User:Halvorsen brian/St. Johns Apostles
St. Johns Apostles | |
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Previous classes | Semi-professional |
League | Tri-City League (1907–19XX) |
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Previous teams | None |
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League titles | N/A |
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Previous parks | Pascal Hill's Baseball Park |
The St. Johns Base Ball Club, commonly referred to as the St. Johns Apostles, were a semi-professional baseball team who represented St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. The team was founded in February 1907. The club's first manager was Charley Moore, who would later go on to be a Major League Baseball infielder. St. Johns played in the Tri-City League, which was a semi-pro circuit composed of teams form the Willamette Valley, Northern Oregon Coast, and Southwest Washington. Pascal Hill, a resident of St. Johns, donated his own land and resources to build the Apostles a baseball field complete with a grandstand and bleachers.
Establishment[edit]
The St. Johns Base Ball Club was formed in February 1907 by residents of St. Johns, a neighborhood of the north side of Portland, Oregon.[1] On February 22, the club elected Frank Goodall as vice president; R. D. Jackson as secretary; and Charles Bredson, L. Richards, and Fred W. Valentine as directors.[1] A week later, Valentine was elected the president of the team.[2] D. C. Rodgers was voted treasurer.[2]
On March 4, 1907 the team was admitted to the Portland City League, an amateur baseball circuit featuring teams from the Portland area.[3] However, on March 15, it was announced that St. Johns would join the newly formed Tri-City League which would feature a team from Portland and a team from Woodburn, Oregon.[4] The Tri-City League, which was classified as a semi-professional circuit, doubled the number of teams to six before the start of the season.[5]
Charley Moore, who would later go on to be a Major League Baseball infielder, was slated to pitch the first match for the club.[4][6] He was later named the club's manager.[7] A call for all local players who wanted to try-out for the team was issued on March 15.[8] Those who wanted to compete for a spot of St. Johns' roster were to report to the team's vice president, Frank Goodall, at his cigar shop on North Jersey Street.[8] St. Johns' uniforms were white with blue trim with "St. Johns" depicted across the breast and a "S. J." on their sweaters.[8]
1907 season[edit]
April through May: Six wins, one loss[edit]
St. Johns' Opening Day was set for March 31, 1907.[8] However, due to rain, the game was postponed to April 14 and later, due to the continuation of rain, to an undetermined date.[9][10] Finally, it was announced that April 21 would be the team's first game.[11] St. Johns was scheduled to take on a club by the name of Frakes.[11] The teams met at Pascal Hill's Ball Park, where 1,000 people gathered for the game.[11] Frakes won by a score of 13–5.[11] Members of the St. Johns team made nine hits.[11] Ed Rankin, a former local player, was the umpire for the game.[11]
A second game, which would feature St. Johns against the North Pacific Brewers, was scheduled for April 23.[11] St Johns won that game by a score of 7–5.[12] C. Moore of pitched for St Johns and got the win.[12] Eight-hundred people turned out for the game.[12] It was mentioned that many spectators were female.[12] After the game it was announced that two of St Johns players, Parker and Pellen, took offers to play in Idaho.[12]
Eight-hundred spectators filed into Pascal Hill's Ball Park on April 28 to see the local St. Johns team take on the North Pacific Brewery.[13] Charley Moore, St. Johns pitcher struck out five Brewery batters in the Apostles 7–5 victory over the visitors.[13] The Oregonian wrote on May 4, 1907 that St. Johns was "rapidly becoming a baseball town" and that their ball field was "in first class shape".[14] Manager Charley Moore turned down a US$100 (US$3,270 adjusted for inflation) a month.[14] This prompted St. Johns to raise his salary to US$80 (US$2,616 adjusted for inflation) a month.[14] The club's fourth game was held on May 5, against the Portland Trunkmakers. St. Johns, who was hosting the game at their ball park, won the game 12–0.[15] The win put St. Johns at second in the league standings.[15]
St Johns played their fifth game against the North Pacific Brewers on May 12, 1907 in front of a crowd of 800 spectators at Pascal Hill's Ball Park.[16] St. Johns won by a score of 4–1.[16] Pascal Hill completed an addition to the St. Johns' grandstand in mid-May.[17] Initially, two games were scheduled for May 18 and 19, however rain foiled plans for a match on the first date. St. Johns did play the second game, where they matched-up with the Brainerd Cubs at Pascal Hill's Ball Park.[18] The crowd was recorded at 375 people.[18] St. Johns defeated the Cubs by a score of 4–1.[18]
On May 26, the Frakes club traveled to St. Johns to take on the Apostles at their home field.[19] During the first inning, Charley Moore hit a home run.[19] Two-thousand fans watched St. Johns beat Frakes, 8–5.[19] An estimated 1,600 spectators turned out at Pascal Hill's Ball Park on May 30, 1907 to see St. John defeat the Frakes club, 8–5.[20][19] St. Johns pitcher Charley Moore hit two home runs in the game.[19] His brother, first baseman Clark Moore, also hit a home run.[19] The Oregonian wrote that St. Johns fans were of the "rabid", "untamed" and "made more ungodly noise than a German bands" during the game.[19] The St. Johns Review wrote that "every St. Johnite that could yell and dance did both".[20]
June: Two wins, three losses[edit]
On June 2, 1907, St. Johns was defeated by the Woodburn Indians, 2–3.[21] Attendance reached a new record of 2,500 thanks to the fact that many fans from Woodburn, Oregon travled to Pascal Hill's Ball Park.[22] The St. Johns Review noted that "it was the most noisy crowd that has yet attended the games".[21] St. Johns played their first game away from their home field on June 9, when the took on the Woodburn Indians at the latter's park.[23] Fifty spectators from St. Johns made the trek to Woodburn.[23] According the The Oregonian a "large sum" of money changed hands during the game as fans from both sides wagered bets with each other.[23] St. Johns lost the contest, 4–3.[23]
The Astoria club traveled to Pascal Hill's Ball Park on June 16 to challenge the St. Johns squad.[24] The home team won he game by a score of 3–0.[24] On June 21, it was announced that manager Charley Moore signed three new players, Hinke, Brown, and Townridge, who were local amateur players.[25] St. Johns' next game was against the previous opponent, Astoria, at their home ball field.[26] St. Johns lost this game by a score of 6–2.[26] Shortly thereafter, manager Charley Moore announced that four St. Johns players, third baseman Porterfield; outfielders Lee and Adams; and shortstop Bignonir, were leaving the team.[27] On June 30, St. Johns went to Kelso, Washington to take on the town's local baseball squad.[28] St. Johns won the game, 5–1.[28]
July[edit]
