Walkerville Chicklets

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Walkerville Chicklets

ca. 1928-1930

The Walkerville Chicklets were a junior baseball team active ca. 1927-1930, likely sponsored by Windsor businessman Thomas Chick, of the Chick Contracting Company. The Chicklets team recruited top local prospects and developed their skills in preparation for potentially joining Chick’s senior team, the semi-professional Walkerville Chicks. The Chicklets played in the Border Cities Junior Baseball League, created in 1927 and presided over by Bruce Chick; for the 1928 season the junior league had four teams: the Chicklets, plus Riverside, Walkerville Brewery, and Ford City Tigers. All players had to be in their teens and were signed to a contract. They played two games a week from late May to the end of July, with the winning team advancing to provincial play-offs. In their heyday both the Chicks and the Chicklets were winning teams that drew crowds of spectators numbering in the thousands. Their exploits were regularly reported in the Border Cities Star newspaper.

Sources: “Jr. O.B.A. League for Border Cities,” Border Cities Star, 7 July 1927, p. 17; “Four Squads are Ready in Minor Group,” Border Cities Star, 4 May 1928, p. 2; “All Teams to Get in Action,” Border Cities Star, 26 May 1928, p. 3; Mary Feldott, “The Walkerville Chicks,” Walkerville Times Magazine, [n.d.; ca. 1999-2015], walkervilletimes.com/chicks.htm (accessed 28 November 2023).