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190 “his prance showed little”: PHIP, September 6, 1883.
191 “tripped and fell”: PHIR, September 6, 1883.
191 “things began to look shaky”: Ibid.
191 “no less than 13,500 pasteboards”: PHIP, September 7, 1883.
192 “Corey dared not move”: PHIR, September 7, 1883.
192 “muffed” it “most ingloriously”: SLGD, September 7, 1883.
192 “With one accord every heart”: PHIR, September 7, 1883.
193 “turned and ran with the ball”: Ibid.
193 “The shout raised was instantaneous”: Ibid.
193 “ST. LOUIS SURRENDERS”: PHIP, September 7, 1883.
193 “the sheerest hard luck”: MR, September 12, 1883.
194 “crowd began to call out”: MR, September 8, 1883.
194 “as if shot”: PHIR, September 9, 1883.
194 “game was of the burlesque order”: NYC, September 15, 1883.
195 “This is what beat you”: PI, September 9, 1883.
Chapter 13: Hurricane in St. Louis
197 cigar store and “Athletics headquarters”: PI, August 26, 1883.
198 “happy-go-lucky crowd”: Spink, 72.
198 “watched their movements as steadily”: Quoted in NPG, December 23, 1883.
198 lost his hearing: SN, January 15, 1887.
199 secret from his parents: BG and BS, July 7, 1883.
199 “greatly amused the spectators”: PI, September 16, 1883.
200 “strongest college battery ever”: CCG, September 16, 1883.
201 “as unruly as a colt”: CCG, September 19, 1883.
201 “so disliked here as he”: CCG, September 20, 1883.
202 “grin which had adorned”: CE, September 20, 1883.
202 “Oh! how he suffered”: CCG, September 20, 1883.
202 “long and tedious journey”: MR, September 9, 1883.
203 “old and trampish-looking”: SLGD, September 10, 1883.
203 “a gong sounded”: MR, September 10, 1883.
203 “grounds look brighter and prettier”: SLGD, September 8, 1883.
204 “straightened out”: Ibid.
204 “was especially applauded”: SLGD, September 10, 1883.
204 “made five corking hits”: SLGD, September 11, 1883.
204 “Browns can not play ball”: SLGD, September 14, 1883.
204 “That settles it!”: PI, September 16, 1883.
204 “Nothing short of a miracle”: MR, September 14, 1883.
204 “I brodest dot game”: PI, September 23, 1883.
205 “a very unpleasant duty”: MR, September 15, 1883.
205 “Lewis was a fine”: SLGD, September 15, 1883.
205 “terrific thrashing”: MR, September 16, 1883.
205 “could not afford to lose”: SLGD, September 16, 1883.
206 “How’s that for a balk”: SLGD, September 17, 1883.
206 “Go on! Go on!”: MR, September 17, 1883.
206 “tried a left-handed”: SLGD, September 17, 1883.
206 “tip-toe of expectations”: SLGD, September 19, 1883.
207 “scooted away over the field”: Ibid.
207 “like a ray of hope”: MR, September 20, 1883.
208 “Thank God there is”: SLGD, September 19, 1883.
208 a “tug of war”: MR, September 8, 1883.
208 “as an added inducement”: MR, September 21, 1883.
209 “scoundrels to cowardly assassinate”: Quoted in WP, April 8, 1882.
209 “sky blue and clear”: PHIP, September 22, 1883.
209 “carriages, buggies, drays”: MR, September 22, 1883.
209 motion was “clearly illegal”: PI, September 9, 1883.
210 “to his own disgust”: SLGD, September 22, 1883.
210 “greatly admired by his Excellency”: Ibid.
211 “pretty bad looking object”: MR, September 26, 1883.
212 “Excitement was at”: NYC, September 29, 1883.
212 “creating a panicky feeling”: SLGD, September 22, 1883.
212 “A regular hurricane”: NYC, September 29, 1883.
212 “as if to get his coat”: Ibid.
212 “Go on! Play ball!”: Ibid.
212 “blew the ball far back”: Ibid.
213 “with the air of a person”: SLGD, September 22, 1883.
213 “Everybody expected to see”: SLGD, September 23, 1883.
213 “Athletics missed Mathews”: NYC, September 29, 1883.
213 “jubilant crowd filled the field”: Ibid.
