1918 Bacharach Giants

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1918 Bacharach Giants

1918 Bacharach Giants

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

May 19, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Victory for Hilldale - Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 19 (Special). - The Bacharach Giants opened their season here today, losing to Hilldale, of Philadelphia, by 3 to 1."

May 25, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Bacharach Giants Go Under - Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 25 (Special). - Bacharach Giants lost to P and R Ry. here today, 8 to 2. The all-round work of Ward featured."

June 19, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Cuban Stars Win Another - Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 19. - Bunching their hits in the fourth and fifth frames enabled the Cuban Stars to gain a decision over Bacharach Giants here today in a closely contested game. Score 4 to 3."

June 20, 1918

Darby, PA
"Hilldale Swamps Bacharach Giants - Amid an avalanche of hits and errors, Hilldale swampted the Bacharach Giants yesterday afternoon at Hilldale Park, by the score of 19 to 3, knocking Robinson and Howell off the slab, they hitting the ball for 2 doubles, 3 triples, and 2 home runs. Errors also helped to swell the total, and the visitors gave about the poorest exhibition of baseball seen on Hilldale's grounds this year."

June 25, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Close Win for Bacharach Giants - Atlantic City, June 26. - An exciting pitchers' battle here yesterday resulted in Gus Robinson emerging victor over Cyclone Joe Williams, the local team defeating the strong Lincoln Giants in a close game, 2 to 1.

July 5, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Wilmington Giants, 10; Bacharach Giants 3 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 6. - The Wilmington Giants surprised the Bacharach Giants here yesterday, winning a heavy-hitting gmae by 10 to 3. The same teams will play here tomorrow."

July 16, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Brooklyn Royal Giants Win - Atlantic City, July 17. - The Brooklyn Royal Giants, with John Donaldson, the highest-salaried colored pitcher known, working on the mound, defeated the Bacharach Giants here yesterday by 8 to 4."

July 28, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"All Star Internationals, who defeated the Bacharach Giants by the score of 3 to 2, will play the Giants at Atlantic City on the afternoon of July 28."

July 29, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Battle to a Tie - American and Bacharach Giants Play Nine Innings; 4 to 4 - Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 29 (Special). - Rube Foster's American Giants went a dead heat with the Bacharach Giants here today. The game was called on a technicality at the end of the ninth inning with the score 4 to 4. The feature play was a home run drive by Brown in the seventh inning with two men on bases."

July 30, 1918

Atlantic City, NJ
"Bacharach Giants Win Again - Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 30 (Special). - The Bacharach Giants won from Rube Foster's American Giants here today, by 5 to 4. The Chicago aggregation rallied in the ninth, but fell short of tying the score. Jesse Barber poled out a circuit clout in the sixth with the bases empty."