Inductee name tag for Indian Head Rockets at the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
- IHM.2022.0169
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- August 20, 2022
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A name tag with the words "Indian Head Rockets - Team Induction - 2022"
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Inductee name tag for Indian Head Rockets at the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
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A name tag with the words "Indian Head Rockets - Team Induction - 2022"
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Nathaniel Bates signed baseball card
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A specially-designed baseball card of Nat Bates - a cropped excerpt from IHM.2021.0146
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Richmond men inducted into Canadian Hall of Fame
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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.
Looking back to historic Indian Head Rockets
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Newspaper article written by Calvin Daniels
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Our Game Too - Influential Figures and Milestones in Canadian Baseball
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A 447-page softcover book about baseball in Canada. Contains a chapter - "Indian Head and Canada's Greatest Baseball Tournament 1947-55" - by Max Weder (pp. 386-396).
Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960
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A 203-page softcover book with an alphabetically organized series of biographies of about 500 baseball players who played for various teams throughout Canada from 1881 to 1960. It includes many players of the barn-storming teams that played on the prairies during the 1950s, including the Indian Head Rockets. Writeups include: Nathaniel "Nat" Bates, who pitched for the Rockets in 1952 and visited Saskatchewan in 2022 for the induction of the Indian Head Rockets (1950-1954) into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battleford and for the opening off the Indian Head Rockets display at the Indian Head Museum; Elijah "Pumpsie" Green who also played for the Rockets and was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox. Many other Indian Head Rockets players are also included.
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The Legends of the Road are coming to Indian Head - newsclipping
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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.
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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.
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Signed portrait photo of national sports personality Johnny Esaw.
Charles Harris, Indian Head Rockets player
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Charles Harris standing in his Jacksonville Eagles uniform
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1955 Indian Head Baseball tournament card
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A card containing the events of the 1954 Indian Head baseball tournament on the front side.
Advertisements for the other events happening the nights after the tournament and charts to allow fans to keep score on the back side.
Kamsack Cyclones awaiting their trophy
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The Kamsack Cyclones, moments before receiving their trophy from Johnny Esaw (IHM.2021.0186) after winning the 1954 Indian Head Rockets home tournament.
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The Foam Lake Falcons at their home baseball tournament
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Indian Head Rockets player in a suit
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An unidentified Indian Head Rockets player dressed in a suit.
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Juan Prats in a suit outside. He was a member of the Florida Cubans that played as the Indian Head Rockets in 1953.
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