Harland Pritchard, Brooklyn Eagle BROOKLYN, May 22–In the great and noble game of baseball, where titanic batsmen duel with cunning pitchers and fleet-footed outfielders pursue looping flies, it is easy to overlook the humble yet indispensable figure of the groundskeeper. And yet, at Bromwich Park, the verdant home of our beloved Brooklyn Whales, one such…
NEW YORK CITY: Note to Readers: My name is Mark “Scoop” Saltmarsh, your humble correspondent, and I’m happy to announce that the following is my first edition of what will be a regular column covering the New York Kings. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 months, you know that New…
Providence Chronicle, Saturday, May 6, 1916 YESTERDAY – The great and the good of Providence gathered before the Friday afternoon ballgame in Cartwright Stadium to bid a fond farewell to Angels great, Rufus ‘Rattler’ Burnell. Among the over 2,500 loyal rooters in attendance were local dignitaries representing our fair community, including Mayor Joseph H. Gainer,…
The Sporting TimesManhattan, NYMay 8, 1916 Manhattan–As America’s ballparks fill with the sounds of cheering rooters and cracking bats, there’s no mistaking the whispers of change beyond the diamond. While fans debate whether Bobby Batkin and the New York Bakers have the moxie to surpass the leviathans of Brooklyn or the Banshees of Boston, newspapers…
The Sporting TimesMay 1, 1916 Manhattan, NY Manhattan–Twelve years ago, few believed the Legacy Baseball League would ever need a second Commissioner. Alexander Madigan, the league’s larger-than-life founder, loomed immortal—until a rainy August night in 1904 proved otherwise. The loss of baseball’s godfather left a power vacuum, soon filled by an unexpected candidate: Jacob Parker,…
Into the dimly lit main hall of Union Station burst a young man, cases under each arm, he resisted the urge to run and cause a commotion. Wet shoes squeaking on the marble floors, a rushed exchange with a porter to confirm the platform of the ‘Angels Special’ without breaking his stride. Familiar faces of…
NEW YORK CITY: Yesterday, New York Kings Owner and CEO Alexander Bingley announced the hiring of Scott Thomas as the team’s new general manager. Bingley continued. “We are excited with the scouting and player development experience that Scott brings to the organization.” “Fans know the high expectations that I demand for the Kings: Win today….
He had been young then–so young–and, to any neutral observer, invincible. Every throw, every dive, every sprint came effortlessly, like his limbs were made for nothing else. The game was life, and life was in the early innings. The sun was setting over the field, casting long shadows that stretched across the infield dirt. The…
The Sporting TimesApril 23, 1916Manhattan, New York Richmond, Virginia—Baseball, America’s favorite pastime, has become an unexpected battlefield for rising nationalist fervor in the River City. With the Richmond Rifles’ recent homestand against the Philadelphia Brewers from April 21–23, tensions brewed over the Philly club’s ownership by the German-born Boeslager brothers. As anti-German sentiment surges across…
By Harlan Pritchard, Brooklyn Eagle Staff BROOKLYN, April 18 — There’s a peculiar tune echoing through Bromwich Park these days, and it has nothing to do with the umpire’s calls or the crack of a bat. During the opener of the home series against the Philadelphia Brewers, an impromptu amateur band stationed in the right-field…