Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter...

CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN sport's section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 1938



* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter

* New York Yankees - MLB baseball

* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row



The top of the front page of this sport's section only has a nice banner headline: "PEARSON HURLS NO HIT TILT FOR YANKS !" The top of page 2 also has a nice banner headline: &quo... See More  

Lou Gehrig's Cooperstown Memorial...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 14, 1941



* Lou Gehrig tribute (re. death)

* Cooperstown, New York



Page 12 has one column headings: "GEHRIG MEMORIAL AT COOPERSTOWN" "Taps Blown at Baseball Shrine Before Big Leaguers Meet...." and more (see). 1st report coverage on the tribute to Lou Gehrig at Abner Doubleday Field shortly after his death. See photos for text here.

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Jeff Sweetser and Chick Evans... 1923 amateur golf...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 28, 1923  The Sports Section tells of Jess Sweetser defeating Chick Evans in the semi-final for the 1923 Western Amateur Golf Championship. The previous year Sweetser defeated Bobby Jones to win the championship, and this was the final step in his request to repeat. Unfortunately he would lose in the final round. Nice to have both Jess Sweetser and Chick Evans sho... See More  

General William Walker...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 24, 1860  Page one has an interesting article dated August 29, 1860, "Nicaragua-The American Minister-An Ultimatum-Walker And His Chances", which has about 10 linera inches of text regarding Walker, his arrival at Truxillo, and an encouragement to resist him.  Two additional articles within the issue also provide comments on the last days... See More  

England's Boy Scouts....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 26, 1910



The front page of this issue has a photo of "Beginnings in the King Business."



In this issue, there is an illustration of "Stumped" by Kemble and an article with photos of "England's Boy Army" by Sydney Brooks. There is an illustration of "A Singer of Childhood" and photos of "England's "N... See More  

Nice Remington print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 8, 1888  Full ftpg. shows a scene from the Civil War: "Gunner". Halfpg: "Towing a Vessel Through an Off Shore Blizzard" and "Wreckers at Work on the Sunken Steamer 'Iberia'". Nice fullpg. F. Remington print: "Bringing in a Deserter". Fullpg. print: "Their Pride" shows a black family. Two full pag... See More  

Elston Howard becomes 1st Black Yankee...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, April 15, 1955



* Elston Howard 1st black starter (1st report)

* New York Yankees

* MLB baseball



This 40 page newspaper has various baseball reports on the opening week of the 1955 season on pages 33 & 34.



Page 34 has historic one column headline that reads: "Howard First Negro To Play for Yanks In Regular Game" which tells of Elston ... See More  

Babe Ruth...

THE WORLD, New York, NY, May 26, 1922



* Babe Ruth

* George Herman Ruth

* Fight with umpire & fan

* Suspended from baseball



This 28 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 12: "Ruth Flings Dust On Umpire, Leaps in Stand After Jeerer" with subhead: "Big Hitter in Danger of Another Suspension or Fine..."



Nice to have in this New York City title.



Other n... See More  

Joe DiMaggio Wins Batting Crown...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1940



* Joe DiMaggio wins batting crown

* New York Yankees - Yanks

* MLB - Major League Baseball



The sport's section (page 37) has a six column headline: "DiMaggio Took League Batting Crown for 2d year in Row" with subheads and photo of DiMaggio. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication, esp... See More  

Early Willie Mosconi... pocket billiards....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1938



* Early Willie Mosconi - pool

* Pocket billiards championship



The sport's section (page 26) has a one column heading: "MOSCONI DEFEATS CARAS BT 125-75" with subheads. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 46 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.... See More  

Arnold Palmer... Cleveland Open winner....

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, July 2, 1963



* Arnold Palmer

* Wins Cleveland Open



This 30+ page newspaper has a three column headline on page D-1 (inside) that reads: "Palmer Routs Playoff Rivals", with a photo of Arnold Palmer during play at the Cleveland Open golf championship. See photos for text.



Other news of the day. A few small binding holes along the spine, two sma... See More  

Highlands of the Hudson River... Cricket Match - New Yorkers vs. Australians....s

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 19, 1878  Nice fullpg. Nast: 'The Crowning Point of His Life' & another Nast fullpg. showing Uncle Sam. Fullpg: 'Northern Entrance to the Highlands of the Hudson' is nice and a full page illustration: "Too Late for the Coach--An Old Time Incident" by Reinhart. There is also a nice fullpg: "The Cricket Match Between The ... See More  

Ernie Koy & Emmett Mueller HRs...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 20, 1938 



* Ernie Koy and Emmett Mueller 

* Home runs in 1st at bats in MLB baseball - Brooklyn Dodgers & Philadelphia Phillies 



This 46 page newspaper has a five column headline on page 28: "Six-Run Rally in Eighth Wins for the Dodgers" with subheads that include: "Koy Gets Circuit Smash" "Delivers Initial T... See More  

Ted Williams announces retirement...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION,, Massachusetts, September 26, 1960 



* Ted William retires 

* Boston Red Sox 

* MLB Baseball 



This 20 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Ted Williams Retires" with photo and caption: "At End Of Road" (see)



Tells of the announcement of Ted Williams that he will retire at seasons' end which was onl... See More  

Humpty Dumpty...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 23, 1912  This issue has a color cover.  The front page is a photo of: "Britain's New Ambassador."

