1910 St. Louis Giants
Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.
April 16, 1910
Indianapolis, IN
"Championship Race to be Hot. - Teams All Over the Country Will Fight for it. - Perhaps the most talked about event in baseball that is to happen this season will be the try-out for the world's colored championship by the most prominent colored baseball clubs in the country. It is expected that the world's series will begin immediately after the closing games of the various leagues throughout the United States. There is a longer list of teams of standing which will compete for the pennant than last year, and every one of them is working hard to get into the championship ranks, so that they might be given a chance at winning the flag. So far the list is quite limited as to the teams that will compete for the supremacy mark. It includes Leland's Chicago Giants, Leland Giants, Cuban Giants, St. Louis Giants, Birmingham, Alabama Giants, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Giants, Royal Giants of Brooklyn, New York, Kansas City Kansas Giants, Kansas City, Missouri Royal Giants, Louisville Cubs, St. Paul Gophers, and Minneapolis Keystones. - Should Award a Cup. - The Freeman is of the opinion that the various managers should get together and make the contest the more interesting by appropriating a certain amount to use for prizes. A loving cup of real silver should serve as the price to be won by the club winning the world's championship. It is also slated that these games are to be played in Chicago this year, where baseball is being richly supported each year, although much talk is going the rounds concerning the idea of holding the battles in New York."
St. Louis, MO
"St. Louis Giants Will Be a Factor - In Settling Colored Championship of Country for Season of 1910. - Charles A. Mills. - The St. Louis Giants base ball club has been geoing along since the season of 1907. Prior to the season of 1909, they were practically in the unknown class, save for the information brought to light through the representive talent sent forth to represent the city upon different clubs of the country. It is a well known fact that St. Louis from an attendance standpoint is considered the best in the big leagues attendance figures for the past two years at colored games upholds the above statement in every way. The trolley league here is one of the best known and greatest drawing organizations in the semi-professional class figures kept upon such games show that the colored Giants outdrew them two to one last season. The Leland Giants of Chicago, the Kansas City Giants and clubs from all parts played here and all drew record breaking crowds, some of which ran up as high as 4761 actual paid admissions; something very few clubs can boast of. We have now organized an association to promote base ball upon a scale which we hope to land us right in line with any of the big clubs of the country. Our association which will be incorporated is composed of a number of young men who are considered by all who know them to be a good representative type of the twentieth century business man. We have a park which is considered the finest semi-pro park in the city. It is centrally located, and transient facilities are such that a car from any part of the city can be had at intervals of four minutes apart. We have a modern grandstand and bleachers. The capacity of our grand stand is two thousand five hundred. Our bleachers will seat seventeen hundred people, and we have ample space for enlargement of both. Our average attendance figures two thousand easily. We make a claim which we believe no other club in the semi-pro ranks can honestly equal, considering the capacity of our grounds. With the Memphis and Nashville Giants as attractions, we were compelled to close our gates at 2:30, one hour before play was called; the crowd swarmed upon the field, making ground rules necessary. We expect to be right up with the bunch for the coming season, both from a financial and a playing standpoint. We have secured the services of William McMurray, who will captain our team. This lad has seen service upon a half dozen of the leading clubs of the country, and is considered by experts to have excellent talent for leading. George Gatewood, star pitcher upon the Leland Giants, Cuban X-Giants and other big clubs, will probably be one of our twirlers. The sprinkling of old heads together with the promising young talent at hand we think will enable us to make a fight for the proposed championship honor, which will cause the name of St. Louis to echo from coast to coast. The personnel of our association includs the following: Board of directors, George Robinson, James Williams; Charles A. Mills, business manager; Edward Foster, president; John Thomas, vice-president; Russell Shaw, secretary; William Bell, assistant secretary; Byrd Wilkins, treasurer; William McMurray, captain."
