Texas Colored Giants     

Texas Colored Giants

The club was advertised as Rod Whitman's Texas Colored Giants. The squad barnstormed across the prairies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Owned and managed by Whitman (from LaFleche, Saskatchewan) the team was reported to have played 142 games in 1929 and lost just 11. In 1930, the Giants played 156 and lost just. See the items in the barnstorming section.  The above photo appeared in an ad in the Edmonton Bulletin, June 20, 1929.

1929 - Brooks C, Childs SS, Clay Willie LHP, Hall Willie 1B, Harper C/OF, Hunter E. OF, Hunter Jackson MGR, Killingsworth P, King Leroy, Marshall Jack C/3B, McKinney OF, Slaughter Bill 2B/OF, Treadwell Pete P, Wagner Walter OF, Washington William P

1930 - Bennette OF, Deryo P, Dial SS, Dorsey OF, Foster OF, Gillard P, Harper 1B/C, Killingsworth P, Marshall Jack 3B, Morehead C, Reese 2B, Williams 1B/P, Winston OF