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In the News (Sun 3 Jun 12)

  
  JS Online: A Series of celebrations
Beaumont, who spent 12 years in the major leagues from 1899-1910, compiling a.311 career batting average, was the first batter in the first World Series in 1903.
Beaumont was inducted as a charter member of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1951.
Beaumont and players of his time, he said, need to get their due.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=193993&format=print   (505 words)

  
 Ginger Beaumont | BaseballLibrary.com
Beaumont's chunky build (5'8", 190 lbs) belied blazing speed that helped him beat out many infield hits.
Nicknamed for a shock of red hair, Beaumont batted.352 as a rookie and led the NL with.357 in 1902, and scored 100 or more runs each season from 1900 to 1903, with a league-high 137 in '03.
Contribute your recollections of Ginger Beaumont by clicking here.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Beaumont_Ginger.stm   (726 words)

  
 OnMilwaukee.com Sports: Wisconsins Beaumont was first batter in World Series history
That accomplishment undoubtedly will always be Ginger Beaumont's best known, but his career actually featured much more than that.
Beaumont was rated the top leadoff batter by many during the stretch.
Beaumont is a charter member of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.
onmilwaukee.com /sports/articles/gingerbeaumont.html   (840 words)

  
 Claude Ritchey | BaseballLibrary.com
With two outs in the third, Ginger Beaumont is on 2B, with first base empty, and he is put out trying to advance to third on a grounder.
Ginger Beaumont adds a HR to deep CF in the 5th inning, the same inning in which 3B coach Christy Mathewson is tossed for kicking dirt on umpire James Johnstone.
Clarke is 5-for-5 and Ginger Beaumont goes 4-for-5, connecting for his 2nd homer in a week.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/R/Ritchey_Claude.stm   (563 words)

  
 Ginger Beaumont Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Ginger Beaumont was born on Sunday, July 23, 1876, in Rochester, Wisconsin.
Beaumont was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 21, 1899, with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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 Ginger Beaumont baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=beaumgi01   (295 words)

  
 The Beaumont Enterprise - Bear in mind: Brawl was a ball
Even 20 years after ol' Rayland Hooks, her husband of 30 years, wrestled Ginger at the Silver Spur, she practically hyperventilated at the Eleventh Street Bingo hall.
Ginger was a 13-year-old fl bear - 7-foot-4, 800 pounds, de-clawed, muzzled and coming through Silsbee on a wrestling tour.
If Rayland was able to pin Ginger on her back in front of the packed beer joint, he was $500 richer.
www.beaumontenterprise.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16775413&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6   (502 words)

  
 Legends of the Game
GINGER BEAUMONT Beaumont, Clarence Howeth b: 7/23/1876, Rochester, Wis. d: 4/10/56, Burlington, Wis. BL/TR, 5'8", 190 lbs.
Ginger holds the distinction of being the first batter up in the first-ever World Series in 1903 where he faced the legendary Cy Young (HOF).
Ginger used his speed and slap-hitting technique to get his hits often beating out slow rollers or hitting through the infield.
www.deadball.com /beaumont.htm   (117 words)

  
 FoodTale: GINGER
In Chinese cuisine, ginger is yang, or hot--one of the reasons it is renowned for chasing away the "damps" of colds, rheums, and other illnesses.
Ginger was probably introduced to Japan in the 3rd century BCE, when Japan was first exposed to Ch'in dynasty medicine--and Japan also uses it as a yang ingredient to achieve a harmonic cuisine.
Turmeric, galangal, cardamoms, and Mioga ginger (Zingiber mioga), which last the Japanese pickle and dye pink to serve as a beautiful garnish on dishes like sashimi (and which they eat fresh as part of a Buddhist tradition).
www.soupsong.com /fginger.html   (644 words)

  
 JS Online: Frank Steele 'Takes Five'
An outfielder, Beaumont played in the major leagues from 1899 through 1911, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates but also with the forerunner of the Boston Red Sox and, in his last season, with the Chicago Cubs.
Beaumont, who died at the age of 79 in 1956, will be remembered Saturday at a reception that starts at 4 p.m.
Connie Mack (Beaumont's manager in 1898 with the then-minor league Milwaukee Brewers) said he had a gingerly attitude; it didn't look like he was working.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=177052&format=print   (483 words)

  
 OOTP Developments Forums - Ginger Beaumont
05-23-2002 03:30 PM Ginger Beaumont was a spot-starter for most of his career, he still put a.310 career average together.
Ginger Beaumont was a steady outfielder for well over a decade in the HOB2 but was never a star.
When he retired Beaumont was 12th all time in hits and 11th best in career rbi's.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/printthread.php?t=3477   (612 words)

  
 Rolly Bauman's History of the Burlington Little League
GINGER BEAUMONT, born in ROCHESTER and later a resident of HONEY CREEK and BURLINGTON, was the first man ever to come to the plate in the world series.
RUSS WEGGE was the president of GINGER BEAUMONT and CARL RUBACH was the president of FRANK ROTH.
GINGER BEAUMONT defeats WEST ALLIS 8 - 7.
www.burlingtonhistory.org /LittleLeague.htm   (14591 words)

