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| The Vaudeville News - July 14, 1922 |
Thursday, March 19, 2015
When inanimate objects played baseball
What if inanimate objects played baseball?
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Baseball Players To Invade Ireland
What a better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than to look back at some early clippings about baseball and Ireland?
A few years ago I used the following wire story. This one has a bit more info.
And an attempt at humor.
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| Boston Journal - January 11, 1911 |
A few years ago I used the following wire story. This one has a bit more info.
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| Baltimore American - November 5, 1917 |
And an attempt at humor.
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| The Times-Picayune - August 4, 1922 |
images from GenealogyBank.com
Monday, March 16, 2015
The Jolly Jumpers
The Stripper's Guide's entry for Jolly Jumpers gives a nice overview of Harrison Cady's Sunday comic strip. Cady was probably best known for his work on Peter Rabbit.
But in 1913 The Jolly Jumpers were engaged in a series of great baseball games. "...the whole feature is brimful of rollicking good nature and clean fun."
Don't you love it when frogs and rabbits play baseball?
But in 1913 The Jolly Jumpers were engaged in a series of great baseball games. "...the whole feature is brimful of rollicking good nature and clean fun."
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| Denver Rocky Mountain News - May 31, 1913 |
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| Augusta Chronicle - June 1, 1913 |
Don't you love it when frogs and rabbits play baseball?
images from GenealogyBank.com
Friday, March 13, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
Baseball and Ice Cream
Many people associate popcorn or Cracker Jacks with baseball, and rightly so. But what about ice cream and baseball?
We see from this ca. 1905 photo that the two are linked. Literally.
The players and even an umpire profess to liking it over other forms of enjoyment.
In 1917 Telling's Ice Cream was sold exclusively at the Cleveland Baseball Park.
The baseball craze spilled over to named confections.
The following drugstore soda fountain recipes are from various publications at Google Books.
We see from this ca. 1905 photo that the two are linked. Literally.
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| On the beach at Atlantic City, N.J. image from Library of Congress |
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| Plain Dealer - February 9, 1911 image from GenealogyBank.com |
In 1917 Telling's Ice Cream was sold exclusively at the Cleveland Baseball Park.
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| Plain Dealer - May 20, 1917 image from GenealogyBank.com |
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| Drugstore with Soda Fountain possibly Detroit, Michigan image from the Library of Congress |
The baseball craze spilled over to named confections.
The following drugstore soda fountain recipes are from various publications at Google Books.
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| The National Druggist - July 1917 |
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| The Bulletin of Pharmacy - April 1917 |
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| The Dispenser's Formulary - 1915 |
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| American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record - June 1915 |