Old Knoxville Base Ball

This picture of baseball team surfaced on the Historical Negro League Baseball Site facebook group.  I wasn't aware of the Durell Tigers...

  H. M. Edmonds was elected captain of the University of Tennessee baseball team in February of 1898.  A month earlier he was elected as Vic...

 The Calvin McClung Digital Collection recently released several issues of the Mascot Concentrates , a "Magazine for the residents of ...

I came across these two photos from two different seasons.  The clarity of the images is lacking, but the text is clear enough. 1923 Knoxvil...

I'm doing some research on the early athletic exploits at the School of the Evangelists in south Knox county.  SotE became Johnson Bible...

  The Knoxville News-Sentinel Sun, Mar 15, 1936 The Knoxville News Sentinel of 1936 showed off the new uniforms of the Knoxville Smokies.  ...

Earlier this year I was gifted a team photo of the 1939 Knoxville Smokies.  I have not seen this in the local papers or in various baseball ...