1920 Baltimore Black Sox

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1920 Baltimore Black Sox

1920 Baltimore Black Sox Games

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

February 19, 1920

Baltimore, MD
"New Players for Black Sox Nine - The Black Sox have reorganized for the coming season. All officers have been elected and the Sox expect to have a strong lineup this season. The Sox are champions of the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and a part of Pennsylvania. The Sox are trying to get Blaney Hall, the hard-hitting outfielder from the Lincoln Giants, and there will be several new men to be tried out."

February 28, 1920

Indianapolis, IN
"Will the East Organize Soon - Opinion is Strong That She Will Come Under. - (By C.D. Marchall.) - I have been asked many time about the situation in last fall's circles in the East, did I think that the big Eastern cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlantic City, Brooklyn, and New York would organize a league of base ball. It is known that there is a little budfulling circulating among some of the Eastern managers and that extends into the West but it is thought that the storm will soon blow over. Now that the West has organized and is busy laying plans of how to keep her best players, I am sure that the Eastern managers will be almost forced to come together. They know Rube Foster and C.I. Taylor, as well as you do and what is more they fear these two wizards of the West and since the news has reached them that the West has "come together" they are shocked, presumably. But enby and this "get even" idea are to be elminiated in colored base ball circles in the season of 1920 and only thought of heading the league teams is the thing uppermost in every manager's mind. Winning the pennant should be the argument."

April 4, 1920

Westport, MD
"Games at Westport - Black Sox to Play There Today and Tomorrow. - The Black Sox and the Warner Athletic Club will play an exhibition game this afternoon at Westport Monday afternoon the Rossiter All-Stars will play a practice contest with the colored champions. Manager Thomas, of the Sox, will try out a number of candidates in both encounters."

May 9, 1920

Westport, MD
"Giants vs. Black Sox - With six straight wins to their credit, the Black Sox, colored champions of Maryland, will endeavor to keep up the good work when they entertain the Salem Giants of Salem, New Jersey, at Westports Sunday afternoon. The Giants are composed of colored college stars from New Jersey. Gardner, Logan, Doc Sykes, or Hodges will hurl for the Baltimore nine. First game will be called at 3 p.m."

June 5, 1920

Westport, MD
"Norfolks to Visit Black Sox - The Norfolk All-Stars will play the Black Sox, colored champions of Maryland, a single game at Westport this afternoon and a double-header tomorrow. The Sox have won 15 out of 16 starts. Manager Charley Thomas, of the locals, will use Hodges, Wyman Smith, Doc Sykes, or Logan on the rubber."

June 6, 1920

Westport, MD
"Norfolks to Visit Black Sox - The Norfolk All-Stars will play the Black Sox, colored champions of Maryland, a single game at Westport this afternoon and a double-header tomorrow. The Sox have won 15 out of 16 starts. Manager Charley Thomas, of the locals, will use Hodges, Wyman Smith, Doc Sykes, or Logan on the rubber."

June 13, 1920

Westport, MD
"Manhattans to Play Black Sox Sunday - The attraction Sunday at the Westport Baseball Park will be a double-header between the New York Manhattans and the Black Sox. This is the same club that is to play the Dry Docks Saturday afternoon at Oriole Park, and is reputed to be one of the fastest semi-pro clubs in New York City. The Sox have been trying to get this club to visit Baltimore for the past two seasons. The Black Sox have ben playing great ball this season, and their record to date has been 20 games out of 22 played. They recently split even with the Norfolk All-Stars. In Sunday's game Manager Charley Thomas will use Hodges, Doc Sykes, and Logan as pitchers, with Lewis and himself catching."

June 17, 1920

Washington, DC
"Baseball - American League Park - Thursday, June 17, 4:30 p.m. - Rex Athletic Club vs. Black Sox, Baltimore."

June 28, 1920

Baltimore, MD
"Rex Athletic Club players took two from the Baltimore Black Sox in Baltimore yesterday. The Rexmen lost Saturday's battle, but came back strong yesterday, winning by 4 to 3 and 19 to 8. Lemeric slammed five hits out of six times at bat in the second contest, which was a walkaway for the Rexmen."

July 6, 1920

Westport, MD?
"Black Sox Split Even. - The Black Sox defeated the Norfolk Stars in the first game of yesterday's double bill with the Norfolk Stars, 8 to 2, but was shut out in the second game, which went six innings. The Black Sox will play the Manhattan Giants, a white team from New York, a double header next Sunday, the first game to be called at 2 p.m."

July 12, 1920

Washington, DC
"Today at American League Park, at 4 p.m., the famous Black Sox team, of Baltimore, is scheduled to play the Pittsburgh Stars, an aggregation from Buffalo, New York, which landed a 7 to 0 game from the Buffalo Internationals earlier in the season. These teams recently entertained Baltimore fans, going two games in which the battles ran eleven and fourteen innings before a decision was reached."

Washington, DC
"Baseball Today 3:30 P.M. - American League Park - Pittsburgh Colored Stars vs Baltimore Black Sox - Gates Open at 1:00 P.M."

Washington, DC
"Baltimore Black Sox Win. - A triple play that checked a Pittsburgh All-Star rally in the fourth inning materially aided the Baltimore Black Sox in winning, 10 to 9, at American League Park yesterday. Both of the colored teams hit heavily, the winners getting fifteen safeties and the losers ten."

July 18, 1920

Westport, MD
"Wilmington Nine To Play Black Sox - The Pennsylvania Railroad team of Wilmington, Delaware will play the Black Sox Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at Westport. This team has won the championship of the Pennsylvania Railroad for several years. Sunday they will play a double-header, starting at 2 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday they will play a single game, called at 4:30 p.m. The Sox split even with the Pittsburg Stars in their series, winning two and losing two. Parker, their new pitcher, defeated the Pittsburgh club by the score of 10 to 0. In these games with the Pennsylvania Railroad team Manager Thomas will use his regular pitchers."

Westport, MD
"Games at Westport - Railroad Team of Wilmington to Play Black Sox Today. The Pennsylvania Railroad team of Wilmington, Delaware will play the Black Sox, colored champions of Maryland at Westport Park today, tomorrow and Tuesday. A double-header will be staged this afternoon. The Railroaders have a number of well known players in their line-up, including Rainey, 2b; Baker, ss; Finnegan, lf; Taliferro, 3b; Thompson rf; Boyle, cf; Lang, 1b; Hall, c; Duffy, Shanner and Hayes, p; White and Osborne, utility. Parker, new pitcher of the Sox will hurl one of today's games."