Retro Style Logos and Uniforms - Page 198

skyballer455 · 11-01-2014, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by txranger

Those are great txranger, although I don't really like the beveled 'D'. It should work though. Thanks!

txranger · 11-01-2014, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyballer455

Those are great txranger, although I don't really like the beveled 'D'. It should work though. Thanks!

No bevel...

txranger · 11-01-2014, 12:08 PM

Julesburg Bison

knuckler · 11-01-2014, 12:23 PM

The Bison uniforms look great, Tex

I'm sorry I can't crank the logos out faster. I have ideas for several of Tarmer's and for Erie but it's a matter of getting to them. I really like fulfilling the requests and wish I could get them to you faster.

skyballer455 · 11-01-2014, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by txranger

No bevel...

Much better. Thanks!

txranger · 11-01-2014, 12:30 PM

Not a problem from this end... I just try and get on the unis as soon as I can after you post a logo, so that I don't get too backed up on requests... Do the logos at your own pace and I'll get to the unis when I can...

pauwoo · 11-01-2014, 01:09 PM

I've really enjoyed this thread - very high quality work contributed all the way around! I've been working on a custom league of my own, drawing some much needed inspiration from Knuckler, Txranger and more and thought I would share one of my better results.

It is, of course, based on the fine work I've seen on this thread. I figure that this team will fit in nicely with the Shelton Woodcutters and the Dutch Harbor Crabber (both of whose logos come from this thread - though they are now slightly augmented). Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks everyone - this is such a glorious thread.

wwines · 11-01-2014, 03:08 PM

You two are awesome, I am setting up a fictional knuckler/txranger league up to 36 teams now, please stop with the awesome logos and uniforms!!! I will never get this set up...lol. Great work guys!

pauwoo · 11-01-2014, 04:18 PM

Great thread - tried to post a bit ago, but it would not work - so, I've attached a few attempts of my own. I've been following this thread for a month or so and continue to be continually impressed by the quality of work done here. So much so, in fact, that it has inspired me to work on some logos for my Washington League using this style.

Thanks for the great logos/jerseys - and for the inspiration.

pauwoo · 11-01-2014, 04:21 PM

And a few more . . . The first three I feel good about. These are, um, a work in progress.

txranger · 11-01-2014, 05:20 PM

Found this old photo and logo/patch of the Cuban Giants from 1886-1900... Couldn't resist making a set for them... Doesn't look from the photo that they had a patch on the jersey... I added it cause imo it looks better than just plain ole white jersey...

CanofCorn73 · 11-01-2014, 06:52 PM

Hey Tx,
This team was actually the Original Cuban Giants, not the X-Giants (which is actually different). Here is some info I found on them.

