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The Portland Roses, known also as the Portland Rosebuds, were a Negro league baseball team located in Portland, Oregon for one season (1946). The team was the first all-African American professional baseball team in the state of Oregon. The Roses were members of the West Coast Baseball League, a Negro league which featured franchises in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle. Jesse Owens, the four-time Olympic gold medal winner, was the owner of the Roses.
History[edit]
Formation[edit]
It was announced on January 19, 1946 that Abe Saperstein, the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, would serve as president of a newly-formed Negro baseball league located on the West Coast of the United States.[1] The league would establish teams in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and Portland, Oregon.[1] Jesse Owens, the four-time Olympic gold medal winner, was the owner of the Roses.[2] He also served as the vice-president of the league.[2] The league was set to open in June.[3]
Regular season[edit]
Wesley Barrow, who was a long-time Negro league manager, was hired to lead the Portland club.[4] It was announced just before the start of the season that the Roses had signed pitcher Al Jones, first baseman Blue Dunn and infielder Collins Jones.[4] June 4 was set for the Roses' first game, which would take place at Vaughn Street Park against the Los Angeles White Sox.[4] An audience of 1,500 watched the Roses win their first game, 8–3.[5] The game was highlighted by Portland center fielder Sam Wheeler's two doubles.[5] The Oregonian wrote that the club had "played heads-up, entertaining baseball throughout" the game.[5] The Roses starting pitcher was Jones, who got the victory.[5]
| Team | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles White Sox | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland Roses | 8 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jones (1–0) LP: Deedo Attendance: 1,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland and Los Angeles were scheduled to play a second game on June 5, however, due to wet grounds, the game was canceled.[6] The Roses then traveled to Tacoma, Washington.[6] There, the Roses lost their second game of the season by a score of 5–3. The team's battery was Hutchinson and Hardin.[7]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland Roses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Anderson LP: Hutchinson (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Negroes Form Coast League". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. International News Service. 20 January 1946. p. 49.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b "Negro Diamond Opens". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Associated Press. 11 May 1946. p. 12.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Gregory, L. H. (13 May 1946). "Greg's Gossip". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. p. 17.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b c "New Coast Negro Ball Loop Opens Here Tuesday Night". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 4 June 1946. p. 21.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Local Negro Nine Wins Home Tilt". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 5 June 1946. p. 20.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b "Game Canceled". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 6 June 1946. p. 21.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "L.A. Sox 5, Roses, 3". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Associated Press. 7 June 1946. p. 21.
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