Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 6, Number 1, Spring, 1994: Searching Inside

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... U io -J N/M A History Journal for Dallas and North... of Recreation By David G. McComb Departments 3 Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas... Dallas County Heritage Society Daniel R. Baldwin, Director Dallas Historical Society Nancy Nelson... By Larry Bowman 30 Five Dallas Athletes Who Made a Difference By Steven Schmich 40 The History... is published semiannually by the Dallas County Heritage Society and the Dallas Historical Society

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... American Society of Sports History and its Journal of Sports History have existed for two decades. Texas... of Texas Schoolboy Football (1963), Donald Chipman, Randolph Campbell, and Robert Calvert, The Dallas... of recreational history. There is no journal, no national 41

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..., private ownership. As The Express noted, the team "fell into the company of Dallas business men [sic...] and will be operated on same business principles as all other corporations. Shares have been sold to all Dallas... The Dallas Express listed the 1925 Negro Texas League as having franchises in Dallas, Houston... citizens who cared to invest."8 The Express felt Dallas would field a strong team, so much so that some... well known Texas baseball promoter," was in the area scouting locals for Rube Foster.9 Dallas resident

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... had a boy from Dallas named William "Bonnie" Serrell. He could flat play. He played for the Kansas... City Monarchs. Jackie Robinson couldn't beat him out on the Monarchs. The fans in Dallas didn't know... much about what was going on in the Negro baseball leagues. That's how I got in the newspaper business... the Southwest Sporting News. I didn't know anything about newspapers but that' s how I got in this business... these things. I know them because I lived them. William Blair is now publisher of the Elite News, a Dallas

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... of business activities. In the early 1890s he accumulated 1326 acres north of Dallas on behalf... was unquestionably the biggest draw for the Fair. Within three years the Dallas Driving Club, which arranged..., they had little choice. In 1893, 15,000 people watched Lena Hill, owned by Dallas Postmaster W. M. C. Hill..., lower the world's pacing record for a two-year-old. The next year Elrod, owned by Dallas stock breeder... almost collapsed. The directors of the Fair were forced to sell the fairgrounds to the city of Dallas

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... in the United States. They are anchored mainly in sociology or business; somehow, historians havejust not become... of Elm and Houston Streets in Downtown Dallas 214/653/6666 Operated by the Dallas County Historical

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... Florida. This man was also the business manager for the Harlem Globetrotters. The social security.... And then they'd stay at black hotels in most towns. When they came to Dallas they'd stay at the Hall Hotel... the expenses of getting there. If you were leaving Dallas for your next league game in San Antonio, you might

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... Football League for the Houston Oilers, and entered business in Texas. A man of uncommon strengths, even... at the age of eighteen, he has been a true Texas pioneer. Sources: The Dallas Morning News, May 23, 1965

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..., for twenty-one days in the spring and thirty days in the fall. Fans from Dallas and Fort Worth could ride.... Batchler of Dallas, The DallasMorning News, November 16, 1924. 'Wayne Gard, Fabulous Quarter Horse: Steel... Acheson, Dallas Yesterday (Dallas: SMU Press, 1977), pp. 72-74. 'Minutes of the Dallas Jockey Club, August... 18, 1869 (McCoy Collection, Dallas Historical Society, A36110). 6Dallas Herald, August 21, September...), p. 38. "Dallas Daily Herald, February 10 and February 13, 1875. 21bid., February 27, March 13

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... of the Golden Gloves program. Mike Rodriguez was the most successful Golden Gloves coach in Dallas history. Yet... in a cursory reading of clippings on Dallas boxers and Golden Gloves competition, however, his name comes up so... often it is impossible to ignore. The Dallas Morning News positioned his obituary prominently in its... document an era in Dallas's "Little Mexico" and complete the portrait of the man who over a twenty year... to Dallas when he was five years old. He boxed as an amateur in the early 1930s when regulated bouts were

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... by the entire spectacle. T HE FOLLOWING DAY THE Dallas newspapers effusively praised Burnett's efforts..., the one set in Jersey City in 1941, was not surpassed. The Dallas newspapers carefully noted... off. He had demonstrated that Dallas fans were enthusiastic about baseball, established the fact... contributed to the achievement. 'The Dallas Morning News, April 13, 1950, Dallas Times Herald, April 13, 1950... 'Bill O'Neal, The Texas League, 1888-1987 (Austin Eakin Press, 1987), p 234, The Dallas Morning News

