Martin Digital History

Stuart's first baseball team, c. 1913

Item

Title

Stuart's first baseball team, c. 1913

Description

Group portrait of baseball team with flags and bats. The Stuart Times (18 Apr 1913) announced the start of a Stuart baseball club in 1913, which was organized by several early Stuart residents including E. J. Ricou, A. R. Wallace, J. C. Hancock, C. A. Porter, Charles Glass, Harry Dyer, J. R. Pomeroy, C. W. McPherson, J. A. Y. Speirs and Stanley Kitching.

The newspaper also lists the baseball club players as Leroy Ricou, Walter Carlisle, Paul Witham, Boyne McPherson, Wrenn Ball, Walter Johns, Reginald Kitching, John Taylor, Lawrence Carlisle, Ulmont Bevill, Cal Lee and N. C. Stacey.

Source

Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County.

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white print; 6.6x4.4 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

HSMC-2023-018-2-b1-078
2023.018

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

“Stuart's first baseball team, c. 1913,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/2471.