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02-25-2015, 11:49 AM
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1908 Salt Lake Occidentals Baseball w/Boxing Legends Sam Langford & Joe Gans
This may be the hardest hitting team in baseball history, not with the willow but with their fists. I ran across this article about the 1908 Salt Lake City Occidentals, a black baseball team. When going over their roster I see noted heavy handed boxer Sam Langford in right. Langford also pitched for the Occidentals for at least two seasons (1908 & 1910), and hit fourth or fifth in the batting order.
Reading down the roster of this game on September 19, 1908 between Salt Lakes' white and black baseball teams, I see "Gans" at first. Could this really be Joe Gans? He fought Battling Nelson in Colma, CA September 9, 1908. If it is Gans and Langford on the same team, I'd dare any team to charge the mound. Bud Clark took the mound this day for the Occidentals. Looking for opinions.... 
Last edited by pariah1107; 02-25-2015 at 12:46 PM. 
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