Circa 1904 Chapter 3: The Grudge

Today the World Series is one of the most recognizable institutions in all of sports. When it debuted in 1903 it was met with widespread acclaim from sports writers and baseball fans all over America.

For all of its successful, the World Series was almost dead on arrival. Petty grudges, cut throat business practices and difficult personalities almost derailed the whole thing.

INSIDE THE STORY

1904 Baseball History

JUNE 28, 1902 Baltimore vs Boston Box Score

1903 World Series Box Scores

Widely-circulated photo of a game in the 1903 World Series, presumably taken from the roof of the warehouse across the street.

PEOPLE

By George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) – Library of Congress, call number LC-B2- 2316-13

By George Grantham Bain Collection – Library of Congress

Photo of John McGraw from the Charles Conlon Collection

LINKS

Don Jensen’s McGraw Bio for SABR

“Called Out” A Novel of Baseball and America in 1908 by Floyd Sullivan

Cindy Thomson’s Website

Audience by Castos

MUSIC

Blue Dot Sessions

SOURCES

https://newspaperarchive.com/waterbury-evening-democrat-oct-07-1904-p-9/

https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-oct-14-1903-p-5/

https://web.archive.org/web/20061206071020/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Brush_John_T.stm

https://archive.ph/20080617183524/http://www.athomeplate.com/alforms.shtml

1902 Baseball History

1904 Baseball History

June 28, 1902: Little Napoleon vs. the Czar: John McGraw suspended by Ban Johnson after outburst

Frank Farrell

SOURCES

http://www.sportsology.com/not-how-you-start-yankee-beginnings/

https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-tribune-aug-01-1904-p-18/

https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-oct-04-1904-p-6/

https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-oct-07-1904-p-7/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/06/21/issue.html

https://newspaperarchive.com/savannah-morning-news-sep-18-1904-p-16/

https://newspaperarchive.com/washington-post-aug-14-1904-p-63/