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 A Century of Ozarks' Sports - 1900s
Three sports dominated the scene in Springfield in the first decade of the 20th Century: baseball, football and basketball.
Baseball action was provided by the Springfield Merchants, a semi-pro team which played in the Southwest League, later renamed the Missouri Valley League.
Two other sports were getting a foothold here during this decade.
www.bigosports.com /1900s.html   (513 words)

  
 7 SPORT-REC. M-S
Ruck, R. The tropic of baseball: baseball in the Dominican Republic.
Ranking, J. Historical researches on the wars and sports of the Mongols and Romans; in which elephants and wild beasts were employed or slain, and the remarkable local agreement of history with the remains of such animals found in...
A Peep into the sports of youth, and the occupations and amusements of age: to which is added, The shipwrecked sailor boy.
nutrition.ucdavis.edu /olympics/Histo/hist7.htm   (8450 words)

  
 Mike Jacobs Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Mike Jacobs broke into the big leagues on July 16, 1902, with the Chicago Cubs.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mike Jacobs baseball stats page.
Did you know that you can compare Mike Jacobs to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1902 National League season?
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=jacobmi01   (281 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Football Special Reports Multi-talented footballers
From Europe, Hans van Schijndel notes: "In Holland, Johan Neeskens was a member of the Dutch youth baseball team and was voted best batsman at the European Youth Baseball Championships in Rome in the sixties.
There are plenty of overlaps between football and cricket, the most obvious example being one Ian Botham, who managed 11 appearances (seven starts) as a non-contract player for Scunthorpe United between 1979 and 1984, a time when he was also hitting all-comers out of the ground for both Somerset and England.
Worcestershire skipper Phil Neale was probably the last true professional cricket and football player, although his football career was spent in the lower leagues with Lincoln.
football.guardian.co.uk /theknowledge/story/0,13854,1545653,00.html   (281 words)

  
 Football
1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1900 Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball and football Hall of Famer
www.brainyhistory.com /topics/f/football.html   (281 words)

  
 Who's Who in Ridgefield CT A-F
During the 1950s his baseball teams won five straight Fairfield County Class B League titles, with Mr.
He left in 1953 to become head football, baseball and basketball coach at Rye (N.Y.) High School.
New York Times art critic Vivien Raynor once observed that he "paints the Connecticut countryside, but with considerably more panache than Weir… Though he uses richer color and seldom if ever includes figures, Mr.
www.acorn-online.com /A-F.htm   (281 words)

  
 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sport (A-M)
A catcher is a fielder who stands behind the batter in baseball.
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team.
Bandy is a game similar to hockey, played on an ice-covered football pitch.
www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/O1.HTM   (281 words)

  
 At Baseball Encyclopedia.net buy The Sports Encyclopedia Baseball 2003
Baseball Encyclopedia 2004 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2003, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year's exciting pennant race.
Sports Encyclopedia is the definitive source for baseball stats.
The Sports Encyclopedia: "A must for serious baseball fans.
www.baseballencyclopedia.net   (62 words)

  
 Commissioner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Commissioner was used in a gubernatorial role for the chief British official in the Weihaiwei concession territory (held from China) from 1902 to 1938.
The title was first used in 1920, when Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed Commissioner of Baseball in the aftermath of the Black Sox Scandal.
Commissioner is a designation that may be used for a variety of official positions, especially referring to a high-ranking public (administrative or police) official, or an analogous official in the private sector (e.g.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commissioner   (697 words)

  
 Canadian Parks Movement: Hamilton Experience - Dundurn Park
Baseball players and the general public will be glad to know that it has been definitely decided to make a first-class ball ground, with grand stands, and all the accessories, at Dundurn park.
When the baseball association outlawed the sale of alcohol on all baseball grounds in 1887, Dundurn gained a new popularity.
By 1902, the baseball field at Dundurn was closed.
collections.ic.gc.ca /hamilton/baseball.html   (482 words)

  
 DVD Talk Forum - Yankees are Babies and are Demanding a Forfeit!
Baseball rules say a forfeit may be called if a team isn't ready within five minutes of umpires calling "play" unless the delay is "unavoidable."
Levine called for an investigation by baseball, and said that if the facts as the Yankees understood them were true, the game should be forfeited.
The last time a major league game was forfeited because a team didn't show on time was July 17, 1902, according to retrosheet.org.
www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=384055   (3646 words)