The St. Johns Apostles traveled to Kelso, Washington on July 4 to play the town's ball club.[28] The Apostles won the game, 5–1.[28] On July 6, the Apostles played the Portland Trunkmakers at St. Johns' home field.[29] The St. Johns club then went to Astoria to take on their team.[30] Astoria won the match, 4–3.[30] On July 8, St. Johns played the Portland Trunkmakers at their home field.[31]
Roster[edit]
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Pascal Hill's Baseball Park[edit]
The St. Johns Apostles' home field was Pascal Hill's Ball Park, which was on North Fessenden Street in St. Johns. Pascal Hill, a resident of St. Johns, built bleachers and a grandstand on a field he owned and announced that the baseball club would use it as their home field.[1] The construction of the field's amenities were slowed in mid-March, 1907 due to a labor strike of lumber yard workers in the area.[8] The ballpark was running behing schedule, but was completed before the start of the season.[9][32] The total cost of the ball park came out to around US$500 (US$16,350 adjusted for inflation).[33] In early-May it was announced that a chalk scoreboard would be erected in the outfield of the ball park.[12] More updates that were aimed at giving the park a more "metropolitan" were scheduled according the the St. Johns Review.[12]
Nicknames[edit]
The only official recording of the name of the team is "The St. Johns Base Ball Club".[34] However, local news writer often nicknamed the club in game write-ups in several issues of The Oregonian and the St. Johns Review. Early in the season, The Oregonian dubbed the team the "Giants".[16] The publication soon switched to calling the club the "Apostles".[35][19]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "New Athletic Association". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 25 February 1907. p. 4.
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(help) - ^ a b "St. Johns Baseball Club". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 4 March 1907. p. 15.
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(help) - ^ "Admitted; Into the Portland City Base Ball League". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 8 March 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ a b "Three Cities in New League". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 15 March 1907. p. 11.
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(help) - ^ "Tri-City League Organized". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 17 March 1907. p. 8.
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(help) - ^ "Charley Moore Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Base Ball; The Tri-City League of Base Ball Club Organized". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 22 March 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e "Base Ball; St. Johns Getting Ready to Open Season March 31". St. John Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 15 March 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ a b "Local News". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 12 April 1907. p. 3.
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(help) - ^ "Local News". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 5 April 1907. p. 3.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f g "Tri-City League; Plays Its First in St. Johns Last Sunday". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 26 April 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f g "Base Ball; St Johns Nine Sets 'Em Up to the Brewers". St Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 3 May 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ a b "St. Johns team win game; North Pacific Brewers beaten by a score of 7 to 5". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 29 April 1907. p. 30.
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(help) - ^ a b c "St. Johns Baseball Town". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 4 May 1907. p. 7.
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(help) - ^ a b "St. Johns Shuts Out Trunks". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 6 May 1907. p. 5.
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(help) - ^ a b c "Saints Wins From Brewers". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 13 May 1907. p. 5.
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(help) - ^ "Brainerd Cubs". The Oregonian. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 24 May 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ a b c "Cubs are Defeated". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 20 May 1907. p. 5.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h "St. Johns has game; Millers go down before Apostles". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 27 May 1907. p. 4.
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(help) - ^ a b "1600 Fans; Saw St. Johns Wallop the Frakes Last Sunday". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 31 May 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ a b "Defeated; St. Johns Meets in Second Waterloo Sunday". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 7 June 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ "Scalped by the Indians; Apostles Meet Second Defeat on Home Grounds". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 3 June 1907. p. 5.
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(help) - ^ a b c d "Exciting Game at Woodburn; St. Johns Loses Ten-Inning Contest by Score of 4 to 5". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 10 June 1907. p. 5.
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(help) - ^ a b "Base Ball; St Johns Defeats Astoria in a Good Game". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 21 June 1907. p. 1.
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(help) - ^ "New Players; Charley Moore Strengthens the Local Team". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 21 June 1907. p. 3.
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(help) - ^ a b "St Johns 6; Bohemian 2". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 24 June 1907. p. 5.
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(help) - ^ "Tri-City League gossip". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 30 June 1907. p. 42.
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(help) - ^ a b c d "St. Johns at Kelso". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 5 July 1907. p. 2.
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(help) - ^ a b "Astoria need ten innings". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 8 July, 1907. p. 5.
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(help) - ^ "Base ball news; Frakes now lead Tri-City League". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 12 July 1907. p. 4.
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(help) - ^ "Local News". St. Johns Review. St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. 19 April 1907. p. 3.
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(help) - ^ "Tri-City League Gossip". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 18 April 1907. p. 7.
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(help) - ^ "12". Messages and documents, volume 1. Oregon: State of Oregon. 1909. p. 96.
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(help) - ^ "Minor league chat". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 26 May 1907. p. 40.
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