1909 Nashville Standard Giants

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1909 Nashville Standard Giants

1909 Nashville Standard Giants

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

May 18, 1909

Nashville, TN
"Birmingham Giants Win. - Nashville Boys Outplayed by a Score of 8 to 2. - Nashville, Tennessee. - The Birmingham, Alabama Giants defeated the local team, Tuesday, by a score of 8 to 2. Miller, of the home team, was hit for 12 safeties. Taylor of the visitors pitched a fine article of ball and struck out five Nashvillites. The Giants made the only home run. Three hundred people witnessed the game."

May 25, 1909

Chicago, IL
"Chicago, Illinois - The Leland Giants have returned from a trip to the South, where they won every game played the locals totaled sixty runs in five games to their opponents' three. They played the first two games in Nashville, Tennessee, winning both in a runaway. The following are the games in detail: Nashville, Tennessee, May 25. - The Leland Giants shut out the Standard Giants. The feature of the game was the pitching of Gatewood and the heavy hitting of the Giants."

May 26, 1909

Chicago, IL
"Nashville, Tennesee, May 26. - The famous colored champions today proved to the Nashville public that they were the real thing by shutting out the Standard Giants a second time. Left Fielder Winston was put in the box by Manager Rube Foster, and he pitched fine ball, just the same as if he was one of the regular staff. He struck out fourteen men and allowed the local boys only two hits."

May 31, 1909

Chicago, IL
"Lelands Play Nashville. - Chicago, Illinois. - The Leland Giants left Monday for Nashville, Tennessee, under the biggest guarantee ever given a semi-professional team. They are scheduled for Louisville, Kentucky and West Baden, Indiana."

June 13, 1909

Louisville, KY
"Louisville Cubs Win TWo; Lose One - Standard Giants of Tennessee Win One Game of Series by Narrow Margin. - Special to the Freeman. - Louisville, Kentucky. - Sunday the Cubs met and defeated the Standard Giants. Early Miller pitched a good game and received splendid support. Score Louisville Giants 5, Standard Giants 1."

June 14, 1909

Louisville, KY
"The Cubs broke even in a double-header Monday. They lost the first game 7 to 6, and won the second 17 to 1 by knocking out every pitcher that the visitors sent to the box. - The Cubs swamped the Tennesseans and batted the sphere when and wherever they pleased in the second game. Wallace had a good eye on the ball, and swung the willow and sent the sphere out of the way for a home run. He also made several two and three-base hits. By winning the second game by such a big score it appears as if the locals gave the first game away.

"From the Cubs' Quarters. - I love my wife, but oh, you Cubs! - Little Mitchell is still delivering the goods. - Collins is playing a fine article of ball at first base. Captain Booker accepted six chances without a wobble. The second game was a farce - 17 to 1. Ugh! Mr. Lee is booking agent for the Cus, and Mr. Stringer is manager. On Monday Wallace got a sacrifice, a double, a triple, and a home run. Why don't you make an error, Wallace? Your friends want something to talk about. Robinson and Martin had very little to do Tuesday, but played everything safe within their territory. Briscoe fielded in great form Tuesday. His throw from deep left, killing Parrettez, was the feature of the game."

June 25, 1909

Indianapolis, IN
"Sprudels Win Game. - West Baden, Indiana. - The Nashville, Tennessee Standard Giants fell easy victims to the West Baden Sprudels Tuesday, the score being 11 to 2. Batteries - Sprudels, Lyons and Pierce; Standard Giants, Monon and O'Neil."

June 27, 1909

Indianapolis, IN
"A.B.C.s Win Two Games from Standard Giants - Tennessee Tossers Hit a Losing Streak at Louisville, West Baden, Indiana, and Indianapolis. - The A.B.C.s won two games from the Standard Giants of Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday and Friday. The first game resulted in a score of 9 to 4. Tiller and Higbee pitched for the locals and Church for the visitors. The second game ended with a score of 14 to 7. Talbott pitched for the A.B.C.s and Moorman and O'Neal for the Tennesseans. As the score shows, the home boys doubled the total marks on their opponents. Davis made a home run with two men on bases in the eighth. Herron and Coleman also made the circuit. Higbee stretched a two-bagger into a three-base hit, and then walked in home while Watkins, the Giants' catcher, stood waiting for him - having fun with the visitors."

July 4, 1909

Indianapolis, IN
"Swap Games. - Memphis, Tennessee. - The local team played a Fourth of July two-game series with Nashville winning one by a score of 3 to 2 in eleven innings and losing the second by a score of 7 to 5."