Print, Photographic

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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Print, Photographic

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1465

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Ben Cheney, left, and Gene Anderson, help an unnamed cameraman who shoots photographs of the Cheney Studs organization. The Cheney Studs were part of a larger organization that included 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 of Tacoma. 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. Anderson served as Cheney’s right-hand man. Anderson was general manager, business manager and secretary from 1955-1981. He began his employment with the Cheney Lumber Company in the late 1950s and devoted his time to the Studs organization for more than 25 years. Anderson was an integral part of the Studs’ 1960 AABC National Championship team.

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Broadcasting, Baseball, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational, High School

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Cheney, Ben

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Anderson, Gene

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Cheney Studs organization

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Rookie

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Pee Wee

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Midget

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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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Tacoma

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Cheney Lumber Company

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1960 AABC National Championship team