1910 Southeastern League

Overview

The Class D 1910 Southeastern League was comprised of six teams, three from Tennessee, and one each from North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. The league was scheduled to started play on June 5, 1910 and to end play on September 10.

News and Notes

• A six-team base ball league, consisting of cities in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, has been formed as the result of a meeting held at Knoxville, Tenn., on May 24. The organization will be know as the Southeastern Base Ball League, composed of the cities of Knoxville, Tenn.; Morristown, Tenn.; Johnson City, Tenn.; Gadsden, Ala.; Rome, Ga., and Asheville, N.C. The Season will open June 5 and will close September 10. The detailed schedule will be drafted within a few days. Each town will have three games a week. the manager of the Asheville team will be "Buck" Gaston, a veteran base ball player, while "Dusky" Sherrill, of Waynesville, will manage the Waynesville (sic) team. The officers of the League are A. Gaines, Knoxville, president, and E.B. Fisher, of Morristown, secretary and treasurer. - The Sporting Life - June 4, 1910, page 1

• The Directors of the Southeastern League met at Knoxville, Tenn., August 19, and threw out three Knoxville-Gadsden games because of illegal transfer to Knoxville. Prospects for next season were discussed at the meeting. It is probable that the Southeastern League will take in two additional members, making an eight-club league next year. - The Sporting Life - August 27, 1910, page 3

• The initial championship season of the Southeastern League, which began May 15, ended September 10, with Knoxville as the champion club. The season was fairly successful, artistically and financially. - The Sporting Life - September 24, 1910, page 24

• Chattanooga secured Pitcher Justus from the Rome team, of the Southeastern League. - The Sporting Life - October 15, 1910, page 15

• At the annual meeting of the directors of the Southeastern League, at Knoxville, Tenn. December 3, W.W. Miller of Johnson City, was elected president to succeed Ambrose Gains, of Knoxville, who declined to serve again. The salary limit was raised $200 a year and May 22 and September 9 were fixed for the opening and closing of the next season. The question of admitting Bristol and some other towns to make it an eight-town circuit was discussed and will be acted upon later. - The Sporting Life - December 17, 1910, page 8

Picture of League Champions

1910 Knoxville Team, Champions of the Southeastern League.
Image from 1911 Spalding's Official Base Ball Record.

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Final Standings

Total Regular Season

Team	W	L	Printed W-L %	Calculated W-L %
Knoxville	50	30	.625	.625
Morristown	46	37	.554	.554
Johnson City	45	39	.533	.536
Asheville	44	41	.518	.518
Rome	43	41	.512	.512
Gadsden	21	61	.256	.256

Team Names and Managers

Team	Manager 1	Manager 2	Manager 3
Knoxville Appalachians	Frank Moffett
Morristown Jobbers	E. Fisher	E. "Dusky" Sherrill
Johnson City Soldiers	Nat Taylor	Ed Garner
Asheville Moonshiners	David "Buck" Gaston
Rome Romans	Joe Patton	C.G. Milford
Gadsden Steel Makers	Paul Stevenson	J. Foreman	Baldorf

Statistics

I have not been able to locate any published stats for this league.

League Players and Staff

I have cobbled together a list of players and staff from photo captions and newspaper accounts.

Last Name	First Name	Team 1	Team 2	Position
Martin		Knoxville		SS
Crockett	Davy	Knoxville		1B
Silvers	Sephia	Knoxville		CF
Baker	Jo	Knoxville
Baker	Will	Knoxville		RF
Johns		Knoxville
Barber		Knoxville		P
Cullop	Nick	Knoxville		P
Womble	Louis	Knoxville		3B
Clevenger	Zora G.	Knoxville		2B
Meyer	Billy	Knoxville		C
Donahue	Peter	Knoxville		LF
Hurtt	O.L.	Knoxville		P
Kirby	J.E.	Knoxville		2B
Vickery	Oscar	Knoxville		P
Ash	"Dummy"	Knoxville		3B
Barnett	William	Knoxville		CF
Black	Sam	Knoxville		1B
Dibrell	John	Knoxville		SS
Dugan		Knoxville		P
Greene		Knoxville		P
Knox		Knoxville		P
Leach	Walker	Knoxville		P
Lusk		Knoxville		C / 1B
Sloan		Knoxville		P
Smith		Knoxville		P
Williamson		Knoxville
Moffett	Frank	Knoxville		Manager
Lemon		Morristown
Reid		Morristown
Cowell		Morristown
Lewellyn		Morristown
Brevard		Morristown
Sparrow		Morristown
Hill		Morristown
Yount		Morristown
Grubb		Morristown
Sherrill	E. "Dusky"	Morristown		Manager
Graham	E. H.	Morristown
Pope		Morristown
Taylor	N.	Johnson City		Manager
Miller	W.	Johnson City		President
Taylor	Dave	Johnson City
Accorsinia		Johnson City
Kelley		Johnson City		P
Weldon		Johnson City
Scurry		Johnson City
Douglass		Johnson City
Milbourne		Johnson City
Leake		Johnson City
Harris		Johnson City
Hisman		Johnson City
Burleson		Johnson City		P/C
Alexander		Johnson City
Garner		Johnson City
Hurtt		Johnson City	Knoxville	P
Wallace		Johnson City		P
Bivins		Asheville
Brown		Asheville
Bullock		Asheville
Burnett		Asheville		C
Butler		Asheville		C
Crisp		Asheville		1B
Crouch		Asheville
Drum		Asheville
Gudger		Asheville		P / RF
Ham		Asheville		P
Hall		Asheville
Holt		Asheville		SS
James		Asheville
Johnson		Asheville		RF
Justice	C. N.	Asheville		Manager
Lewellyn		Asheville		P
Mabry		Asheville
McKenzie		Asheville
Spry		Asheville		CF
Springs		Asheville
Stuart		Asheville
Thrasher		Asheville	Rome	LF / C
Watson		Asheville		2B
Willett		Asheville		P
Woodward		Asheville		3B / Captain
Patton		Rome		Secretary
Anderson		Rome
Justus		Rome		P
Reed		Rome
Keeling		Rome
Grahame		Rome
Efird		Rome
Benton		Rome
Matthews		Rome
Lyall		Rome
Griffin		Rome
Cashion		Rome
Milford		Rome		Manager
Baldorf		Gadsden		P
Jackson		Gadsden		P
Stringer		Gadsden		P
Ryan		Gadsden		P
Nunelly		Gadsden		P
McLemore		Gadsden		C

Sources / References

• 1911 The "Bull" Durham Baseball Guide - page 59 at archive.org
• 1911 Spalding's Offical Base Ball Record - page 244 at archive.org
• 1911 Spalding's Offical Base Ball Guide - pages 320-321 at archive.org
• various editions of Sporting Life at LA84.org
• various newspapers at GenealogyBank.com
• Allen, Ronald R. Same Old Smokies: A brief history of baseball in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1865-1954, self published, 2008
• Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles. Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 2007, pp. 227
• 1910 Southeastern League page at Baseball-Reference.com

Credit

This page was assembled and presented by Mark D. Aubrey.

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