Arthur Boyd Cooksey
and His Teams
The following
information is the from the interesting book “Textile
League Baseball- South Carolina’s Mill Teams
1880-1955” by Thomas K. Perry. It is published by
McFarland and Company, Inc.
1934 Glendale (7-7): Harris,
Allen, Gossett, Reese, Blanton, Moss, Gosnell, Bush,
Bishop, Cudd, Boyd Cooksey, Hutchins,
Alley, Rinehart, Ogle, Holt, Porter, Thomas, Green,
Burnett, Bates.
1935 Glendale (7-11): Harris,
Holt, Blanton, Bennett, Porter, Bates, Gosnell,
Rhinehart, Morgan, Boyd Cooksey, I.
Gossett, Hutchins, Rush, Bagwell, Linder, Hovis,
Reeves, West, Alexander.
1936 Glendale, champions (15-5):
Harris, Allen, Blanton, Anders, Porter, Bennett, Reed,
Reeves, Millford, Boyd Cooksey,
Hutchinson, Gosnell.
1937 Glendale (14-9): Rhymer, Boyd
Cooksey, Hughes, Rush, Haven Clause, Smith,
Harris, Allen, Ralph Gosnell, Buster Hair, Blanton,
Thomas, Herbert Taylor, Linder, Blackwell, Jennings,
Fowler, Scott, Paul Howell, Bush, Porter, Anders, A.
Pace, Anderson, Wall, Ashmore, Hairston, L. Pace,
Turner.
1938 Glendale (7-25): Hughey,
Scott, Ralph Gosnell, Hensley, Fox, Haven Clause,
Porter, Anders, Blanton, Riddle, Rush, J. Linder,
Husky, Ramsey, Roy Prince, Harris, Osteen, B. Linder,
R. Linder, Boyd Cooksey, Hendrix,
A. Linder, Taylor, Cook.
1941 Converse (12-11): Lewis,
Croxdale, Dick Evans, Fowler, Millwood, Shehan, Reid,
Mathis, Boyd Cooksey, Thomas, Fletcher, John
Earnhardt, Byars, Greene, Wood, Massey, Hopper,
Arthur, Vernon, Whitfield.
1943 Clifton Rocks (3-26):
Mathis, Art Fowler,
Greene, Gosnell, Bridges, Chapman, Boyd
Cooksey, Sprouse, T. Coggins, P. Mabry, B.
Coggins, Adair, Collins, Martin, Massey, Evans, F.
Mabry, Vernon, Jolly, Bullton, Pick, Pete Fowler, Birch,
Burns.
1946 Converse (15-21): Croxdale,
J. Gossett, Charles Reid, Y. Greene, Mathis, R.
Arthur, Lee Greene, C. Fletcher, R. Gossett, Vernon,
W. Greene, Reuben Reid, B. Gossett, King, Millwood, Pete Fowler, J.
Fletcher, Stone, Collins, Hopper, Scott, White, Boyd
Cooksey, Prathin.
1951 Glendale Browns (12-23):
Hammett, Phillips, Bill Allen, Dick Ogle, Pete, Brown, Page,
Chapman, Harvey, Parris, Jett, Harrison, Ralph
Dillard, Lavender, Dempsey, Haynes, White, Harrison, Boyd
Cooksey, Smith, Hicks.
1952 Abney of Spartanburg (18-8):
Fortenberry, Satterfield, Boyd Cooksey, W.
Blackwell, Wilson, Bogan, Lunny, Ashemore, Watson,
Taylor, Belue, E. Blackwell, Broome, Byers, Cox,
Callahan, Page, Freland, Wood, Sloan, James, Bobo,
Crowder.
1953 Spartan, champions (10-0):
Guy, R. Roberts, G. Roberts, Boyd
Cooksey, Gwinn, Brewington, Deal, Johnson,
Fowler, Jackson, Colerick, Schultz.
1936 Glendale
Team
Boyd Cooksey's Spikes
and Glove are shown in the photos below. Notice that that
the small flat glove of the past is very different than
the larger, formed gloves of today.