April 23, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"St. Louis Giants Off to a Successful Opening - Spectacular Street Parade Cheered by Thousands Along the Line of March. George Gatewood Pitching for St. Louis, Pitches a No-Hit, No-Run Game, Defeating the Louisville Stars by Score of 11 to 0. - By David Wyatt. - The St. Louis Giants pulled off a demonstrative honor of Negro baseball, the like of which has never been equaled in the history of the game. A monstrous street parade in which automobiles, landaus, coupes and traps played a conspicuous part, started promptly from in front of the Missouri Negro Republican League quarters at 12 o'clock and passed over a route which included all the principal thoroughfares inhabited by the Negro in St. Louis. The face that Negroes in St. Louis are the best housed of all in any part of the country was fully demonstrated. It required a period of two hours to cover the route, and all along the line of march thousands crowded sidewalks, windows and roofs of buildings and yelled until their throats were sore. - Notable Men Take Part. - Enthusiasm was at fever heat and men, women and children all along the route could be seen fighting for points of vantage for the purpose of doing honor to the men of wide renown who were lending their support to further the cause of the great national pastime. The occupants of the carriage which headed the parade included Mr. Floyd Ross, chief of the True Reformers in St. Louis; Mr. A.W. Llyd, grand councillor of the K. of Ps in Missouri; Mr. Edward Foster, president of the Missouri Negro Republican League; Mr. William H. King, owner and editor of the Central Afro-American News Journal, and the Freeman correspondent. The fact that the Freeman representative would attend the opening contest was known far in advance, therefore the writer and the paper which he was representing came in for a lot of complimentary praise, which brought about an amount of hand-shaking which the writer considered a real test of physical endurance. - Live Manager at the Helm. - Mr. Charles A. Mills, the genial and hustling business manager of the St. Louis club, proved conclusively that he is a type of a young business man who is not only endowed with spirit and proclivities of the up-and-doing variety, but he is putting the same into circulation and getting results. This demonstration at the opening contest should go down as a landmark in honor of this young man and his business associates. Mr. Mills has placed before the people of St. Louis a baseball team which by far outclassed the misfit aggregation which had the nerve to display their ability before the vast crowd which assembled at the Giants' Park today. Aside from the great pitching of Gatewood, the snappy playing of McMurry, Williams, Hewitt, and Jones, the game was practically dead. An ill-shaped dingie from the backwoods in the vicinity of Louisville essayed to pitch for the travelers. The captain said he answered to the name of Brown, Black, or Blue; anyhow, the Giants rapped his delivery to such an extent that he became real blue before the cap threw out the big hook of relief. A long, lean, lanky lad by the name of Lively, who acted just the opposite to what the name assures, took up the burden and the St. Louis boys took to his delivery with such an amount of energy that the crowd suggested a call to the fire deparment to put the Giants out. The stars with their new uniforms added a brilliant luster to the assemblage of about five thousand fans, but the luster was dimmed to such an extent by the St. Louis boys that it cast a dark gloom over the crowd, which caused hundreds to leave before the contest had ended. Bug Rose, formerly of the Leland Giants - St. Paul Gophers, lead the visitors up to the block for slaughter, and aside from Rose, there was not a man who appeared to know enough of real baseball to enable him to get inside a park without the old proverbial quarter. The St. Louis Giants conducted themselves like veterans. Their every move indicated practice, study and intelligent training. The game was full of comedy, mostly furnished by the visitors. This feeble attempt to make up for lack of baseball ability was met with hoots and jeers from the crowds to such an extent that the Louisville boys didnt know whether they were grabbing at fowls in a chicken coop or snatching at melons from the vines along the banks of the old Ohio river. This overripe assortment of Kentucky fruit turned out to be the worst bunch of lemons that was ever uncrated in a baseball park, and they have put the teeth of the St. Louis people on edge for all time against such misfit aggregations parading under the name of baseball players."
May 2, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Under Guise of Cuban Stars Team Fools Public. - Deceives the St. Louis Giants Management. - St. Louis, Missouri, May 13. - Much talk is going the rounds over the way in which the management of the St. Louis Giants were deceived by a bunch of get-rich-quick schemers, who claimed to be real Cuban Stars, when in fact there was not a Cuban in the club. After great preparations had been made for the opening game in the new park secured by the Giants' Club for their game with the Cuban Stars on May 2, when over 3, 600 fans had gathered to see the Cubans, a Mr. C.L. East, advance agent for the supposed Cubans, brought to the city a set of misfits to fool the public and get the money. However, it has been learned by the public that it was in no way a fault of the St. Louis Giants Club management, as Charles A. Mills, the business manager, acted in good faith in securing the engagement. Such business has been done before and Manager Mills is not the first one to fall a prey to such work. His letters that we produce below are self-sustaining in the fact that he had been tricked in a high-handed way by a party who makes a business of defrauding the people. The letters follow and explain clearly the innocence of the St. Louis baseball manager: St. Louis - Honerable Elwood C. Knox: Dear Sir - I booked a club here who called themselves the Cuban Stars, to open our new park May 2. After big preparations had been made for this said game of May 2, and over 3,600 fans had gathered in the new ball park to see these Cubans, Mr. C.L. East, advance agent for the supposed Cubans, brought to our city a club, and a misfit at that, with not a Cuban in his bunch, to deceive the public and get the money. Such a high-handed affair has never occured here, and in justice to the real Cubans and the public, I want to warn all managers to be very careful of this crowd. As far as Charles A. Mills, of the St. Louis Giants is concerned, letters will show he acted in good faith when booking supposed Cuban Stars. I do hope that someone will put a shop to this high-handed game to defraud the public. This unpleasant occurence has caused our club, the St. Louis Giants, to be unjustly criticised by some of our best followers and the public. Mr. C.L. East (white) has misrepresented his club, and managers of other clubs should be very careful. I am yours respectfully, Charles A. Mills, Business Manager St. Louis Giants. 2320 Pine Street, St. Louis, Missouri."
"The following is the letter received from C.L. East, business manager of the supposed Cuban Stars, in which he accepts engagement: Centralia, Illinois, April 17, 1910. Mr. Charles Mills, Manager St. Louis Giants: Dear Sir - In reply to your letter of the 14th, Mr. Gomalez informs me that he has wired you accepting game. I will be in St. Louis by the 24th or 25th. Go ahead with the advertising. We will be there rain or shine. I leave tonight for Mattoon, Illinois. Will be in Decatur the 14th and Springfield the 21st. Mail can reach me at those points. Yours truly, C.L. East."
