Hynes Tigers Win

by admin on April 9, 2012

01-16-1917
The Billy Hynes team defeated the J.J. Kreigs at Fruitvale, Sunday, by a score of 6 to 5. Gene Camozzi pitched heady ball, allowing only five hits. Kelly featured with the willow connecting for three hits and driving as many runs.

Baker, ss         0  0  1
Taaffe, 2b        1  0  0
Marshall, 3b      1  1  1
Stobener, lf      1  2  0
Ritchie, c        1  1  1
Doehl, cf         1  1  0
Kelly, 1b         1  3  1
Camozzi, p        0  1  0
------------------+--+--+
Totals            6  9  3

J.J. Kriegs
Carrigan, 2b      0  0  0
Garcia, lf        0  1  1
Foster, 3b        0  1  1
Burnett, s        0  1  1
Cunningham, 1b    1  1  1
Cronin, cf        0  0  0
E. Thollander, c  1  0  0
G. Thollander, rf 1  1  0
Ray, p            0  0  0
------------------+--+--+
Total             5  5  3

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May 22, 1918_Win_Aberdeen (13) Spokane(2)

by admin on March 21, 2012

May 22, 1918_Win_Aberdeen (13) Spokane(2) Pacific Coast International League 1918

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Not much known about Bandon

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Gene Camozzi’s Professional Stats from Baseball-Reference.com

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California State League Championship, 1928

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Full page newspaper advertisement in the San Mateo Times in 1928. Featuring Gene Camozzi the San Mateo pitcher. James Jeffries was going to throw out the first pitch.

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