1909 Minneapolis Keystones

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1909 Minneapolis Keystones

1909 Minneapolis Keystones

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

March 13, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"MINNEAPOLIS KEYSTONES. - Manager Mitchell, of the Keystones, seems to have a pretty good bunch."

March 20, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Manager Mitchell of the Minneapolis Keystones, has such players as Dad Roberts, Binga, Campbell, Johnson, Jessup, Graham, and Hopkins, with several Texas stars to pick from. As usual, the Eastern teams big fair to remain the same, and such familiar faces as Buckner, Sol White, McClellan, Holland, Monroe, Big Clarence Williams and others will be seen on the circuits this season."

March 21, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Many New Stars in Keystone Lineup - Manager Mitchell Signs Up 3 Clever Players From Eastern Clubs. - Manager Kidd Mitchell of the Colored Keystone team returned from a trip through the East during the week and is about ready with the completed lineup of his team for the coming year. He was out after players and secured several Eastern stars who will help to put the Keystones in the front rank of semi-professional team for the coming season. While in New York, the baseball man witnessed a fight between Gans and Jabes White and said yesterday to the crowd, as Gans was evidently under a pull all the way. Several players of last year's team will be in the Keystone lineup this season, Campbell will be behind the bat, while Jackson and Jessup will do part of the twirling. One new pitcher has been signed, Frank Wickware, a southpaw who played last year with the Cuban Giants. Bob Marshall will play first base, while Aaron Coleman of the Philadelphia Giants will be at second. Milroy McCune, formerly with the Brooklyn Royals, will play third, and a new shortstop will be signed later. Eugene Barton and George Hopkins will again be in the outfield and a new outfield will be added to the list before the season opens. The team will play ball daily throughout the Northwest, as last year, and will probably appear at Minnehaha Park while the Minneapolis club is on the road. Clubs wanting games should write Kidd Mitchell, 1313 Washington Avenue South, or telephone Nicollet 9980. - The Minneapolis Keystones, the big colored nine which won fame throughout the Northwest last season, has been reorganized under the management of Kid Mitchell. Manager Mitchell returned from the East during the week and says that he has signed a bunch of material that will sure startle the Minneapolis fandom. John Hill and Aaron Coleman, reputed as the cleverest infielders in the country's colored ranks, are among the players Kid Mitchell has secured the Keystone management intends to place a club in the field that will rival by far the organization they had last season. The Keystone manager is ready to book games will all the leading organizations of the Northwest. Address all correspondence to 1313 Washington Avenue South. Phone N.W. Nicollet 9986."

March 28, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Kid Mitchell, manager of the Colored Keystones, has practically closed all arrangements for the use of the Minnehaha and Nicollet ball parks, that is, a right to the use of the parks on such days as will find the Minneapolis league team on the road. - The Keystone club of 1909, it is claimed, will be a much faster and stronger organization than the nine placed in the field by Manager Mitchell last season. The colored manager is aware of the fact that Minneapolis fans will cater to and support only a first-class organization and he is using every effort and a liberal financial output in an endeavour to satisfy the local fandom's wants. - With Campbell and Wilson Garrett as catcher, Jessup and Jackson pitchers, Bobby Marshall, Aaron Coleman, and McCune infielders and Barton, Hopkins and John Hill in the outfield, the Keystone team looks very formidable. To these men, Mitchell will add several players, who hold starring records on the Eastern colored team. The Keystone manager is now ready to book games with all the twons of the Northwest. Address, 1313 Washington Avenue, South."

April 4, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Kid Mitchell's Colored Keystone squad will be out for practice as soon as the weather permits. Arrangements for the use of the Minneapolis club's Sunday park have as yet not been finally determined upon, but it is hoped that this matter will be settled as soon as Mike Cantillon returns to Minneapolis. In the meantime, Kid Mitchell is lining up his squad for one of the most, strenuous seasons that a Northwestern professional team ever was called upon to face. He is of the opinion that the 1909 Keystone club will be the greatest aggregation of colored players that was ever assembled in the Northwest. Manager Kid Mitchell is now ready to book games. Address him at 1313 Washington Avenue South."

April 11, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Manager Mitchell of the Minneapolis Colored Keystones nine, has closed negotiations with Mike Cantillon for the use of the Minneapolis Club's ball parks. The Keyston manager has now completed his lineup and is now in all readiness for the hard and strenuous schedule which he is arranging for his star dusky aggregation. - Minneapolis baseball enthusiasts will be given their first opportunity to witness the Colored Keyston club in action next Sunday. Arrangements are now underway for the opening struggle. It is planned to organize a star local nine for the day, the team to play under the name of All Stars."

April 18, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Public interest is astir over the manipulations of Kid Mitchell and his colored aggregation of ball tossers. Mitchell surprised his followers when he secured the lease on the local professional parks. 'I will surprise them again,' he asserts, 'When my boys will be seen here in their opening game.' - Manager Mitchell has ordered his players to report. - The Keystones will play several games with the Lethbridge, Canada team at Nicollet and Minnehaha. The Canadian team will go in training at Minneapolis, and it is planned to pull off a series of games between the two clubs. - The Keystone team is now ready to book games with all the nines of the Northwest. Address communications to the Keystone Baseball Club, Eddie Davis, secretary, 1313 Washington Avenue South, N.W. Phone Nicollet 9980."