"The Original Cuban Giants was founded in late 1885 by Frank P. Thompson in Long Island, New York. Thompson was the headwaiter at the Argyle Hotel and had developed a fondness for baseball. The game was, by this time, almost universally considered the “National Pastime” but it was played mainly either in the open fields and rural areas that dotted the New York City environs or professionally by the city’s well-known teams in the established leagues. Thompson, though, shrewdly saw it as a potential moneymaking venture that would provide a spectator sport for his hotel patrons. He wanted the Hotel guests to have entertainment but wanted the team to play at the highest level so they would develop a fan base. Thompson began to look for men who could really play the game and not merely clown about. Within short order his team, christened the Cuban Giants, emerged into an amalgam of some of the best black ball players of the era. Thompson sought out only seasoned players who possessed considerable diamond talent. After all, Thompson and his financial backers were creating a business operation, and they needed to be discerning.
Things gelled quickly. Almost all of those invited to join the team had played in organized black baseball for many years on teams mainly from Philadelphia and the District of Columbia. They had honed their craft on established amateur clubs like the Manhattans and Mutuals of Washington DC, the Orions of Philadelphia, and the famous Keystone As. By the fall of 1885, the club roster was filled, games were scheduled, and just as Thompson had hoped, his Cuban Giants quickly established their baseball bona fides by winning almost all of their reported games, mainly against either all-black or mixed clubs. In the fall, the Cuban Giants embarked on a road trip in the northeast, peppering their schedule with games against white Major Leaguers when they took on New York Metropolitans and the exceptional Philadelphia Athletics Club of the American Association. They lost both games but they were close battles and the Cuban Giants did possess legitimate bragging rights as the American Association was considered a much stronger league during that time period than the nine-year-old National League. The Giants ended the tour victorious over the white Bridgeport club, a team that would win the Eastern League Championship that year. Soon, though, the cold winds of winter began to blow in the northeast so in early 1886 the “Cubes” headed south to a warmer climate in St. Augustine, Florida playing baseball along the way.
In Florida, the team was hired to play ball on the grounds of the newly constructed luxurious Hotel Ponce De Leon, providing baseball entertainment to guests from the north. This was precisely a time when that area of Florida was emerging as a resort town and the team was called upon to satisfy the leisure needs for the paying guests, mainly rich northern whites. The hotel patrons saw some excellent baseball during a time when interest in the game was pretty intense nationwide. Throughout this time period, the Original Cuban Giants continued to win and even became the first professional club, white or black, to play ball internationally when they sailed less than a hundred miles south and played a series in Havana, Cuba.
This was certainly an exciting time for the team. Sol White, who would be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, wrote in his classic 1907 book History of Colored Base Ball that “by 1886, (The Original Cuban Giants) were the happiest set of men in the world. As one of them told the writer, they would never even trade positions with the President of the United States”! The fun continued unabated even as the team traveled from their “safe haven” at the elegant Ponce De Leon Hotel through the Deep South. That spring, the club began its return north, winning all 40 of their barnstorming games before eventually finding what would be their permanent home in Trenton, New Jersey".

I hope this clears it up a little bit.

txranger · 11-01-2014, 07:06 PM

I stand corrected... I really didn't mean to put the "X" in the title and in the team name there... Just a brain fart I guess... Glad you caught it... I figured you would chime in on this one knowing how you love the old Negro League teams... Thanks for keeping me straight...

CanofCorn73 · 11-01-2014, 08:10 PM

No problem. Great find by the way!

I stand corrected... I really didn't mean to put the "X" in the title and in the team name there... Just a brain fart I guess... Glad you caught it... I figured you would chime in on this one knowing how you love the old Negro League teams... Thanks for keeping me straight...[/QUOTE]

tarmer · 11-01-2014, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by knuckler

The Bison uniforms look great, Tex

I'm sorry I can't crank the logos out faster. I have ideas for several of Tarmer's and for Erie but it's a matter of getting to them. I really like fulfilling the requests and wish I could get them to you faster.

Knuckler... You and TX do plenty.. No rush.. No worries

tarmer · 11-01-2014, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by txranger

Julesburg Bison

Thanx TX... This is awesome and much appreciated.. Feel is perfect

Coxmeatsandwich · 11-02-2014, 02:08 PM

I'm not sure if anyone on this thread is still taking requests(I love all the work that has been done by the way) but I've been involved in my African Baseball League for 40+ seasons now, and still have yet to find a decent enough logo for several teams, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me out. I'm not looking for anything fancy, but I do enjoy the retro look. Basically what I would like is to have a circular based logo, with the team's initial, and possibly some text around the circle saying "Team Name, Est. Year 'X' "

List of Team Names(With Colors, Year Established)

Bamako Motors(Orange/Black/White. 2015)
Calabar Dust Devils(Red/White. 2020)
Freetown Lucifers(Purple/White. 2020)
Lagos South Beetles(Blue/Orange. 2020)
Kinshasa Farmers(Red/White/Blue. 2014)

I hate asking for stuff since I don't really have anything to give back to the community, but I feel like with the right template, that it should only take a few minutes to complete. Anyways, thanks in advance to anyone willing to help out.

Lafayette53 · 11-02-2014, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by txranger

Thanks to No Pepper and Lafayette53 for hooking me up with these layers for the 19th Century jerseys... Both y'all are da bomb...

Your quite welcome. Loving your output!

skyballer455 · 11-03-2014, 12:29 AM

These are my first attempts at making jerseys. These were inspired by a request I found for away jerseys for a Kentucky Athletics team.

I just thought post these to see what you guys thought.

