LeDroit Tigers (Washington DC)

[candendc]

I am looking for any information or photos of the LeDroit Tigers, a neighborhood team in Washington DC around the 1920s.

I know Sam Lacy played for them at one time and they may have played at Griffith Stadium.

But that's about all I can find.

Thank you!

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by candendc

I am looking for any information or photos of the LeDroit Tigers, a neighborhood team in Washington DC around the 1920s.

I know Sam Lacy played for them at one time and they may have played at Griffith Stadium.

But that's about all I can find.

Thank you!

Try this. It is printable. See Sam Lacy page 11. https://anacostia.si.edu/Resources/S...nd-Unequal.pdf The Smithsonian branch in Anacostia (aka Ward 8) is focused on the Black History of D.C. There is also a book called 'Black Georgetown Remembered' which has some information on the sandlot and formal teams in the city.


You can also try contacting the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. They are located in the old Carnegie Library in Mt Vernon Square. It is just south of the convention center where New York and Mass Aves cross or about two blocks north of the Gallery Place Metro stop or two blocks south of the Mt Vernon/Convention Center stop. You may also want to reach out to the D.C. Library. The main library - Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library is at 901 G St., N.W. which is a short walk from Gallery Pl/Chinatown Metro and Capital One Arena just past the National Portrait Gallery.

They were part of the City League. The City league included them, Teddy Bears (Georgetown), LeDroit Tigers (LeDroit Park), Sandy Springs (Md.) Washington Black Sox (N.E.)' Stonewalls (S.E.). There were no other ball fields in that neighborhood in the 1920's and 1930's so it it possible they played in Griffith Stadium. It was located in the LeDroit Park neighborhood. When the Homestead Grays essentially relocated to D.C. in 1940 they played games at Griffith Stadium. One of only two ML parks that allowed Black Teams, Sportsmen Park in St. Louis, being the other. They also played games at Blacksox Park in Bowie, MD. It is still there.

The roster for the Oriental Tigers in 1926:

1. Mack Adams, mgr., p.; 2. Willie Hicks, c.f.; 3. Raymond 'Mohop' Davis, s.s., 4. Howard Brown, l.f., 5. 'Iggie' Greenfield, c., 6. Eddie Washington, 2b., 7. Miles Richardson o.f.; 8. 'Red' Powell, p., 9. Martin Lewis, c., [10.] 'Blackfoot' Scrivener, p. (like other teammates, he later played with the professional team - Homestead Grays), 11. Harry 'Shoofly' Craig, 2/3 b., 12. Harry Brooks, r.f., 13. 'Skinny' Bonds, 2b., 14. Ralph Dorsey, c., 15. George Stewart, bat boy;

[Hankphenom]

That's some great DC history there! I had the great privilege of interviewing Sam lacy twice in his office at the Baltimore-Washington Afro-American newspaper, and have a tape somewhere to prove it. He was in his 90s and still sharp as a tack, with some amazing stories of growing up around Griffith Stadium and the players he met first as a kid vendor at the ballpark and later as a reporter. Wonderful guy, sweet as he could be, but uncompromising about the things he and his race had had to put up with over the years.

[Jobu]

I have a Washington Athletics photo:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ight=athletics

I was able to access the database Hank mentioned, but it required a Baltimore library card. I found a workaround but would have to look through old emails to see what it was if you need the same.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Jobu

I have a Washington Athletics photo:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ight=athletics

I was able to access the database Hank mentioned, but it required a Baltimore library card. I found a workaround but would have to look through old emails to see what it was if you need the same.

Great stuff and learning alot about the history I never knew about.

Even more amazing how people on this board have these