"Great things are expected of Wickware, the southpaw signed to play with the Keystones; this twirler hails from the Brooklyn Royals and is touted a wonder. - Aaron Coleman of Galveston, Texas has been signed to play second base for the Keystones this year. He comes highly recommended and Magnate Mitchell expects great things of him. - Milroy McCune, another boy from Texas, has been signed to play third base for the Keystones. Reports say that he is a second Binga. - Among the old players whom Manager Mitchell is depending on this year are Jessup, Jackson, Marshall, Campbell, Hopkins and Gene Barton. - The Keystones will be greatly strengthened this season by the acquisition of three good men. The new are Bunch Davis, shortstop; Willis Jones, right field, and Willie Green, catcher. - In Davis at short the Keystones will be well fortified in the infield, as he is one of the fastest shortstops that ever played in this section of the country. He was with the Gophers the last two season. - Willis Jones in the outfield is one of the crack outfielders of the country, and with Hopkins and Barton the Keystones should have an outfield second to none. - Willie Green comes with a high record from the Quaker Giants and will undoubtedly prove to be a good man to assist Campbell behind the bat. He lead the Quakers with the stick last season, batting at .285 clip. - Bobby Marshall has been signed by the Keystones. Fans who have seen Bobby in practice this year units in saying that he is without an equal at the first station."

April 20, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"South Defeats Colored Keystones. - High School Boys Take Fall Out of Semi-Pros. - Not satisfied with having shown championship calibre in all its games, the South High Nine turned out at Normanna grounds yesterday afternoon and trimmed the Minneapolis Colored Keystones in a practice game to the tune of 10 to 4. The contest went the full nine innings. The features of the game were the battery work of Holt, pitcher, and Holstead, catcher, for South and the general all-around field play of the high school team. Graves and Campbell did the heavy work for the semi-professionals."

April 25, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Keystones Again Have Fast Club - Open in this City on May 22 With Strong Faribault Nine. - The Keystone nine, the colored aggregation of tossers secured by Kid Mitchell for the 1909 season, has begun its practice and judging by their showing thus far it is a certainty that Manager Mitchell will have a far better team than the club he had in the field last season. Jessup and Jackson are the two pitchers thus far secured. Both are said to be in the best of form and condition. Campbell, who performed the catching for the Keystones last season, will again be with the club. Greene, touted as a wonderful catcher and a former member of the Philadelphia Giants, will alternate with Campbell at the receiving end. The Keystones will open their season on May 16 and 17 at Merrill, Wisconsin, playing the club of that town a series of two games. Manager Mitchell's team will play their first game in Minneapolis on May 22, meeting the reputed Faribault nine. The Keystone manager will give the local fans the best baseball possible for the strongest professional organizations of Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin will be brought to Minneapolis. Among the towns already booked are: St. Cloud, Hibbing, Merrill, and the St. Paul Colored Gophers. For games with the Keystones, address Secretary Ed Davis, 1313 Washington Avenue South. - The Keystones are fast rounding into shape, and in a couple of weeks they will be ready for the season. Magnate Mitchell has ordered his men to report and they will all be here by the last of the week."

May 1, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Waxahachie Notes. - Milroy McCuln, the noted third baseman of the White Rock Sluggers, and who played last season with Walker's Dallas Giants of the Texas Colored League, has gone to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to accept an engagement with the Minneapolis Keystones, a fast aggregation of ball tossers of that section. We wish you success, Millie, old boy."

May 2, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"With the greatest diligence and persistency, the Keyston colored tossers are exerting their utmost efforts to get into condition for the opening games with the Merrill, Wisconsin club. The cold, inclement weather of last week has retarded practice somewhat, but the boys have been working out at the local gyms and they all appear to be in the best of form and condition. The infield of the Keystones will be lightning fast. McCune on third, Bunch Davis at short, Schaeffer at second and Bob Marshall at first make up the quartet. The outfield, with Willis Jones in left. Hopkins at center and Barton in right is surely placed in capable hands. The pitching department appears much better than that of last year. Jessup, Slick Jackson and Martin are the trio of hurlers that are being depended upon by Manager Mitchell. Jessup and Jackson were with the club last year; Martin is a new-comer and is touted a wonder. He is a big fellow with plenty of smoke. Manager Mitchell gives out the following last year's record of the players he has signed for his 1909 team:"

May 13, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"South, which holds the present lead in the race, was badly handicapped yesterday by the injury of Ben Lawler, the midget short-stop, in a practice game with the Colored Keystones, Lawler broke and ankle sliding into second, and will be out of the game for the remainder of the season. He has been playing a great game in the field and at bat for South, and his loss is counted seriously."

May 16, 1909

Merrill, WI
"Keystones Again Have Fast Club - The Keystones will open their season on May 16 and 17, at Merrill, Wisconsin, playing the club of that town a series of two games."

Minneapolis, MN
"The Minneapolis Colored Keystone management has a number of good dates remaining on its schedule. Games are desired with all the teams of the Northwest. Address Eddie Davis, 1313 Washington Avenue South Phone N.W. Nicollet 9980."

Minneapolis, MN
"Keystones Open Season Next Sunday - Manager Mitchell's Men Are Working Every Day at Minnehaha Park. - The Minneapolis Colored Keystone aggregation is continuing its practice, and every afternoon Manager Mitchell's tossers can be seen hard at work at the Minnehaha enclosure, in an effort to bolster up team work and playing ability that will mark them the leading professional club playing independent baseball in these parts. A week from today Faribault will be taken in a series of two games. Following the Faribault game, Manager Mitchell's wards will make a short tour through Wisconsin. The Keystone management is delighted at the showing of the players in practice. Greene, the new catcher, is a marvel, and with Jackson will make up a catching department that could not be possibly equaled. Jessup, Jackson and Martin are in the best of physical form - they have not had an opportunity to demonstrate their worth, but Manager Mitchell is confident that they will easily uphold their grand records of the past. Bobby Marshall, at first, has been scooping them up in grand fashion and the showing of Schaeffer at second, Davis at short and Methune at third is very encouraging. Barton, Hopkins, and Willis Jones are lacing them out with apparent case and give assurance of developing into a trio of sluggers. The Keystone management is desirous of scheduling games with all the teams of the Northwest. Address Eddie Davis, secretary, 1313 Washington Avenue South. Phone N.W. Nicollet 9980."

