1910 Fort Worth Club

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1910 Fort Worth Club

1910 Fort Worth Club

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

April 8, 1910

Dallas, TX
"Texas Magnates Forfeit Money - Which Forms the State Colored League. - Special to the Freeman. - Dallas, Texas, April 8. - Texas baseball magnates met in Dallas and put up their forfeit money, which forms the Colored State League. Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas, Gainesville, and Oklahoma City were represented, and all seem well pleased. Each manager is now trying to secure his players. As the season calls for over 140 games, each team will have some hustling to do to please the fans. The Dallas manager has promised classy playing this season, and others must do the same."

April 27, 1910

Dallas, TX
"Fort Worth at Dallas."

April 28, 1910

Dallas, TX
"Fort Worth at Dallas."

May 2, 1910

Oklahoma City, OK
"Chicago Outlaws at Fort Worth, May 2."

May 7, 1910

Oklahoma City, OK
"Chicago Outlaws at Fort Worth, May 7."

July 2, 1910

Dallas, TX
"Official Standing, Texas Colored League.
Oklahoma - Played 22; won 17, lost 5. Per cent .772
Dallas - Played 25; won 15, lost 10. Per cent .600
Fort Worth - Played 22; won 11, lost 11. Per cent .500
San Antonio - Played 12; won 6, lost 6. Per cent .500
Waco - Played 17; won 7, lost 10. Per cent .412
Houston - Played 21; won 8, lost 13. Per cent .380"

July 9, 1910

Oklahoma City, OK
"Hard-Fought Games. - Special to the Freeman. - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. - By a score of 3 to 0 the Oklahoma City Monarchs defeated the Ft. Worth Wonders, July 9. The Monarchs are playing errorless games. - Batteries for the Wonders: Shanks and Loften; for the Monarchs Boone and Bolden. Attendance 1,500. Umpire Pearson. Time 1:20."

July 10, 1910

Oklahoma City, OK
"July 10. - The Wonders succeeded in defeating the Monarchs by a score of 5 to 0. The Wonders outhit and outplayed the Monarchs all the way. The Wonders allowed only one man to reach third base. The feature of the game was the Wonders' hitting. Baby Webb was hit for 17 bingles, while Black Frank was hit for only 4. Batteries for the Wonders: Black Frank and Loften; for the Monarchs: Baby Webb and Bolden. Attendance, 3,000. Time 1:30. Umpire - Pearson."

Oklahoma City, OK?
"Black Pank Too Much for Locals - Fort Worth Defeats Oklahoma City in Colored Texas League Game. - Black Pank, best colored pitcher of the state of Texas, was too much for the Oklahoma City Monarchs who were defeated in the second game of the Fort Worth series, Sunday, 5 to 0. Pank allowed but two hits and did not walk a man and the locals never had a chance to score. Baby Webb, premier pitcher of the Oklahoma City team, was hit freely, especially in the closing innings, two three base hits being registered. Webb did not pitch up to his usual standard and showed a tendency to sulk during the early part of the game. The work of Douglass, captain and first sacker of the visitors, was the best feature of the contest, the Fort Worth man making several phenomenal catches and stops. The crowd seemed to contain as many Fort Worth as Oklahoma City rooters and while the game proved less interesting than the usual colored Texas League battles, considerable spirit was shown by the fans. The closing game of the series will be played Monday afternoon."

July 11, 1910

Oklahoma City, OK
"July 11. - This was a pitchers' battle up until the last half of the sixth inning, when Boone opened up with a single, Hubbard walked and Bennett broke the game up with a three-base hit, scoring Boone and Hubbard. Foster made a squeeze play with Bennett and took the Wonders off their feet. Boone did great work at bat and also on the slab and defeated the Wonders by a score of 6 to 0. Batteries for the Wonders: Liggins and Carl; for the Monarchs: Boone and Bolden. Attendance, 2,000. Time 1:30 Umpire - Pearson."

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."

Dallas, TX
"Fort Worth Wonders played at Dallas Saturday with a score of 6 to 2 in favor of Fort Worth."

July 24, 1910

Dallas, TX
"Sunday a double header was played, the score standing, Dallas 4, Fort Worth 1. The second game ended with a score of 3 to 3, fourteen innings. Potts was umpire."