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| Omaha World Herald - January 21, 1953 |
Monday, April 14, 2014
Giants Quit Knoxville Baseball Club Support
Friday, April 11, 2014
Mr. Williams comes to Knoxville
In the spring of 1947 the major league teams were breaking camp at spring training and headed back to their cities in the north. Along the way they would play exhibition games, probably to get a few more swings in and to give the locals a chance to see some real big leaguers. The Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox came to Knoxville and played a game on Tuesday, April 8, 1947.
They met at Caswell Park, with the left field wall being just 339 feet and the right field wall being at 331 feet. Ted says in the following article, "Boy, oh, boy, will I be glad to see those babies!"
The story after the game shows that Ted and Company didn't come through as expected.
Former Knoxville Smoky Eddie Lukon was playing for the Reds. This was the last year for "Mongoose" in the majors. He moved out to California to play for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League in 1948. Eddie played with the Smokies in the Southern Association, batting .315 and hitting 35 Home Runs over two seasons (1941-42). He roamed the outfield for the Reds for a few seasons (1941, 45-47).
Ted, despite having breakfast at the Andrew Johnson Hotel in Knoxville, wasn't able to put the ball out of the park.
For those of you that like to see a box score, here you go.
The Sporting News was a weekly so they've recapped some of the games on the trip north.
Because this was just such a great shot I had to isolate it. Drink up, kids. Make sure it is orange juice.
I'd like to thank fellow SABR member Brad Ridenour for finding the Knoxville News Sentinel articles and sharing them with me. The Boston Herald and Greensboro Record articles came from GenealogyBank.com. The Sporting News article came from PaperOfRecord.com through SABR.
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| Greensboro Record - April 8, 1947 |
They met at Caswell Park, with the left field wall being just 339 feet and the right field wall being at 331 feet. Ted says in the following article, "Boy, oh, boy, will I be glad to see those babies!"
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| Knoxville News Sentinel - April 8, 1947 |
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| Knoxville News Sentinel - April 8, 1947 |
Former Knoxville Smoky Eddie Lukon was playing for the Reds. This was the last year for "Mongoose" in the majors. He moved out to California to play for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League in 1948. Eddie played with the Smokies in the Southern Association, batting .315 and hitting 35 Home Runs over two seasons (1941-42). He roamed the outfield for the Reds for a few seasons (1941, 45-47).
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| Knoxville News Sentinel - April 8, 1947 |
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| Knoxville News Sentinel - April 8, 1947 |
For those of you that like to see a box score, here you go.
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| The Boston Herald - April 9, 1947 |
The Sporting News was a weekly so they've recapped some of the games on the trip north.
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| The Sporting News - April 16, 1947 |
Because this was just such a great shot I had to isolate it. Drink up, kids. Make sure it is orange juice.
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| Knoxville News Sentinel - April 8, 1947 |
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
In The Good Old Days
Adam Alfrey gave a talk today at the East Tennessee Historical Society. Adam is the Operations Manager and Curator, East Tennessee History Center, Knox County Public Library. He spoke on Base Ball in Knoxville in 1867. He had some wonderful supporting articles from local papers. I need to ask him for his notes so I can clarify some things in my mind. I learned a lot today.
Here's an article from 1895 that looks back on the early days of ball.
Here's an article from 1895 that looks back on the early days of ball.
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| Knoxville Daily Journal - July 23, 1895 |
image from GenealogyBank.com
Monday, April 7, 2014
Vols Will Meet Maryville Club
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| The Journal and Tribune - April 28, 1918 |
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| The Journal and Tribune - May 1, 1918 |
Monday, March 31, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
Victorious Vols Return To City - 1918
Looking again to the University of Tennessee's 1918 season I'm going to to turn to the local newspapers. In the fourth paragraph we see that the Vols are taking a few weeks off. This explains the sizable gap in the season record published in the modern UT Record Book.
They also beat Georgetown and "Kentucky State". That school is what we now know as the University of Kentucky.
Now why would I include an article about a wrestling match? Because it isn't a news story. It is an advertisement. More importantly we see another side of UT Coach Frank Moffett. He was apparently promoting wrestling matches on the side.
They also beat Georgetown and "Kentucky State". That school is what we now know as the University of Kentucky.
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| The Journal and Tribune - April 22, 1918 |
Now why would I include an article about a wrestling match? Because it isn't a news story. It is an advertisement. More importantly we see another side of UT Coach Frank Moffett. He was apparently promoting wrestling matches on the side.
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| The Journal and Tribune - April 22, 1918 |
images copied from the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Friday, February 28, 2014
Knoxville College baseball team ca. 1929
Image cropped from The Knoxville Negro, part of the digital collection of the Selected Photographs from the Holdings of the McClung Historical Collection.
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