- IHM.2021.0154
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- 1953
Part of Recreation Collection
The 1953 rosters of the Moose Jaw Maples, North Battleford Beavers, Regina Caps, and Saskatoon Gems.
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Part of Recreation Collection
The 1953 rosters of the Moose Jaw Maples, North Battleford Beavers, Regina Caps, and Saskatoon Gems.
Toribio Leal, Indian Head Rockets player
Part of Recreation Collection
Toribio Leal, Indian Head Rockets left-handed pitcher, in his Rockets uniform mid-throw.
Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)
Tom Alston at Cardinals workout
Part of Recreation Collection
Tom Alston in the middle of a St. Louis Cardinals workout. Tom Alston played for the Indian Head Rockets and later became the first Black player on the St. Louis Cardinals.
Part of Recreation Collection
Tom Alston playing in his Cardinals Uniform. Picture was mailed by Alston to Jimmy Robison
St. Louis Cardinals
The Legends of the Road are coming to Indian Head - newsclipping
Part of Recreation Collection
Newsclipping about a planned tour called "Legends of the Road" which would involve Black baseball players from the US touring North America for the 100th anniversary of the "Negro Leagues". Because of Indian Head's Rockets baseball team (1950-1954) and Ken McCabe and his "Saskatchewan Rural Sports Hall of Fame", the tour was considering a stop in Indian Head. It is not known if this happened.
Regina Leader-Post (Newspaper)
The history of sport in Indian Head
Part of Recreation Collection
A history of sports in Indian Head from the years after agricultural settlement in 1882 to 1977. It includes curling, cricket, baseball, hockey, football, golf. boxing and many more.
McCabe, Ken
The diamonds burning before the game
Part of Recreation Collection
Burning the diamonds before the tournament was done to dry them out
Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)
Part of Recreation Collection
Posed photograph of the Saskatoon Gems after a late night game
Saskatoon Gems (Baseball)
Rockets baseball Player registration Agreements for 1951
Part of Recreation Collection
Fourteen single pages, each being a Player Registration Agreement between the Indian Head Rocket Baseball Club, represented by J.E. (Jimmy) Robison, president and C. Hunt, and individual players.
Robison, Jimmy
Richmond men inducted into Canadian Hall of Fame
Part of Recreation Collection
Printout of a newspaper article about Nat Bates and Willie Reed, former players (in 1952) of the Indian Head Rockets. Nat Bates traveled to Saskatchewan in August, 2022, to represent the Indian Head Rockets for their induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame (Battleford) and then traveled to Indian Head to visit the Indian Head Museum's new Rockets display and to speak to local residents, some of whom saw him play in 1952. Nat Bates was a right-handed pitcher.
Part of Recreation Collection
Enlarged baseball card of Pumpsie Green, the first is a headshot of him in his New York Mets uniform, the second is him catching a ground ball in his Red Sox gear.
Program for the Indian Head Cricket Club Ball
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Small event program listing the kind of dances to be danced at the ball in chronological order. It is also stapled to a blank rectangular piece of cardstock slightly larger than itself
Indian Head Cricket Club
Program - Wascana Plains Regional Winter Games
Part of Recreation Collection
40-page program with an orange cover containing the program for the 1973 winter games
Pedro Osorio, Indian Head Rockets player
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Pedro Osorio, Indian Head Rockets player.
Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)
Nomination of Jimmy Robison to the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
Part of Recreation Collection
A 6-page submission, including a covering letter (undated) to the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, nominating Jimmy Robison of Indian Head and summarizing his activities and accomplishments to support the nomination. The nomination cites his work as a builder and leader and an :organizer and promoter extraordinaire" Starting in 1947, Robison led the committee that organized the annual baseball tournament in Indian Head, labelled "Western Canada's Greatest Baseball Tournament" attracting up to 25.000 fans over the two days of the event.
McDonald, Duff