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Iola Grays
The Iola Gasbags were a minor league baseball team based in Iola, Kansas. Between 1902 and 1906, Iola teams played as a member of the Missouri Valley League from 1902 to 1904 and the 1906 Kansas State League. The Iola Gasbags won the 1904 Missouri State League championship, before adopting the Iola "Grays" nickname for the 1906 Kansas State League season. The Iola teams hosted home minor league games at Riverside Park. History In 1901, the independent Missouri Valley League was formed an eight-team league without an Iola franchise. In 1902, the Iola "Gasbags" began play in the Class D level Missouri Valley League. The Fort Scott Giants, Nevada Lunatics and Joplin Miners teams continued league play from the previous season. The Iola Gasbags, Coffeyville Indians, Jefferson City Convicts, Sedalia Gold Bugs and Springfield Reds teams all joined as new members, with the league beginning play on May 6, 1902. The Iola "Gasbags" team nickname corresponds to the local oil and gas i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Coyotes
The 1906 Independence Coyotes went 69-48 and won the Kansas State League championship. Ben Haas hit .341 to lead the league, while pitcher Chick Brandom paced the circuit with 16 wins and 121 strikeouts. The league folded after the season, and the Coyotes moved to the Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League and became known as the Independence Champs. *Location: Independence, Kansas *League: Kansas State League 1906 *Affiliation: *Ballpark: Year-by-year record Timeline Defunct minor league baseball teams Baseball teams established in 1906 Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1906 Independence, Kansas 1906 establishments in Kansas Defunct baseball teams in Kansas Baseball teams disestablished in 1906 1906 disestablishments in Kansas Kansas State League teams {{Kansas-baseball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Milton
Samuel Lawrence Milton (May 4, 1879 – May 15, 1942), nicknamed "Tug", was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1903 for the St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha .... External links 1879 births 1942 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers St. Louis Cardinals players Baseball players from Kentucky St. Joseph Saints players Rock Island Islanders players Kansas City Blue Stockings players Omaha Indians players Iola Gasbags players Wichita Jobbers players Webb City Goldbugs players Webb City Webfeet players Little Rock Travelers players Sapulpa Oilers players Minor league baseball managers {{US-baseball-pitcher-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Killilay
John William Killilay (May 24, 1887 – October 21, 1968) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at , 165 lb., Killilay batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas. Killilay posted a 4-2 with 28 strikeouts and a 3.54 ERA in 14 appearances, including seven starts, one complete game, and 61 innings of work. Killilay died in Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ... at age 81. External links Retrosheet Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Hetling
August Julius "Gus" Hetling (November 21, 1885 – October 13, 1962) was a professional baseball player from 1904 to 1917. He appeared in two games for the Detroit Tigers in October 1906 and played 14 years of minor league baseball, including three seasons in Springfield, Missouri (1904–06), four years in Wichita, Kansas (1907–1908, 1915–1916), and four years with the Oakland Oaks in the Pacific Coast League (1911–14). After compiling more than 200 hits and a .297 batting average in 1912, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Pacific Coast League. Early years Hetling was born in November 1885 at St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Henry Hetling, was born in Missouri in 1856, and his mother, Bertha Hetling, was also a Missouri native born in 1865. At the time of the 1900 U.S. Census, the family lived in St. Louis, and Hetling's father was employed as a day laborer. Baseball player Major leagues Hetling played only one day in Major League Baseball, appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Hartzell
Roy Allen Hartzell (July 6, 1881 – November 6, 1961), played in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1916. Hartzell started his career with the St. Louis Browns (now known as the Baltimore Orioles), and was later traded to the New York Highlanders (now New York Yankees) for two other players, Jimmy Austin and Frank LaPorte. Early life Hartzell was born on July 6, 1881, in Golden, Colorado. His parents were James and Nellie Hartzell from Illinois. James G. Hartzell was a Civil War veteran and died and is buried in California. Hertzel had two brothers named Lester and Harry. Lester was a mining engineer and a professor at the State School of Mines in Colorado. Lester was quarterback of the Mines football team. Harry was involved in tourism operations in the Golden community. Roy Hartzell played baseball and football in the Denver area. Hartzell worked in the smelters in Montana before signing with the pros. He married Ella Stebbins in Philadelphia in April 1911. She was also fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gillpatrick
George Fred Gillpatrick (February 28, 1875 – December 14, 1941) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns (NL), St. Louis Browns of the National League (baseball), National League during the season. Listed at , 210 lb., Gillpatrick threw right-handed. He was born in Holden, Missouri. Batting side is unknown. In a one-season career, Gillpatrick posted a 0–2 record with a 6.94 earned run average, ERA in seven appearances, including three starting pitcher, starts and one complete game, giving up 38 runs (27 earned) on 42 hits and 19 base on balls, walks while strikeout, striking out 12 in 35.0 innings of work. Gillpatrick died in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 66. External linksBaseball Reference St. Louis Browns (NL) players 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works Project Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. The WPA's first appropriation in 1935 was $4.9 billion (about $15 per person in the U.S., around 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP). Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA supplied paid jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States, while building up the public infrastructure of the US, such as parks, schools, and roads. Most of the jobs were in construction, building more than 620,000 miles (1,000,000 km) of streets and over 10,000 bridges, in addition to many airports and much housing. The largest single project of the WPA was the Tennessee Valley Authority. At its peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iola Champs
The Iola Champs were a minor league baseball team that played in the Oklahoma–Kansas League in 1908. They were the first professional team to be based in Iola, Kansas since 1906 and the last until 1946, when the Iola Cubs The Iola Cubs was the first and primary name of the Class Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League minor league baseball team based in Iola, Kansas, USA, that played in 1946 and 1947. The Iola Cubs were preceded by other early 1900s Iola minor league te ... came into being. The Class-D team did not have a major league affiliation. References Baseball teams established in 1908 Defunct minor league baseball teams 1908 establishments in Kansas Defunct baseball teams in Kansas Baseball teams disestablished in 1908 Oklahoma–Kansas League teams {{Kansas-baseball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherryvale Boosters
The Cherryvale Boosters were a minor league baseball team based in Cherryvale, Kansas. In 1906, the Boosters played a partial season as members of the Class D level Kansas State League, finishing in second place. The Iola Grays franchise moved to Cherryvale during the Kansas State League season and the league folded following the completion of the 1906 season. History Cherryvale, Kansas hosted minor league baseball in 1906. During the season, the Cherryvale "Boosters" became members of the Class D level Kansas State League. The Boosters joined the Bartlesville Indians, Chanute Browns, Coffeyville Bricks, Fort Scott Giants, Independence Coyotes, Parsons Preachers and Pittsburg Champs as members in the eight–team league. Reportedly, the Cherryvale use of the "Boosters" moniker derived from fans. Upon beginning minor league play in 1906, the Cherryvale fans immediately formed a booster club to support the team. Cherryvale gained a team during the 1906 season. On June 15, 1906 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