  
 Flower Delivery for Beaumont Alberta Canada
Beaumont is a small town feel with the character, culture and charm of a larger city, located only 3.5 Km south of Edmonton and 9Km east of Edmonton Airport.
Families are choosing smaller communities like Beaumont for their clean, safe and attractive qualities, and this multicultural town started out as a French Colony in 1895, an influence of which is still present in the architecture and bi-lingual schools.
Beaumont’s most influential industry is the growing service sector, in particular, the housing industry.
www.flowerscanadaonline.com /beaumont.html   (1777 words)

  
 CF - deadball data, NL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ginger Beaumont 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07-09 Bos
means that Ginger Beaumont was the regular CF for Pittsburgh, 1899-1906, and also filled that role for Boston, 1907-09.
Beaumont played much less in his first season, as did Carey in his last season, when he was traded to Brooklyn after a public dispute with management.
world.std.com /~pgw/CF/nldata.html   (1826 words)

  
 Rolly Bauman's History of the Burlington Little League
GINGER BEAUMONT, born in ROCHESTER and later a resident of HONEY CREEK and BURLINGTON, was the first man ever to come to the plate in the world series.
RUSS WEGGE was the president of GINGER BEAUMONT and CARL RUBACH was the president of FRANK ROTH.
GINGER BEAUMONT all stars are DEAN ANDERSON DALE BAUMEISTER RANDY BECK BRIAN GARRICK MIKE KRISMER PAT HEWITT MARK SEYMOUR JOHN SMITH TOM STRAUS DAVE VOGT TOM VOSS and TOM WEGGE.
burlingtonhistory.org /LittleLeague.htm   (13245 words)

  
 Racine County West » Racine County’s baseball heritage to be topic of historical society program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Before the Racine County Youth Baseball League of today, there was a young man named Clarence “Ginger” Beaumont involved in the game.
Beaumont was born in Rochester in 1876 in a stucco house on State Street.
Beaumont Field in Burlington is named after him.
www.journaltimes.com /nucleus/index.php?itemid=11244   (410 words)

  
 WSDC : Past Inductees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Approaching the plate is Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont, who is a long way from his home of Honey Creek, Wisconsin.
Beaumont flies out to center and makes history, as the first batter in World Series history.
Beaumont went on from there to finish a 12-year career, 1899-1910, with a.311 batting average and 254 stolen bases.
sportsinwisconsin.com /wahf/index.php?category_id=976&...   (8862 words)

  
 Ginger Beaumont | BaseballLibrary.com
The first player ever to bat in a World Series was an outstanding leadoff hitter.
Beaumont's chunky build (5'8", 190 lbs) belied blazing speed that helped him beat out many infield hits.
Nicknamed for a shock of red hair, Beaumont batted.352 as a rookie and led the NL with.357 in 1902, and scored 100 or more runs each season from 1900 to 1903, with a league-high 137 in '03.
baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Beaumont_Ginger.stm   (726 words)

  
 Baseball Historian - Part of the Sports Historian Network
Ginger Beaumont, Outfielder Pittsburgh Pirates, Bats LH, T RH - one of the fastest runners in baseball history, the 5-ft, 8-inch, 190-pounder once collected six hits in six at-bats and none left the infield.
A career.311 hitter he was the Pirates leadoff hitter, and led the league in batting with.357 in 1902, in runs scored with 137 in '03 and led the league four times in hits.
Beaumont played on two Pittsburgh pennant winners - 1900 and 1903 and playing in his last major league season helped the Cubs win the 1910 pennant.
www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=112   (1448 words)

  
 J.A. Jance
We learn that Beaumont, “forty-two going on sixty,” has been divorced for five years, and that his wife now lives in California with their two children and her new husband.
As Beaumont investigates the brutal and senseless murder, he at the same time incredibly becomes romantically involved with Anne Corley, a beautiful though mysterious woman he meets at the murdered girl’s funeral.
And—as the author Jance has done in her first two Beaumont novels—the detective’s progress toward a solution is further impeded by his love of MacNaughton’s Canadian whiskey, his personal problems, and bothersome characters who get in his way—especially his annoying nemesis, the newspaper reporter Maxwell Cole.
www.newmysteryreader.com /j_a__jance.htm   (1066 words)

  
 Can ginger control nausea during cancer treatments?
Participants are randomly assigned to one of three groups: low-dose ginger, high-dose ginger or placebo.
Recent research has found ginger to be effective at relieving nausea related to motion sickness, post-operative recovery and pregnancy.
“In most studies with ginger, it's been shown to be safe and efficacious, so we felt it might be beneficial for cancer patients as well.
www.cancer.med.umich.edu /news/ginger05.htm   (490 words)