In this issue there is an illustration called "Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a bad fall. All the ex-bosses And Bully Moose men, Can never put Humpty up again." by Kemble. There is a photo spread called "... See More  

The Coliseum at Rome...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Oct. 6, 1866 Four small illus. of houses on the front cover: "Philip Embury's House," "Strawbridge Meeting House," "The Rigging Loft," and "The First Methodist Church and Parsonage, in New York." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Coliseum at Rome." 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Rev. William Arthur, President of th... See More  

Babe Ruth is suspended...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1922 



* Babe Ruth suspended

* Arguing with umpire (cursing)

* Ban Johnson

* Best title to be had ?



The sport's section (page 10) has a one column heading: "JOHNSON SUSPENDS RUTH FOR 3 DAYS" with subheads. (see) This was the result of Babe Ruth being suspended for arguing with umpire. Ban Johnson warns Ruth to behave or be suspended for the e... See More  

Lajoie was drunk...debut of Roger Bresnahan...

PUBLIC LEDGER, Philadelphia, Aug. 28, 1897 On pg. 16 under SPORTS is a detailed summary  and the box score of a game between the Phillies and Pirates. Napoleon Lajoie, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (the Hall of Shame on this day!), arrived at the game drunk, as revealed in the summary: First baseman Lajoie was not only late in reporting for duty yesterday afternoon, but when he did ar... See More  

Red Grange... professional football...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, dated December 7, 1925



* Red Grange - Chicago Bears

* Polo Grounds - professional football



This 20 page newspaper has two column headline on page 9 that include: "'RED' GRANGE RECEIVES ABOUT $470 A YARD FOR HIS WORK AS PROFESSIONAL PLAYER"

and more. (see) 1st report coverage on Red Grange playing in a pro football g... See More  

Carl Lewis wins 2nd gold medal in 1984...

USA TODAY, Aug. 7, 1984



* Carl Lewis wins 2nd of 4 gold medals

* 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles



The front page has a headline that reads: "Lewis gets gold--but short of record" with photo of Lewis and more.  Lewis was trying to Match Jesse Owens four gold medals he won in 1936 Berlin. Lewis would achieve this in the following days,. Much more on the 1984 Summer Olympics ... See More  

Seabiscuit wins Agua Caliente Handicap...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 28, 1938



* Seabiscuit wins Agua Caliente Handicap

* Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

* Thoroughbred racehorse racing



The sport's section (page 12) has a one column heading: "SEABISCUIT FIRST AS 20,000 LOOK ON" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on famous racehorse, Seabiscuit, winning the Agua Caliente Handicap in Tijuana. Always nice to have ... See More  

Early helicopter...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, October 14, 1925



* Early helicopter (Autogyro)

* 1st successful flight made to the public



This 52 page newspaper has a two column headline at the bottom of the front page: "Plane With Vanes Rises Almost Vertically; Briton Drives Spanish Craft Up 1,000 Feet".



Tells of a successful helicopter flight in it's infancy.



Other news of the day with... See More  

Baseball.... 4th of July...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, May 30, 1914



* Beautiful 4th of July, patriotic color wrapper



In this issue there are several illustrations including "Captains of Industry--VII--George Broadhurst" by James Montgomery Flagg; "Pen and Inklings" by Oliver Herford; the double page centerfold illustration which is titled "Tryin the Old Swing" by Everett... See More  

The Jews of New York...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 10, 1891 Full front page shows: 'A Reception at the Progress Club, New York'. Half page: 'Improvements of Delaware River at Philadelphia' is a nice view. Story with 2 Remington prints.

Full page: 'The Government Rainfall Experiments in Texas' shows 5 scenes. Over two full pages of text & illustrations on: 'The Jews of New York... See More  

1940 Texas A&M Aggies Sugar Bowl victory...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, January 2, 1940



* Rose Bowl: USC Trojans vs. Tennessee Volunteers

* Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Missouri Tigers

* Sugar Bowl: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Tulane

* Cotton Bowl: Clemson Tigers vs. Boston College Eagles



The sport's section (page 18) has first report coverage on the 4 major bowl games with various headings. (see images)

Complete w... See More