1910 Stars of Cuba
Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.
May 15?, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Close Game to Stars of Cuba. - The Stars of Cuba defeated the Artesians at Artesian Park by the score of 4 to 3 last Sunday, the visitors winning in the eighth inning, when two hits and two passes off Glendon came together. Hamilton started pitching, but strained a tendon in the second inning."
May 22, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Rube Foster's Day. - And the Leland Giants Win - Stars of Cuba the Victim. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Special to the Freeman. - Chicago, Illinois, May 23. - It was Rube Foster's day at Normal Park on last Sunday, when he defeated the Stars of Cuba by a score of 7 to 1. He was given magnificent support by the whole team, and it was clockwork on the part of the Giants. An enormous crowd was present, due to the fact that at this park was the star attraction of the day. It was a hard task to get tickets to the game, as there was such a great rush for seats. Mendez, the champion pitcher, played at third and Chacon at shortstop, and these two gamesters threw the game away. A fumble and three throws of an insane character told the tale. Those things gave the Giants the best of the game and the contest ended with a score of 7 to 1 in favor of Mr. Foster and his fast squad. It was undoubtedly the largest crowd that had been seen at the park for some time, as fans were lined up along each side of the fence, and this magnificent gathering went wild when Hill drove one over the fence, making a home run. Foster was in the best of spirits. He pitched with old time vigor and strength, striking out four men. Pereda of the Stars of Cuba sent five men to the bench. Most of the Cubans are young, there being four men to our knowledge that were members of the Cuban Stars last season. Valdez, left fielder, made a sensational steal in the fifth inning, but this did not help them, for the only time they scored was in the first inning. In the fourth inning the Giants crossed the home plate five times, and after that the heavens became cloudy, a sprinkle of rain, then a good shower, but the fans for the most part remained fully fifteen minutes and Umpire McWaters called the game to play ball and the other two innings were fast and snappy, but neither side scored."
May 29, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Tight Game to Stars of Cuba. - Islanders Down the Mutuals at Artesian Park Field by 3 to 2. - The Stars of Cuba took the Mutuals into camp Sunday at Artesian Park, trimming Lowery's men by a 3 to 2 score."
May 31, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Stars of Cuba 4; Mutuals, 0. - The Stars of Cuba defeated the Mutuals Decoration Day at Normal Park by a score of 4 to 0. Lowery's men were helpless against the magnificent pitching of Mendez, who let them down with one hit. Lange pitched a good game, but fielding errors behind him undid his good work."
August 7, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Leland Giants Win Over the Stars of Cuba - The Stars of Cuba played the Leland Giants on last Sunday, at Normal Park, in spite of Judge Chetlain's restraining order of Saturday. The Cubans were beaten by a score of 8 to 6. A.M. McAllister, the former manager, showed up at the grounds with three court interpreters and officers, but failed to get the necessary service on the Cubans, although they delayed the game thirty minutes. The Giants won the game in the eighth inning, and it was one of the prettiest finishes seen here this season. It was won by two passes off Perera, followed by singles by Booker and Payne and a squeeze play."
"Although the Stars of Cuba delayed the game almost thirty minutes because of McAllister's injunction, this made the Leland Giants hustle all the more, winning by a score of 8 to 6. - Chacon, the Cuban shortstop, smashed one over the fence off Wickware, with one man on base, and the bleachers went wild, yelling for the Cubans to beat the colored champions. - Mendez, the famous Cuban pitcher, got two doubles off Wickware. Mendez is still holding up his record."
"Cabanas, the first baseman for the Cubans, pounded Wickware, getting three hits. The Cubans are excellent stick men."
"The Leland Giants pulled off a play that is seldom seen in a semi-pro baseball park. With Booker on third, Payne on second, and Petway at the bat, he laid down a bunt, but being hit a little too hard, it rolled straight to the pitcher, who fired it home. Figarola, the Cuban catcher, had Booker by ten feet, but in the mix-up dropped the ball, and before he could recover it again, Payne, by fast base running, scored from second, although the ball was not over five feet behind the catcher."
"The Cubans made it so hot for Rube on last Sunday that it made the famous pitcher dish out some of his Cuban language."
"Dad Johnson, the grand old man, pulled off a stunt in Sunday's game that was a hummer. He slipped and fell flat on his back, and was unable to get up, while the runner scored and the batsman gained first with ease."
August 21, 1910
Kansas City, KS
"The Kansas City, Kansas Giants will open a series of eight games with the Cuban Stars at Riverside Park, beginning Sunday, August 21."
Kansas City, MO
"Next Sunday the Royals and the Kansas City Giants will play again, and Captain Jack says that he is going to beat the Kansas City boys again."
Kansas City, MO
"Kansas City, Kansas - Kansas City, Kansas Giants beat the Stars of Cuba in an eight-game series. The first game was played at Association Park Sunday, August 21, before one of the largest crowds that has witnessed baseball in our city this season. The home bugs were there to root for their team, yet there were plenty who believed in the Cubans. Captain Jim Norman sent his men to the field and 4,000 people yelled their appreciation and the game was on. Giants 4, Stars of Cuba 5. The remainder of the games were played at Riverside Park."
