1917 Cuban Stars of Havana

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1917 Cuban Stars of Havana

1917 Cuban Stars of Havana

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

June 3, 1917

Chicago, IL?
"Rube Foster's American Giants, won a close game 1 to 0 from the Cuban Giants. Redding pitched great ball for the American Giants, with Petway behind the bat."

June 21, 1917

Evansville, IN
"Fast Colored Nines Play Series Here - Cuban Stars and A.B.C.'s at Bosse Field June 21, 22 and 23 - Fans will not be without baseball when the Evas leave for the north the latter part of this month. Two of the best colored teams in baseball today, the Cuban Stars from Havana, Cuba, and the A.B.C.'s of Indianapolis will play three games at Bosse field, June 21, 22 and 23 as the opening trio of a series of nine games for the colored championship of the United States and Cuba. The remaining six games will be played in Indianapolis. The teams will be brought here under the auspices of the Cherry Street colored Y.M.C.A. And in doing so, Secretary J.C. Hayes has given local fans the opportunity of seeing two of the best negro teams in the world in action. All followers of baseball know the reputation of the A.B.C.'s and for those who have never heard of the Cuban Stars let it suffice to say that on several trips they have made to the United States they have met and defeated the best semi-professional teams, both colored and white, of all section of the country. While in Chicago last season the Cubans defeated such teams as the White Giants, Leland Giants, Logan Squares, the Gunthers and the Riverviews. On their trip they also trimmed the Beloit, Wisconsin, Fairbanks-Morse team, the Minneapolis Keystones, the St. Paul Gophers, the St. Louis Gaints, and other strong teams in the North, West and South. Several former players of this team are now in the big leagues. Cubans not being barred among them are: Cuteo of Cincinnati, Gonzales of St. Louis, and Marsans of the St. Louis Browns."

Evansville, IN
"Two Best Negro Teams Play Here Next Week. - Everything is all set for the championshipe series of baseball which will be played at Bosse field June 21, 22, and 23, between the famous Cuban Stars of Havana, Cuba, and C.I. Taylor's A.B.C.'s of Indianapolis, the 1916 negro champions of the United States. Last year the A.B.C.'s played 138 games, won 96, lost 38, tied 4. They played Rube Foster's American Giants a series of ten games for the championship of America, won 5, lost 4 and tied 1. As three games of the nine games to be played are to be staged at Bosse field, both clubs will fight to win, so as to have the lead on the series when they open in Indianapolis, June 24. The fans of Evansville, through the efforts of the Cherry street branch 'Y' will have an opportunity of seeing the two greatest colored ball clubs in the world in action. There will positively be no hippodroming. Both clubs will play to win."