Spitball Masters and 1908 Baseball Legends
The piece recalls Ed Walsh and Bugs Raymond as top spitball artists, recounts Walsh’s 1908 season and Joss perfect game, and notes McGraw’s praise for Raymond. It then shifts to Red Sox pitching and Yankees in a pennant race, highlighting Vern Stephens’s RBI total and base runners, plus the Braves-Giants defense trade impact.
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Pax
Ed Walsh
Big Ed
Meriden
Walsh
Addie Joss
McGraw
Bugs Raymond
Bugs
Shreveport
Atlanta
Boston
Pittsburgh
Hans Wagner
Tommy Leach
Will Bransfield
Fred Clarke
Deacon Phillippe
Bill Dinneen
Cy Young
Red Sox
Yankees
Parnell
Kinder
Sox
Vern Stephens
Stephens
New York
Giants
Local Classified Fragments Highlight Prices and Services
Miscellaneous listings include discount Goble off set plows with 24 or 26 inch blades from A B Renaas Nunda South Dakota. A KWAT radio plug requests and a governor campaign pitch with a $63.11 lumber price at Gilbert’s in multiple South Dakota cities. Embroidered pillowcase catalogs from Fabric Designs Company Ontario California. Moving rate comparisons by Wilson Van Lines Sioux City Iowa. Jewelry watches by Peterson and Kings in Sioux City. Popcorn machines from Vendex Minneapolis. Goose and duck feather market with Mitchell Feather Works.
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Dak
KWAT
West Coast
Gilbert's
Watertown
Sioux Falls
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Winner
Mitchell, Lemmon
Mobridge
Yankton
Box
Ontario
California
Wilson VA
Sioux City
Iowa
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