May 17, 1909

Merrill, WI
"Keystones Again Have Fast Club - The Keystones will open their season on May 16 and 17, at Merrill, Wisconsin, playing the club of that town a series of two games."

May 22, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Manager Mitchell's team will play their first game in Minneapolis on May 22, meeting the reputed Faribault nine."

Minneapolis, MN
"Keystones Coming to Nicollet Park - Colored Club Opens Semi-Pro Season in City With Faribault. - McCleary Booked to Pitch Saturday Game for Flecks. - The semi-professional baseball season in Minneapolis opens on Saturday at Nicollet Park, when the Colored Keystones, Kid Mitchell's reorganized colored team, lines up against the fast Faribault aggregation for the first of a series of two games, the second of which will be played at Nicollet Park on Sunday. The Keystones opened the season last sunday at Merrill, Wisconsin, with a victory and have been playing during the week in the Badger state. They will return to the city Friday morning and will get in a day or two of practice at Nicollet before the opening of their local season. Jessup and Jackson will probably pitch the two games at Nicollet, and neither one of these fellows needs any introduction to the fans who followed the club last year. Ole Newgard is field manager of the Faribault club again this year and this means good baseball, for the King always puts a fighting aggregation in the field. Several new players have been signed this season and the club is stronger than the one which represented the Fleck institution last season. McCleary, the well-known southpaw, will probably pitch the Saturday game, while Lefty Marsh is scheduled to do the throwing on Sunday. Kehoe is to play first for the Flecks, Malloy second, Claude Lamb shortstop and Bernston third base. Borrowman, formerly with Hudson, will do the catching, while Newgard, Bowman and Shields will be in the outfield. The games will be called at 3 o'clock."

Minneapolis, MN
"Wheeler Will Play With Flecks Today. - Manager Newgard Signs Up Former Minneapolis Sticker. - Faribault and Keystones Open Independent Season at Nicollet. - Eddie Wheeler, until recently a member of the Minneapolis team in the American Association, will make his debut as a semi-professional in this section this afternoon, playing first base with the Faribault team. Newgard's men will open the local independent season as Nicollet, playing the Colored Keystones at 3 o'clock. Wheeler will be a member of the Faribault team throughout the season. He signed up to play first yesterday and Newgard is happy at the addition of what he considers great strength to the team. Wheeler is a good sticker and should break up many a game in semi-professional ranks. Today's game at Nicollet should be a daisy. Both teams have always played a fast article of ball. Marsh or Hughes will pitch for the Flecks. Both these men have made good records in baseball at St. Thomas. Manager Newgard yesterday also got another valuable man for his team. Herb Hodgins, who started the season with the Hudson team. Hodgins is known as one of the best independent catchers in this section. The Colored Keystones will be hot after this opening game in Minneapolis. Either Jessup or Jackson will pitch today. Both will be seen in action before the series closes Sunday. Manager Mitchell has had his men on the road a week with satisfactory results. The Faribault lineup will be as follows: Lamb, short; Bernstein, third base; Wheeler, first base; Kehoe, right field; Newgard, center; Malley, second base; Hodgins, catcher; Bowerman, left field; Marsh or Hughes, pitcher."

Minneapolis, MN
"The Keystone Colored Baseball Club opened the season at Minneapolis by shutting out the strong Faribault team, Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23. In the first game Jessup let them down with one hit, and in the second game Jackson let them down with five hits, the game going eleven innings."

Minneapolis, MN
"Colored Team Defeats Faribault in Fast Game at Nicollet. - The clubs met yesterday for the first time this year and after a pitchers' battle between Jessup and Marsh, the Keystones won out by a 1 to 0 score. The clubs played hard, fast ball and the game was as pretty a one as any fan would care to see, so the contest booked for this afternoon is sure to be a good exhibition. - In a game characterized by phonomenal pitching by Jessup and Marsh, the Colored Keystones defeated Faribault in the opening game of the series at Nicollet Park yesterday by a score of 1 to 0. The Fleck hitters were almost helpless before the terrific speed of big Jessup and secured one hit during the session, while Left Marsh, with his big benders, had it on the watermelon boys in just about the same manner. Marsh allowed but two hits and twirled beautiful ball, striking out 10 of the opposing hitters. The lonesome score of the game came in the sixth inning, after one man had gone down. Davis, the second man up, was hit by Marsh and stole second a moment later. Then Hopkins, who had struck out twice, came to the front with a clean single to right field, scoring Davis with what proved to be the run that won the game. The only other hit sec ured by the Keystones was made by Jessup in the seventh and was in the nature of a scratch. The fielding feature was a running catch by Newgard of Schaefer's long drive in the ninth."

Faribault, MN
"Good Base Ball - Though the base ball season is but faisly started, better ball has been played than ever might be expected latter in the season. Several games in the Leagues and Association have had to be extended to 13 innings in order to gain the first score. Only the first of this week there was a game in Minneapolis between the amateur clubs, a colored club calling themselves the Keystones and the Flecks of Faribault, that required 11 innings before the Keystones made a score, their opponents getting 11 goose eggs. The Keystones played an errorless game, while the visiting club are charged with only two. No person, be he a ball player or not, will make an error or mistake in ordering his ice cream, soda water, or candy of the Mora Drug Co., who handle Ive's cream and Lowney's chocolates."

