Leland Giants Frank Leland
1905 leland giants
the team changed name leland giants in 1905 after partnership split w.s. peters; in 1907 rube foster replaced leland manager , pete hill , foster strengthened club in field. leland remained president of board of directors leland giants until resigned in september 1909. while researchers believe there rift between foster , leland, newspapers of day reported frank leland, used own club on own, sold away rights stock company in 1909 , had little in management of team.
while rube foster continued run leland giants baseball club, leland started new corporation in october 1909 called leland s chicago giants baseball club or, in short chicago giants opening offices @ 2551 state street in chicago. signed bill lindsay first pitcher.
the confusion on leland name amongst teams changed rube foster changed leland giants name chicago american giants, , leland s team became chicago giants.
frank c. leland produced , worked well-known pre-negro league baseball players: bill lindsay, walter ball, harry buckner, william horn, george hopkins, harry hyde, william monroe, george wright, harry moore, pete burns, lewis reynolds, william smith, dangerfield talbert, bert jones, nathan harris, rube foster, , andrew campbell.
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