https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-06-29/ed-1/seq-1 THE NEW YORK TRIBUNEMONDAY, JUNE 29, 1914 Vienna, June 28. The following details the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife re now available. At 10 a.m. the archduke, with the duchess, left the military camp in an automobile for the Town Hall. The car halted for some minutes while a number of…
Richmond Rifles 1912 Season Preview On the heels of a first-place finish followed by a disappointing sweep by Brooklyn, the Rifles head into 1912 with basically the same roster as last September. There’s no real getting around the fact that Richmond hasn’t improved in 1912, showing signs of decline in some of their aging veteran…
THE SPORTING TIMESAUGUST 14th, 1911 RICHMOND CLINCHES 1911 EL PLAYOFF BERTH For the fifth consecutive season, and to the chagrin of most of the league, Manager John “Pop” Barrows will lead his team to compete for their 5th Eastern League Cup. In a season of massively increased offensive production across the league, the bat-heavy Rifles…
TO: Dr. Robert J. Matthews (Robert.j.Matthews@ABS.gov) FROM: Anthony R. Perry (Perry.a@UVA.com) Bob, Thank you for the expedient reply. Nothing quite compares to sharing memories of baseball with an old friend. Researching that 1910 Legacy Cup, I can’t help but feel that those must have been some of the very best days for a Richmond Rifles…
A STUDY IN SCARLET: THE 1910 LEGACY CUP PART II TO: Anthony R. Perry (Perry.A@UVA.com)FROM: Dr. Robert J. Matthews (Robert.j.Matthews@ABS.gov) Tony, What a joy to hear from an old cobble-stumbler from UVA. Annie sends her best, of course, and is particularly curious about what the illustrious old professor has been up to at our beloved…
A STUDY IN SCARLET: THE 1910 LEGACY CUP PROLOGUE TO: Dr. Robert J. Matthews (Robert.j.Matthews@ABS.gov)FROM: Anthony R. Perry (Perry.a@UVA.com) My dear friend Robert, I hope Manhattan in the fall is keeping you well—downtown Richmond is nearly unrecognizable from our college days. I’ve thought often of the Poe Museum and our exploits in Carytown. What a…
The Red Rebels of Richmond dealt a fatal blow to their oldest cross-division rival, the Brooklyn Whales, in an exciting five-game series that concluded in late-inning heroics by a relatively unknown pinch hitter. When Rifles pinch hitter Okey Sibthorp approached the plate in the top of the ninth inning on August 31st, his name was…
(Written by Steve M.) Victory BreadBy Moe Nash Dear Mr. Henri,It was with regret that I retired from the Legacy Baseball League at the youthful age of twenty-six years.It became clear that my rookie season at age 20 was a happenstance of luck more than skill as mynumbers would never come close to the .726…
As the league lore goes, “The first pitch of the Legacy Baseball League was hurled by Stephen Millington of the Philadelphia Brewers from the mound at Libby Hill, Virginia, to CF Cooper Fowler* of the Richmond Rifles, on the first day of Spring: March 21st, 1895.” Fowler would go on to spark the movement for the Legacy Negro Baseball League and serve…
The Team Meetingby Steve Meyers New York Bakers April 20, 1908 Owner: Thatddeus Wolcroft 75 years old GM: Julien Henri 32 years old TW: I’ve got some concerns Julien. JH: I know, boss, we’re in the cellar, again, but it’s different this time. We are only… TW: I’m not talking about the team record Julien. …