May 15, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Warning to the Public. - New York City, May 15, 1910. - Manager the Freeman: I note in your issue of last week where the St. Louis Giants were fooled by a team calling themselves the Cuban Stars, and I desire to say that I am the only American representative of the Cuban Stars in the United States and that we carry no advance agent, neither do we employ any business manager, and C.L. East is an unknown party to our organizeation or to myself, and warn clubs not to be fooled into doing business with others believing they are playing the Cuban Stars, who are fully incorporated under the laws of the State of New York and the name is also copyrighted at Washington, D.C., and clubs scheduling games under the name of Cuban Stars will be prosecuted by law. Nat C. Strong, World Building, New York City."
May 28, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"St. Louis Giants - Would like to hear from all first class clubs. Address all communications to Charles A. Mills, 2320 Pine Street, St. Louis, Missouri. - We own our own Park - on direct car line."
St. Louis, MO
"Big Bill Gatewood left last Friday for St. Louis to play with the home team in a series against Louisville, and will return Wednesday."
August 1, 1910
Indianapolis, IN
"The St. Louis Giants won from the Plutos Monday at Athletic Park, score 3 to 9."
August 6, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"A Great Game. - Errorless Game at St. Louis Played by Winners. - St. Louis, Missouri - The St. Louis Giants won from the Kansas City Cyclones yesterday afternoon at Athletic Park. Score, 3 to 2. The game was a pitchers' battle between Lyons of the winners and Lindsey for the visitors. The winners played errorless ball all the way."
August 7, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Sunday, August 7, was sure a big day at Athletic Park. With the clouds hanging low, the park was jammed to see Captain Taylor's boys from West Baden, Indiana. Never has a more gentlemanly bunch of ball players been seen in this city than the boys from Indiana. A sure enough ball club. Too much credit cannot be given this club. The ladies seemed to admire Rogers and the whole bunch. Lyons was Captain McMurray's man for slab duty, and Ben Taylor for Captain C. Taylor. The crowd went fairly wild when little Lyons stepped in the box. Giants 15, West Baden 9."
August 8, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"At Jefferson Barracks. - Johnnies Defeated with Ease - St. Louis Giants Brought Home the Bacon - Win from West Baden. - Special to the Freeman. - St. Louis, Missouri, August 8. - Before a most brilliant crowd of officers and soldiers, the St. Louis Giants defeated the soldiers with ease at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The manager of the Giants, Charley King, was treated like a king by the officers and enlisted men, the freedom of the barracks was given the Mills boys and after the game the boys enjoyed every hour of the visit. Gatewood pitched a masterly game and at no time were the boys in blue dangerous, our pitcher striking out fourteen of the soldiers in the seven innings he pitched. Stevens relieved him and held the soldiers safe. Giants 5, Soldiers 0."
"Manager Mills has sure enough proven to be a hot favorite. His pleasant smile and courteous treatment to the public has won him many friends. He is sure enough one of those good fellows. Keep it up, Mills. - Taber at second is playing the game of his life for the Giants. Good work, old boy. - What do you think of the grand old Knight at third. It's a treat to see him play. - Lan-Sue, wake up; the boys are getting very fast. Get busy! - Somebody must stop the Giants. The cry now is 'Oh you Lelands!' Some big doings on the 16th, 17th and 18th. - Mills has a winner. Just like him, nothing but the best. - Watch this boy Mills. Coming from nowhere in three years to a park owner. We are proud of you and the public is with you."
St. Louis, MO?
"Advantage Taken. - St. Louis Giants Publish the Games They Win. - West Baden, Indiana - Mr. Knox: Dear Sir, You will do me quite a favor to publish this, as I feel it unjust to baseball and also to the visiting teams that go to St. Louis for them to publish only the games they win and not give the visiting teams the benefit of the games they win. There has been any number of games won in St. Louis that the public has not known of by the Giants only publishing the games they win. The Sprudels has won two there and lost two, and each time the Giants has only published the winning games. The West Baden Sprudels beat the St. Louis Giants in one of the most one-sided games played there this summer. On August 8 the Sprudels won and the Giants lost in what was thought to be a shutout until the eighth inning, when the Giants scratched in a run by a muffed ball thrown from the catcher to the pitcher. Stevens, who was in for the Giants was knocked out in a few innings and the real Giant Gatewood was sent in to redeem him, but was put to the bad in a few innings by the heavy hitting Sprudels. The Giants also were made to feel very little in the eighth inning by what Captain C.I. Taylor calls his sleeping steal play. With a man being caught between the bases the rear runner makes for the object base the instant the caught runner is tagged out. This play was worked on the Giants from third home, and it took the umpire quire a while to show the Giants that they were asleep. August 8 West Baden Sprudels 8, St. Louis Giants 1."