Thanks!

knuckler · 11-03-2014, 02:54 AM

The original team from Council Bluffs in Tarmer's league was named the Bluffers, but I decided to rename them the Zephyrs. At least one of the teams in a railroad league should have a train related nickname, so here are the updated/re-branded Council Bluffs Zephyrs:

11-01-2014, 12:08 PM	#3943
txranger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: "Deep in the Heart Of" Posts: 8,324	Transcontinental League Julesburg Bison __________________

11-01-2014, 12:30 PM	#3946
txranger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: "Deep in the Heart Of" Posts: 8,324	Not a problem from this end... I just try and get on the unis as soon as I can after you post a logo, so that I don't get too backed up on requests... Do the logos at your own pace and I'll get to the unis when I can... __________________

11-01-2014, 03:08 PM	#3948
wwines Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 238	knuckler/txranger league You two are awesome, I am setting up a fictional knuckler/txranger league up to 36 teams now, please stop with the awesome logos and uniforms!!! I will never get this set up...lol. Great work guys!

11-01-2014, 04:18 PM	#3949
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,257	Great thread - tried to post a bit ago, but it would not work - so, I've attached a few attempts of my own. I've been following this thread for a month or so and continue to be continually impressed by the quality of work done here. So much so, in fact, that it has inspired me to work on some logos for my Washington League using this style. Thanks for the great logos/jerseys - and for the inspiration. Attached Images

11-01-2014, 04:21 PM	#3950
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,257	And a few more . . . The first three I feel good about. These are, um, a work in progress. Attached Images

11-01-2014, 12:23 PM	#3944
knuckler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,347	The Bison uniforms look great, Tex I'm sorry I can't crank the logos out faster. I have ideas for several of Tarmer's and for Erie but it's a matter of getting to them. I really like fulfilling the requests and wish I could get them to you faster.

11-01-2014, 01:09 PM	#3947
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,257	I've really enjoyed this thread - very high quality work contributed all the way around! I've been working on a custom league of my own, drawing some much needed inspiration from Knuckler, Txranger and more and thought I would share one of my better results. It is, of course, based on the fine work I've seen on this thread. I figure that this team will fit in nicely with the Shelton Woodcutters and the Dutch Harbor Crabber (both of whose logos come from this thread - though they are now slightly augmented). Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks everyone - this is such a glorious thread.

11-01-2014, 05:20 PM	#3951
txranger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: "Deep in the Heart Of" Posts: 8,324	Cuban Giants 1886-1900 Found this old photo and logo/patch of the Cuban Giants from 1886-1900... Couldn't resist making a set for them... Doesn't look from the photo that they had a patch on the jersey... I added it cause imo it looks better than just plain ole white jersey... Attached Images __________________ Last edited by txranger; 11-03-2014 at 09:20 PM.

