Knoxville Baseball Club, 1921

A new season, new uniforms.

from the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
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The Knoxville Sentinel said on March 22, 1921: Uniforms have been chosen for the club. While at home, the team will play in white suits, the stocking being black. Road suits of dark grey and stockings of grey with a red stripe around the calf have been selected.

1909 Grammar School Champions

I came across this image at the Calvin McClung Digital Collection.  The description is: 

Grammar School Championship - ‘09.  Baseball team with ‘NK’ on uniforms.  2nd row, left (with left arm across chest) is Hoxsie Lovejoy. 

A bit of searching at newspapers.com provided more information.

1925 Smokies Home Opener

 

1925 Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Journal
May 24, 1925

Monday, April 27, 1925, should have been the home opener for the Knoxville Smokies, now competing in the Class B South Atlantic League after moving up from the Class D Appalachian League. The game was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Caswell Park, with festivities begining two hours earlier with a parade on Gay Street.

Led by the Knoxville High School band, the parade began at the courthouse and featured both teams in uniform, followed by a procession of automobiles carrying officials from the Knoxville Baseball Association and South Atlantic League President W.G. Bramham.

At the park, the opening ceremonies were to follow tradition. Sally League President Bramham would be tossing the first pitch to May Morton, while City Manager Brownlow—bat on shoulder—tried for a ceremonial home run.

A change in ceremony saw Appalachian League President Grover C. Davis tossing the pitch to Public Welfare Director Frank Bane, with Public Service Director Alex Harris taking the swing.  Rev. George F. Moody stood at home plate and offered up a prayer for both teams and the league.

The Smokies came into the game with a 2–4 record after a road trip to Macon and Augusta. The opponent of the day, Charlotte, matched that record but had outscored Knoxville 36 to 30 and was batting .287 to the Smokies’ .246.

Manager Eddie McDonald’s Smokies took the field but faced an early onslaught: Charlotte scored once in the first inning and six more in the second. With two outs, the skies opened and rain halted the game.

Tuesday's game was also rained out. A doubleheader followed on Wednesday. Knoxville took the first game 5–4, outhitting Charlotte 10 to 7.  Rue “Kitty” Wickham thrilled local fans with a home run.  The game wrapped in a brisk hour and forty minutes, giving the newly refurbished Caswell Park its first Smokies win of the season.

The second game, however, was a disaster. Knoxville fell 21–7 in just seven innings before darkness mercifully ended the rout.

That loss may have been a sign of things to come. The Smokies finished the season in last place, with a 44–85 (.341) record.

sources: newspapers.com