August 22, 1910
Kansas City, KS
"Second game Kansas City Giants 0, Stars of Cuba 2."
August 23, 1910
Kansas City, KS
"Third game Kansas City Giants 6, Stars of Cuba 6."
August 24, 1910
Kansas City, KS
"Fourth Game Kansas City Giants 4, Stars of Cuba 1."
August 25, 1910
Kansas City, KS
"Fifth Game Kansas City Giants 2, Stars of Cuba 1."
August 26, 1910
Kansas City, KS
"Sixth Game Kansas City Giants 4, Stars of Cuba 1."
August 27, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Gabbie Milliner, who formerly played out here, and later on the St. Paul Gophers, is hitting at a terrific clip for Jack Johnson's Kansas City Giants."
Kansas City, KS
"Sunday they played a double-header. Seventh game: Kansas City Giants 2, Stars of Cuba 1. Second (Eighth) Game: Kansas City Giants 0, Stars of Cuba 2."
"Mr. Editor - Just a word for the boys: I wish to state that each and every man of the Kansas City Kansas Giants is playing perfect ball. Asher Jackson, playing second base, has more than made good this season. The fans are wild about Asher, and he was showered with money more than once during the series. Asher is certainly palying the game. Lindsey, shortstop, is fielding perfectly and throwing like a rifle shot. Mr. Smith has discovered one more first baseman in Reed, and too much cannot be said for Tennie, catcher. He is pegging fine and is the best stick man on the team. Can they come back? Well, I should say they can. Dee Williams is the fastest outfielder in the business today, and West Wilkerson is fielding fine and killing them dead from deep center. The Giants will open a series of six games at Fort Riley, Kansas, returning home Sunday and Monday to meet the Stars of Cuba."
September 10, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Leland Giants Take Cubans into Camp by Score of 6 to 3 - Visitors Take Lead in First Inning, but Munoz Weakens in Seventh and Colored Team Gets the Verdict. - The Leland Giants defeated the Stars of Cuba, at Comisky Park, Saturday, 6 to 3. Wickware pitched great ball, with the exception of the first inning, when he hit two men, both scoring. Munoz pitched equally as good until the seventh, when the Giants got to him for three hits and tied the score. In the eighth they put the game on ice when Lloyd, Booker and Payne singled in succession."
September 11, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Leland Giants Defeat Cubans - The Leland Giants defeated the Stars of Cuba, Sunday, at Normal Park, in their last appearance at home this year, but the score of 4 to 1. Lindsay, Rube Foster's new pitcher, was on the mound and held the Cubans all the way, with the exception of the fifth inning, when hits by Figarola, Guerra and Perera scored their only run."
June 11, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Stars of Cuba 5, Artesians 3. - The Stars of Cuba defeated the Artesians, last Saturday, at Artesian Park, by a score of 5 to 3. Lind twirled the last three innings for the Artesians."
June 18, 1910
Chcago, IL
"Cubans 4, Roselands 3. - The Stars of Cuba defeated the Roseland Ecplipses at Roseland, last Saturday, 4 to 3. The Cubans scored the winning run in the sixth inning on a hit, a sacrifice and a sacrifice fly."
June 19, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Leland Giants Win a Second Victory. - Defeat the Cuban Stars - Foster's Team Still 'the Candy.' - A large crowd was present on last Sunday at Artisian Park to witness the battle between the Leland Giants and the Stars of Cuba. It was another one of those up and down games, the the Lelands getting the best of it. Foster's team proved the best hitters, Mendez suffering from an attack of malaria, pitched only three innings and Perea was put in his place. Hill and Pryor carried off the honors with the stick, they making three base hits, while Lloyd, Johnson and Booker made double plays. Dougherty struck out seven men. This makes about forty games that the Leland Giants have played and only lost one game. Secretary Beauregard Mosely stated to the Freeman correspondent that he has $500 for any team in the country that can beat the Leland Giants four games out of seven, the purse to go to a benevolent institution."
June 26, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Mendez, the famous Cuban pitcher, won his game from the Artesians on last Sunday. They also won from the Dixon Browns the same day."
July 3, 1910
Chicago, IL?
"July 3rd (Leland Giants vs) Stars of Cuba."
Chicago, IL
"Lelands Fall in Second Defeat. - The Leland Giants met their second defeat of the season at Normal Park last Sunday, when the Stars of Cuba beat them by the score of 15 to 7."
July 10?, 1910
Chicago Heights, IL
"Stars of Cuba in Frolic. - Stars of Cuba defeated the Chicago Heights team by the one-sided score of 13 to 1 at Chicago Heights. Chacon's hitting was the feature of the game."
July 11, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Stars of Cuba Win in Ninth. - Down Cuban Stars in First Game of Series by 6 to 3. - A sensational finishing ninth inning won the Stars of Cuba the first game of the series with the Cuban Stars at Red Sox Park Monday by the score of 6 to 3, a cannonade of four doubles and a home run by Hidalgo, with a single and a base on balls, netting the apparently beaten park owners' team six tallies in the last session. Up to the violent attack of the McAllister bunch Luis Gonzales had the Stars eating out of his hand, only twenty six men facing him in the first eighth innings."
