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CanofCorn73 · 05-17-2015, 06:23 PM

Found a couple of Barnstorming teams

1) Louis Murphy's Spring Valley, IL House of David team: This team was a "copycat" or "Knock-off' of the original team from the commune in Benton Harbor. Their uniforms had a slanted script (which is original HOD teams never did) and their broadside posters always said 'Whiskers!Whiskers!". Louis Murphy was actually a former promoter of the original HOD.

2) Grove All-Stars: This was a North Dakota State Penitentiary barnstorming team based out of Bismarck, ND. This team has an interesting story to it. the Grove All-Stars, were organized among prisoners of the North Dakota State Penitentiary. The team included black players. The Grove All-Stars played games in many nearby towns until a couple of prisoners took advantage of that freedom and ran off. After that, the All-Stars played only on prison grounds. Negro leaguer, Barney Brown (whom played for several Negro League teams and also played in several famed East-West games) also played some games with this team. Even though he was not a prisoner himself.

05-17-2015, 06:23 PM	#5373
CanofCorn73 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 157	Found a couple of Barnstorming teams 1) Louis Murphy's Spring Valley, IL House of David team: This team was a "copycat" or "Knock-off' of the original team from the commune in Benton Harbor. Their uniforms had a slanted script (which is original HOD teams never did) and their broadside posters always said 'Whiskers!Whiskers!". Louis Murphy was actually a former promoter of the original HOD. 2) Grove All-Stars: This was a North Dakota State Penitentiary barnstorming team based out of Bismarck, ND. This team has an interesting story to it. the Grove All-Stars, were organized among prisoners of the North Dakota State Penitentiary. The team included black players. The Grove All-Stars played games in many nearby towns until a couple of prisoners took advantage of that freedom and ran off. After that, the All-Stars played only on prison grounds. Negro leaguer, Barney Brown (whom played for several Negro League teams and also played in several famed East-West games) also played some games with this team. Even though he was not a prisoner himself. Attached Images Last edited by CanofCorn73; 05-17-2015 at 07:35 PM.