Guthrie Senators

The Guthrie Senators played in the Western Association (1905, 1909–1910) and South Central League (1906).[1] Later, Guthrie teams played in the Oklahoma State League (1912, 1922-1924) as the Guthrie Spas in 1912.[2] and the Guthrie Linters in 1922 and 1923.[3] Guthrie also was represented in the Western Association for a brief time during 1914,[4] under the name Guthrie Orphans.[5]

Although the Guthrie ballpark had different names over the years, it was consistently located in what is now known as Mineral Wells Park.[6]

The field used by the 1904 Guthrie Blues was known as the Island Park diamond.[7] Island Park was renamed Mineral Wells Park in 1910.[8] The Island Park athletic field, which later in 1904 hosted the first Bedlam Series football game between Oklahoma A&M University (now Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma, was located just across Cottonwood Creek from the current park gazebo.[9]

Beginning in 1905, Guthrie’s ballpark was known as Electric Park.[10] Electric Park was also located immediately across Cottonwood Creek from the “island” portion of Island/Mineral Wells Park.[11] The Guthrie Senators used Electric Park as their home field through 1910.[12]

In 1911, the City of Guthrie purchased Electric Park from the streetcar owners who developed it and consolidated the land, including the ballpark, into Mineral Wells Park.[13] Further amenities were added, including a race track and fairgrounds, around the existing ballpark.[14] Guthrie teams continued to play at the fairgrounds ballpark through the final days of minor league baseball there in 1924.[15]

Notable players include Red Downs, Eddie Hickey, Tex Jones, Bill McGill and Clare Patterson. They were managed for part of the 1906 season by Charlie Bennett.