Showing posts with label The Washington Herald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Washington Herald. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Change in Toggery

The Washington Herald - February 26, 1916
Maybe Griffith went to Matson's for the new uniforms.  They do fit grown-up teams.  Probably not, as the ad is from six years later and in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Evening Herald - March 29, 1922

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Naval musician killed while playing baseball

According to ancestry.com George Dewey Sinks was born on March 29, 1898.  He died not quite 20 years later as part of the Navy.   I have found nothing else to tell the rest of the story.

New York Tribune - March 14, 1918
The Washington Times - March 13, 1918
The Washington Herald - March 14, 1918

Monday, March 19, 2012

Here's The Latest Baseball Glove

The Washington Herald - January 6, 1910

Mr. King received US Patent # 962438 for a Base Ball Glove.

Drawing from US Patent # 962,438

The Vintage Baseball Glove forum has a nice thread about King Patent gloves.