C.s Monday and Tuesday, June 3 and 4, at Indianapolis, Indiana."
Indianapolis, IN
"June 4 they beat the A.B.C.s 15 to 3, with Foster pitching."

June 5, 1912

West Baden, IN
"Following (Indianapolis), they will go to West Baden, Indiana, to play the Sprudels, June 5, 6, 7 and 8."
West Baden, IN
"June 5 they won over the West Badens, score 7 to 0, Gatewood pitching."

June 6, 1912

West Baden, IN
"Following (Indianapolis), they will go to West Baden, Indiana, to play the Sprudels, June 5, 6, 7 and 8."
West Baden, IN
"June 6 the Americans beat the Sprudels at a score of 5 to 1."

June 7, 1912

West Baden, IN
"Following (Indianapolis), they will go to West Baden, Indiana, to play the Sprudels, June 5, 6, 7 and 8."

West Baden, IN
"American Giants At West Baden. - Rube Foster's Chicago Team Takes Three From Sprudels - West Baden, Indiana - The Sprudels went down for the third time before the mighty American Giants, Rube Foster's well-known Chicago aggregation."
West Baden, IN
"June 7, they won over the Sprudels 8 to 3."

June 8, 1912

West Baden, IN
"Following (Indianapolis), they will go to West Baden, Indiana, to play the Sprudels, June 5, 6, 7 and 8."

West Baden, IN
"The American Giants won another game from West Baden. The feature was three home runs, the home club getting one. The fielding of Monroe, the Giants' second baseman, was also a feature."
West Baden, IN
"June 8, with Foster pitching for the Giants, Dismukes piching, the Sprudels won, the score being 1 to 0."

June 9, 1912

Chicago, IL
"June 9 they (American Giants) jump to Chicago for one game with the Gunthers."

June 11, 1912

French Lick, IN
"Leaving the same night (June 9) they go to French Lick, Indiana, to play the Plutos for a series of games, the dates being 11, 12, 13 and 14. June 16 and 17, French Lick Plutos."

June 12, 1912

French Lick, IN
"Leaving the same night (June 9) they go to French Lick, Indiana, to play the Plutos for a series of games, the dates being 11, 12, 13 and 14. June 16 and 17, French Lick Plutos."

French Lick, IN
"Rube Foster Wins His Game. - In the second game between the Plutos and the American Giants, the home boys won with a score of 9 to 3."

June 13, 1912

French Lick, IN
"Leaving the same night (June 9) they go to French Lick, Indiana, to play the Plutos for a series of games, the dates being 11, 12, 13 and 14. June 16 and 17, French Lick Plutos."

June 14, 1912

French Lick, IN
"Leaving the same night (June 9) they go to French Lick, Indiana, to play the Plutos for a series of games, the dates being 11, 12, 13 and 14. June 16 and 17, French Lick Plutos."

June 15, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Niesen's U.S. Leaguers will play Rube Foster's American Giants tomorrow, with Harry Steinfeldt's Cincinnati team of the defunct organization as the Sunday attraction."
* In 1912, Harry Steinfeldt moved from major league to minor league baseball. He managed the Cincinnati Pippins of the United States Baseball League, but the league folded in midseason.

June 16, 1912

French Lick, IN
"Leaving the same night (June 9) they go to French Lick, Indiana, to play the Plutos for a series of games, the dates being 11, 12, 13 and 14. June 16 and 17, French Lick Plutos."

Chicago, IL
"Mr. Rube Foster and his team will be in the city on Sunday. Delegates will see one of the greatest baseball aggregations of the race by seeing the American Giants on Sunday at Schorling's Park, Thirty-ninth street and Wentworth Avenue."
Chicago, IL
"Giants have Winning Streak. - (By Cary B. Lewis.) - Special to the Freeman. - Chicago, June 12. - The American Giants walloped the Gunthers on last Sunday at Schorling's Park by a score of 10 to 4. The game was bitterly fought in the eighth inning, when the Giants got to Fred Schmidt for five infield hits and a single and scored five runs, sewing up the contests. Several sensational plays were made by the colored boys."

