From 1916 to 1968, Ray T. Rocene was a prominent sports writer in Missoula, Montana. Born in 1894 in Sweden, Mr. Rocene came to the United States when he was seven with his mother. He lived in Minnesota until 1910 when he moved to Missoula. Mr. Rocene began his career as a sports writer in 1916 for the
Mr. Rocene married Marie Erickson in 1931 and was the father of two children, John William Rocene and Alice (Rocene) Smith. He was a member of many local organizations. Mr. Rocene died December 30, 1968 at the age of 74.
This collection consists of a journal kept by Mr. Rocene from 1917 to 1920. The majority of the entries are baseball statistics with other notes written in towards the end of the journal. These additional notes seem to indicate that Mr. Rocene began using the journal as a day planner because the notes appear to be reminders. Also included are various clippings from an unidentified newspaper about baseball. The statistics cover national, regional, and state baseball teams.
The journal contains entries regarding national, regional, and state individual and team baseball statistics for the 1917 to 1920 seasons. Mr. Rocene includes many statistics for Major League baseball teams. At the time of the journal, major league teams were divided into two completely separate divisions, the American and National Leagues, each consisting of 8 teams. The American League teams were the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Athletics. The National League teams were the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Giants. Notable players mentioned include T. R. (Ty) Cobb and G. H. (George Herman) Ruth, better known as Babe Ruth. The statistics also include teams from the American Association league, which consisted of mid-western teams. American Association League teams mentioned are Louisville and Columbus. Many of the statistics come from teams and players in the Pacific Coast League. Teams in Seattle, Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, and Hollywood. Other national and regional teams included in the journal are Tacoma, Vancouver, Spokane, Salt Lake, and Vernon. Statistics from teams in Butte, Montana and Great Falls, Montana are also in the journal.
The entries toward the middle of the journal start to include personal reminders, indicating that Mr. Rocene began to use the journal as a day planner. Pages nearing the end of the journal are mostly empty with some of the writing scratched out. Beginning with the "Cash Account" section of the journal, more baseball statistics are entered. The last half of the journal contains some newspaper clippings regarding players from unidentified teams and Pacific Coast League standings.
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[Name of document or photograph number], Ray T. Rocene Journal, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.
The donor and date of gift are unknown
The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 2000, the collection was renumbered as Mss 289 from its previous number SC 114 and reprocessed.
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