May 23, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Minneaplis Keystones vs Faribault, Minnesota team."

Minneapolis, MN
"Keystones to Meet Flecks Again Today - Colored Team Defeats Faribault in Fast Game at Nicollet. - Lamb and Jackson Scheduled to Twirl for the Opposing Clubs. - This afternoon Nicollet Park will see the second semi-professional game of the season, when the Colored Keystones line up against Faribault at 3 o'clock. Claude Lamb is booked to pitch for the Flecks today and this twirler showed his form last Sunday when he twirled for Faribault against the strong Hudson club, being beaten in 10 innings, 3 to 2. Lamb is a clever ball player and a heady pitcher, and will make the Keystones step some to connect with his benders. The remainder of the Faribault lineup will be the same as yesterday, with Hodgins behind the bat and Eddie Wheeler at first. For the Keystones Jackson will probably be sent to the firing line and either Campbell or Green will be behind the bat. Jackson is the boy who did such clever work for the Keystones last season and is said to be in good form as ever. McCune, the Texan, a new man signed by Manager Mitchell this year, will be at third, Davis at short. Schaefer at second and Rose at first. Barton, Hopkins and Jones make up the outfield. The game today will conclude the first series between the clubs and the Keystones take to the road at once, being booked for seven games on the range with Hibbing."

Faribault, MN
"Keystones Again Blank Flecks, 1 to 0. - Game Goes Eleven Well-Pitched, Well-Fielded Innings. - In a game filled with brilliant fielding features on a rain-soaked diamond the Keystones for the second time in two days carried off the long end of a 1 to 0 score. The game went 11 innings, and resulted in a great pitching duel between Jackson of the Keystones and Lamb of the Flecks. Jackson, although hit some in the early innings, grew stronger as the game progressed and but 12 men faced him in the last four innings. Lamb pitched a great game until the seventh, when Barton singled and was forced out by Schaeffer. Campbell then got a short hit to center and with Schaeffer worked a double steal. With runners on second and third and one out, he tightened up and forced Rose to foul out to Hodgins and then fanned Hopkins, retiring the side. Lamb went along pretty well until the eleventh inning, when with one out he hit Jones. Davis, next up, took a strike, and when the next one came over hit it to the center field fence for three bases, scoring Jones with the only run of the game. The Flecks gave the Keystones a scare in the fourth inning, when Bernstein, the first up, hit to left for one base, and was sacrificed to second by Wheeler. Kehoe then singled to center, but Bernstein for some inexplainable reason was held at third and the next two men were easy outs. This was the only inning that the Flecks looked at all threatening and Jackson held them safe for the balance of the game. Hodgins caught a great game and his throwing to bases was perfect. Bernstein contributed a great one-hand stop of a ground ball that was the real fielding feature of the game. The Keystones supported Jackson in great style."

May 29, 1909

Hibbing, MN
"Hibbing Ball Games for Season Started. - Hibbing, Minnesota, May 29. - (Special to the Herald.) - Today the crack Colored Keystones will arrive in Hibbing for a series of five games, following which the locals will take a trip of ten days through the southern part of the state playing all the best teams in that part, including a series at Minneapolis with the Keystones."

Hibbing, MN
"Errors and scattered hitting lost Saturday's game to the Keystones. Hibbing hit Jessup freely, but was unable to get raps bunched for runs. Eleven hits netted eight runs for the Keystones. Keystones 8, Hibbing 3."

May 30, 1909

Hibbing, MN
"Hibbing Team Drops Two Games - Keytones of Minneapolis Take the Two Openers of Contests. - Hibbing, Minnesota, May 31. - (Special to the Herald.) - The Minneapolis Keystones took the second game of the series being played here between them and the Hibbing city team. The score was 7 to 5. The two teams are playing again this afternoon. Yesterday's score: Keystones 7, Hibbing 5."

May 31, 1909

Hibbing, MN
"Hibbing vs. Keystones."

Hibbing, MN
"Hibbing Wins. - Hibbing, Minnesota, June 1. - Brady's Colts took a holiday game from the Keystones of Minneapolis yesterday by the score of 7 to 5. the game was characterized by heavy hitting and good base running. Score: Keystones 5, Hibbing 7."

June 5, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Fast Hibbing Team is Scheduled for Two Games - Meets Colored Keystones at Nicollet on Saturday and Sunday. - Good independent ball is carded for Nicollet Park Saturday and Sunday in the appearance of the Hibbing team, for years champion of the iron range, in two games against the Minneapolis colored Keystones. Hibbing has been seen in action on Twin City fields on former occasions and its record is pretty well recognized by followers of independent ball. The range town supports a team which takes rank with three or four of the best organizations in the state. In a recent visit to the range, the Keystones were visitors in two out of three games, by scores of 8 to 3 and 7 to 5. Jessup pitched the first victory and Jackson the second. The former will probably work against Hibbing on Saturday, and the other on Sunday."

Minneapolis, MN
"Keystones Meet Crack Hibbing Champions Today. - Jessup is Scheduled for the Firing Line Against Range Bunch. - Today will see the first of two independent ball games which will bring two of the best teams of the state together. The Minneapolis Colored Keystones, even stronger than last year, will tackle the Hibbing team, champions of the fast iron range company for several years. The game will be called at 3:20. A second game will be played at Nicollet at the same hour tomorrow. Both these games should bring out baseball of the calibre handed out by the association teams, for both teams number some of the crack players of semi-professional ranks in their lineups. Jessup will probably pitch this afternoon's conest for the Keystones, while Jackson will work tomorrow. Jessup still has an unlimited supply of the terrific speed which made him feared throughout this section last year and if anything, is pitching better ball."

