Erie Railroad - Erie Railroad Athletic Teams and Shops Bands
The Erie Railroad All Stars
The Underwood Cup for Baseball, covering 1915-1920
(Not awarded during 1917-1918)
Image courtesy of Greg Kash
Lewis J. Stallman, Pitcher, back row, sixth from left
Photo courtesy of Lew Stallman
1919 Game Results
1919 Game Results, page 2
1915 Western League Baseball Champions:
Other Teams:
Susquehanna Shops Ball Team, 1910, Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-107
The Erie All Stars, Cleveland General Office, 1934:
The Hornell soft ball champions, 1934
In 1938, teams pursued the "Woodruff Cup:
Basketball:
Hornell Accounting Bureau, 1925
The Erie Bell:
One of the "Erie Bells" competed for by high school teams in online communities, this one presented to Elmira in 1949.
Shops Fire Teams:
The internal fire teams at each of Erie's shops also had competitions, where a hose cart would be hustled by the shops teams between two points.
Competitions were held at Camp Underwood, named after the Erie's president, Frederick D. Underwood.
The front gate to Camp Underwood. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-110
Veteran's Fire Team, 1910. Not sure if this referred to military veterans or members of the Erie Veterans
employee group that was formed about this time. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-101
Dunmore Shops Fire Team, 1910, Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-105
East Buffalo Shops Fire Team, 1910, Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-108
East Buffalo Shops Fire Team, 1910, Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-109
Marion Car Shops Fire Team, 1910, Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-106
The Dunmore Shops Fire Team, 1915
The Hornell Shops Fire Team, 1915, with their many trophies
Contingent of Erie Police Officers charged with keeping order at the 1910 competitions. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-102
The Erie Police Athletic team, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-103
The Erie Police Athletic team, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-104
Shops Bands:
Brier Hill, OH Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-229
Dunmore Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-203
HOrnell Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-206
Huntington Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-207
Huntington, IN Shop Band, with longtime director Elmer Rahn, August, 1937
A remnant of this band continues today
Jersey City Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-208
Kent Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-209
Marion Shop Band, 1910, sponsored by Div. Superintendent Charles A. Allen. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-212
Meadville Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-213
Meadville Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-214
Meadville Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-215
The Erie General Office Band, New York, NY, in 1915
President's Band, 1910, New York. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-201
President's Band, 1910, another view. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-202
Port Jervis Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-216
Salamanca Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-217
Salamanca Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-218
Salamanca Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-219
Susquehanna Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-225
Unknown Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-230
Another unknown Shop Band, 1910. Collection of Steamtown National Historic Site, Image #Z-231
From the November, 1926 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
The career of retired Susquehanna Shops General Foreman O.H. Simmons was profiled, including his reminiscences of the early days of shop bands at Susquehanna:
"The Erie shops in the old days sported a good brass band. The leader was John Chance, who played the cornet. O.H. Simmons blew the baritone horn. During the first Lincoln presidential campaign, in 1860, the Erie shop band often wore rubber boots to parade through the mud of Main street.
"There was always a lot of unleashed music among the shopmen, and about 1880 the spirit moved for the formation of an orchestra which used to 'meet around' at members' houses for practice. The orchestra comprised O.H. Simmons, H. Warner, J. Hawthorn, violins; T. Hassett, J. Fitzsimmons, cornets; C. Bartram, 'Johnny' Powell, J. Ring, clarinets; V. Blackburn, flute; J. Medway, cello; T. Springsteen, trombone; with Mrs. Mooney on the piano."
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