  
 At Baseball Encyclopedia.net buy The Sports Encyclopedia Baseball 2003
The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2003, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year’s exciting pennant race.
Statistics are to baseball as nails are to carpentry: they define, inform, and hold the game together.
In addition, there are details of every playoff and World Series game ever played, profiles of every no-hitter since 1901, updated stats on RBIs, on-base percentages, and fielding, plus classic baseball legends and intriguing trivia.
www.baseballencyclopedia.net /sports_encyclopedia_content.htm   (418 words)

  
 At Baseball Encyclopedia.net buy The Sports Encyclopedia Baseball 2003
The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2003, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year’s exciting pennant race.
Statistics are to baseball as nails are to carpentry: they define, inform, and hold the game together.
The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 is packed with statistics and history.
www.baseballencyclopedia.net /sports_encyclopedia_content.htm   (418 words)

  
 At Baseball Encyclopedia.net buy The Sports Encyclopedia Baseball 2003
Baseball Encyclopedia 2004 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2003, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year's exciting pennant race.
Sports Encyclopedia is the definitive source for baseball stats.
The Sports Encyclopedia: "A must for serious baseball fans.
www.baseballencyclopedia.net   (62 words)

  
 Northern League Chronicles Home Page
An Informal History of the Northern Baseball League, by Herman D. White
"The History of Independent Baseball Leagues, 1993-2002", compiled and edited by David Kemp and Miles Wolff is now available from Mariah Press.
Northern League cities, team makeup, and league classifications from 1902 to the present
www.snake.net /nl   (73 words)

  
 Northern League
With origins dating back to 1902, the Northern League is credible, well established and a showcase of independent professional baseball.
The Northern League is widely considered the pre-eminent independent professional league in North America.
In 2004, the Northern League featured 2 divisions, including teams in Fargo, Gary, Joliet, Kansas City (the T- Bones), Lincoln, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Schaumburg, St. Paul and of course, a showcase franchise in Winnipeg, the Goldeyes.
www.calgarydawgs.com /NL.html   (249 words)

  
 Cortland NY > Community > Local History > John McGraw
John McGraw was the fiery, hard-hitting third baseman of the Baltimore Orioles in the 1890's, but he achieved much more recognition as an innovative, autocratic field manager.
He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and he is still, to this day, the most winning Manager in baseball history.
John McGraw managed the New York Giants from 1902-1932.
www.cortland.org /community/history/mcgraw.htm   (178 words)

  
 Jimmy Ryan (baseball player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Edward "Jimmy" Ryan (February 11, 1863 - October 26, 1923), nicknamed "Pony", was a National League baseball player for the Chicago teams White Stockings (1885-89), Pirates (1890), Colts (1892-97) and Orphans (1898-1900), and for the Washington Senators in the American League (1902-03).
Ryan enjoyed his best season in 1888, leading the league in home runs (16), hits (182), doubles (33), total bases (283) and slugging percentage (.515), and also was second in batting average (.332), runs (115) and extra base hits (59).
Jimmy Ryan died in Chicago, Illinois at age of 60.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Ryan_(baseball_player)   (178 words)

  
 The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 (Sports Encyclopedia Baseball)
The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2003, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year's exciting pennant race.
The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 is a vastly entertaining encyclopedic reference/compendium that balances the exuberance and the excesses, the promise and the pitfalls of America'a national pasttime in a wonderfully exhaustive statistical context.
The book is loaded with good baseball history and a great accumulation of stats but the print is so small that you will need a magnifying glass to read it.
www.bostonticketexchange.com /baseball-books-plain/031230479X.html   (178 words)

  
 baseball encyclopedia
The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2005 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2005, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year’s exciting pennant race.
A baseball lover’s ultimate guide, based on a remarkable database compiled by the award-winning godfather of statistical baseball analysis, Pete Palmer, and edited by res....
Including a look at the 1998 season and a full chapter on Big Mac himself and his record-breaking plays by the sports writer assigned to co....
www.books-n-magazines.com /mkw/baseball_encyclopedia.html   (338 words)

  
 List of sports events
1884 in sports - First baseball World Series
Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
This page indexes the individual year in sports pages.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_sports_events.html   (364 words)

