The Vapor City Tigers were a Negro league baseball team based in Hot Springs, AR from 1920-1922. The team may have operated in the Arkansas Negro League during the 1910s.1
Home games were played at Whittington Park
History
The team was managed by Fred Fields and owned by Dave E. Johnson.2 Ben F. Shaw was secretary.3
Schedule/Results
Players
1920
1921
Other
History
The team was managed by Fred Fields and owned by Dave E. Johnson.2 Ben F. Shaw was secretary.3
Schedule/Results
Date | Location | Opponent | W-L | R | RA | Notes |
4/26/1920 | Whittington Park | Arkadelphia Giants | 4 | |||
4/27/1920 | Whittington Park | Arkadelphia Giants | 5 | |||
4/28/1920 | Whittington Park | Arkadelphia Giants | 6 | |||
7/27/1920 | Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR | Madison Stars | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
7/28/1920 | Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR | Madison Stars | W | 5 | 2 | 8 |
7/29/1920 | Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR | Madison Stars | T | 9 | ||
7/30/1920 | Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR | Madison Stars | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
8/16/1920 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Barber College (Memphis, TN) | 11 | |||
8/17/1920 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Barber College (Memphis, TN) | 12 | |||
8/18/1920 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Barber College (Memphis, TN) | 13 | |||
8/19/1920 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Barber College (Memphis, TN) | 14 | |||
8/20/1920 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Barber College (Memphis, TN) | 15 | |||
8/21/1920 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Barber College (Memphis, TN) | 16 | |||
3/?/1921 | McGehee, AR | McGehee All-Stars | W | 8 | 2 | 17 |
4/7/1921 | Hot Springs, AR | Chicago American Giants | L | 2 | 7 | 18 |
5/11/1922 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Little Rock Black Travelers | 19 | |||
5/12/1922 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Little Rock Black Travelers | 20 | |||
5/13/1922 | Whittington Park, Hot Springs, AR | Little Rock Black Travelers | 21 |
Players
1920
Name | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Amps | 22 | |||||
Battle | Probably Rufus Battle.23 | |||||
Beard | Probably Claudie Beard.24 | |||||
Curry | 25 | |||||
Fred Fields | Manager26 | |||||
E. Fredick | 27 | |||||
Hughey | 28 | |||||
Knog | 29 | |||||
Land | 30 | |||||
McAlister | 31 | |||||
Pettis | 32 | |||||
Roward | 33 | |||||
P. Williams | 34 |
1921
Player | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Amps | 35 | |||||
Battles | Probably Rufus Battle.36 | |||||
Beard | Probably Claudie Beard.37 | |||||
Cooper | Possibly Darltie Cooper.38 | |||||
Hughey | 39 | |||||
Land | 40 | |||||
McAllister | 41 | |||||
Moore | 42 | |||||
Pettus | 43 | |||||
Poindexter | 44 | |||||
Rogers | 45 | |||||
S. Spearman | Probably Codie Spearman.46 | |||||
Willie Spearman | Abt. 1899 in Arkadelphia, AR | 47 | ||||
Wells | 48 | |||||
Williams | 49 |
Other
Player | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Saul Davis | 2/22/1901 in Bayou, LA | 2/8/1994 in Minot, ND | 50 |
2
Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
3
Chicago Defender, 4/2/1921, p.10
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Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
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Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
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Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
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Chicago Defender, 4/2/1921, p.10
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Hot Springs New Era, 5/12/1920, pg.4
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Hot Springs New Era, 5/12/1920, pg.4
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Hot Springs New Era, 5/12/1920, pg.4
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Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
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Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
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Player Register at CNLBR.org.