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Title
Sacramento
Senators
Team
Batboy
Date
1921
Creator
Frederick
Foto
Service
Description
This
photograph
,
taken
in
1921
,
shows
a
batboy
of the
Sacramento
Senators
showing
his
stuff
at
Moreing
Field
.
Sacramento’s
first
organized
semi-professional
baseball
team
was the
Altas
,
who
became
the
Senators
in
1890
, and
played
the
1891
and
1893
seasons
in the
California
League
before
a
depressed
economy
forced
the
sport
into
hibernation
. In
1898
Ruhstaller’s
Brewery
organized
and
backed
a
team
named
the
Gilt
Edge
, but
commonly
referred
to as the
Brewers
. In
1901
the
team
became
the
Senators
again
, but
left
the
Pacific
Coast
League
in
1904
and
played
in
Tacoma
,
Washington
as the
Tacoma
Tigers
. In
1906
an
unsanctioned
team
calling
themselves
the
Senators
began
playing
the
California
State
League
, an
“outlaw”
organization
, and they
continued
until
1909
when
they
returned
to the
Pacific
Coast
League
.
Early
games
were
played
at
Agriculture
Park
(between
20th
and
23rd
Streets
and
E
and
H
Streets)
,
Snowflake
Park
(between
28th
and
30th
Streets
and
R
and
S
Streets)
and
McClatchy
Park
on
Fifth
Avenue
between
33rd
and
37th
Streets
. In
1910
the
team
moved
to
permanent
quarters
at
Buffalo
Park
near
the
intersection
of
Riverside
Boulevard
and
Y
Street
(Broadway)
. The
ballpark
became
Moreing
Field
after
Lew
Moreing
purchased
the
team
in
1920
and
kept
that
name
until
the
1940s
when
it
became
known
as
Edmond’s
Field
, but
when
the
Senators
were
purchased
as a
farm
team
for the
St
.
Louis
Cardinals
in
1936
the
“Solons”
nickname
became
the
organization’s
official
title
.
Format
7.5 x 9.5 in.; b&w; negative
Holding Institution
Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood
1100
Broadway
;
Moreing
Field
City/County
Sacramento
Subject
Baseball
Athletics
African Americans
Sacramento Senators (Baseball Club)
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
1480
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