Scanned newspaper clippings of old baseball and softball stories, ads and teams, with a soft spot for great historical team names.https://pasttimeball.com/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/play-ball-spaulding-hale/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/play-ball-spaulding-hale/M. C. Hale's hardware store opened the 1915 season as Tulsa's factory agent for sporting goods, complete with a batter, a tennis racket, a boy hugging an Official League ball and a creative spelling of Spalding.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTadshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/base-ball-sunday-tulsa-producers/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/base-ball-sunday-tulsa-producers/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.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTadsgreat-nameshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/florence-dominguez-queen-candidate/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/florence-dominguez-queen-candidate/Miss Florence Dominguez of San Francisco campaigned for queen of the Native Sons of the Golden West with a portrait in full catcher's gear. The paper vouched that she is an accomplished backstop.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTphotosfanshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/chickasha-baseball-for-charity/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/chickasha-baseball-for-charity/Chickasha closed its stores for a charity doubleheader: butchers versus grocers at 3, Democrats versus Republicans at 5, every quarter to the hospital fund. The printed lineup includes two catchers and no pitcher.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriestown-teamshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/allman-greatest-game-cartoon/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/allman-greatest-game-cartoon/Hugh Fullerton named the greatest game he ever saw and cartoonist W. R. Allman drew the evidence: a flooded outfield, two fielders catching one fly, eleven players on the field and Germany Schaefer stealing first base from second.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriescartoonshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/mcginnity-iron-man/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/mcginnity-iron-man/The Republic sent its own photographer to shoot Joe McGinnity, the pitching marvel of the National League, waving to St. Louis. The very next month the Iron Man pitched both ends of three doubleheaders and won all six.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriesphotoshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/burkett-chases-bleacherite/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/burkett-chases-bleacherite/A heckler got insulting during the game, so Browns left fielder Jesse Burkett climbed the fence after him. The Republic gave the chase a full-length portrait and the heckler two immortal nicknames.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstorieshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/spalding-base-ball-guide-1906/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/spalding-base-ball-guide-1906/Spalding's mail-order library covered the entire game at a dime a booklet. Number 231 alone promised coaching, captaining, managing, umpiring and organizing a league, still for ten cents.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTadshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-call-the-score/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-call-the-score/The Mountain Echo reports the week's series against Newark like a bartender settling an argument. Yellville took two of three.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriestown-teamshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-boy-in-tree/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-boy-in-tree/A boy watched the ball game from a tree outside the fence and kept his fifteen cents. The Mountain Echo saluted his financial acumen and told the town to leave him alone.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriestown-teamshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-umpire-referee/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-umpire-referee/Small-town officiating in 1905: one man, two contests, no further questions. The Mountain Echo gave it four lines and moved on.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriestown-teamshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-no-game-fourth/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/yellville-no-game-fourth/Walnut Ridge backed out of the Fourth of July game too late for Yellville to book anybody else, so the Mountain Echo printed the only explanation that made sense to them.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriestown-teamshttps://pasttimeball.com/clippings/mena-carpenters-painters/https://pasttimeball.com/clippings/mena-carpenters-painters/Mena threw itself a tenth birthday party with two ball games: a real one the White Seals won 11 to 10 and a comedy act between the carpenters and painters. The paper covered both with equal seriousness.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoriestown-teamsgreat-names