  
 Wells coasts as Pirates frustrate Reds again
Brooklyn had 15 hits compared to 14 for the Pirates, who got three hits, including a home run, from Ginger Beaumont.
Brooklyn won the second game, 8-2, which was called in the sixth inning because of darkness.
Beaumont had three of the Pirates' 10 hits.
www.pittsburghpostgazette.com /pirates/20030919bucs0919p2.asp   (891 words)

  
 Ginger Facts > Ginger Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Since Beaumont played for Boston and for the Cubs, do you think that means that the Red Sox and the Cubs will play in this year's World Series.
I CAN'T let Aintree go without a word on Ginger McCain, for whom last weekend was a final Grand National before handing over to his son Donald.
Now, gray white from the muzzle back, the long amber fur that had caused so many to comment My, what a beautiful Golden Retriever she is, was now almost white in many places in most places.
www.joggingwalkerssite.info /index.html   (652 words)

  
 WSDC : Inductees by Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Approaching the plate is Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont, who is a long way from his home of Honey Creek, Wisconsin.
Beaumont flies out to center and makes history, as the first batter in World Series history.
Beaumont went on from there to finish a 12-year career, 1899-1910, with a.311 batting average and 254 stolen bases.
www.badgerstategames.org /wahf/index.php?category_id=976&subcategory_id=1528   (11357 words)

  
 World of Beer: Critics Corner - Credit Where Credit Is Due
Arriving to meet with an associate at 6:30 on a weekday night, we found the 36th Street bar packed to the rafters with revellers, and so promptly turned tail to find another place where conversation would be a little easier.
My pint of Anchor Brewing's 'Our Special Ale,' which this year reminds me of nothing so much as gingerbread, was beautifully poured by a bartender still smiling through the torrent of business that had besieged her that night.
Stephen Beaumont reserves all rights that pertain to the text of his articles, in any form that it appears.
www.worldofbeer.com /critic/gingerman.html   (385 words)

  
 1903 NL MVP AWARD
Fred Clarke was probably the best outfielder in the league when he was in the lineup, but he missed quite a few games.
I'll give the edge to his teammate, Ginger Beaumont, who also had a fine year, and helped the Pirates win the pennant.
Beaumont led the NL in both runs produced and total bases.
webhome.idirect.com /~brettsmith/History/400Pages/nl1903.htm   (450 words)

  
 Wells coasts as Pirates frustrate Reds again
Brooklyn had 15 hits compared to 14 for the Pirates, who got three hits, including a home run, from Ginger Beaumont.
Brooklyn won the second game, 8-2, which was called in the sixth inning because of darkness.
Beaumont had three of the Pirates' 10 hits.
www.post-gazette.com /Pirates/20030919bucs0919p2.asp   (891 words)

  
 The Ginger Jug Band - Home
in 1972 The Ginger Jug Band recorded their only album "The Ginger Jug Band." This album was sold only at gigs and consequently today has become a collectors' item.
However, there is now a double CD available of the original album and it includes live and rehearsal material never released before.
In 2000 Geoff Beaumont, Tony Petto, Rick Harper, Andy Beaumont, and Andy's son Tom got together to form Refried Ginger Jug.
www.thegingerjugband.connectfree.co.uk   (479 words)

  
 MAJOR BASEBALL | FAVORITE NAMES
Beaumont played 12 seasons (1899-1910) in the National League, leading the league in hitting in 1902 with a.357 average.
The Pittsburgh Pirate center fielder was the first player to bat when the World Series between National and American League pennant winners began in 1903.
As a boy, Beaumont's nicknames were Clarry and Beau, but the owner of the Pirates dubbed the player Ginger because of his reddish hair.
major-smolinski.com /fnB.html   (1455 words)

  
 OnMilwaukee.com Sports: Honey Creek man was first hitter in Series history
However, Beaumont has made the transition from farm boy to big leaguer in grand style.
This columnist was part of an effort to get Beaumont considered for Cooperstown, but none of the members of the old-timers committee were old enough to have seen him play.
So, there are, and probably always will be, people who appreciate the historic accomplishment of Ginger Beaumont.
www.onmilwaukee.com /ent/articles/spobuzz103003.html   (983 words)

  
 JimServo League-1902 - OOTP Developments Forums
Chief among the stars was Ginger Beaumont (.372, 1, 86), who led the NL in Batting Average, runs scored and hits.
After getting a run of support from his squad in the first, he gives up 4 runs in the 3rd through 5th innings, and the Browns appear ready to finish the sweep.
Ginger Beaumont’s first inning solo home run looked like it would be enough, but the Pirates added a couple of runs in the 7th on a 2-run single.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=10860   (2846 words)

  
 Society History
One is that his father, also named George, was also a Civil War veteran; he had died in 1897.
The other is that George F. was the uncle - and his father George, the grandfather - of Clarence "Ginger" Beaumont, a native of Rochester and later a resident of Honey Creek and Burlington, who was the very first batter ever in a baseball World Series game.
That campaign was unsuccessful, but there are still those who hope that Beaumont, who was in the first group to be inducted into the Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame, will someday make it to Cooperstown.
burlingtonhistory.org /SocietyHistory.htm   (3300 words)

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