April Fool Baseball

The San Francisco Chronicle - April 1, 1899

Big League Stars Will Play

The San Francisco Call - November 23, 1911

Chained to the Plate

The San Francisco Call - March 11, 1913

The Washington Times - March 13, 1913

Exhibition Baseball at the 1912 Olympics

In 1912 the Olympic Games were held in Stockholm, Sweden.  Here are some of the articles in the American press about the exhibition baseball games that were played.  Note that the first two stories seem to have come from the same wire service, but were modified by the local editors.  I find it culturally interesting that H.P. Drew, the sprinter from Springfield, Mass., was referred to as 'colored' by The Washington (D.C.) Times and as a 'negro' by The Tacoma Times.

The Washington Times - July 16, 1912

The Tacoma Times - June 17, 1912

The San Francisco Call - June 17, 1912

The Tacoma Times - June 19, 1912

Clever Batsmen of Old Australia

The San Francisco Call - April 9, 1897

A Baseball Easter Egg

The San Francisco Call - March 2, 1913

American Giants - 1913

The Chicago American Giants were on the west coast for a while in 1913. At the end of March they played and beat the University of California.

The San Francisco Call - March 20, 1913

The San Francisco Call - March 27, 1913

The San Francisco Call - March 28, 1913