June 17, 1912

French Lick, IN
"Leaving the same night (June 9) they go to French Lick, Indiana, to play the Plutos for a series of games, the dates being 11, 12, 13 and 14. June 16 and 17, French Lick Plutos."

June 18, 1912

Kansas City, MO
"June 18, 19, 20 and 21 they will be in Kansas City"

June 19, 1912

Kansas City, MO
"June 18, 19, 20 and 21 they will be in Kansas City"

June 20, 1912

Kansas City, MO
"June 18, 19, 20 and 21 they will be in Kansas City"

June 21, 1912

Kansas City, MO
"June 18, 19, 20 and 21 they will be in Kansas City"

June 22, 1912

St. Louis, MO
"...and will go to St. Louis to play Mills' great aggregation of baseball apostles. The St. Louis team is one of the strongest in the country. The eyes of the baseball world are on the boys from the show me state. Walter Ball, who pitched for the Chicago Giants last year, and who has had a remarkable year this season, will be seen in St. Louis uniform. Pryor, who was with the American Giants last year, and Chappy Johnson, the dandy dresser, are with the St. Louis team. The fans of St. Louis claim they have the best team of the two and are going to wrest the championship from Foster, but Rube, the maker of champions, admits that his opponents are great players, and the team has been materially strengthened since last year, but when the fireworks starts it will be defeated in the series, and the St. Louis fans will see some of the most strategic baseball ever witnessed in a struggle for supremacy."

June 23, 1912

Hammond, IN
"Saturday afternoon at the H.A.A. Park, Hammond will play Duke Foster's American Giants, who are considered the fastest colored aggregation in the country. This will be a practice game and Manager Sohl is expecting a large attendance."

July 9?, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Cuban Stars Drawing Card. - American Giants Take First Game in the Series. - Special to the Freeman. - Chicago, Illinois, July 9. - Although the weather has been very hot in this city, the sun's rays have not kept the fans from attending the ball games. The Cuban Stars have attracted very large crowds. The game on last Thursday was a record breaker. Another large crowd was present on Sunday at Schorling's park. Foster's team has been playing on the West Side for several days, but returned to their home deamonds on Monday. The Plutos, of West Baden Springs, Indiana, lost the first game of the series with the American Giants, 4 to 2. Gatewood was on the mound and pitched a fine game. up to the seventh inning it was an airtight game, and every fan was more than pleased with the results. No better game has been played at the Schorling park this season. Gatewood was given excellent support."

July 14, 1912

Chicago, IL
"St. Louis Giants Here Sunday. - The St. Louis Giants will play an eleven-game series at Schorling Park, beginning Sunday. The St. Louis Giants are said to be the greatest aggregation of the West. People are now telephoning for boxes. This series is expected to be the social center of the month."

Chicago, IL
"Jack Johnson - Pitched the First Ball in Semi-Professional Game at Chicago. - Chicago, July 14. - Before 10,000, the largest crowd of fans that ever watched a semi-professional game in the city, the American Giants won the first game of the series from the St. Louis Giants at American Giants' Park, 8 to 7, after a ninth-inning rally, in which the home team scored four runs. Jack Johnson, champion heavy-weight pugilist of the world, pitched the first ball. Lindsey was in poor form in the early part of the game and St. Louis gained a big lead. Dougherty relieved him in the seventh inning and pitched shutout ball. The same teams will play the second game of the series tomorrow afternoon."

Chicago, IL
"American Giants Rally at Finish. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Chicago, Illinois, July 16. - Last Sunday was a hot day and a hot game was played at Schorlings Park between the American Giants and the St. Louis Giants. It was the beginning of a series of eleven games to be played in this city between the two teams. Fully 7,000 people saw the local team come out victorious in the ningth inning. The visitors had the game won in the seventh inning, with a score of 7 to 2. In the ninth, Hill, Duncan and Payne were on bases when Tenny made a hit and brought in two scores the mighty Pierce came to bat, making a hit and brought in two more. Two scores had also been made in the eighth. It was a great rally. Rube's admirers jumped into the field, yelling frantically. Jack Johnson, heavyweight pugilist, pitched the first ball. Foster stated that the crowd was the largest that ever attended a semi-pro baseball game. Five hundred extra chairs were placed in the field and fully five hundred stood. The two teams will play all the week and a big game for the coming Sunday."

