Already solved Parts of baseballs and mines crossword clue? '"Sportins News, 15 Juiy 1937. The most important function of the Pit Committee was to adjust disputes and grievances as they arose in the course of the day or as they w e r e presented at union meetings. The troops increased the anger and despair felt by the workers and Provincial Governments. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990, Clairmont, Donald and Fred Wien. For the Northside team to continue it would require the support of the local merchants and increased attendance of the fans at the games. On a number of occasions miners failed to report for work and management found it necessary to close the mines because of the lack of manpower. One cannot project if this semi-professional game would have gained a foothold i n Cape Breton baseball at this time; the war in Europe made it impossible to organize and conduct this league after September of 1939. He had a thirteen year career w i t h a batting average of. Parts of baseballs and mines. '2~ydnev Post Record, 27 May 1938. Boy, if you beat a bigger town, theyld practically hand you the key to the city. Al1 were not in favour of '"Sydnev Post Record, 23 June 1936. 147 The Glace Bay Miners would use the opening game as an event.
Some - rn 1, 17 June 1937.? Miners who were absent r o m work without a genuine excuse. "" As the summer progressed the teams continued to import and release players. Frank, David, and Don Macgillivray, eds. A game May 25 at Sydney Mines saw over two thousand fans with the Ramblers losing to the Reserve Miner Boys 4-2.
Community support consisting of the Fire Department, Caledonia A. and the Glace Bay Baseball Club was working to improve the South Street Field. ' A fan went on the field and refused to leave until assured that Michaels would not play. J'steven A. Parts of a mine. Riess, The Arnerican Sportins Emerience: A Historicai Antholoqv of Sport i n America (New York: Leisure Press, 1984), 274. 1, (~pril/May, 1994). 157 Colliery League schedule and began the playof f s with Glace B a y meeting New Waterford.
One of the new union's first acts was to abolish check off dues; dues would be paid but not by automatic deductions. Aiso signed was twenty-four year old Connie Creedon a native of Danvers, Mass. BOOKS Aylesworth, Thomas G. The World Series. In spite of these attempts at labour support, many of the miners had lost faith in the church. ' When the miners were without work and could not pay their bills, hostility was vented by small merchants towards the coal company. It was the high cost in salaries that resulted in affiliation with organized baseball. Johrmy L a f f o r d, a professional boxer from New Brunswick, was recruited to finish the game in place of the incompetent Beshore who would umpire the bases. Parts of baseballs and mines d'alès. Fall, 1982): 115- 134. The teams of the Cape Breton Colliery Baseball League were not pleased with their performance against the top mainland baseball clubs and the treatment these clubs appeared to be getting from the amateur sports associations. You could go down to the o i l field and work al1 day and get about fifty dollars. This measure was taken to prevent teams rom exceeding the salary limit in search of better players. Paul Krichell a scout for the New York Yankees was watching the games and stated the Colliery League was no different that any other "D1I league and he was interested in ten players in the League. McCallum, Margaret E. Teeping Women in their P l a c e: The Minimum Wage in Canada 1910-25. " The League had a salary limit of $1, 000 for thirteen players and to succeed t h e teams must CO-operate to keep this limit.
Forbes and D. Muise. The last place Sydney team tried to strengthen their roster by importing four players from the Boston area. Boulder: Western Press, 1992. If you would like to check older puzzles then we recommend you to see our archive page. Thom, John and Peter Palmer, eds. But Jerry Kiley was there... Bases on baseball field. the fellow with Sydney the second year 1 was there because of Kiley who was not rehired in 1939 by New Waterford. With the Coal Miners Regulation Act miners had the right to appoint two men to inspect the mine. His driver was attacked and was protected by Rambler players Roy Boles, Moore. A collection was taken up and a committee named t o search for new players. Similar to society in general, women played a minor role in the Colliery League. Late in August Less Crabbe. Not pleased with t h e i r poor showings against the strong mainland teams a course of action was decided upon and the League progressed towards professionalism. B i d, 1 6 August 1939.
It combined adult education with the building of credit unions and consumer CO-ope rat ive^. Rader, Benjamin G. American Sports. The boys obtained not only a work related education but initiation rites as well, as they were often the butt of practical jokes and targets of tobacco-chewing miners. Conversations between President Campbell and William G. Bramham head of the National Association and Joe Carr promotional manager led to the entry to professional ball. The miners in Cape Breton had a strong sentiment for independence from outside control so much so that the Amalgamated Mine Workers never af f iliated with the Workers Unity League. The Gateways defeated the Hawks in straight games with the scores of 14-0. Smith was struck four or ive times on the head. L a t e in January, the Colliery League made formal application to join the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs.
'-Ibid, 25 Jtme 1938. Kentville: Burton Russell, 1975. Ter t h i r t y - e i g h t consecutive i m i n g s each team had scored t e n runs; the;? If work did not begin immediately the club may be forced to withdraw from the league. Ir A year earlier, Murello had played in the Cape Cod League for ten dollars a week. CONCLUSIONS The industrial area of Cape Breton had a strong sense of community developed over the life of its existence. The most likely answer for the clue is SEAMS. It s A Workins Man1 s Town. In New England they could f ind work as fishermen, labourers, high blue and white collar jobs. "
With money being a problern the Reserve team decided they would only require three imported players to compete during the 1936 ~eason. There was an old fellow not far from where we lived and he had a big farm there and about five or six cows... at night he d put them in the field where we were playing ball... LfZ6 The Colliery League argued that Yarmouth and Springhill had paid players so the Colliery League should have the same courtesy. Bill Mitchell pitched a two hitter with fourteen strikeouts over sixteen innings with the game ending in a 2-2 tie. The jump to Class Tt' would result in a salary limit increase of six hundred dollars plus an additional two hundred and fif ty dollars in bonds. '' Their aim was to encourage the development of younger baseball players and bring a championship to tom. But even so Glace Bay would hold a Ladiesr Day when female fans would be admitted for a small price? Spring, 1995): 139-146. nCompany Town/Labour Town: Local Government in the Cape Breton Coal Toms, 1917-1926. The players were well known to local fans and offered helpful advice to the local teams. " The League assisted in the definition of community boundaries and served as a sacred community symbol. In the coal fields of Cape Breton boys were employed in the mines and at a young age began to learn the trade of mining and the political and social position of miners in the mine and in the community. Nova Scotia Sports Personalities.
The l o s s of Dominion would require a shorter schedule and a change i n the playoff format. 164 League to be of high moral character. This was a cross t o m World Series with the White Sox playing the Cubs. After being ejected from the game for pushing the urnpire, Bond and Pagliucia restrained Mureiio while the umpire was rescued by the police. ':~ylesworth, The World Series, 92.
Labour candidates achieved unprecedented success in the coal toms, winning control of tom councils which in the past had been dominated by company officiais. As the miners and steelworkers of Cape Breton battled with the coal cornpanies, they took collective action by holding meetings, demonstrations and the most dramatic form of collective action, the strike. Terry Furst, "Mass Media and the Transformation of Spectator Team Sports, l1 Canadian Journal of Sport and Phvsical Education vol. Tensions had been building between the New Waterford fans and the Sydney players. Included in these definitions was community consisting of persons in social interaction within a given geographic area. In spite of their charitable works, the general population of miners and workers viewed the clergy as members of the elite. On July 21st playing manager Bill Zitzmann asked for and was granted his release. The Community in America.