The town of York had great expectations for the 1912 season. The ball players made the Club House Cigar Store their headquarters. The air was filled with smoke and baseball. The team played their games at Parks Park and 1,700 fans crowded into the park for their first game of 1912. York started the season well and managed to be a first division club through the first week of June. Then the bottom fell out and the team fell to seventh, where they remained for the long months of July and August.
At the end of the season Mrs. Freda Miller hosted a supper for the team. Pitcher Reed sang for the audience and Judge Corcoran was the featured speaker. At the end of the year the women of York gave $110.00 to the club to assist with expenses. A.G. Bennett, pastor of the Methodist Church helped with the drive.
Regulars
Charles Block led the league in runs scored with 116 runs. The outfielder batted .271 while playing in 106 games. He was also the fastest man on the squad with a 10.4 hundred yard dash reported by the York papers. He led the team in steals. He was sold to Rockford for the 1913 season. At Rockford he led the league with 39 steals and had a .249 average.
Johnny "Chick" Farrell played third and short for the prohibs. He batted .297 in 110 games. The twenty year old infielder from Chicago returned to York for 1912 after a successful 1911 season with the Prohibs. He batted .297 in 110 games. In 1913 he moved to the new Federal League. In 1913 the Federal League was considered to be a minor league. In 1914 the Federal League declared itself to be a major league. Farrell played in 156 games for Chicago in 1914 and batted .235. In 1915 he batted .216 in 70 games for Chicago. The league folded at the end of the 1915 season.
Charles "Chas" Melvin Payne moved from first base to second base in 1912. The young man from Guide Rock Nebraska batted .293 for the year and returned for the 1913 season. He was also the best fielder in the league at second base for the year.
Walter Malmquist was a 21 year old York County native. He was born north of Charleston Nebraska. He played short stop for the York franchise and was considered a fine fielder. He batted .241 in 105 games.
"Ned" L. Smith from Porterville California, joined the team in July. He batted .317 in the 76 games he played for York.
Badura played in 97 games for the Prohibs. He won a Hamilton watch offered by F.A. Hannis for being the first home player to hit the sign on the outfield fence for the Hannis jewelry store. He batted .293 for the year while playing in the outfield garden.
Kelly was the regular catcher for York in 1912. In 104 games he batted .279.
N. E. Price was one of the many players who played at first for the Prohibs. He played in 54 games and batted .381 which would have led the league had he played in more games. He was from Guthrie Oklahoma and he and his wife returned to Oklahoma for the offseason.
W. Ellis played in 81 games and averaged .251.
"Mac" Osborne from Beloit Kansas was 21-9 as a pitcher for York in 1912.
Archie Reed was 5-9 for the season with the Prohibs.
Thraikill was 10-16 for the season.
Harold Wilkins managed a 8-16 record.
Burnett was 5-7.
Jobst and Archie Reed both had 5-9 records.
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