  
 West Virginia Wesleyan College
In 1902, the current Annex Building was constructed as the Conservatory of Music, the College's first building dedicated solely to academic purposes.
Early sports included football, baseball, basketball, and gymnastics-all for men only.
A more comprehensive athletic program was formally organized at the collegiate level in 1902.
www.wvwc.edu /about/history.asp   (805 words)

  
 African Americans in the Sports Arena
On view are seven major sporting events - boxing, horse racing, cycling, track and field, basketball, baseball, and football- which opened the doors to the expanding Sports Arenas of today.
The world of sports is such a strong part of the recognizable American fabric that it would be hard to imagine the social, cultural, or political development of this nation without this pastime.
On the other hand, American sports are filled with records of African American athletes capable of participating in the broad sports arena but not given the chance due to their race.
www.liu.edu /cwis/cwp/library/aaitsa.htm   (14867 words)

  
 Jimmy Ryan (baseball player)
James Edward Ryan (born February 11, 1863 in Clinton, MA, died October 26, 1923 in Chicago, IL) was a baseball player for Chicago (1985-1889, 1891-1900), Chicago Pirates (1890), and the Washington Senators (1902-1903).
Ryan, a power hitting outfielder, occasionally made made pitching appearances throughout his career.
He hit for the cycle on July 28, 1888.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/j/ji/jimmy_ryan__baseball_player_.html   (14867 words)

  
 AUGUST, 1902 BaseballLibrary.com
At the Polo Grounds, the Cards and Giants split a pair, St. Louis topping Joe McGinnity in the opener to win, 4-3, then losing 4-2.
In the 6th inning of a game with the Tigers, Harry Davis of the A's attempts a double steal with Dave Fultz, who is on 3B.
Boston pushes over two runs in the 11th to win, 3-1.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/chronology/1902AUGUST.stm   (1011 words)

  
 New Jersey Sports Teams of the Past
Jersey City's minor league baseball team in the Eastern League (1902 - 1911) and the International League (1912 - 1915 and 1918 - 1933).
Minor league baseball team in the International League from 1916 through 1949 (became the Akron Numatics for the 1920 season, and moved to Providence briefly in 1925).
Minor league baseball teams in the Atlantic League in 1896 and from 1899 to 1900.
www.titans101.com /njpast.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Harry Davis BaseballLibrary.com
Davis accomplished the feat 1904 through 1907 and also led in doubles in 1902, '05, and '07 and in RBI in '05 and '06.
The gentlemanly Davis was an outstanding slugger for Connie Mack 's Philadelphia teams in the early 20th century.
The A's new 2B Danny Murphy does not arrive until the 2nd inning and takes the field with no batting practice: he is 6-for-6, including a grand slam off Cy Young, while handling 12 chances flawlessly in a sensational debut.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Davis_Harry.stm   (1011 words)

  
 1908 in sports
See also: 1907 in sports other events of 1908 1909 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
February 17 - Red Barber baseball announcer sports journalist (+ 1992)
Graco Pack 'N Play Sport in Olympic Print
www.freeglossary.com /1908_in_sports   (486 words)

  
 Baseball Prospectus Player Card for MIKE JACOBS Born 0- 0-1878
Baseball Prospectus Player Card for MIKE JACOBS Born 0- 0-1878
AGE YEAR TEAM AB H 2B 3B HR BB HBP SO SB CS OUT RUN RBI BA OBA SA UEQR EQA EQR 24 1902 CHI-N 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 2.227.227.227 0.137 1.0000 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 2.227.227.227 0.137 1
MIKE JACOBS Born 0- 0-1878 Bats X Throws X
www.baseballprospectus.com /dt/jacobmi01.shtml   (137 words)

  
 baseball encyclopedia
The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2005 covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2005, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year’s exciting pennant race.
A baseball lover’s ultimate guide, based on a remarkable database compiled by the award-winning godfather of statistical baseball analysis, Pete Palmer, and edited by respected baseball historian and commentator Gary Gillette.
Like its older cousin, the Baseball Encyclopedia, it is a mammoth volume filled with yearly results, awards, detailed postseason and all-star accounts, and the complete career statistics of every major-league player through 1998.
www.books-n-magazines.com /mkw/baseball_encyclopedia.html   (610 words)

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