August 13, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Game of the Year. - St. Louis, Missouri, August 15. - The game of the year and the talk of St. Louis was pulled off Saturday, August 13, at South End Park between the Giants and the Orphan Boys (white) of the Missouri-Illinois Trolley League, and to the surprise of the thousands of fans who journeyed to South End Park, the Giants won. Thanks are due Gatewood of the colored boys for the great pitching. Gatewood's smile won the big crowd of ladies. Never before has so much money changed hands as on Saturday. The followers of the Orphan Boys could not see the colored lads, and every time any money came in sight it was quickly gobbled up by the Giants' rooters. The game was considered to be the best test of the colored boys yet, and true to Manager Mills' prediction, it was the easiest victory the Giants have registered this year. Everybody is now looking to the series with Leland's Chicago Giants. Mr. John Rucker and his entire minstrel company will be the guests of Manager Mills at Wednesday's show. The invitations that Mills is sending out in honor of Mr. John Rucker are sure beauties. Every time Mills passes the stand the crowd greets him with the glad hand. The Honorable Nelson Crews of Kansas City, Missouri was seated in Mills' private box; also Mr. C.K. Robinson, Supreme Keeper of R. and S of the K. of P. - Saturday's score: Giants 14, Orphan Boys 3."
"Notes of the Game. - O, you Hewitt! Wagner the second. And that boy Taber! Well, enough said. - Mills' ushers all had white military caps. Good boys! They are easy found now. - Jones homer in the sixth inning was some drive. Thanks to one at the time. - Harrison, old chap, you certainly put the crimp in the Plutos. Your throwing from center field is perfect. - Bell sells tickets as fast as any circus man. It is a treat to see this bunch of young men run Athletic Park. Can't be beat. - Gatewood's pitching is a good treat and the old boy looks like he is back in his 1907 form. His catch in right field was a corker in Sunday's game. - Noah Warrington is sure enough a Giants' rooter. Every time the ball goes over the boys get $5, and he pays in front of his private box. Mighty fine, old boy. - Manager Charley Mills is some hustler. What do you know about this chap? Was selling cushion seats Sunday; not too proud to do anything. If ever there was the right man in the right place, this chap wears the crown."
August 14, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The Giants handed the third straight licking to the Plutos of French Lick, Indiana, Sunday August 14. Mr. Abe Lowes, owner of the Plutos, arrived with his club looking mighty sharp. - Sunday's score: Giants 3, Plutos 1."
August 19, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The Chicago Giants journeyed to St. Louis and defeated the St. Louis Giants 3 games. The Giants played great ball during all the games, and from all appearances they will finish up high in the Chicago City League race."
St. Louis, MO
"Baseball at St. Louis. - Society Turns Out En Masse - The Game That Everybody Talks About. - If you want to see baseball done right, St. Louis is a very good place to see it. Last week the St. Louis Giants had the courage to face the Leland Giants, long since acknowledged as invicibles among the colored players and on equality with the best white teams, barring none. In fact. one writer in treating the game said that if these men had the same kind of work every day as the men of the greater teams, they would be high up in their class. Sport writers on the St. Louis papers didn't care for space when writing on the game. Their liberality is worth commenting on, amounting to more than information of the very interesting game, in a way. It proved that sport wants to see sport and not a slaughter, no matter who the contestants, even if black against white. These teams, however, are colored and corking good ones, too. Must admit this much, else the Leland Giants' victory wouldn't amount to very much. But the drubbing they gave the St. Louis bunch disqualifies that bunch from the right of equal classification, as good as it is. The Chicagoans actually played with the dusky Cardinals. After they had made sure of the game, fancy stunts were put on; one runner turned a summersault a few feet from the home plate, landing safe and clean with both feet planted. It was on Wednesday of last week when 3,000 or more of the elite and otherwise of darker St. Louis sat in the vast amphitheatre awaiting the moment when the fate of their champions was to be decided. Senor or Senorita of medaeval Spain when welcoming bull or man into the arena were no more hilarious than these - Whose colors they wore, And by whom they swore. The rooters were there also; they lent their voices to the general hurrah, but all in vain, for like the redoubtable Jack Johnson the Leland Gaints were nothing daunted, finally succeeding in cracking the lief out of the St. Louis people to the tune of 12 to 0. Such a defeat! Where, oh where, heretofore has it been written? The Chicago boys could have easily have doubled the 12 if they had cared to do so. It was a traedy - it was a shame. - The St. Louis writers were all praising the work of the individual players of the Chicago team. H.W. Lanigan of the St. Louis Times says, when speaking of the batteries: 'One beauty-bright battery - Ball and Johnson. There's not a whole lot of batteries in either big white baseball body that has a thing on them. Ball is the pitching member of the firm, and Manager Frank states that he has two other rubber artists just as clever as Ball. One of the others, the renowned Williams, is down to do the heaving in the getaway show Thursday. If he has it on Ball, he is a sure enough topliner. Aside from Besnahan there isn't a catcher in St. Louis as reliable, clever, classy or stylish as Johnson. He goes by the cognomen of Chappy, and it fits him snugly. Johnson is out of the same mold as Indian Meyers of Johnny McGraw's Giants, and he's several shades a better receiver. His every motion is that of the high-class workman, and Bo, this is no kid. His receiving is flawless. His pegging is OK. He's there with the josh stuff to the pitcher, and he works without the slightest effort. Give Jack O'Connor a catcher like him - and Johnson is the demon batter with it - and a big percentage of the King's worries would be over. Billy Murphy even says more but in fewer words than Lanigan when he wrote: 'Catcher Johnson and First Baseman Pettus are the stars of the Chicago team. Johnson is a better catcher than Easterly, Land, Wakefield, or Donohue. Better than the four together. There are few first basemen in the National or American Leagues who display the ability to play as clever an initial bag as Pettus.' The other fellows that come in for special mention are Black Bobby Wallace, Selden, Winston, Moore, Harris, each of whom by competent authority is rated with the best going. Color alone keeps these men back. Were it not for that, one writer asserts that there would be a mad scramble for these black knights of the diamond."
