Barnstorming - Looking for additional information - and specifically Ty Cobb
We all know of Christy Walsh's individual barnstorming promotions, specifically of Ruth and Gehrig, also post-career barnstorming by Joe Jackson.
And we know of team barnstorming from the 1860s through the House of David and beyond. But pre-1920, do we know which - individual stars - or groups of players - barnstormed? Did Ty Cobb barnstorm pre-1920s? Does anyone have pictures or information regarding baseball stars or groups of baseball players barnstorming pre-1920, and specifically any information on Ty Cobb, who may have been among the most likely. Also - does anyone have information on Cobb having barnstormed with a group of Tiger players, billed as Cobb's Tigers, and/or information of Cobb having led local barnstorming teams, as Ruth and Gehrig did with team names "Bustin Babes" and "Larrupin Lous", as "Cobb's Tigers"? |
Not exactly barnstorming but the Tigers went to Cuba to play a series of exhibition games in I think 1909 or 1910.
There was a 1914 World Tour of mostly White Sox and Giants players. I think there was an earlier World Tour in and late 19th century. There's a great photo of the players standing on the Sphynx. |
While very far from comprehensive, Thomas Barthel has a book called "Baseball Barnstorming And Exhibition Games, 1901-1962" that lists many of the big league tours. It's a lot "dryer" than his other books on Ducky Medwick, Pepper Martin and the Brooklyn Bushwicks (all of which I HIGHLY recommend!) but still a good guide to post season tours.
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Cobb barnstormed in new haven ct
I recall seeing a photo of cobb playing in new haven. There is a good article in the new haven register that can be found with the following keywords in google new haven ty cobb 200
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Thank you all. If you have more info regarding Cobb, please continue to list. David, interesting regarding the Eastern barnstorming, thank you, I did not know. Gary, the book looks interesting, do you recall discussion about Cobb?
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Cobb played in a barnstorming tour of Japan in 1928. Here's an image sold at REA 2006...
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2006/647.html |
Here's a little notion about Cobb's Cuban trip in 1910:
http://cubanbeisbol.blogspot.com/201...d-against.html And a SABR article about an appearance in Montreal in 1915: http://quebec.sabr.org/articles_cobb.htm |
Cobb played in a barnstorming tour of California in 1919. Here's a program sold at Legendary....
http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...entoryid=53197 ...and a related article about catcher Archie Yelle, who apparently went west with Cobb in 1919, then stayed in California to play for the San Francisco Seals.... http://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/...riendship.html |
Thank you Ty and Graig!
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I heard a story locally that the Tigers used to play games in Oxford, MI in the early 1900's.
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Quote:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ghlight=otsego |
In 1911 James McAleer arranged a post season game in Richmond and one of the letters about that game, from W H Fowler, listed a starting lineup that included Cobb, (along with Speaker and Milan) as a member of the "dixie outfield". I only have a copy of the original letter at this time.
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