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Local & Company Teams

Rock County, Wisconsin

  • Beloit Colored Giants - ?-1919-?
  • Fairbanks Fairies* - Beloit - team of the Fairbanks-Morse plant
  • Footville White Sox
    • 1908 team: Harry BROUGHTON, Roy BROUGHTON, Miles CLARK, Lonnie FAIRMAN, Elliot FRASER, John FRASER, Clarence OWEN, Webb OWEN, John TORPY, Frank TREVORRAH
  • Janesville All-Stars - ?-1919-?
  • Janesville Cubs - 1941-1953 - Class D Wisconsin State League team
    • 3 players advanced to the Major Leagues: Harry BRIGHT (Washington & Pittsburgh), Cliff ABERSON (Chicago Cubs) and Don ELSTON (Chicago Cubs)
  • Janesville Mutuals - 1877-1878 - one of 12 teams in the Midwestern League Alliance (which disbanded after one year)
  • Janesville United Commercial Travelers - ?-1901-? (see newspaper article)
  • State Baseball Tournament, 1857* - from the Beloit Historical Society
  • YMCA Commercial Baseball League - formed in 1909 in Janesville; teams include...
    • Parker Pen's team
    • Lewis Knitting's team
    • Wisconsin Carriage's team
    • Janesville Machine's team
    • Gazette Printing's team

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