Goldman Hotel Grays

The Goldman Hotel Grays were a Negro baseball team based in Fort Smith, AR, in the mid 1930s.

History

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The team was sponsored by the Goldman Hotel in Fort Smith.

Schedule/Results

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Date	Location	Opponent	W-L	R	RA	Notes
6/?/1935	Buerkle Field, Russellville, AR	Russellville (AR) Sluggers	L	3	4	1
8/11/1935	Crump Park, Little Rock, AR	Dubisson Tigers (Little Rock, AR)	L	0	1	2
6/28/1936	Crump Park, Little Rock, AR	Dubisson Tigers (Little Rock, AR)	W			3 , 4
6/28/1936	Crump Park, Little Rock, AR	Dubisson Tigers (Little Rock, AR)	L			5 , 6
8/9/1936	Crump Park, Little Rock, AR	Dubisson Tigers (Little Rock, AR)				7
8/9/1936	Crump Park, Little Rock, AR	Dubisson Tigers (Little Rock, AR)				8

Players

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Player	Birth	Death	Notes
Luther Gilyard	2/20/1910 in Fort Smith, AR	Sep. 1976 in Detroit, MI	9
Louis "Teddy" McGill	3/14/1911 in Fort Smith, AR	9/4/1986 in Fort Smith, AR	10
Shepperd			11
Smith			12

Excerpts

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"RUSSELLVILLE, Ark., June 14 — Baseball fans saw an exciting game from start to finish, Thursday, when the Ft. Smith Goldman Hotel Grays met the Russellville Sluggers on Buerkle Field. It was a pitcher's duel between Shepperd for the Grays and Atchison for the Sluggers. Atchison allowed the visitors three runs, while Shepperd allowed the Sluggers four, making the tally 4-3."13

"The Dubisson Tigers, a local Negro baseball team, will meet the Goldman Hotel Grays of Fort Smith in a double-header at 3:30 this at Crump Park, Thirty-third and State streets. Cunningham or McCarroll will pitch for the Tigers and Hawkins will catch. The Tigers split a double-header with the Grays early in the season."14