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... Golf Golf was introduced to Dallas in 1896 by H. L. Edwards and R. L. Potter, two Englishmen who... laid out a six hole course in a cow pasture in Oak Lawn. Four years later, the Dallas Golf and Country... Club was organized, with a clubhouse at Argyle and Lemmon Avenues; this club became the Dallas Country... Club, still in existence. This photograph was donated to the Dallas Historical Society in 1991... was organized in Dallas as early as 1882 with both men and women members. In 1888 the Surprise Tennis Club

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... the University of Chicago. Formerly Curator of Education for the Dallas County Heritage Society and Deputy... Director of the Dallas Historical Society, he is currently an Adjunct Professor in History... Writing from the University of Iowa. He is Director of the Dallas County Heritage Society at Old City Park.... His article, "Play Ball! The National Pastime, Dallas Style," appeared in the Spring 1991 issue... of Captive Americans: Prisoners of War during the American Revolution. His profile of Dallas Eagles player

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... Dallas. They are a diverse group whose active careers spanned four decades from the 1930s through... participants. Fighting for Respect In 1895 Dallas prepared to host the heavyweight championship prize fight... to seat 53,000 people. Then the protests began. Originally led by ministers in the city, the Dallas... protests against the scheduled fight grew until Governor Charles H. Culberson (a Dallas resident) called... finally take place two years later, but disappointed Dallas fight fans had to depend on newspaper

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..., operated by the Dallas County Heritage Society. Occupying 13 acres on the edge of downtown Dallas... arrangements for group tours are available. Call 421-5141 for information. The Dallas County Heritage Society... by a group of 101 Dallas leaders, the Dallas Historical Society is the oldest historical agency in Dallas.... The Great Hall and the 400-seat lecture hall are available for rental. The Dallas Historical Society

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... was also the Dallas Eagles' manager) at first base. Dizzy Dean, who had starred with the St. Louis... Burnett attracted to Dallas for the game (Charley Grimm and Duffy Lewis) have not been inducted... to begin the game in earnest. The other aspect of Burnett's strategy, appealing to Dallas's civic pride..., was easy to accomplish. Burnett simply turned to the local media, especially The Dallas Morning News... and the Dallas Times Herald, to support his efforts. Burnett was also well connected with the principal civic

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... rom the Editor T he recent civic celebration over the Super Bowl victory of the Dallas Cowboys.... Dallas has always been a sports-minded town. Open air bowling alleys were constructed in 1847... as recreational activities long after they ceased being necessary for procuring food; the Dallas Hunting.... When the first roller rink opened in Dallas in 1873, the newspaper emphasized that "the exercise... of the safety bicycle created a cycling craze in the 1890s, such that the Dallas City Council had to pass

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... Five Dallas Athletes her track suit in a taxi on the way to the stadium. In the space of the next... to Dallas two days after winning the javelin competition, Didrickson displayed the kind of "aw shucks..., 1932, Dallas Morning News read in part: along comes a youngster in her teens who is so obviously... to come would be eightytwo more tournament victories. She quickly outgrew the stage in Dallas..., and the city willingly gave her up to the nation. But Babe Didrickson never forgot her day in Dallas. Years

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..., when the Dallas Eagles of the AA Texas League opened their season against the Tulsa Oilers before... was extraordinary. Prior to 1950, Dallas had always been a good minor league town. Since the end of World War II..., the average paid attendance for one of Dallas's home games was in the neighborhood of 3,000 to 3,500, which... the Fort Worth Cats were in Dallas, or when a pennant contender was in town for a weekend series, crowds... League game. Not until Richard Wesley Burnett purchased the Dallas team in 1948. Burnett was a wealthy

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... of the century is clear; it's just very difficult to trace the details. The Dallas Express was not founded until... 1919, and its coverage was sporadic at best. Even up to World War II, the Dallas dailies mentioned... black teams only occasionally, although by 1910 both The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald.... In 1894 The Dallas Morning News reported that the "Waxahachie colored team will play next Sunday..., Dallas, Austin, Waxahachie, Sherman, and Paris. Waco was in first place.6 In 1920 Rube Foster of Calvert