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Anyone have luis polonia on the Mariners? He went to spring training with them in 1996.

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Originally Posted by Chickazoola

June 26, 1883 News of Cumberland County (Bridgeton, NJ)

"George Firth, the pitcher for the Millville Base Ball Club, will arrive this evening. He has been with from the Brooklyn team and will play our boys the months of July and August."

September 10, 1883 - same paper has note that Firth and Riley have signed with the August Flowers for rest of season.

As for John Firth, hadn't seen the early part of his career, but yes he was with Dayton through July 1884 alongside Wesley Blogg - who ended up jumping to Johnstown of the Iron and Oil League in late June along with Charlie Bohn also of the Daytons. I have a July 24, 1884 note from the Johnstown paper that has Firth in the lineup for Johnstown. The Johnstown club falls apart in August and Blogg ends up in Norfolk in late August and Firth was one of the players he enlisted.


Blogg played with Lowell way back in 1876, so undoubtedly Firth and him were old pals.

Also, that late 1884 Norfolk team is one of my white whales, since I am absolutely convinced that the Willis who was playing for them is the mysterious Willis who played for Washington and Kansas City earlier in the year

So, we know the George Firth was in Millville on August 14 and August 16, so possible that he went to Brooklyn for a spot start.

And John Firth in 1884 was with Dayton, Johnstown and Norfolk. But there is a gap from late July to early September where we can't place Firth. So can't prove or disprove at this point.

And now I can see why I hadn't found that previously. The News of Cumberland County is not where I start looking. d

What is interesting about that is that John Firth's record on Baseball-Reference includes a stint with Brooklyn in 1883. I know they have other mixups between the two Firths, but I wonder if there was something at one point that tied the Firth in 1883 with Brooklyn to the player who played that one MLB game the following season.

Thanks for the details. I'll incorporate them into my records.