Holyoke Paperweights

{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 230 | align = right | footer = The 1905 Paperweights (top), and 1907 Papermakers, champions of the Connecticut League for those seasons | image1 = Holyoke Paperweights, 1905 team.jpg | image2 = Holyoke Paperweights, 1907 team.jpg}} The '''Holyoke Paperweights''' were a professional minor league baseball team based in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, that played in the now defunct Connecticut League from 1903 to 1911. From 1907 to 1911, they were also known as the '''Papermakers'''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030708054851/http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/easternassoc0214.htm Eastern Association teams]</ref> The team won the league pennant of the 1905 and 1907 seasons. The Paperweights and Papermakers were preceded by the 1884 Holyoke team of the Massachusetts State Association.<ref>{{cite news|title=Holyoke Bats in Winning Style|work=Springfield Republican|location=Springfield, Mass.|date=August 2, 1906|page=3|quote=Playing the brand of hall which won the pennant last season, Holyoke handed out a couple of lemons to the 'Orators' to-day by taking both games to a doubleheader}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for 1905|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/spaldingsbasebal09chic/page/164|chapter=Connecticut League|page=165|year=1905|publisher=A. G. Spalding & Bros.|location=Chicago}}</ref>

In June 1911, the Connecticut League ejected the Northampton and Holyoke clubs for "failure to pay their debts."<ref>[http://www.historic-northampton.org/Articles/213/543/1/968946811/ Historic Narthampton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810040910/http://www.historic-northampton.org/Articles/213/543/1/968946811/ |date=2007-08-10 }}</ref> In 1912, the league's Waterbury team moved to Holyoke.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1912-02-08 |title=Waterbury to Holyoke |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-evening-union-waterbury-to-h/196838707/ |access-date=2026-05-04 |work=Springfield Evening Union |pages=15}}</ref> They continued play as the Papermakers until July 1913, when they moved to Meriden.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-07-11 |title=Holyoke to Meriden |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bridgeport-times-and-evening-farmer/196839310/ |access-date=2026-05-04 |work=The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer |pages=1}}</ref> The team folded after the season.

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