The Quicksteps played in Latta Base Ball Park in Dilworth from 1890 – 1908, Wearn Field from 1909 – 1921, as well as the Biddle University baseball diamond in the 1910s and early 1920s.

 

The Quicksteps faced opponents like the Wilmington Red Sox and the Baltimore Blues. Frank Simmons and John Brown were some of the many names to play for the Quicksteps.

 

Images from left to right:

 

1890 newspaper clippings -- x4

 

1892 newspaper clippings -- x3

 

1894 newspaper clippings -- x3

 

1895 newspaper clippings -- x4

 

1896 newspaper clipping -- x1

 

1897 newspaper clippings -- x2

 

1898 newspaper clippings -- x4

 

1900 newspaper clippings -- x2

 

1901 newspaper clipping -- x1

 

1902 newspaper clippings -- x2

 

1905 newspaper clipping -- x1

 

1915 newspaper clippings -- x6

 

1916 newspaper clippings -- x2

 

1921 newspaper clipping -- x1

 

unknown year newspaper clipping -- x1

 

Found Charlotte Quicksteps player names:

 

____ Bell — 1890

____ Schenck — 1890

 

John Brown — 1896

 

____ Bornemann -- 1900?

____ Crow -- 1900?

____ Eubanks -- 1900?

____ Gaylord -- 1900?

____ Lewis -- 1900?

____ Mills -- 1900?

____ Newkirk -- 1900?

Frank Simmons — maybe or maybe not 1900

____ Taylor -- 1900?

____ Yopp -- 1900?

 

____ Abernathy — 1915

____ Humphrey — 1915?

____ Stockton — 1915

____ Witherspoon — 1915?