"Notes of the Game. - Might as well have tried to beat a set of devils - it would have been just as easy. It was laying it on when one of the Chicago players made his base doing a somersault; it was rubbing it in a bit. And the band played, and at the expense of the St. Louis team, who wanted nothing undone that the bacon be kept right at home. But alas! - All St. Louis was there. Says one, a white writer: 'The Leland Gaints are the Jack Johnsons of semi-professional baseball all right, all right. - We all know how valuable such a catcher as this Negro Johnson would be to a team, with his knowledge of batters, his ability to direct his pitcher, his ability to oversee the defensive play and adjust to suit the attack - points of play which are all important, though quietly done and not in the limelight.' - Billy Murphy. - The St. Louis Giants tried ever so hard to win, but for the life of them couldn't score. They had sent to their knees nearly everything that heretofore had come along. Now, amid their own gay thousands at home, they were forced to drink to the dregs and made to like it. Cruel? Well, yes. - One of the unusual stunts pulled off by the manager of the Leland Giants was in placing a dollar bill on the home plate when his men were taking a turn at bat, with the remark that any one who would knock out a home run would get the bill. Pettus, first baseman, was the possessor of one of the dollar bills, as he rapped the ball over the right-field fence in the fifth inning. - The crowd was one of the largest that has ever attended a game at Athletic Park. The grand stand and bleachers were packed and a big crowd was strung out across the field. In the grandstand there was a large delegation of colored gentlemen dressed in frock coats and high silk hats. They composed the band, and whenever there was any exciting play pulled off, considerable blowing of horns and the beating of a big bass drum was heard. - An Onlooker. - There's nothing to it but that the Leland Giants are a corking good team. They operate in that six-club semi-professional body in Chicago and stand second in line. - H.W. Lanigan. - Cliff Clark, an enthusiast, observed: 'Lands sakes! Those old St. Louis boys had no chance in this game. Why, those Chicago players can hit and slide and run just like some of the big league palyers that come to this town.' - One thousand of the three thousand at the game were white. The two thousand did not like the way things went at all; the one thousand were out for sport and did not have ties in common, so they had one good time. They shouted themselves hoarse at the fun."
August 20, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"One of the others, the renowned Williams, is down to do the heaving in the getaway show Thursday."
St. Louis, MO
"Gatewood seems to have struck his old time stride and is now pitching good ball again."
August 21, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Oklahoma Monarchs at St. Louis Giants in St. Louis"
St. Louis, MO
"Oklahoma Monarchs defeat St. Louis Giants - Defeated by the All-Stars. - Special to the Freeman. - The Monarchs won the game from the St. Louis Giants by a score of 6 to 1, August 21. Batteries for the Monarchs, Webb and Bolden; for the Giants, Stevens, Washington and Primm."
August 22, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Oklahoma Monarchs at St. Louis Giants in St. Louis"
St. Louis, MO
"August 22, Monarchs won second game from the St. Louis Giants by a score of 7 to 6. The game was a good one, being well played by both clubs."
August 23, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Oklahoma Monarchs at St. Louis Giants in St. Louis"
St. Louis, MO
"August 23, the white team, All Stars, beat the Monarchs by a score of 6 to 5."
August 24, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"August 24, Again the All Stars defeated the Monarchs in a well-contested game which was noted for good playing. The Monarchs had ginger all through the game, but the white fellows held on the score was 3 to 2. The Monarchs have gone to Chicago."
August 27, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Gatewood and McMurray, who were formerly of Chicago, were the battery against the Chicago Giants in one of the St. Louis games, but they were unable to get by the boys from the Windy City."
August 28, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Minneapolis Keystones - Mowed Down Like Grass by the St. Louis Giants. - St. Louis Special to the Freeman. - Last Sunday, August 28, before one of the most brilliant crowds that has turned out this season at Athletic Park, the Minneapolis Keystones were defeated by the St. Louis Giants. Big Gatewood, a discard from Colonel Mitchell's club, held his former teammates at his mercy, Mr. Mitchell journeyed all of the way to St. Louis to see his pets go down in defeat, arriving just before the game was called with Manager Charles Mills and party in the big touring car. St. Louis Giants 10, Keystons 2.
