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To watch the annual DENVER POST TOURNAMENT

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

attracting over 34,000 fans to the event and was the most successful of all

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DENVER POST TOURNAMENT - 1920's

FIRST PLACE - "FRIEND"

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Two years in a row First Place Winner -Team won a large cash prize

All team "FRIEND" members received gold medals.

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"THE LAST STAND OF OUTLAW BASEBALL"

A NEW BASEBALL TRILOGY

HAL CHASE * BUCK WEAVER * CHICK GANDIL

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Tom Seaton - Lefty Williams - Bert Whaling

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A Three-Book Baseball Series - 1,020 pages of Authentic Baseball History

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DETAILS OF (22 - 9 INNING GAMES) - 100 YEARS AGO

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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.

In 1926 Douglas Blues' manager, Buck Weaver hired Cowboy Ruiz to pitch in

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

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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 leaguers.

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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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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Rare Photographs from the 1926 collection.

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Chick Gandil & The Copper League - 1927

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Also, Details Following the Outlaws into organized baseball.

Rare Photographs from the 1927 & 1928 collection.

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Welcome

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"

baseball history

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