America 1910-1919: Sports Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 77 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1910-1919.

America 1910-1919: Sports Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 77 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1910-1919.
This section contains 692 words
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Willie Anderson, 30?, four-time U.S. Open Golf champion (1901 and 1903-1905), 1910.

Roscoe Conkling Barnes, 64, one of the leading batters for National Association and National League teams during the 1870s, 8 February 1915.

Jacob Peter Beckley, 50, first baseman who played 2,377 games at his position from 1886 to 1904, 25 June 1918.

James Gordon Bennett Jr., 77, owner and editor in chief of the New York Herald who promoted amateur and professional sporting events and sponsored the Gordon Bennett Trophy, 14 May 1918.

Francis Gordon Brown Jr., 31, Yale University football player from 1897 to 1901 who remains one of only four men selected to four consecutive first All-American teams, 10 May 1911.

John Tomlinson Brush Jr., 67, owner of the New York Giants (1902-1912) and designer of the rules that govern the World Series, 26 November 1912.

Robert Lee Caruthers, 47, one of baseball's leading pitchers from 1883 to 1911 who compiled a winning percentage of .692, 5 August 1911.

Clarence Algernon Childs, 43, one of baseball's leading second basemen and hitters from 1888 to...

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