213 “We were completely robbed”: PI, September 23, 1883.
214 “Great Caesar, the string”: Ibid.
214 “moving, surging dark mass”: SLGD, September 24, 1883.
214 “Fashionable circles were also”: PHIP, September 24, 1883.
214 “reminds me of Derby day”: Ibid.
214 “the great human stream”: SLGD, September 24, 1883.
214 “thousands were huddled and squeezed”: Ibid.
215 “groaned beneath the unwonted pressure”: PHIP, September 24, 1883.
215 “On the tops of the roofs”: SLGD, September 24, 1883.
215 “That it was a red-letter day”: Ibid.
215 “gathering was beyond a doubt”: MR, September 24, 1883.
216 “drop his bat and walk around”: SLGD, September 24, 1883.
216 “caused the small boys to cheer”: Ibid.
217 only through “pure pluck”: MR, September 26, 1883.
217 “Then, standing erect”: PHIP, September 24, 1883.
218 “relentlessly forwarded”: SLGD, September 24, 1883.
218 “HE WRECKED US”: MR, September 24, 1883.
218 “as they were driven out”: PHIP, September 24, 1883.
218 “Athletics leave here”: Ibid.
218 “base ball is mighty unsartin”: SLGD, September 28, 1883.
Chapter 14: Limping Home
219 Simmons had already negotiated: WP, November 2, 1902.
220 “chewed up four cigar stumps”: LCJ, September 27, 1883.
221 “debated between innings”: PHIP, September 27, 1883.
221 “burned the wires”: WP, November 2, 1902.
221 “on the ragged edge”: CE, September 27, 1883.
222 “very wild and hard to hold”: LCJ, September 28, 1883.
222 no meat but chicken: Orem, 11.
222 “crowd yelled repeatedly”: LCJ, September 28, 1883.
223 “Lew Simmons’s manners”: NPG, November 24, 1883.
223 “whole heart in the Athletics”: Quoted in NPG, July 14, 1883.
223 “brought his cane down”: LCJ, September 28, 1883.
223 “full share of condemnation”: Quoted in MR, September 29, 1883.
223 “These orders were disobeyed”: Ibid.
224 “excitement all over the city”: Ibid.
224 “cup of sorrow overflowed”: WP, November 2, 1902.
224 “boys would not even let me around”: Ibid.
224 “Give us a show”: Ibid.
224 “wanted to beat the team”: Ibid.
224 “DANGER AHEAD”: PHIP, September 28, 1883.
225 “grace of the Supreme Being”: LC, September 28, 1883.
225 “if Louisville won that game”: WP, November 2, 1902.
226 “worked up to a fever heat”: PHIP, September 29, 1883.
226 “While lying flat”: NYC, October 6, 1883.
226 “It was impossible”: PHIP, September 29, 1883.
227 “rent the heavens”: Ibid.
227 “with joy in my heart”: WP, November 2, 1902.
227 “the boys got there”: PHIP, September 29, 1883.
227 “Men threw their hats”: PHI, September 29, 1883.
227 “men could be seen stopping each other”: PHIP, September 29, 1883.
227 “Now it is settled”: PHIR, September 29, 1883.
Chapter 15: A Great Boom for Base Ball
229 “quick, nervous, dashing,
brilliant”: PEB, September 29, 1883.
229 “Athletic became a by-word”: PI, October 14, 1883.
230 “Have you the fever”: PHIR, September 30, 1883.
230 “certain degree of carelessness”: LCJ, October 1, 1883.
231 “made up in warmth”: PHIP, October 2, 1883.
231 “still somewhat discomposed”: Ibid.
232 “He was good natured enough”: Ibid.
232 “man whom everyone wanted to see”: Ibid.
232 “positions round the windows”: Ibid.
232 “rush was made for the windows”: Ibid.
233 “climbing on each other’s shoulders”: Ibid.
233 “It was time to cheer”: Ibid.
234 “Half a dozen young ladies”: Ibid.
234 “set up a deafening chorus”: Ibid.
234 “advance fife and drum corps”: Ibid.
234 “If the crowds were great”: Ibid.
235 “great boom for base ball”: PI, October 7, 1883.
235 “swarmed on door steps”: PHIP, October 2, 1883.
235 “dense mass of human beings”: PHIR, October 2, 1883.
