Base Ball Sunday. The Producers at 3 o'clock, bring a quarter
Tulsa Daily World, 1915. View the original
Five lines of type sold the whole afternoon: St. Paul against the Tulsa Producers, game called at 3, admission 25 cents. In an oil town, Producers was less a nickname than a census.
The entire sales pitch: “Base Ball Sunday. St. Paul American League vs Tulsa Producers. Game Called 3:00 p.m. ADMISSION 25 Cents.” No promises, no adjectives, no hype. Sunday, baseball, a quarter.
The team name is the good part. Tulsa in 1915 was an oil town to its bones, and its ballclub was the Producers, which in Tulsa was less a nickname than a census category. It joins the Hutchinson Salt Packers school of team naming: just say what the town does all day.
A big-city club passing through to play the locals on a Sunday afternoon was the best show in town, and this little box knew it did not have to say so.
| Team | Tulsa Producers |
|---|---|
| Place | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Year | 1915 |
| Newspaper | Tulsa Daily World |
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