"Notes of the Game. - Colonel Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell were seen to be good losers. They were seated in Manager Mill's box, and Mrs. Mitchell attracted considerable attention with her diamonds, looking like a blaze of fire. - Warmack, formerly of the Plutos, is playing the game of his life at first base for the Giants. He is sure some sticker. - Manager Mills claims he has one of the strongest clubs lined up for 1911. Mighty far off, but this boy never talks much, and it pays to watch him. - Jones' throw from left was a corker, catching two men in Sunday's game by a foot."
September 4, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Sprudels at St. Louis, Missouri September 4."
September 5, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Sprudels at St. Louis, Missouri September 5."
September 8, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The crack West Baden Sprudels, who played the Chicago Giants thirteen innings last Thursday, were tamed down by the St. Louis boys in a hard-fought game.
September 8?, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The West Baden Sprudels... were tamed down by the St. Louis boys in a hard-fought game. Benny Taylor was sure in form, but the bats of the St. Louis boys were brought in use at the right time. This boy Mills is sure the limit-a good talker, a good sport and in fact the right boy in the right place. No matter how bad or good his boys play, he is the same little jolly fellow. He has a host of friends and is one of the kind that appreciate good fellowship. Give us a few more like Charley, coming from a bank messenger to a successful park owner and manager is mighty nifty for a lad."
September 10, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"St. Louis Giants. - Jimmy Lyons, the one big bug, is hitting the ball on the nose. And to see that boy steal a base is worth admission. Manager Mills is a hustling little man. If any one sees Tony, of the Kansas City Royal Giants, tell him to drop down to St. Louis and see the Black Huggins. 'Nuff said. Joe Huitt is a fast short stop and a few more seasons will make him equal to the best. Monroe Tabor, a southern boy, Birmingham raised, is one of the fastest second basemen in this port of the country."
St. Louis, MO
"A Hot Game. - St. Louis Giants Win Out. - Special from St. Louis, Missouri - The St. Louis Giants walked away with the Orphan Boys (white), runners-up for the pennant in the Missouri-Illinois Trolley League. The Giants won as they pleased, making it three out of five for the champions. The Orphan Boys were loaded to the gear, having Katz, of Columbus, Ohio; Comstock and Patton, fot he St. Louis National League Club, through courtesy of Roger Bresnahan."
September 11?, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Another big surprise was the sound beating of the much talked of Memphis Tigers, headed by Bill Washington. The Giants fairly curied the Tigers' tails and at no time were the boy from Memphis dangerous."
"Caught From the Press Box. - Everybody looking towards the Chicago trip of the St. Louis boys. They surely will make things hum on State Street. - Taber, at second for the Giants, seems to be the best bet seen here this year, and we have seen all the cracks. - Dude Lyttle is a corker. Mills made a ten-strike in grabbing him. - Oh, you Hewitt! Do you notice how Mills smiles when this boy comes to the bat? A sure bet. - Warmack at first. Enough said. - Where is Slaughter, of the Freeman? We sure miss him. - Wake up, Jones. Harrison is on the bench. The boys are getting mighty fast. - Captain McMurray played a sweet game at third. - Green, you are all right, boy. Do this same work in Chicago, and there will be another story to tell. Chicago-bound in a special sleeper will the St. Louis crowd go. Go as far as you like, Mills. The town is with you and surely proud of you. - Byrd Wilkins, Secretary."
September 12, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The Sprudels also bea the Giants September 12, in a one-sided game, which the Giants failed to publish, and also which gained a lot of favor with the St. Louis fans, as they applauded the Sprudels time and again for their beautiful playing, and also gentlemanly ball playing. It is unjust to baseball, St. Louis, to not publish the games you lose. Sprudels 7, Giants 1. Thanking you very much for publishing this article."
September 24, 1910
Chicago, IL
"We see posters advertising the St. Louis Giants in Chicago, September 24. Watch the big delegation that follows the boys over. They will surely make things hum on State Street."
November 19, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Charles A. Mills is secretary and business manager of the St. Louis Giants baseball team. - Felix Wallace, formerly of the St. Paul Gophers and the Chicago Giants, will captain the St. Louis Giants for the season of 1910. - Felix Wallace, of the St. Louis Giants. - The St. Louis Giants management counts itself extremely lucky in signing up Felix Wallace for the season of 1911. The new man has an excellent record as an infielder - in fact, an all-round player who can play with success at most any station. Wallace played with the St. Paul Gophers in 1909, and was captain of that well-known team. The season of 1910 he played third base for the Chicago Giants. Both of these teams are top-notchers. His important positions in them show well for Mr. Wallace He will be leader of the St. Louis Giants, consequently great things are expected of him for 1911."