July 15, 1912

Chicago, IL
"The same teams will play the second game of the series tomorrow afternoon."

Chicago, IL
"In the second game between the American Giants and the St. Louis Giants, the visitors won, 5 to 2, at Schorling's Park. In the ninth McAdoo lead off with a single and got to second on Johnson's out. Walter Ball batted for Lyons and singled. The next man up was passed intentionally, filling the bases. Dougherty hit Mongin, forcing the winning run and Bennett hit safe, registering two more."

July 16, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Home Boys Win Third Game. - The third game between the American Giants and the St. Louis Giants was played Tuesday at Schorling's Park, and the home boys won antoher sensational game in the ninth inning. The game was the most interesting and hard fought ever seen at this park. Neither teamwas unable to score throughout the eight innings, both fighting like demons. In the last part of the ninth, the American Giants, under the generalship of Rube Foster, got three men on bases and a clean hit was made, bringing in one tally, which was enough, 1 to 0, in favor, of the American Giants. Gatewood pitched a splendid game as did the pitcher for the visitors. But few errors were made and the large crowd cheered the good plays made by both teams. Both teams will play Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the American Giants will go to the Gunthers on Saturday, returning on Sunday. Mr. Schorling will place 1,000 more chairs in the field to accomodate the crowd. The game on Sunday promises to be more sensational than the one last Sunday. Boxes may be ordered in advance. The St. Louis Giants are scheduled to play eleven games while in the Windy City. It must be understood that no betting is allowed at the American Giants' Park and anyone caught indulging in same will be ejected by the police. The ushers are very polite to persons having box seat tickets, and those not holding coupons will not be allowed to sit in box seats."

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"Notes on the Game. - The crowd last Sunday was the largest ever seen at Schorling's Park. - Jack Johnson, the champion heavyweight pugilist, pitched the first ball last Sunday and it was a strike. The crowd went into ecstacies. - Mr. Schorling, the owner of the park, is thinking seriously of having a special box for newspaper men. It's not too late for him to act. - Chappie Johnson and another one of the St. Louis Giants were spiked during the series, but not intentionally. - Pierce is not only playing excellent ball at first base, but is hitting almost every time he goes to bat. He is called 'Home Run Pierce.' - Monroe, the famous second baseman, was hit upon the head with a ball on Sunday, but this did not keep him from bringing in a score. Money is one of the most popular men on the team and is often compelled to raise his cap in response to encores given by enthusiastic fans in the grandstand. - Walter Ball, who is classed as one of the greatest pitchers in the country, made a wonderful showing last Sunday His record is 99 per cent. - Great credit must be given the St. Louis team. Little or no criticism is offered against them. They play a most consistent and scientific game. - Pryor, Wallace and Ball are three of the best players on the St. Louis team, and were with Rube last season. - From the healthy applause given the St. Louis team, the fact is evident that there are a number of St. Louis people in the Windy City. - A band of music will entertain the fans on next Sunday, from 2 to 4 in the afternoon."

July 17, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Both teams will play Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the American Giants will go to the Gunthers on Saturday, returning on Sunday."

July 18, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Both teams will play Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the American Giants will go to the Gunthers on Saturday, returning on Sunday."

July 19, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Both teams will play Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the American Giants will go to the Gunthers on Saturday, returning on Sunday."

July 20, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Both teams will play Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the American Giants will go to the Gunthers on Saturday, returning on Sunday."

Chicago, IL
"Baseball in the Windy City. - American Giants in the Lead in the Series. - Chicago, Illinois, July 23. (Special to the Freeman). - Last Saturday, the American Giants routed the United States Leaguers at Schorling's Park by a score of 8 to 3. Timely hitting by Rube's team, coupled with loose fielding of the U.S. team, was responsible for the victory. Lindsey was on the mound and was in fine form. He held the white boys down until the seventh inning, when Gertenrich's double scored two runs. The fielding of the Giants was excellent, while Petty made a three-bagger. Not an error was recorded against the Giants."

