Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Cheney Studs Baseball '55

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1860

Description

The 1955 Cheney Studs baseball team is shown from the dugout in Battle Creek, Michigan at the American Amateur Baseball Congress national championship. General manager Gene Anderson and team founder and philanthropist Ben Cheney are shown on the bench. Tacoma baseball fans enjoyed an era of high-level amateur baseball thanks to the Cheney Studs organization. The Studs were runner-up at the national tournament in Michigan and finished the season 49-14. They won the Cascade League, Washington State and Northwest AABC Regional championships. Cheney was an avid baseball fan but grew up in a low-income family and couldn’t afford his own gear. Cheney worked to grow his own successful business in Tacoma, the Cheney Lumber Company, and began to sponsor youth sports programs for boys and girls until his death in 1971. The photograph was donated to this museum by Gene Anderson.

Made/Created

Date made

1955 - 1956

Place

Location

Battle Creek, Michigan

Lexicon

Search Terms

Baseball, Recreational, Professional/Semi-Pro

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cheney, Ben

Person or Organization

Anderson, Gene

Person or Organization

American Amateur Baseball Congress

Person or Organization

Cheney Studs Baseball

Person or Organization

Cascade League

Person or Organization

Washington State AABC championship

Person or Organization

Northwest AABC Regional championship

Person or Organization

Cheney Lumber Company

Person or Organization

Tacoma