Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2003.16.31

Description

The Cheney Studs Midget baseball team, the 1959 Midget Champions, poses in their team jackets at a banquet, including coach Bob Maguinez, far right. The Cheney Studs were part of a larger organization that include Rookie, Pee Wee, Midget, Bantam, Colt, Babe Ruth, Junior, Connie Mack and American League baseball divisions. The Studs were sponsored by sports enthusiast and philanthropist Ben Cheney. Cheney himself was an avid baseball fan but came from a low-income family who couldn’t afford his own baseball gear. Cheney grew up to sponsor numerous teams, of both sexes, and by his death in 1971 it was estimated Cheney had helped more than 5,000 youth through sponsorship by the Cheney Lumber Company, which was founded by Cheney in 1936. The youth program also included baseball, hockey, and basketball and started in the mid-1950s. Photo by Richards Studio.

Made/Created

Date made

1959

Lexicon

Search Terms

Baseball, Recreational

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name)

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Cheney Studs

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Pee Wee

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Midget

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Rookie

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Bantam

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Colt

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Babe Ruth

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Junior

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Connie Mack

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American League

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football

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basketball

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baseball

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hockey

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Cheney, Ben

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Graham, Otto

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Maguinez, Ben

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Tacoma