Holyoke Paperweights Explained

The Holyoke Paperweights were a professional minor league baseball team based in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, that played in the now defunct Connecticut League from 1903 to 1911. From 1907 to 1911, they were also known as the Papermakers.^[1] The team won the league pennant of the 1905 and 1907 seasons. The Paperweights and Papermakers were preceded by the 1884 Holyoke team of the Massachusetts State Association.^{[2] [3]}

In June 1911, the Connecticut League ejected the Northampton and Holyoke clubs for "failure to pay their debts."^[4]

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20030708054851/http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/easternassoc0214.htm Eastern Association teams
2. News: Holyoke Bats in Winning Style. Springfield Republican. Springfield, Mass.. August 2, 1906. 3. Playing the brand of hall which won the pennant last season, Holyoke handed out a couple of lemons to the 'Orators' to-day by taking both games to a doubleheader.
3. Book: Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for 1905. https://archive.org/details/spaldingsbasebal09chic/page/164. Connecticut League. 165. 1905. A. G. Spalding & Bros.. Chicago.
4. http://www.historic-northampton.org/Articles/213/543/1/968946811/ Historic Narthampton