Papers, 1916-1990.

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Papers, 1916-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28703714

Consists of clippings, legal documents, newspapers, photographs, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items centered around John Andrew Beazley, major league baseball pitcher, businessman and civic leader of Nashville, Tenn.

62 items.

Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 7264058

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St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)

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Boston Braves (Baseball team)

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Beazley, John Andrew, 1918-1990.

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New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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The club that became the New York Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. American League President Ban Johnson wanted a club in New York and, after outmaneuvering the politically influential New York Giants, who did not want a competing team, Johnson moved the Orioles to New York. The first ten years of its existence, the team did not do well, contending for the pennant during only one season. In 1914, Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the team. This collection da...