July 12, 1910
Chicago, IL
"The same clubs battled Tuesday at Callahan's Logan Square Park, Munoz pitching for the Stars, while Mederos will be worked by the Cubans."
July 16, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Stars of Cuba in Triple Play. - Island Tossers Stage Feature, Beating All-Chicagos, 5 to 3. - The first triple play of the season among the semi-pros was engineered Saturday, when the Stars of Cuba were put out three in a row in the fifth inning of their game with the All-Chicagos at Rogers Park. The Cubans won by the score of 5 to 3. The play came up after Cabanas had reached first on an error by Leo Murphy. Govantes advanced him to second on a wallop that was fielded to second, making both men safe. Hidalgo filled the bases with a short single, and then Vulla lifted a fly back of first that was held and fired home for the second out. The catcher then winged it to third and caught Hidalgo between second and third and the team ran him down. The Cubans got their first two runs on a misjudged fly to the outfield in the first inning that went for a double."
July 17, 1910
Joliet, IL
"Shamrocks Fall in Defeat. - The Stars of Cuba defeated the Shamrocks by the score of 7 to 3 at Dellwood Park, Joliet, Sunday, at the annual picnic of the employees of Siegel, Cooper and Co."
July 18, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Stars Take First Game. - Cubans Pile Up Early Lead and Defeat Sprudels, 8 to 1. - The Stars of Cuba won the first game of their series with the West Baden Sprudels Monday, at Gunther Park, by the score of 8 to 1. Williams pitching in the first two innings giving the islanders too much of a lead for the Sprudels to overcome."
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."
Hamilton, OH
"Cuban All Stars. - Defeated the Krebs at Hamilton, Ohio. - The Cuban All-Stars defeated the Kerbs at the East sandlot grounds July 23, by a score of 4 to 2. The game was a novelty in a number of features, and was as entertaining as it was unique. The Cubans were the real thing when it came to handling the ball. They were very dark colored with but one or two exceptions, who were of but a slightly lighter shade, and with their quaint Spanish jargon and chattering on the coaching lines and in the field they were fully as amusing as the play was superior. Barring a few exceptions the Kerbs' play was also excellent."
July 24, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Leland Giants Baseball Park - 69th and Halsted Streets, Chicago, Illinois - Stars of Cuba, Sunday 24th, at Home."
Chicago, IL
"News of the Sporting World - In the City of Chicago. - By Cary B. Lewis. - Special to the Freeman. - Chicago, Illinois, July 26. - The most interesting game that has been seen here this summer was played last Sunday at Normal Park between the Leland Giants and the Stars of Cuba. It was a great day for baseball in the City of Chicago. Home Run Johnson won the game in the eighth inning, and S.H. Dudley, the great comedian, and his band did much to enliven things during the game. There was present the largest crowd that has been at the park this season, and everyone came away shouting, Hurrah for the Leland Giants. Phenominal baseball playing, science of the game, hitting in and out fielding, classy baseball was all brought into play at this game. The Stars of Cuba started off like demons and succeeded in bringing in four scores. Three other innings were played and not a score was scheduled. In the sixth inning the Leland Giants were able to bring in three scores. Home Run Johnson, after saving the game in the eighth inning by a wonderful one-handed stab, came back in the ninth and walloped the ball over left fence, scoring Duncan and Hill, and winning a hard-fought battle from the Stars of Cuba by the score of 5 to 4. Wickware struck out four men, and Parera four. Johnson made two 2-base hits, and Hill one."
July 30, 1910
Chicago, IL
"Padron, the Cuban pitcher, who has been playing with the Kankakees, is now with the Stars of Cuba. - With Mendez, Parrea, Manez and Padron, the Stars of Cuba have the best staff of artists seen here for some time. - Chacon, the Star of Cuba shortstop, is playing the game of his life these days. - Hidalgo, the big Cuban Center Fielder of the Stars of Cuba, can sure hit the horse hide. - During the series between the Stars of Cuba and the Leland Giants, Foster says he is going to win the whole of the series. Some warm games are expected, as the Stars of Cuba can go some in this weather."
"Gunthers Beat Cubans, 2 to 1. - Rugar Keeps Islanders' Hits Scattered in Tight Contest - North Siders Clinch Game in Eighth. - The Gunthers defeated the Stars of Cuba 2 to 1, at Gunther park, Saturday, the Cubans presenting Niesen's men with the first run on errors by Chacon and Munoz, and the Gunthers hitting out a victory in the eighth on singles by Reitz, Lynch and Andrews. Two doubles in the second inning allowed the Stars to tie the score temporarily. A catch by Andrews against the fence and Rugar's pitching were features of the game."
Chicago, IL
"Padron, the former Cuban Star player, has got two home runs, besides playing a star game since joining Eddie Hahn's Red Sox, of the Chicago League."