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Baseball and the Nation’s Greatest Game in 1908
The article argues baseball dominates American life amid a presidential year, noting record crowds and national reach from New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh to Detroit and Cleveland. It details the sport as a sound, well organized business, the power of the baseball trust, top pitchers like Mathewson and Brown, and stars Wagner Cobb Lajoie and Cobb driving massive fan interest and economic scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick R. Toombs
United States
John W. Kern
Mr. Bryan
New York Nationals
Pittsburg
Chicago
Kern
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Eton
Napoleon
Europe
America
England
Britain
Australia
Japan
Philippines
Cuba
China
The
Baseball Trust
Standard Oil Company
Beef Trust
Tobacco Combine
National Commission
Frank Farrell
Fim American
Brown
Reulbach
Overall
Mathewson
Wiltse
Maddox
Willis
Leever
Christy Mathewson
Mordecai Brown
Matty
Hans Wagner
Wagner
Three Finger
Tyrus Cobb
Lajoie
Cobb
Worcester
Mass
Cleveland Blues