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Vapor City Tigers

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

DateLocationOpponentW-LRRANotes
4/26/1920Whittington ParkArkadelphia Giants 4
4/27/1920Whittington ParkArkadelphia Giants 5
4/28/1920Whittington ParkArkadelphia Giants 6
7/27/1920Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, ARMadison StarsL027
7/28/1920Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, ARMadison StarsW528
7/29/1920Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, ARMadison StarsT 9
7/30/1920Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, ARMadison StarsL1410
8/16/1920Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARBarber College (Memphis, TN) 11
8/17/1920Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARBarber College (Memphis, TN) 12
8/18/1920Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARBarber College (Memphis, TN) 13
8/19/1920Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARBarber College (Memphis, TN) 14
8/20/1920Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARBarber College (Memphis, TN) 15
8/21/1920Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARBarber College (Memphis, TN) 16
3/?/1921McGehee, ARMcGehee All-StarsW8217
4/7/1921Hot Springs, ARChicago American GiantsL2718
5/11/1922Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARLittle Rock Black Travelers 19
5/12/1922Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARLittle Rock Black Travelers 20
5/13/1922Whittington Park, Hot Springs, ARLittle Rock Black Travelers 21


Players


1920
NameBirthDeathNotes
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
PlayerBirthDeathNotes
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 SpearmanAbt. 1899 in Arkadelphia, AR 47
Wells 48
Williams 49


Other
PlayerBirthDeathNotes
Saul Davis2/22/1901 in Bayou, LA 2/8/1994 in Minot, ND50

2 Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
3 Chicago Defender, 4/2/1921, p.10
4 Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
5 Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
6 Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
17 Chicago Defender, 4/2/1921, p.10
26 Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
27 Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), 1920
35 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
36 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
37 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
38 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
39 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
40 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
41 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
42 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
43 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
44 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
45 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
46 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
47 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
48 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
49 Chicago Defender, 1/22/1921
50 Player Register at CNLBR.org.