Minneapolis, MN "The Keystones, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, played the Hibbing, Minnesota club Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6, at League Park, winning the first game by the score of 2 to 1, and losing the second game by the score of 3 to 2. The Keystones have a very strong team this season, with such well-known stars as Campbell and Green, catchers; Jessup, Jackson and Sanford, pitchers. Davis, shortstop; McCune, third base; Barton, left field; Hopkins, center field, and Willis Jones, right field. Under the watchful eye of Captain Willis Jones they are playing fast and snappy ball, and showing some very clever team work."

June 6, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Local fans will be treated to another great contest this afternoon in the meeting of the famed Hibbing and Colored Keystone Nines. The game will be played at Nicollet Park. Manager Mitchell has a wonderful aggregation of tossers; the Hibbing nine is also composed of stars. The game, therefore, will be a dandy and well worth the patronage of every local lover of good baseball."

Minneapolis, MN "The Keystones, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, played the Hibbing, Minnesota club Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6, at League Park, winning the first game by the score of 2 to 1, and losing the second game by the score of 3 to 2."

Minneapolis, MN
"Hibbing Takes Keystones in Tow - Rangers Win Second Game of Series in Mud at Nicollet. - George Sage Twirls Steady Game for Visitors - Go to Long Prairie. - In a closely contested well-played game, which threatened for a time to go over the regulation length, the Hibbing team yestereay beat the Colored Keystones by a score of 3 to 2 at Nicollet Park. It could hardley be called a pitchers' battle for Jackson was hit opportunely and was retired in the seventh in favor of Jessup. Sage for Hibbing pitched a beautiful game, and but 18 men faced him in the first six innings. In the seventh, Jones first up, walked, stole second and went to third on Moynihan's error of Barton's hard hit over second. Rose, next up, hit to Brookins who held Jones at third and threw Rose out at first. Hopkins' hit to left field scored Jones and Barton. This was all the scoring done by the Keystones and they went down in order in the eighth and ninth. The Hibbing team went down in order the first three innings, but got going in the fourth and three hits and a base on balls gave them two runs. They had men on bases every inning after that and kept Jackson in hot water until he was forced to retire in favor of Jessup. Jessup pitched pretty fair ball in the seventh and eighth, but in the final inning, after fannning Maonihan and catching Sage's pop fly, walked Getselman. He stole second base, which Schaefer got one hand on, recovered it and threw to first to head off Brookins. The throw was late however, and Geiselman, who had started from second so soon as the ball was hit was nearing the home plate. Rose threw to Campbell who made a vain effort to retire Geiselman, who scored what proved to be the winning run of the game, as the Keystones failed to do anything in their half. The game abounded in brilliant plays, and every member of the Hibbing team deserves a special mention. Booth, the first baseman is a wonder and covers a large amount of territory with seeming ease. Calligan played a great game at second base and killed the Keystones' first chance to score by a great double play, that he pulled off in the fourth inning unassisted. Geiselman's feat of scoring from second on an infield play was remarkable in view of the fact that the ground was soft and made fast work well nigh impossible. Brookins played a good game at third and handled five hard chances with ease. The Hibbing club is far the strongest independent club that has showd here the past few seasons, and should win the majority of its games this summber. Judge Brady has spared no expense getting his club together, and Lee Sage and Red Donahue have both seen service in the American Association. They play at Long Prairie two days this week, play the Gophers at St. Paul Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and Stillwater at Stillwater Sunday. Hibbing 3, Keystones 2."

June 11, 1909

Red Wing, MN
"The Minneapolis Colored Keystones will play at Red Wing today. The down river city, flush with its conquests over their hated rivals, the Faribault Flecks, will go into the game determined on winning from the crack dusky players. Cook, Red Wing's crack southpaw, will be on the mound against Manager Mitchell's crack colored wards. Either Jessup or Jackson will be in the points for the Keystones. Peppery Pehle and Green will be the opposing backstops."

June 12, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Merrill, Wisconsin, Comes for Two Games at Nicollet - Fast Badger State Team Will Meet Colored Keystones. - Two games at Nicollet Saturday and Sunday will keep the ball fans in patience awaiting the arrival of the Minneapolis team later in the coming week. The Colored Keystons will take on the Merrill, Wisconsin team in a series of two games on these days the the contests will rival those with the Hibbing club in interest. Merrill is the only team outside of Hibbing that has been able to take the Keystones' measure this season. Each team won a game in a series at Merrill earlier in the fight and the result of the games Saturday and Sunday will go a long way in deciding the question of supremacy. Jessup will pitch the Saturday game and Jackson that of the following day. Manager Mitchell of the Keystones has got a string on a new flinger from Brooklyn and with his arrival the Keystones will present the most formidable semi-professional pitching staff in the Northwest. The new man is William Dismukes with a record of 12 games won and none lost last season. He is a speed pitcher of Jessup's style. The coming two games with Merrill will close the Keystones' stay at home and it will be late in July before they return. The team leaves Monday on a long tour of Southern Minnesota and Iowa, playing nearly every day."

Minneapolis, MN
"The Keystones play the Merrill, Wisconsin club Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13, at League Park."

