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| 1862 | 1 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1876 | 12 |
| 1877 | 12 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 22 |
| 1884 | 13 |
| 1885 | 13 |
| 1886 | 11 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 21 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 19 |
| 1892 | 97 |
| 1893 | 59 |
| 1894 | 53 |
| 1895 | 30 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 8 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 50 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 13 |
| 1909 | 37 |
| 1910 | 7 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 20 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 1 |
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37 stories matching team
- Great Northern Shop Workers Seek Baseball Rivals
After a decisive victory over Marysville, the Great Northern machinist's baseball team is looking for new amateur challengers.
- The Weekend Showdown at Fern Hill
Local amateur baseball clubs face off in a tight, low-scoring match.
- The Fern Hill Underdogs Demand Their Shot
Excluded from the city's grammar school league due to municipal boundaries, the scrappy Fern Hill team issues a public challenge to the league's best.
- The High School Baseball Slugfest
While the Tigers dominated the scorecard, a young pitcher from Puyallup signaled the rise of a new local talent.
- Sandpoint Cougars Humiliate Newport, Forcing a Team Shake-Up
The Sandpoint ball team arrived with a brass band and 200 rooters, then routed Newport in a game so error-filled that Newport's manager let players go and reorganized the team.
- Team of Horses Nearly Plunge Into The Bay
A local expressman is injured after his runaway team bolts through railroad yards and narrowly misses a deadly drop from a coal bunker.
- Soccer Dispute Settled by Replay
After accusations of biased officiating by a Seattle referee, the Northwest soccer league orders a do-over on neutral ground.
- A Team of Runaway Horses Shatters Main Street Calm
An afternoon of commerce ends in a wreckage after a team of horses bolts, leaving a path of destruction through the center of town.
- Prosser Debaters Best Tacoma on Labor Rights
Tacoma high school team loses state title arguing for closed-shop unionism against Prosser's open-shop stance.
- The YMCA Takes the Tacoma Basketball Crown
A scrappy season ends with a decisive win against the high school, solidifying the city championship for the Y's quintette.
- City Cleared of Liability for Loose Horses
A local judge rejects a claim for damages after a team of horses wanders off a city dock.
- The City That Forgot Baseball
An anonymous local sports fan rails against the town’s apathy toward the diamond, fearing that Everett’s civic pride is being paved over.
- A Sudden Storm and a Frightened Team
A lightning strike and a team of horses lead to a harrowing accident for a mother and her young son.
- The Town and the Team
Oroville celebrates a victory on the diamond, even if the play was a bit 'scaley.'
- Horses Plunge Off Pacific Avenue Cliff
A panicked team of livery horses creates a scene of destruction on the Tacoma waterfront, leaping twenty-five feet over a railing.
- A Mill, a Dam and 200,000 Yards of Dirt: Ione’s Building Boom
Work has begun in earnest on the big mill, with a dinkey railroad, steam shovel and teams moving earth for the foundation, dam and lumber yards.
- Great Northern Railroad Official Injured in Runaway Carriage
Maj. A. M. Anderson, a right-of-way agent for the Great Northern, suffers a broken collarbone after his team takes fright at a railroad crossing.
- Barn Fire Destroys Express Team in South Tacoma
A suspicious fire at 1539 South B Street claimed the lives of three horses and a flock of pigeons, crippling a local expressman's livelihood.
- Student Athlete Revolt at Whitworth College
A campus power struggle erupts after the faculty fires the football coach, leading to mass resignations and the cancellation of the upcoming season.
- A Mile-Long Dike Was Too Much for One Farm
A commissioner's private flood-control plan collapsed under the price of a mile-long, 14-foot levee, sending contractors home and pushing the fight to a public diking district and the superior court.
- Baseball in the City of Smokestacks
Everett’s amateur baseball scene is in crisis as the city lacks a dedicated field, forcing local fans to travel to Snohomish to watch a 'weird combination' of players.
- Eight Hundred Men, a Tunnel, and a Bridge
The I.W.N. extension put hundreds of laborers to work on grades, bridges and the Blueslide tunnel—while a bridge contractor was hurt by a falling timber.
- A Ghastly Industrial Hazard
A horse is destroyed after a horrific accident at a railroad switch.
- Streetcar Tragedy on the Hill
A buggy collision with a freight motor car leads to the death of a horse and the arrest of its driver for public intoxication.
- The Curious Case of the Stolen Vermillion Wagon
A stolen express wagon is found abandoned, but the horse thieves remain at large.