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TEN TEAMS COMPETING IN TEN DAYS OF BASEBALL

aka - "THE WESTERN WORLD SERIES"

"The Grover Cleveland Alexander's House of David" team

Won the 1934 Denver Post Tournament Championship - Satchel Paige winning pitcher.

The Negro League All-Stars returned to Denver in 1936 with fastball pitcher Satchel Paige

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DENVER POST TOURNAMENT - 1920's

FIRST PLACE - "FRIEND"

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"THE LAST STAND OF OUTLAW BASEBALL"

A NEW BASEBALL TRILOGY

HAL CHASE * BUCK WEAVER * CHICK GANDIL

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THE HISTORY IS DOCUMENTED FROM

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"A COMPELLING AND EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY"

JOSE "COWBOY" RUIZ ELIAS

Jose "Cowboy" Ruiz Elias was inducted into The Sonora Sports Hall of Fame - Mexico in 1980. Cowboy Ruiz and Hal Chase started playing together for

The NOGALES INTERNATIONAL'S of the SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEAGUE in 1923.

The locals crowded the ballparks to watch a higher level of baseball.

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A fast moving team from Mexico called the JUAREZ INDIANS joined the league.

"CARLOADS OF BASEBALL BOOSTERS FOLLOWED THE TEAMS ON ROAD TRIPS

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"The Last Stand of Outlaw Baseball" Series

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A baseball Trilogy

Details of 22 ball games inning by inning action and the main events that happened within the three years of

Historic Outlaw Baseball played in this Southwest league 100 years ago.

Hal Chase & The Frontier League - 1925

Hal Chase moved to the Southwest to Play Fast Outlaw Baseball and soon the word got out there was a opening for several ex-major league.

In a league of their own, The 1925 Frontier League - Series #1 Showcases ten ball games inning by inning action with

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Chase and team including Buck Weaver, Chick Gandil and a game with Shoe-less Joe Jackson in Miami, Arizona Exhibition game.

The Douglas Blues' battle from in the cellar to a first place tie with the Juarez Indians from Juarez, Mexico.

Rare photographs from the 1925 collection.

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JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

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Buck Weaver & The Copper League - 1926

A historical record of Buck Weaver and his experiences during the 1926 Copper League season, highlighting 12 full ball games inning by inning baseball action, Along with the events that took place in Cananea, and Nogales, Mexico, Bisbee and Douglas, Arizona, Hurley, Fort Bayard and Santa Rita, New Mexico, El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. The ball games played in the Southwest as it happened.

Rare Photographs from the 1926 collection.

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Buck Weaver & The Copper League 1926

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JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

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Chick Gandil & The Copper League - 1927

A historical record of Chick Gandil and his playing skills during the 1927 Copper League. It was Gandil’s determination and experience that helped win the 1927 Copper League Championship. -Additional Historical data about Baseball Commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who was instrumental of the Bisbee Bees joining the newly formed 1928 Arizona State league.

Also, Details Following the Outlaws into organized baseball.

Rare Photographs from the 1927 & 1928 collection.

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Fully Illustrated - Historical Baseball Book

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THE LAST STAND OF OUTLAW BASEBALL

Chick Gandil & The Copper League 1927

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JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

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THE NATIONAL GAME & AMERICAN PASTIME

100 YEARS AGO - RUBE FOSTER

100 Year Anniversary - Denver Post Tournament - 1922

INDEPENDENT BLACK AND WHITE TEAMS PLAYING TOGETHER BARNSTORMING GAMES IN AMERICA - 1915 - 1948

LEROY "SATCHEL" PAIGE

DENVER POST TOURNAMENT - 1920's

FIRST PLACE - "FRIEND"

SECOND PLACE - "CHEYENNE INDIANS"

SECOND PLACE - "CHEYENNE INDIANS"

SECOND PLACE - "CHEYENNE INDIANS"

SECOND PLACE - "CHEYENNE INDIANS"

SECOND PLACE - "CHEYENNE INDIANS"

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About The Author

JOSE "COWBOY" RUIZ ELIAS

Documenting the Historical Movement

"The Last Stand of Outlaw Baseball" Series

A baseball Trilogy

Hal Chase & The Frontier League - 1925

Buck Weaver & The Copper League - 1926

Chick Gandil & The Copper League - 1927

1920's BASEBALL TRILOGY