Boston Beaneaters : scrapbook, 1897-1901.

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Boston Beaneaters : scrapbook, 1897-1901.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174119979

This scrapbook gives an overview of baseball between 1897 and 1901. Most of the articles relate to the Boston Beaneaters and President/owner Arthur Soden. This scrapbook has newspaper clippings, photos of teams and rosters and numerous articles relating to the Boston team and its management. There are game accounts and box scores. There are articles from the Cleveland area discussing the legality and morality of having Sunday baseball. Lengthy article regarding Harry Wright and the monument dedicated to him at West Laurel Hill Cemetary. An article and photo of a cane presented as a Christmas gift to President Soden by an Iowa convict. A postcard from Thomas R Flynn to Soden regarding a trade deal. A letter from Franklin Hamilton to Soden. A typewritten note to J.P. Fifield from the Philadelphia Ball Club advising him that his contract is renewed, dated Ocotber 14th, 1898. Fifield played from 1897-1899.

1 scrapbook (300 x 255 x 40 mm.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6928014

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Soden, Arthur, 1845-1925.

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Harry Wright was a player-manager for the Boston Red Stockings of the National Association (1871-1875) and the Boston Red Stockings of the National League (1876-1877). Wright managed the Boston Red Stockings of the National League (1878-1881), Providence Grays (1882-1883), and Philadelphia Phillies (1884-1893). He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953. Sam Jackson played for the Boston Red Stockings (1871) and Brooklyn Atlantics (1872), both teams were part of the National...

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