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Originally Posted by prewinter

The Boston Globe identifies Bob Hale with the club in spring training in New Orleans at Heinemann Park on Feb 22, 1926 (pg. 9). The temperature was reported as 70 degrees. Hale was a pitcher. He was sent to Portland in the New England League before May 11, where he went 1-3 in 7 games.

The January 28 Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA) lists Bole Coleman as a new pitcher for the Red Sox (pg. 2). The Quad City Times reported Bob Coleman, former manager of San Antonio, was signed as a scout and coach by Boston (Jan 5, 1926, pg. 8), as did lots of other papers around this time. This makes me wonder if Bob Hale was supposed to have been the pitcher in the Daily Advertiser.

An article in the Johnson City Staff-News on March 4 (pg. 2) says the Red Sox will have 33 players in camp. A roster published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune on February 14 (pg. 74) stated there were 32 players on the roster, which it included. There was neither a Cook nor a Hale listed, but Bob Coleman was identified as a coach.

Outstanding research - thanks!