# Holyoke Paperweights

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The '''Holyoke Paperweights''' were a professional [minor league](/source/minor_league_baseball) [baseball](/source/baseball) team based in [Holyoke, Massachusetts](/source/Holyoke%2C_Massachusetts), USA, that played in the now defunct [Connecticut League](/source/Connecticut_League) from [1903](/source/1903_in_sports) to [1911](/source/1911_in_sports).  From [1907](/source/1907_in_sports) 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](/source/pennant_(sports)) of the 1905 and 1907 seasons. The Paperweights and Papermakers were preceded by the 1884 Holyoke team of the [Massachusetts State Association](/source/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](/source/1911_in_sports), the [Connecticut League](/source/Connecticut_League) ejected the [Northampton](/source/Northampton_Meadowlarks) 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](/source/Waterbury%2C_Connecticut%2C_minor_league_baseball) 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](/source/Meriden%2C_Connecticut_minor_league_baseball_history).<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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Category:Baseball in Holyoke, Massachusetts
Category:Defunct minor league baseball teams
Category:Professional baseball teams in Massachusetts
Category:1903 establishments in Massachusetts
Category:1911 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Category:Baseball teams established in 1903
Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1911
Category:Connecticut League teams
Category:Defunct baseball teams in Massachusetts
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Holyoke, Massachusetts

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