December 24, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"An Epoch in Baseball. - The Negro Professionals a Reality. - By special request of Mr. Beauraguard F. Moseley, manager of the Chicago Leland Giants, the world's famous Negro baseball team, the following article on the organization of a Negro baseball league is submitted. The twentieth century marks the epoch of the Negro in professional baseball. In organizing a Negro baseball league we have a slight chance that is different from the present white leagues. The two major organizations are the American League and National League, while the minor leagues are classified into four divitions. Since our Negro organizations is making its debut in the baseball world, we shall have to class our Negro baseball league in one division. Therefore, in forming a league it is necessary to ascertain the population of the cities intended for the circuit. It would be necessary to have a salary limit for the players and the teams, and this is based entirely on the population. The rules regarding salary limits should be strictly enforced. Eight cities are the ideal number for a league circuit; but if our league covered six good cities, close together, so as to make traveling expenses light, the results would be great. For example, try this schedule: Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Kansas City, where the Negro population is largest. Many small leagues have made a success of playing all Saturday games in the best drawing cities, splitting the receipts for these days evenly. Our Negro baseball league must have officers at the head who are able to force managers and players to live up to the laws in every particular; in other words, men who consider the interest of the league above all else and who, while holding office, hew to the line. The most important work on hand when promoting a baseball league is the selection of an executive head, who is well posted on baseball from all angles, politically as well as from the standpoint of the magnates and players. A man who can mix up with the lovers of the sport and still have the adaptability to his executive position and the ability to lead at all times is the man needed. A poor executive can keep his league in hot water all the time, while an official with good judgment and backbone will make the same league bloom like June roses. If I were to organize a league tomorrow, my first move after selecting the cities for a six or eight club circuit, would be the selection of men to manage each club. These men would be old baseball players with executive ability, and each one would receive at least a one-third interest in the club. The would give each manager confidence; and sooner or later he would have a little of the luck that must come to a successful manager or league. Too much credit cannot be given to our esteemed friend, Mr. Beauraguard F. Moseley, for the stand he has taken in the Negro baseball world. My first advice would be to have perfect order on the ball field, insist upon the players wearing clean uniforms, and all be uniformed alike. The teams should cater to the best people in the community, and all questionable language on or off the field would be prohibited. I would even go further and insist that the spectators keep within the bounds in their personal remarks, for no one ever was attracted to the ball grounds by the insane and uncalled for abuse of players by the indiviual, disgruntled spectator. Gambling never should be countenanced for a minute in any form, for the past is strewn with baseball wrecks caused by gamblers. The latter will abuse the game at any turn, and should never be allowed to thrive on a ball diamond. Previous to this time a Negro ball player never received any encouragement in the least; but I would advise officials, managers and members of my race to use all energy and every effort to encourage him. The hardest task to the majority of Negro ball players comes after the season has ended. He has not the opportunities before him where he can sit in some warm office and work or in a business house of his own; but he will have to resort to some outside work during the winter time and expose himself to the chilly winds of the Frigid zone, which results in pneumonia, rheumatism and perhaps never to come back again in baseball. Again, let the officials and ball players cooperate with each other during the baseball season, and with their salaries establish a business of some kind, buy land, buy home to prepare themselves for future happiness. I would advise every official of the league to impress the ball players of the respective teams with the good advantage of saving their earnings during their baseball career; and as far as I am concerned, I am heartily in favor of the stand Mr. Beauraguard F. Moseley takes in regard to the advancement of the Negro in professional baseball. I stand ready to give him my undivided support at any time, and he can rest assured that our club, the St. Louis Giants, is one of the factors in this coming league. Charles A. Mills, Manager St. Louis Giants."
December 31, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Negro Baseball League. - Some of the big colored baseball managers held a meeting last Wednesday in Chicago in order that they might organize a national league the same as the white league teams. Some of the proposed teams mentioned for the league are as follows: Leland Giants, Chicago, St. Louis Giants, Mobile, Kansas City, Lexington, Chicago Giants. This league will be for the protection of the player and it is hoped to be enforced."
June 4, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The Illinois Giants, of which Dave Wyatt is manager, have been in St. Louis, Missouri."
St. Louis, MO
"Illinois Giants Win. - Special to the Freeman. - The last game between the Illinois Giants and the St. Louis Giants turned out in the form of a slugging bee, in which the Chicago boys led with a total of 32 bases. Johnson, Booker, Knight of the Chicagos hit for home runs. Johnson pitched star ball."
June 12, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Cairo Giants 3, St. Louis Giants 15."
June 13, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"June 13 - Cairo Giants 0, St. Louis Giants 7."
June 16, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"June 16 - St. Louis Police Department 0, St. Louis Giants 9."
June 18, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"June 18 - Police Department 2, Giants 10."
June 19, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The banner attraction of the year was when the St. Louis Giants defeated the Kansas City Royal Giants before one of the largest crowds that ever gathered to see a colored semi-professional game in St. Louis. Jack Johnson, the manager of Kansas City, was the most disappointed man in St. Louis. Little Primm electrified the large crowd by his perfect throwing around the corners. Score: Sunday, June 19 - St. Louis Giants 10, Kansas City Royal Giants 4. Game called in seventh inning on account of rain."
June 20, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"June 20 - St. Louis Giants 14, Kansas City Royal Giants 11." Notes of the Games. - Manager Charles Mills, of the local Giants, was walking through the stands with a smile that wouldn't come off. The corner boy cleaned up on the three to one bet against their pets. Jefferson Avenue looked like Atlantic City, Everybody had money. Mr. Weaver and Jack Johnson showed themselves good losers. It is said that the pockets of Manager Mills could not hold the money. He was seen taking bets on all sides."