11-01-2014, 06:52 PM	#3952
CanofCorn73 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 157	Hey Tx, This team was actually the Original Cuban Giants, not the X-Giants (which is actually different). Here is some info I found on them. "The Original Cuban Giants was founded in late 1885 by Frank P. Thompson in Long Island, New York. Thompson was the headwaiter at the Argyle Hotel and had developed a fondness for baseball. The game was, by this time, almost universally considered the “National Pastime” but it was played mainly either in the open fields and rural areas that dotted the New York City environs or professionally by the city’s well-known teams in the established leagues. Thompson, though, shrewdly saw it as a potential moneymaking venture that would provide a spectator sport for his hotel patrons. He wanted the Hotel guests to have entertainment but wanted the team to play at the highest level so they would develop a fan base. Thompson began to look for men who could really play the game and not merely clown about. Within short order his team, christened the Cuban Giants, emerged into an amalgam of some of the best black ball players of the era. Thompson sought out only seasoned players who possessed considerable diamond talent. After all, Thompson and his financial backers were creating a business operation, and they needed to be discerning. Things gelled quickly. Almost all of those invited to join the team had played in organized black baseball for many years on teams mainly from Philadelphia and the District of Columbia. They had honed their craft on established amateur clubs like the Manhattans and Mutuals of Washington DC, the Orions of Philadelphia, and the famous Keystone As. By the fall of 1885, the club roster was filled, games were scheduled, and just as Thompson had hoped, his Cuban Giants quickly established their baseball bona fides by winning almost all of their reported games, mainly against either all-black or mixed clubs. In the fall, the Cuban Giants embarked on a road trip in the northeast, peppering their schedule with games against white Major Leaguers when they took on New York Metropolitans and the exceptional Philadelphia Athletics Club of the American Association. They lost both games but they were close battles and the Cuban Giants did possess legitimate bragging rights as the American Association was considered a much stronger league during that time period than the nine-year-old National League. The Giants ended the tour victorious over the white Bridgeport club, a team that would win the Eastern League Championship that year. Soon, though, the cold winds of winter began to blow in the northeast so in early 1886 the “Cubes” headed south to a warmer climate in St. Augustine, Florida playing baseball along the way. In Florida, the team was hired to play ball on the grounds of the newly constructed luxurious Hotel Ponce De Leon, providing baseball entertainment to guests from the north. This was precisely a time when that area of Florida was emerging as a resort town and the team was called upon to satisfy the leisure needs for the paying guests, mainly rich northern whites. The hotel patrons saw some excellent baseball during a time when interest in the game was pretty intense nationwide. Throughout this time period, the Original Cuban Giants continued to win and even became the first professional club, white or black, to play ball internationally when they sailed less than a hundred miles south and played a series in Havana, Cuba. This was certainly an exciting time for the team. Sol White, who would be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, wrote in his classic 1907 book History of Colored Base Ball that “by 1886, (The Original Cuban Giants) were the happiest set of men in the world. As one of them told the writer, they would never even trade positions with the President of the United States”! The fun continued unabated even as the team traveled from their “safe haven” at the elegant Ponce De Leon Hotel through the Deep South. That spring, the club began its return north, winning all 40 of their barnstorming games before eventually finding what would be their permanent home in Trenton, New Jersey". I hope this clears it up a little bit. Last edited by CanofCorn73; 11-01-2014 at 06:53 PM.

11-01-2014, 07:06 PM	#3953
txranger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: "Deep in the Heart Of" Posts: 8,324	I stand corrected... I really didn't mean to put the "X" in the title and in the team name there... Just a brain fart I guess... Glad you caught it... I figured you would chime in on this one knowing how you love the old Negro League teams... Thanks for keeping me straight... __________________ Last edited by txranger; 11-01-2014 at 07:47 PM.

11-01-2014, 08:10 PM	#3954
CanofCorn73 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 157	No problem. Great find by the way! I stand corrected... I really didn't mean to put the "X" in the title and in the team name there... Just a brain fart I guess... Glad you caught it... I figured you would chime in on this one knowing how you love the old Negro League teams... Thanks for keeping me straight...[/QUOTE]

11-02-2014, 02:08 PM	#3957
Coxmeatsandwich Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 236	Simple Request. I'm not sure if anyone on this thread is still taking requests(I love all the work that has been done by the way) but I've been involved in my African Baseball League for 40+ seasons now, and still have yet to find a decent enough logo for several teams, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me out. I'm not looking for anything fancy, but I do enjoy the retro look. Basically what I would like is to have a circular based logo, with the team's initial, and possibly some text around the circle saying "Team Name, Est. Year 'X' " List of Team Names(With Colors, Year Established) Bamako Motors(Orange/Black/White. 2015) Calabar Dust Devils(Red/White. 2020) Freetown Lucifers(Purple/White. 2020) Lagos South Beetles(Blue/Orange. 2020) Kinshasa Farmers(Red/White/Blue. 2014) I hate asking for stuff since I don't really have anything to give back to the community, but I feel like with the right template, that it should only take a few minutes to complete. Anyways, thanks in advance to anyone willing to help out.

11-03-2014, 12:29 AM	#3959
skyballer455 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 701	These are my first attempts at making jerseys. These were inspired by a request I found for away jerseys for a Kentucky Athletics team. I just thought post these to see what you guys thought. Thanks! Last edited by skyballer455; 11-03-2014 at 02:06 AM.

11-03-2014, 02:54 AM	#3960
knuckler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,347	The original team from Council Bluffs in Tarmer's league was named the Bluffers, but I decided to rename them the Zephyrs. At least one of the teams in a railroad league should have a train related nickname, so here are the updated/re-branded Council Bluffs Zephyrs: Last edited by knuckler; 11-06-2014 at 12:35 AM.