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Toribio Leal, Indian Head Rockets player

IHM.2021.0180
Item
1951-1952

Part of Recreation Collection

Toribio Leal, Indian Head Rockets player, in his Rockets uniform mid-throw.

Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)

Tom Alston at Cardinals workout

IHM.2021.0147
Item
1950

Part of Recreation Collection

Tom Alston in the middle of a St. Louis Cardinals workout. Tom Alston played for the Indian Head Rockets and later became the first Black player on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Tom Alston

IHM.2021.0356
Item
June 5 1954

Part of Recreation Collection

Tom Alston playing in his Cardinals Uniform. Picture was mailed by Alston to Jimmy Robison

St. Louis Cardinals

The diamonds burning before the game

IHM.2021.0151
Item
1953

Part of Recreation Collection

Burning the diamonds before the tournament was done to dry them out

Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)

Pumpsie Green

IHM.2021.0153
Item
1963

Part of Recreation Collection

Enlarged baseball card of Pumpsie Green, the first is a headshot of him in his New York Mets uniform, the second is him catching a ground ball in his Red Sox gear.

Pedro Osorio, Indian Head Rockets player

IHM.2021.0176
Item
1951

Part of Recreation Collection

Pedro Osorio, Indian Head Rockets player.

Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)

Our Game Too - Influential Figures and Milestones in Canadian Baseball

IHM.2022.0192
Item
2022

Part of Book Collection

A 447-page softcover book about baseball in Canada. Contains a chapter - "Indian Head and Canada's Greatest Baseball Tournament 1947-55" - by Max Weder (pp. 386-396).

Nomination of Jimmy Robison to the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame

IHM.2020.0255
Item
[198-?]

Part of Recreation Collection

A 6-page submission, including a covering letter (undated) to the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, nominating Jimmy Robison of Indian Head and summarizing his activities and accomplishments to support the nomination. The nomination cites his work as a builder and leader and an :organizer and promoter extraordinaire" Starting in 1947, Robison led the committee that organized the annual baseball tournament in Indian Head, labelled "Western Canada's Greatest Baseball Tournament" attracting up to 25.000 fans over the two days of the event.

McDonald, Duff