- IHM.2024.0001
- Pièce
- December 09, 2022
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
Stories of 1950 and 1960s baseball in Saskatchewan relating to the North Battleford Beavers, Moose Jaw Mallards, Global World Series and other tournaments.
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Fait partie de Recreation Collection
Stories of 1950 and 1960s baseball in Saskatchewan relating to the North Battleford Beavers, Moose Jaw Mallards, Global World Series and other tournaments.
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Cutprice Washington, Indian Head Rockets team official
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
Cutprice Washington, holding a trophy
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Looking back to historic Indian Head Rockets
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
Newspaper article written by Calvin Daniels
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The Legends of the Road are coming to Indian Head - newsclipping
Fait partie de 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.
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Richmond men inducted into Canadian Hall of Fame
Fait partie de 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.
Our Game Too - Influential Figures and Milestones in Canadian Baseball
Fait partie de Book Collection
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
Fait partie de Book Collection
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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Inductee name tag for Indian Head Rockets at the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
A name tag with the words "Indian Head Rockets - Team Induction - 2022"
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Nathaniel Bates signed baseball card
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
A specially-designed baseball card of Nat Bates - a cropped excerpt from IHM.2021.0146
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Fait partie de Recreation Collection
Signed portrait photo of national sports personality Johnny Esaw.
Rockets baseball Player registration Agreements for 1951
Fait partie de 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.
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Letter of agreement with Jim Williams - Jacksonville Eagles manager
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
Three typewritten pages - letter from J.E. (Jimmy) Robison to Jim Williams in Jacksonville, Florida, toutlining the items to be fulfilled in the contract for the summer of 1950.
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1950 Correspondence regarding Indian Head Rockets Baseball Club
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
Correspondence by Steve Niven, secretary of Indian Head Rockets, regarding tournaments and other organizational matters.
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Indian Head Rockets player in a suit
Fait partie de Recreation Collection
An unidentified Indian Head Rockets player dressed in a suit.
Charles Harris, Indian Head Rockets player
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Charles Harris standing in his Jacksonville Eagles uniform
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