Minneapolis, MN
"Jessup Will Pitch for Keystones in Game Today - Merrill Team Comes for Two Games With the Colored Team. - Jessup is due to show off his underhand ball against the Merrill, Wisconsin team at Nicollet Park today in the first of a series of two games between the Minneapolis Colored Keystones and the Badger state team. The game will be called at 3:30. The only standard by which the visiting team can be judged is a previous showing against the Keystones, who opened the season at Merrill in two games. Each team won a game and this series will decide the question of supremacy. The Keystones have been defeated by only two teams so far in their schedule, Merrill and Hibbing. The range team appeared here last week and if Merrill approaches its class, good semi-professional ball will be on the cards today and tomorrow. At the close of this series, the Keystones will leave on an extended trip through southern Minnesota and Iowa and will be away until the latter part of July. Manager Mitchell will have his season's lineup about intact within a short time, the arrival of a pitcher from the East completing a stronger team than last year."

Minneapolis, MN
"Three long games with small scores: Colored Keystones - Faribault, fifteen innings, score 0 to 0; Union Giants - Hyde Park, sixteen innings, 1 to 0; Leland Giants-West Baden, twelve innings, 1 to 0."

Minneapolis, MN
"Keystones Take Two Games. - Special to the Freeman. - Minneapolis, Minnesota. - The Colored Keystones are more than holding their own. They have played fifteen games to date, and have won eleven. Two games were played with the fast Faribaults, a team of all stars, the Keystones winning Saturday's game 1 to 0 in nine innings, and winning Sunday's game 1 to 0 in eleven innings. Magnate Mitchell has spared no money in getting the fastest club in the Northwest."

Minneapolis, MN
"Postponement Caused by Rain of Yesterday - Jessup and Jackson Pitch. - Owing to the rain storm of yesterday afternoon the Keystone-Merrill game booked for Nicollet Park was postponed and the teams were idle during the day."

June 13, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Sunday's game 1 to 0 in eleven innings against Faribault."

Minneapolis, MN
"Doubleheader at Nicollet Today. - Colored Keystones and Merrill to Start Action at 2 O'Clock. - Postponement Caused by Rain of Yesterday - Jessup and Jackson Pitch. - Owing to the rain storm yesterday afternoon, the Keystone-Merrill game booked for Nicollet Park was postponed and the teams were idle during the day. In order to catch up with his schedule, the consent of the Merrill management to put on two games today and thus Nicollet will see its first double header of the year this afternoon. The two teams will appear first at 2 o'clock and this will give plenty of time for finishing the second contest by 6 o'clock. Jessup and Campbell will be in the points for the Keystones for the first game, while Jackson and Green will do the battery work in the second game. These teams have played two game up-to-date, and each has one to its credit. These were played at Merrill, at which city the Keystones opened their season May 16. The Merrill team is booked as one of the fastest of the year in this section and already has a great record, including the game lost to the Keystones, Merrill has been beaten but twice this year, and the Badgers are figuring on at least one of the games today. One admission will be charged for both games."

June 15, 1909

Stewartville, MN
"The Minneapolis Colored Keystones will play our local team here on the 15th of June."

Stewartville, MN
"Stewartville. - Game Tuesday, Colored Keystones vs. Stewartville, score 7 to 3 in favor of the Keystones."

June 16, 1909

Plainview, MN
"The ball game scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at Butts' ball park, between the Colored Keystones of Minneapolis, who are touring this part of the state, and the local aggregation of ball tossers was called at the end of the third inning on account of the terrific downpour of rain, and as there was no signs of the storm abating, everyone present wended their way homeward, and the local team were saved from another defeat this week. Plainview was first to score and it came in their half of the first. Streeter the first man up in this frame cracked out a single. Williams, then waited for one to his liking and when it came he landed on it good and hard. The horsehide sailed into left field just out of reach of the coon who held down that garden, and dropped over the fence. The hit was good for a homer, but Wilmar, not being fleet of foot, only made third, but he sent Streeter home with the first run of the game. The darkies were blanked in their half of the first, but came back strong and by a succession of hits coupled with a few errors on the part of the local men, they counted four in the second fram. Both teams were blanked in the third, and then the rain came - it came in torrents. The umpire called the game, with the score 4 to 1."

June 18, 1909

Lanesboro, MN
"Keystones 7, Lanesboro 0. Lanesboro, Minnesota, June 18."

June 19, 1909

Harmony, MN
"Base Ball Notes. - v. Colored Keystones here June 19th. - The Keystones, the fastest colored team in the northwest, are billed here for the 19th."

Harmony, MN
"The Keystones came in Saturday morning, a day earlier than had been expected, and so an exhibition game was arranged for the afternoon. The game was not of the very best, errors were plenty on both sides, and for some reason the game dragged. Wolstad was in the box for the locals and held the colored gents well until he was hurt with a pitched ball when he eased up a little. The game was won by the locals on two distinct occasions, but each time a bunch of errors would change the situation. In fact it looked as though neither team cared for the game, Jackson was in the box for the Keystones and pitched fair ball. It took ten innings to decide this comedy of errors. Keystones 8, Harmony 5."

June 20, 1909

Harmony, MN
"Colored Keystones vs. Harmony here next Sunday. - The Colored Keystones are coming. They will be here next Sunday and the locals will have a chance to try their base ball skill on the fastest aggregation in the state. The colored Keystones have changed their date here to the 20th, next Sunday. This picked team of colored players is said to be the fastest aggregation on the road this year and have defeated nearly every team they have met. Word comes that they fear the Harmony team and will save their strongest battery for this occasion. It will likely be a game unprecedent in the base ball history of the town."

