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 * March 5, 1905: In an article about new pitches Nick Williams notes inventing a 'W' ball, which as he claims "as it goes towards the plate [the baseball] sinks at a sharp slant, the rises at an acute angle, sinks as a sharp slant and just as the man hits at it, sinks again." Possibly a knuckleball.
 * November 16, 1907: Williams was playing for the barnstorming club Fisher's All-Stars.
 * November 10, 1908: Speculation that the Chicago White Sox were interested in Williams.
 * October 21, 1909: Williams was playing winter ball in the Imperal Valley League in Imperial, California.
 * April 7, 1911: The Colts travel to Corvalis, Oregon to play an exhibition game against the Oregon Agricultural College baseball team.
 * October 16, 1910: A bio on Williams from The San Francisco Call
 * November 23, 1910: Willimas gets the manager position with the Portland Northwestern League team.
 * February 9, 1912: Colts roster
 * March 3, 1912: Williams announced his intentions to switch the Colts' spring training camp from Chico to Redding, California.
 * April 5, 1912: Williams team was sheduled to play the Chicago American Giants in Grants Pass, Oregon.
 * December 31, 1912: During the off-season before the 1913 season Williams was working as the paymaster of the Wilder docks in Portland, Oregon.
 * February 27, 1913: Williams traveled to Santa Rosa, California where the Portland Colts would hold their spring training camp in March 1913.
 * March 14, 1913: Williams served as an umpire during an exhibition game between the Portland Beavers and the Chicago Americans.
 * March 18, 1913: The Portland Colts arrived in Santa Rosa, California for their spring training camp. A pavilion on A street served as the Colts headquarters.
 * March 27, 1913: The Colts defeated the Chicago Americans second squad, 5–1.
 * April 13, 1913: The Colts lost to the Chicago American, 5–6 in front of 3,500 spectators in Portland, Oregon.
 * April 1, 1914: Williams' Colts played the Chicago American Giants in Medford, Oregon.
 * May 30, 1914: Negotiations to send Williams to the Victoria Bees fell apart acording Josua Kingman.
 * February 24, 1915: Williams is hired by the Oregon Agricultural College to coach their baseball team.
 * February 26, 1916: Williams is hired to manager the Spokane Indians.
 * March 17, 1916: The Spokane Indians used Pullman, Washington as their spring training headquarters.
 * September 28, 1916: Williams applied for the managerial position with the Salt Lake PCL team.
 * January 12, 1917: Williams asked Judge McCredie if the Beavers would play an exhibition game with his Spokane club.
 * March 19, 1918: Williams offered the managerial position in the Portland Shipbuilders League.
 * August 7, 1919: Williams announced his intention to form a Canadian–American professional baseball league.
 * February 4, 1920: Williams reached out to the manager of the Salem Senators to set up a series of exhibition games in April.
 * April 16, 1920: Williams takes his Moose Jaw team to Eugene, Oregon for exhibition games against the University of Oregon baseball team. The weather made it nearly impossible for the teams to play. From April 16 to April 22 Williams' team was scheduled to work out in Salem, Oregon and from there travel to Spokane, Washington where they would be from April 23 to April 26.
 * December 23, 1920: Williams expressed his interest in holding Moose Jaw's spring training camp in Pendleton, Oregon in April 1921.