235 barouches passed the Hotel Lafayette: PHIP, October 2, 1883.
235 “glittering combination of lanterns”: Ibid.
235 “the lady friends of the club”: Ibid.
235 “created considerable amusement”: PHI, October 2, 1883.
236 Marchers carried: PHIR, October 2, 1883.
236 “Der ish von thing”: PHIP, October 2, 1883.
236 “’Twas Bradley’s smile”: PHIR, October 2, 1883.
237 “Dignified-looking citizens”: Ibid.
237 “was one continuous smile”: PI, October 7, 1883.
237 “The uproar was tremendous”: PHIR, October 2, 1883.
237 “terrific blasts upon a score”: Ibid.
237 “many a man and boy”: PHIP, October 2, 1883.
237 “have made their names more widely known”: Ibid.
238 A man fell from a tree: This and other mishaps from PHIP and PHI, October 2, 1883.
238 “rose in their carriage”: PHIP, October 2, 1883.
239 “Oysters on the Shell”: Ibid.
239 “Nothing in the history”: PI, October 7, 1883.
240 “Not the least pleasant feature”: PHIP, October 2, 1883.
240 “delighted with everything”: PI, October 7, 1883.
240 whopping $78,320: PHIP, September 29, 1883.
240 purchased a fruit farm: PI, July 8, 1883.
240 “cozy family homestead”: NYC, March 15, 1884.
240 “led by colored grooms”: MR, October 6, 1883.
241 “a wire screen”: SLGD, October 6, 1883.
241 “nimbly jumped down”: MR, October 6, 1883.
241 profit of $50,000: SLGD, January 27, 1884.
Epilogue: When They Slide Home
243 “most glorious and satisfactory ever known”: Wright & Ditson’s Base Ball Guide 1884 (Boston).
243 “The class of patron”: Ibid.
244 “The month of May”: Reach’s Official American Association Base Ball Guide 1884 (Philadelphia), 7.
246 “received much praise”: NYC, January 26, 1884.
246 “A friendship began”: NYT, October 21, 1936.
246 “Frequently he expressed”: WH, December 23, 1910.
247 “I am just as happy”: REG, January 24, 1920.
247 “In response to loud calls”: SH, April 6, 1904, 3807.
247 “Old! That’s a misnomer”: Ibid.
247 “the heyday of baseball”: WP, November 2, 1902.
248 killed by a beer truck: NYT, September 3, 1911.
248 “thing might break”: CCG, October 11, 1883.
248 “A whiter-faced set of men”: Ibid.
248 “elevator must have fallen”: Ibid.
249 “Mr. Caylor was never rugged”: Quoted in SL, October 30, 1897.
249 “characters of Dickens”: CE, June 1, 1937.
250 “His nose was broken”: CE, October 16, 1883.
250 showed up at a Phillies-Reds: KDF, August 30, 1939.
250 “one of those old time heroes”: Nolan folder, HOF.
251 “got into the gambling game”: NYT, March 28, 1926.
252 “He had such a powerful physique”: Ibid.
252 “Negro race will be”: Walker, 29.
253 “This team was the wonder”: Spink, 50.
253 “That silver dollar”: BIP, March 27, 1941.
253 “He put the watch”: Sullivan, 115.
254 “But I would rather have won”: BM, February 1910, 55.
254 “a great hustler”: BM, May 1910, 75.
254 “reason may be found”: Axelson, 66.
254 “It doesn’t bring in”: Ibid., 68.
255 “In all the years”: Spink, 177.
255 inventing the use of tarpaulins: NYC, March 15, 1884.
255 “about the coolest”: SN, June 18, 1887.
255 narcissistic Tony Mullane: Nemec 2, 99–102.
256 “I’m a daisy on the diamond!”: SL, November 14, 1888.
256 “the worst third-base coach”: Ritter, 86.
257 “King George had only”: Allen, 38.
257 reportedly totaled $300,000: BG, January 29, 1899.
258 “a numerous army of flatterers”: Cash, 199.
258 watch with the hotel clerk: NYS, December 23, 1906.
258 “He looked about”: SL, April 22, 1899.
259 “makes me feel good”: Deutsch, 83.
259 “First base is enlightenment”: NYS, June 15, 1913.