Harmony, MN
"Sunday a tremendous crowd was present, over 600 people. They came expecting to see a good game and they certainly were not disappointed in that respect. Both sides were determined to win and it was a battle of science from beginning to end. The Keystones are a picked team and probably as fast as any aggregation in the northwest, there is no use denying the fact that they can easily beat most all local teams. But to their own surprise, as well as the spectators, the job was not so easy. It took the best efforts that the visitors could put forth in order to beat us and than they only succeeded by the narrowest kind of a margin. Blex was in tip top shape and for 6 full innings wouldn't allow the colored gents even a look at first, he was so stingy with hits that it looked at one time like a shut out for the visitors. Dismukes for the Keystones got himself into a tight place in the fifth, it looked prosperous for Harmony, but he was soon retired to the bench and Jessup was sent in to save the day. Jessup is some pitcher and the locals spent considerable time solving him. All in all it was one of the best games ever played at Wildwood and every one went home satisfied that there was no disgrace in losing a game of that kind."

June 26, 1909

Waterville, MN
"Waterville, Minnesota, June 27. - The Colored Keystones of Minneapolis defeated the team of this place by the score of 8 to 4. The Waterville team went into the air during the first inning and the visitors scored six runs. After this inning, the boys played good ball, knocking Desmondes out of the box in the sixth inning and scoring a run off Jessup, who replaced him. Frank Hoffmann of New Prague did the pitching for Waterville and threw a steady game, allowing a total of seven hits, while the Waterville boys collected nine off the two Keystone pitchers."

June 27, 1909

Faribault, MN
"Manager Kehoe's Faribault nine will take on the Minneapolis Keystones this afternoon. The colored boys have had a fine run of victories on their recent sojourn through the North and they will give the Flecks a merry fight for long end of the score. Jackson will be detailed by Magnate Mitchell to curb the ambitious Faribault sluggers. The Flecks have won the majority of their games this season on account of their ability to hit the sphere. Should Jackson succeed in holding them at bay a victory for the local colored nine is assured. Just who will be sent to the mound by Manager Kehoe is not certain. The Faribault team lost the services of Claud Lamb during the week. Lamb received a splendid offer to pitch for the Minot, North Dakota nine and left last Monday for that city."

Faribault, MN
"Flecks vs. Keystones - With Mather pitching shut-out ball and his teammates hitting and fielding like fields, the Flecks easily defeated the Keystones Sunday. Mather allowed six singles, no two coming in any one inning. Borrowman and Malloy drove the ball over the left field fence for home runs. Borrowman also caught a brilliant game, his throwing being fast and accurate. In the second the Keystones had their only chance to score. With Rose on third and one out, Campbell clouted a long fly to right, Polson caught it and by a wonderful fast throw nipped rose at the plate by four feet."

Faribault, MN
"Faribault 7, Keystones 0. - With Mather pitching shut-out ball and his teammates hitting and fielding like fiends, the Flecks easily defeated the Keystones Sunday. Mather allowed six singles, no two coming in any one inning. Borrowman and Malloy drove the ball over the left field fence for home runs. Borrowman also caught a brilliant game, his throwing being fast and accurate. In the second, the Keystones had their only chance to score. With Rose on third and one out, Campbell clouted a long fly to right, Polson caught it and by a wonderful fast throw nipped Rose at the plate by four feet."

Faribault, MN
"Faribault defeated the colored Keystones of Minneapolis last Sunday by a score of 7 to 0."

June 28, 1909

Cresco, IA
"Keystones Win in Iowa. - Cresco, Iowa, June 29. - (Special.) - The Keystones won here yesterday. Keystones 3, Cresco 2."

July 3, 1909

Long Prairie, MN
"The Keystones will play at Long Prairie, July 3 and 4."

July 4, 1909

Long Prairie, MN
"The Keystones will play at Long Prairie, July 3 and 4."

July 7, 1909

Redwood Falls, MN
"The Pv Lands have secured three strong pulling games for Cautauqua week, the celebrated Keystones being the magnets. The Keystones are in the same class of professional clubs as the Gophers and will undoubtedly furnish a good article of ball. Their dates are July 7th, 8th, and 9th."

July 8, 1909

Redwood Falls, MN
"The Pv Lands have secured three strong pulling games for Cautauqua week, the celebrated Keystones being the magnets. The Keystones are in the same class of professional clubs as the Gophers and will undoubtedly furnish a good article of ball. Their dates are July 7th, 8th, and 9th."

July 9, 1909

Redwood Falls, MN
"Pv Lands Win From Keystones. - The Pv Lands took all of the ginger out of the Colored Keystones last Friday afternoon by defeating them 3 to 1. The Lands played ball from the start and succeeded in crossing the counting pan three times before the end of the fourth inning. Three scraps were mixed with the game which gave a little variety. Every one has an opinion of their own as to some of the decisions, but on the whole both teams shared about alike. Five different umpires were used during the game, but the last two seemed to satisfy the crowd and everything went along nicely until the last two innings when the Keystones used a poor system in their plays and started another rough house. Two pinch hitters were put in and failed to make connections with Francois' slanters, the next three men up managed to get in front of the ball and walked to the first station. With the bases full and two men out, Barton, the heavy hitter for the Keystones, was called to the bat out of his turn and shattered the air on the first ball through. The Lands got next to the fact that Barton did not belong on the mound and he was called out. This was a heartbreaker for the Keystones but it could not be helped and it has gone down in history. Francois was on the mat for the locals and pitched good ball. Deitz got the grand stand several times during the game. Polly backed the team up in fine shape and every one knows that Polly always has friends in the grand stand."