June 25, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The St. Louis Giants. - Some of Their Best Games. - Special to the Freeman. - After shifting his men, Captain McMurray, of the Giants, has finally got them hitting their stride. It seems as though he has the right men in the first place. With the addition of Lyons, the crack southpaw, whom he secured from Chicago, and little Primm, the catcher, from Louisville Cubs, he certainly has given the public a run for their money."
June 26, 1910
Chicago, IL
"The best game of baseball of the season at the Leland Giants Baseball Park, 69th and Halstead Street, Kansas City Giants vs. Leland Gaints, Sunday, June 26th. Game called at 3:30p.m. Come early and get a good seat. Battery Frank Wickware and Bruce Petway for the Leland Giants, Bill Lindsay and William Tenney for Kansas City Giants."
St. Louis, MO?
"Sunday, June 26: St. Louis Giants 4, Hot Springs 2."
June 27, 1910
St. Louis, MO?
"Monday, June 27: St. Louis Giants 2, Hot Springs 0."
July 2, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Saturday game - St. Louis Giants 9, St. Louis Police 6."
July 3, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Will play in St. Louis July 3, 4 ad 5, with the St. Louis Giants. This club is owned by W. Smith. R. Morgan, president; W.S. Hunt, secretary."
St. Louis, MO
"The Nebraska Indians. - Defeated by the St. Louis Giants in Two Well-Contested Games. - Special to the Freeman. - St. Louis. - After defeating the Nebraska Indians two games the St. Louis Giants have been playing great ball. - Sunday game - St. Louis Giants 8, Nebraska Indians 5."
"Notes of the Game. - It looks as if the holes that have been plugged up by Captain McMurray has resulted in a wonderful team. Harrison, you are all right, but you must learn to hold your head. Clean ball is what we want. Play shortstop, Hewitt, and not left field. - It looks as if there is nothing but the fair sex in the grand stand. They are certainly turning out in great number. Good baseball will sure bring them out. President Foster is a busy bee around the park. When the Giants are winning he is the happiest man in town. - Lyons and Primm form the winning battery."
St. Louis, MO
"The St. Louis Giants in Splendid Form - Special to the Freeman. - Manager Mills, of the St. Louis Giants Baseball Club, has one of the best colored teams in the country under his wing; and this has been clearly demonstrated by the wonderful article of ball they have been playing in the past several weeks. On July 3 and 4 the St. Louis Giants defeated the Memphis Unions before one of the largest crowds that ever assembled under one roof to witness a semi-professional ball game in the city of St. Louis. The Giants gave Memphis two sound wallopings. St. Louis Giants 14, Memphis Unions 1. Attendance, 7,250."
July 4, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Memphis Giants at St. Louis Giants, July 4."
St. Louis, MO
"Monday Game - St. Louis Giants 3, Nebraska Indians 1."
July 5, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Memphis Giants at St. Louis Giants, July 5."
July 10, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"The St. Louis Giants continued their long string of victories by taking two games from Nashville, July 10 and 11, before a big crowd. First Game - St. Louis Giants 10, Nashville 4. Attendance 4,500."
July 11, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Second Game - St. Louis Giants 9, Nashville 0. Attendance 2,800."
July 17, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Before one of the most fashionable crowds of the season the Giants continued to win by downing the Black Eagles of New Orleans, in two brilliant games, July 17 and 18. First Game - St. Louis Giants 3, New Orleans Black Eagles 2. Attendance, 5,200."
July 18, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Second Game - St. Louis Giants 9, New Orleans Black Eagles 3. Attendance, 3,100."
"Notes of the Game. - Little Primm is certainly the candy kid. His brilliant catching and accurate base throwing are certainly a pleasure to the fans. - Oh, you Stevens, keep up your brilliant work in the box and you will be reckoned among the greatest boxmen in the country. - Big Chief Nathan Knight has gained the title of Home Run Knight. They just can't keep him from hitting it over the fence. - Manager Mills is all smiles these days. - Alex Jones is now quite a favorite with the fans, because of the wonderful one-hand catches he has been making in left field and saving several games. - It seems as if the Giants are going to set a new record in winning victories. They have annexed their twenty-sixth victory. - Charles A. Mills."
July 23, 1910
Chicago, IL
"On Monday of this week the Chicago Baseball League passed a rule barring games between its members and all visiting colored ball clubs from now on, the rule being made to include the Cuban clubs that have been playing around the circuit the past two years. The rule will work very badly against the Stars of Cuba, who figured on playing on the Chicago League Circuit after the Cuban Stars left the city. This action means that the Chicago Leaguers will not play visiting colored teams any more in the future."
July 25, 1910
St. Louis, MO
"Kansas City Cyclones. - Claim Championship of the West. - Special to the Freeman. - The Kansas City Cyclones are now claiming the championship of the West. They defeated the St. Louis Giants July 25 by a score of 5 to 3."