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Golden Reds, 1903. Top row, from left: John Gow (third base), Defeus Quaintance (first base), William McIntyre (captain and second base). Second row, from left: H. Hartzell (catcher), A. W. Armstrong (manager), Harry Bates (catcher). Third row, from left: Joe Maughan (pitcher), Harry Rubey (secretary and treasurer), Joe Albert (pitcher). Bottom row, from left: Robert Taylor (right field), George Matthews (shortstop), Frank Jasper (center field), Charles Hambergar (left field). Courtesy Jay Sanford. Of the 1903 team, the Colorado Transcript had this to say on April 2, 1903: The Golden Reds baseball team has been reorganized for the 1903 season with the following officers: A. W. Armstrong, manager; Harry Rubey, secretary and treasurer; William McIntyre, captain.Most of last year’s players will probably be retained, but all promising candidates will be given a chance to make the team. Among the new men who will undoubted make good is Earl Walker, who gives promise of developing into a first-class pitcher; Maughan, who was in the box last year, has kept in practice and it is said he has developed a new and puzzling curve to catch his opponents. The Reds gave a good account of themselves last season and played winning ball in the fastest company, defeating all the semi-professional teams of Denver they played except the Old Homesteads. The team is strictly amateur, all of its members being bonafide residents of Golden. The season will open with the following players: H. Hartzell and Bates, catchers; Maughan and Walker, pitchers; Williams, first base; McIntyre, second base; Gow, third base; Matthews, shortstop; Jasper, left field; Quaintance, center field; Taylor, right field.