Jan 8 I have Yankees playing Bulldogs. Although I could find no game for one Sunday (1/22/1927), the only game I didn't find was a Giants v Friedman's Bulldogs game. Doesn't mean it never happened.
What I can't quite figure out is the following:
On the following pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy_Indians
http://thislandpress.com/09/12/2012/the ... page_num=4
it states that the Giants on the train trip from St. Louis to Los Angeles, stopped off at Pawhuska, Oklahoma and played and lost to a Hominy Indians team (filled with ringers), and played this game the day after Xmas, Dec. 26, 1927
Now I am unsure you folks can see this page. At the bottom of page is a sizable enough article, not even the one I found yesterday, which specifically states that on Dec. 26, 1927, Ernie Nevers' Giants (which would be the same team that was headed twoards LA from St Louis) had that 70-0 game against the Arbuckle Legion team (which included players from other teams around Sacramento. )This game was played at Santa Rosa. I presume Nevers may have been from there as it was played at Nevers Field
http://newspaperarchive.com/us/californ ... 2&pey=1927
Now also on 12/26, Grange's Yankees (sometimes called The Rangers in some newspapers) beat an All-San Joaquin Valley team 37-0, at Stockton (you can see the report on same page of the Berkeley newspaper linked above). Perhaps all three teams were traveling together on same train. Both the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Railroads went both to Los Angeles and up the Valley eventually to San Francisco, passing through Stockton. Probably only the SP went specifically to Santa Rosa (north of Sacramento). The Santa Fe split at Barstow as seen in this map:
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/looking-for ... %20map.jpg
The SP split at Bakersfield. Not sure this means anything as they seemed to have gone north first, not to LA. But from Oklahoma to California, by train, takes about two days. No way, let's say, they could lose to Hominy in the morning and be playing in Santa Rosa that afternoon.
In other words, I have two games played by the same Giants team, on the same day, around a thousand miles apart. With no way that I can figure to check. I can't locate thee Hominy game in any old newspaper which mostly means I have no source to see Oklahoma newspapers from 1927.
If you understand any of this, would anyone have a clue? The old book on the Giants doesn't mention any Western tour at all. Mr. Moran, do you know anything on this?
My guess is, despite all the "facts" on the pages online, the Hominy game must have been played on the 24th or so, not on either 12/25 or 12/26.
I try to be as accurate as possible with my lists, but 1927 now as stands, makes no sense at all...
By the way in one of the newspaper reports found yesterday, it was stated that one of these eastern teams played in the PCPL, which had to be wrong. These games couldn't have been in any coast league standings (none of which I saw, I don't even know if those seasons extended this far into the new year)