259 His pallbearers included: NYT, June 9, 1913.
SOURCES
Newspapers and Magazines
AB: Auburn (New York) Bulletin
AC: Auburn (New York) Citizen
BA: Baltimore American
BC: Buffalo Courier
BCA: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
BE: Brooklyn Eagle
BG: Boston Globe
BIP: Binghamton (New York) Press
BM: Baseball Magazine
BP: Boston Post
BPC: Ball Players’ Chronicle
BS: Baltimore Sun
CCG: Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
CE: Cincinnati Enquirer
CG: Cleveland Gazette
CIO: Chicago Inter-Ocean
CL: Cleveland Leader
CT: Chicago Tribune
DD: Dayton (Ohio) Democrat
DDT: Dubuque Daily Times
DEN: Detroit Evening News
EDG: Elmira (New York) Daily Gazette and Free Press
EM: Everybody’s Magazine
FWG: Fort Wayne Gazette
FWN: Fort Wayne News
FWNS: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
HER: Hudson (New York) Evening Register
JG: Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette
KDF: Kingston (New York) Daily Freeman
LC: Louisville Commercial
LCJ: Louisville Courier-Journal
MR: Missouri Republican (St. Louis)
NDJ: Newark Daily Journal
NPG: National Police Gazette
NSJ: Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln)
NYA: New York Age
NYC: New York Clipper
NYH: New York Herald
NYJ: New York Journal
NYS: New York Sun
NYT: New York Times
NYW: New York World
OSJ: Ohio State Journal (Columbus)
PD: Pittsburgh Dispatch
PEB: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
PHI: Philadelphia Inquirer
PHIP: Philadelphia Press
PHIR: Philadelphia Record
PHIT: Philadelphia Times
PI: Philadelphia Item
PP: Providence Press
RCD: Rochester (New York) Democrat and Chronicle
REG: Reno Evening Gazette
RR: Rockford (Illinois) Register
SH: Seen and Heard magazine (Philadelphia)
SL: Sporting Life
SLGD: St. Louis Globe-Democrat
SLPD: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
SLR: St. Louis Republican
SN: Sporting News
TB: Toledo (Ohio) Blade
USG: Utica (New York) Saturday Globe
UST: Utica (New York) Sunday Tribune
WH: Washington Herald
WP: Washington Post
Important Magazine Articles
Bishop: Henry William Bishop, “St. Louis,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
68, no. 46, March 1884.
Hyson: John M. Hyson Jr., “Women Dentists: The Origins,” Journal of the California Dental Association, June 2002.
Richardson: Sophia Foster Richardson, “Tendencies in Athletics for Women in Colleges & Universities,” Appleton’s Popular Science Monthly, February 1897.
Smalley: E. V. Smalley, “The German Element in the United States,” Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April 1883.
Wyant: Elizabeth Wyant, “A Merchant of Early Chicago: Four Letters of Eri Baker Hulbert,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 28, no. 2, July 1935.
Collections
AGM: Abraham G. Mills papers, New York Public Library
CCR: Chicago Club Records, Chicago Historical Society
HOF: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library
Books
Allen: Lee Allen, The Cincinnati Reds (Kent, OH, 2006).
Andreas: A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, From the Earliest Period to the Present, vol. 3, From the Fire of 1871 Until 1885 (Chicago, 1886).
Anson: Adrian C. Anson, A Ball Player’s Career (Chicago, 1900).
Axelson: G. W. Axelson, Commy: The Life Story of Charles A. Comiskey (Chicago, 1919).
Benson: Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards and Stadiums, 1845 to Present (Jefferson, NC, 1989).
Bogen: F. W. Bogen, The German in America, or Advice and Instruction for German Emigrants in the United States of America (Boston, 1851).
Brunson: James E. Brunson III, The Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871–1890 (Jefferson, NC, 2008).
Burrows: Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (New York, 1999).
Cash: Jon David Cash, Before They Were Cardinals: Major League Baseball in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis (Columbia, MO, 2002).
Cazden: Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, and Norman Studer, Folk Songs of the Catskills (Albany, NY, 1982).
Coolidge: Susan Coolidge, A Short History of the City of Philadelphia from Its Foundation to the Present Time (Boston, 1887).
Dacus: J. A. Dacus and James W. Buel, A Tour of St. Louis; or, The Inside Life of a Great City (St. Louis, 1878).