Jimmy Callahan Returns to the Big League
Interview with Jimmy Callahan about his comeback to major league baseball, his varied roles as ballplayer actor and proprietor of a vast circle of friends. He recalls breaking into the majors from Fitchburg and Philadelphia and details his plans to stay in baseball and later work as groundkeeper or night watchman at the park.
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J. A. Fitzgerald
Jimmy” Callahan
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White Sox
Comiskey Craft
Callahan
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Fitchburg
Mass
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W Nationals
Walter Johnson
Oldays
Sox
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Te Gribb
Washington
Griffith
Mathewson
Johnson
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College Duiue
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Aed
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Sport
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Lage Nay
Brown University
Amen
Big Yeagur
Townes
Dave" Fults
Gentle Art of Dodging the Summer Baseball Rule
A college coach recalls how summer ball and money tempt players, notes that the rule punishes few caught while many pro players slip through. Stories from Brown and Columbia show acts of amateur status disputed, with Yale and Edgewater episodes revealing social pressures and possible double standards.
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Coneges
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Brown
Vermont
Hinees
Tin
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the Diamond
Swomer
Coney Island
New Havon
Yale
Blue Nine
Edgewater
New Haven
Heller
Bil
Columbia
Cape Cod
Webster L. Draper
Terrace Gables Hotel
Falmouth Heights
Mass
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