July 11, 1909

Red Wing, MN
"Keystones Win From Fast Red Wing Team. - Colored Players Give Pitcher Cook His First Defeat This Season. - Red Wing, Minnesota, July 12. - (Special.) - Pitcher Cook lost his first game of the season yesterday to the Minneapolis Colored Keystones by a score of 5 to 2. The local southpaw was in poor form and the colored troupe pounded out 13 bingles, five of these were bunched in the fourth which netted two scores. In the following frame, Davis and Hopkins hit for the circuit cinching the game. The Red Wing tribe couldn't solve Jackson's delivery, harvesting but five hits, three of which were scattered. Johnson's spear of Barton's long drive over third, the fast fielding of the locals, particularly Rheder's work, and the home run drives of Davis and Hopkins of the Keystones, were features. The attendance was kept down to the 300 mark by threatening weather. The game was played in a muddy field."

July 15, 1909

McGregor, IA
"With Jackson and Campbell as the Keystone battery, the Minneapolis Colored men had little trouble disposing of the Waukon team at McGregor, Iowa, Thursday. The Score: Keystones 4, Waukon 2."

July 18, 1909

Luverne, MN
"Northwest Baseball - The Colored Keystones of Minneapolis scored another victory Sunday on their trip around the State, the Luverne team falling before the dusky athletes this time, by a score of 2 to 0. Pate, who was recently released by the Colored Gophers, pitched his first game for the Keystones, and was in grand form. He was given splendid backing, and was never threatened by the Luverne boys. Keystones 2, Luverne 0."

July 24, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"On July 24 and 25 the St. Paul Gophers and the Minneapolis Keystones will clash, and there will be thousands of dollars change hands. The lineup of the Keystones is as follows: Jessup, Jackson and Dismukes, pitchers; Davis shortstop; Shcaffer, second base; McCune, third base; Rose, first base; Barton, left field; Hopkins, center field; Jones, right field. Any teams in Chicago desiring to come West in August should write Manager of the Keystons, 1313 Washington Avenue, South."

St. Paul, MN
"Colored Teams to Play - Keystones and Gophers Open Championship Series Today. - The Minneapolis Keystones and St. Paul Gophers open their championship series at the downtown hall park, St. Paul, this afternoon. The second game of the series will be played at Nicollet Park tomorrow afternoon. Both teams have been on the road and return with fine records. They Keystones have made a much better showing this season than last and are confident of turning the tables on their dusky brothers in the coming series. So far the Keystones have played 61 games and lost but five. On their last tour of Minnesota and South Dakota the Minneapolis men won 24 games out of 25 played."

St. Paul, MN
"Keystones vs. Gophers - Colored Teams will Begin Series in Twin Cities Saturday. - The first of a series of games to be played between the colored Keystones of Minneapolis and Colored Gophers of St. Paul, regarded as two of the strongest teams in the race, for the semi-professional championship of the state, will be played at the downtown park, St. Paul, Saturday. Sunday the same teams will come to Minneapolis for the second game of the series at Nicollet Park. Last year the Gophers won out after a hotly contested series and the makeup of the teams makes it apparent that another bunch of hard fought contests are in store for the fans. Both clubs have been strengthened and in tours over the state have beaten some of the strongest aggregations in the Northwest."

July 25, 1909

Minneapolis, MN
"Keystones - Meet Colored Gophers at Nicollet Park Today - By Roche Prenevost. - Minneapolis fans will get an opportunity to see the Keystones and Gophers in battle this afternoon, for the rival colored teams are scheduled to meet at Nicollet Park in the second game of a series which is to settle the semi-professional championship ambitions of these two clubs. Play will start at 3:30. The Keystone and Gopher teams have been touring the Northwest, meeting the strongest teams of this section. Each aggregation has a splendid record so far and the final games should find both clubs ranking among the best in the state. Last year the Gophers got the long end of the series with the Keystones and the St. Paul team was proclaimed champion, but the locals hope to turn the tables this time and the games should be strenuous battles. New face3s will be seen in both lineups this afternoon when the dusky nines meet. Managers Mitchell and Reid have secured new men who add greatly to the strength of their teams, and both clubs are said to be playing a much stronger game than last season."

"Dell Rapids, South Dakota has a team that is making the fast independent aggregations take notice. Last week the Dakotans took on the Colored Keystones, and while defeated 2 to 1, the Rapids men put up a great game and the colored boys had to work all the time. Dell Rapids wishes to get games with Minnesota and North and South Dakota teams. For games, address Silas McCain, Dell Rapids, South Dakota."

Minneapolis, MN
"Gophers Win Another From the Keystones - St. Paul Colored Team Play Rings Around Local Bunch. - In a game characterized mainly by the hitting of the winners, the Gophers of St. Paul beat the local dusky diamond warriors by a score of 8 to 4. Jackson started to pitch for the Keystones and was hit hard, a total of five runs, and nine hits were made off his delivery up to the sixth inning. Jessup then went in and held the down-river aggregation safe until the ninth, when they fell on him for four hits, totaling three runs. McCune for the Keystones starred and threw two men out at the plate after making difficult stops. Marshall and Binga shared honors for the Gophers, the former palying a great game at first base, and the latter scored with the stick, getting three hits. Taylor pitched a fair game for the visitors and his support at critical times was excellent. The two clubs will play the third game of the series at Lexington Park next Sunday."

July 27, 1909

Cumberland, WI
"Cumberland, Wisconsin, July 29. - (Special.) - The Colored Keystones of Minneapolis defeated Cumberland Tuesday by a score of 7 to 5."

July 30, 1909

Spring Valley, MN
"The Keystones will play at Spring Valley on July 30."