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Published by prison inmates... Good baseball coverage...
Published by prison inmates... Good baseball coverage...
Item # 697873
March 07, 1914
THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, March 7, 1914 An interesting newspaper "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira" as noted at the top of page 2.
Actually fine baseball content as the back page has subheads: "Matty Signs With the Giants; Says The Matter Is Now Closed", beginning: "Christy Mathewson to-day signed with the New York National League club...Mathewson said he had received the Federal League offer of $65,000 for three years, $15,000 of this sum to be paid in advance..." with more.
Also: "Frick in Pittsburgh Club" "Chicago Feds Lose Two Players" "Yanks Ready for Work".
Measures 10 by 13 1/4 inches printed on nice rag paper, very nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century