July 21, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Both teams will play Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and the American Giants will go to the Gunthers on Saturday, returning on Sunday."
Chicago, IL
"Sunday was a big day at Schorling's Park. A band of music and five thousand people cheered Mr. Foster's team, but they were unable to 'bring home the bacon.' It was the second game for the St. Louis team to win. It was a hard battle and the score was 4 to 3. The visitors went right after the game in the fifth inning, scoring two runs on two hits, a base on balls and a sacrifice. The Americans scored one in the second inning on two hits and another in the fifth on three hits, a fast double play stopping them. Again in the seventh inning when the locals had a chance another play retired them without a run. Wickware relieved Johnson in the sixth and the St. Louisians only got one hit off Wickware. The home boys outhit the visitors two to one."

Chicago, IL
"Barber of the Americans was hurt on Sunday. He is able to play again."

July 22, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Monday of this week, the St. Louis boys crawled up on the American Giants and won their third game against the Chicagoans. The score was 5 to 3 in the eleventh inning. With this game the series stood five for the home boys and three for the visitors. Defeat came when Monroe dropped Thomas's ball, which was a tally fly in the eleventh inning. Prior stung a single to Hill and Barber booted McAdoo's wallop, letting Thomas count. Lyons advanced both men and Chappie Johnson slammed a double to the fence for two runs. The game was exciting and interesting. Home Run Pierce got a double unassisted."

July 23, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Johnson Wants to be a Ball Player - Chicago, July 23. - Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion of the world, is about to become a baseball player. Johnson last night made application for the first base position on the American Giants, Rube Foster's colored semi-professional team, and will be given a chance for the place. Manager Foster asked JOhnson to report for morning practice for a couple of weeks for the purpose of developing his batting powers. Johnson says he played a fair game of baseball several years ago and he has no doubt that he can come back."

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July 27, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Frank Duncan made nine straight hits the first two days of this week. Home Run Pierce got 3 three-base hits the first of the week. Payne has caught and was on short Tuesday. He is one of the best all-around players on the team. Monroe missed a fly on Monday, but says he will not do it any more. He certainly redeemed himself on Tuesday."

Chicago, IL
"Johnson, the spit ball pitcher who made good with the Plutos, has been taken by Foster. Uncle Rube is doing some good playing while so many of his Texas friends are in the city. Payne is doing some very good field work in life, while Monroe is sweet at short."

July 28, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Sprudels Break Even. - Steel Arm Taylor Takes First Game and Rube Second - Gossip of the Field. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Special to the Freeman. - Chicago, Illinois, July 30. - It was an awful big surprise to see the West Baden Sprudels win the first game, against the American Giants. The first of the two games was played on Sunday, and a big crowd witnessed the contest. Steel Arm John Taylor, the man who uses his foot in a mysterious way, did the pitching for the visitors. He put up a splendid article of ball and entertained the crowd immensely. Wickware was the opposing slabsman, and did good work at the mound; but Mr. Taylor fanned out Pierce and Lindsey just at the right moment and closed the game with a score of 7 to 6 in favor of the Sprudels. The Giants, who have made a reputation for winning in the ninth inning, made two scores, but lacked the one to tie and two to win. They made several sensational efforts to become victorious, but with no avail. Rube Foster did some good batting, as did Hill and Duncan."

Chicago, IL
"Steel Arm Taylor was a mighty big drawing card at Schorling's Park last Sunday. Johnny throws a ball that is past finding by the average batter. J.A. Taylor, who has been helping Foster's team at third, returned to his old tam on Sunday and gathered three hits off Wickware, his second hit in the third inning scoring two runs."

Chicago, IL
"Fans are still talking about the games of last Sunday between the Sprudels and the American Giants, which resulted in a score of 7 to 6 in favor of the visitors. It was one of the best games seen at the park this season."

July 29, 1912

Chicago, IL
"Foster Wins His Game. - The American Giants won the second game of the series with the Sprudels of West Baden Springs, Indiana. Rube Foster was determined that the visitors should not win both games, so the sturdy Roman pitched himself. Foster struck out seven men, and Miller only one. Rube had the boys at his mercy and could have shut them out but for an error. There was some sensational fielding by both teams. A large crowd witnessed the home boys win with a score of 7 to 1."

1912 Chicago American Giants

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1912 Chicago American Giants