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Died. Edward Plank, 51, famed left-handed baseball pitcher, one-time (1901-1914) of the Philadelphia Athletics; at Gettysburg, Pa., of a stroke of paralysis affecting his whole left side...
Mathewson had just graduated from Bucknell University, where he had pitched good college ball- exceptionally good college ball. A friendly enemy of his was Eddie Plank, a left-handed youth, who went to Gettysburg College. In 1905 Mathewson pitched again against this Eddie Plank in the World series. Between the college games and that 1905 series was a story known to almost everyone in the U. S.-the story of how Mathewson, after one brilliant season with Smith's Norfolkers, was bought by the New York Giants, how he had perfected his famed "fadeaway," studied the personal weaknesses...
Retired Southpaw Eddie Plank, living on memories and planked steak in Gettysburg, thought of a long word. "Baseball has lost its mightiest pitcher," said...
...persons were summoned to appear before the Federal District Court, to answer charges of defacement of public property. True to the legend which remarks that fools' names, like fools' faces, have a way of achieving unfortunate notoriety, the 30 had scratched their names on a memorial on Gettysburg battlefield. The names: Mrs. C. C. Conway, W. F. Whitlock, New York City; P. I. Corpyor, Lake George, N. Y.; Fred C. Wyatt, Providence, R. I.; Donald Campbell, Washington, D. C.; Robert Mark Sr., Mrs. Robert Mark, Robert Mark Jr., Elizabeth Spangler, Julia Boyer, L. G. Warner, H. Gunderson, Annie...
...illusion of youth's vigor still lingers. The "soldiers" of Grand National Commander Louis Arensberg (also "Dr. Arensberg") of Uniontown, Pa., have responded to their leader's call, and have come together 'round his standard without help from any upstart impertinent enough to have fought for liberty later than Gettysburg...