All-Americans versus All-Cubans

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In 1925 as part of the traditional American Series, that pitted Cuban teams versus teams visiting from the US, a squad of All-Americans faced an All-Cubans team for a set of 8 games. The All-Americans, also called the Yankees, filled their roster with some of the best Negro League players of the time. They faced an All-Star team of Cubans, also called the Criollos. It was not even close. The All-Americans won 5 and lost only 2 with one game ending in a tie. Managing the All-Americans was John H. (Pop) Lloyd who also played first base. The All-Cubans were co-managed by Adolfo Luque and Miguel Angel Gonzalez, both players were under a ban on Winter Ball play. The order had come from Judge Landis who was visiting Cuba at the time.

All-Americans Roster:
Bill Holland (Pitcher)
Bullet Rogan (Pitcher)
Lefty Cooper (Pitcher)
Rats Henderson (Pitcher)
Red Ryan (Pitcher)
Biz Mackey (Catcher)
Alex Gaston (Catcher)
John H. (Pop) Lloyd (Infielder)
Newt Allen (Infielder)
Dick Lundy (Infielder)
Frank Warfield (Infielder)
John Pepper (Infielder)
Clint Thomas (Outfielder)
Oscar Charleston (Outfielder)
Crush Holloway (Outfielder)

All-Cubans Roster:
Jose Mendez (Pitcher)
Martin Dihigo (Pitcher)
Emilio Palmero (Pitcher)
Oscar Levis (Pitcher)
Juan Mirabal (Pitcher)
Jose M. Fernandez (Catcher)
Manuel Cueto (Infielder)
Pelayo Chacon (Infielder)
Jose Rodriguez (Infielder)
Rafael Quintana (Infielder)
Ramon (Paito) Herrera (Infielder)
Ricardo Torres (Infielder)
Cristobal Torriente (Outfielder)
Esteban (Mayari) Montalvo (Outfielder)
Valentin Dreke (Outfielder)
Jose (Cheo) Ramos (Outfielder)


	Game 1: Friday, February 6, 1925 The All-Cubans win the first game of the series 6 to 5. Emilio Palmero, gets the win for the All-Cubans, outpitching Rats Henderson. The offensive heroes for the Cubans were Dreke, Ramos, Cueto and Joseito.

All-Americans	2 0 3	0 0 0	0 0 0	5
All-Cubans	3 0 0	0 3 0	0 0 x	6


	Game 2: Saturday, February 7, 1925 The All-Americans even the series with a 6 to 0 victory. Bullet Rogan pitched a complete game shutout defeating Oscar Levis. Rogan also made his mark at the plate going 2-4 and scoring 2 runs. other offensive heroes for the All-Americans were Holloway (3-4) and Warfield (2-4).

All-Cubans	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0
All-Americans	1 0 0	0 0 0	2 3 x	6

Game 3: Sunday, February 8, 1925
The third game of the series was declared "Judge Landis Day". The Baseball Commisioner witnessed the All-Americans defeating the All-Cubans 2 to 1 in a tight contest. Andy Cooper pitched a complete game, allowing only one run on 7 hits, for the victory. Jose Mendez was the losing pitcher lasting only 5 innings. The offensive heroes for the All-Americans were Holloway (2-4) and Mackey (2-2).

All-Americans	0 0 0	0 0 2	0 0 0	2
All-Cubans	0 1 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	1

Judge Landis with Miguel Angel Gonzalez and Adolfo Luque


	Game 4: Monday, February 8, 1925 The All-Americans win again with a 7 to 4 victory. Bill Holland got the win and Oscar Levis the loss. The offensive heroes for the All-Americans were Thomas (3-3), Lundy (2-3) and Warfield (3-5). Joseito Rodriguez went 3-4 for the Cubans.

All-Cubans	3 0 0	0 0 1	0 0 0	4
All-Americans	1 0 0	0 0 2	1 3 x	7


	Game 5: Thursday, February 12, 1925 The All-Cubans win their second game of the series 10 to 3. Jose Mendez, gets the win for the All-Cubans. Red Ryan was the loser. Montalvo, Quintana and Fernandez all homered for the Cubans.

All-Americans	0 0 3	0 0 0	0 0 0	3
All-Cubans	5 0 0	0 2 1	2 0 x	10


	Game 6: Sunday, February 15, 1925 The All-Americans win again with a 2 to 1 victory. Rats Henderson pitched a masterfull 2 hitter for the win. Emilio Palmero got the loss. Lloyd doubled and scored the winning run.

All-Cubans	0 0 0	1 0 0	0 0 0	1
All-Americans	0 1 0	1 0 0	0 0 x	2


	Game 7: Monday, February 16, 1925 The All-Americans win their 5th game 6 to 4. Bill Holland, gets the win for the All-Americans. Martin Dihigo was the loser. The offensive heroes for the All-Americans were Lloyd (2-2) and Pepper (2-4). Fernandez and Chacon went 2-4, for the Cubans.

All-Americans	0 1 2	0 0 0	0 1 2	6
All-Cubans	0 0 0	0 2 1	0 0 1	4


	Game 8: Monday, February 16, 1925 The second game of the double header and last game of the series ended in a 7 to 7 tie. Red Ryan pitched for the All-Americans. Mirabal, Mendez and Dihigo pitched for the All-Cubans. The offensive heroes for the All-Americans were Lundy (4-4), Lloyd (2-3) and Mackey (2-4). Jose Ramos went 3-3, Chacon and Dreke went 2-4, for the Cubans.

All-Cubans	0 0 0	1 0 4	2	7
All-Americans	4 2 0	0 1 0	0	7


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