1908 local Clarksville, TN baseball team postcard

Distelrath

An interesting item. A local ball team, which on the back states it is a Kitty (Kentucky, Illinois, Tennesse) League (4th division minors). The thing is, because of the Spanish flu, Clarksville didn't play in the Kitty Leagues from 1906-1910. Going to do research at the library in order to find out WHAT team this is. They gave me a clue. The man who owned this card went by the name of Marshall Rainwater. He was apparently a coach due to the arrow on the front. I figure a "Who's who in Clarksville" book and microfische look at the ball games will solve this once and for all... any other pointers?

calaban7

You might want to see if there are any old guides like Spalding , Reach , etc, even though I'm not sure how far back they go. I have some old guides that had Frank Robinson's American Legion Team stats in it.

I'd then try to see if there has been any newspaper articles that might have carried any news about this team. I'm not sure where Clarksville Tenn. is located , but there are many local historic societies that might have some info helpful for you.

I also know that Cooperstown has a tremendous library about many old minor leagues.

Good luck ---- Sonny

calaban7

Kittyleague.com

Distelrath

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I spoke with the guy from there and he said that it was definitely not a kitty league team (kitty league closed 1906-1910) Kitty leage training team?

Distelrath

I am paralyzed and it is hard to get out, but soon I will go to the library old newspapers and scour the baseball reports, and also find out who this Rainwater guy was. Talked to the library today and they cut my late charges in half. $35 gets me full access to the library again...

Distelrath

The guy from the site said it was probably lust a local team. More will be discovered when I scour the old newspapers.