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Baseball in the District "War!" 1898
Baseball in the District "War!" 1898
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The success of the team under Tom Brown gives the long suffering fans hope that 1898 will be different. But shortly after the close of the 1897 season, fans are startled to see J Earl Wagner offer Philadelphia a deal whereby the two teams would merge their players. Philadelphia would take twenty players, leaving Earl with the rest and $30,000. The Phillies pass on the deal and soon regret doing so. J Earl then makes a blockbuster trade for “Dirty Jack” Doyle.
The deal rocks the baseball world. Doyle is considered to be one of the best players in the game and key member of the great Baltimore nine. What follows is a time of turmoil and turbulence. The popular Tom Brown will be cast off and so begins the year of the four managers. Meanwhile a poor economy and a conflict with Spain to sap interest in the game.
Earl Wagner overseer’s a team where player’s come and go with a regularity that spins the head of even the most ardent fan. The team collapses admit all the troubles, driving fans from the ballpark.
After an interregnum whereby Earl Wagner and Jim McGuire jointly run the team, Arthur Irwin, the man who betrayed the trust of young Walter Hewitt reappears back on the stage in Washington. The team strengthened by a host of players from Irwin’s minor league team restore some hope to the long suffering fans.
But storm clouds are on the horizon. The conflict between Andrew Freedman the owner of the New York Giants and Ducky Holmes, an outfielder sets the stage for the eventual formation of an upstart league.
This is the story of a season where nearly everything went wrong. But it easily could have gone the other way. Washington had talented players on the roster. Pitchers like Bill Dinneen and Bill Donovan would soon make their mark and sluggers like Buck Freeman and Harry Davis would be the idols of their time.
Sit back and enjoy an opportunity to go back in time and see how the game was played. Page count is 351. Headlines and articles are also used to spotlight non-baseball issues and events, offering the reader an insight into the times.
“Baseball in the District,” is the name we have assigned to our project to document the early baseball history for Washington DC. This book documents the 1898 season. The book follows a detailed chronological narrative, every game is covered. Information about the players is presented to give you a unique view of the season. Local papers and sporting publications are used in order to give the reader a perspective of the era. Historical events are presented as they happened.
Our series about baseball in Washington, “Baseball in the District,” includes the following titles. Most available as e-books at Barnes & Noble. Hard copy available upon request. Email us at
1869 Rise of the Olympics
1875 Twilight
1877 to 1885 Renaissance
1886 A League City
1887 Trials and Tribulations
1888 The Last Hurrah
1889 Ward Sold
1890 to 1891 The Dark Ages
1897 Tom Brown’s Team
1898 War!
1899 End of an Era
1900 to 1904 An Orphan in an Upstart League
1918 Uncle Sam’s Game
Baseball Memories, Tales and Anecdote’s
The deal rocks the baseball world. Doyle is considered to be one of the best players in the game and key member of the great Baltimore nine. What follows is a time of turmoil and turbulence. The popular Tom Brown will be cast off and so begins the year of the four managers. Meanwhile a poor economy and a conflict with Spain to sap interest in the game.
Earl Wagner overseer’s a team where player’s come and go with a regularity that spins the head of even the most ardent fan. The team collapses admit all the troubles, driving fans from the ballpark.
After an interregnum whereby Earl Wagner and Jim McGuire jointly run the team, Arthur Irwin, the man who betrayed the trust of young Walter Hewitt reappears back on the stage in Washington. The team strengthened by a host of players from Irwin’s minor league team restore some hope to the long suffering fans.
But storm clouds are on the horizon. The conflict between Andrew Freedman the owner of the New York Giants and Ducky Holmes, an outfielder sets the stage for the eventual formation of an upstart league.
This is the story of a season where nearly everything went wrong. But it easily could have gone the other way. Washington had talented players on the roster. Pitchers like Bill Dinneen and Bill Donovan would soon make their mark and sluggers like Buck Freeman and Harry Davis would be the idols of their time.
Sit back and enjoy an opportunity to go back in time and see how the game was played. Page count is 351. Headlines and articles are also used to spotlight non-baseball issues and events, offering the reader an insight into the times.
“Baseball in the District,” is the name we have assigned to our project to document the early baseball history for Washington DC. This book documents the 1898 season. The book follows a detailed chronological narrative, every game is covered. Information about the players is presented to give you a unique view of the season. Local papers and sporting publications are used in order to give the reader a perspective of the era. Historical events are presented as they happened.
Our series about baseball in Washington, “Baseball in the District,” includes the following titles. Most available as e-books at Barnes & Noble. Hard copy available upon request. Email us at
1869 Rise of the Olympics
1875 Twilight
1877 to 1885 Renaissance
1886 A League City
1887 Trials and Tribulations
1888 The Last Hurrah
1889 Ward Sold
1890 to 1891 The Dark Ages
1897 Tom Brown’s Team
1898 War!
1899 End of an Era
1900 to 1904 An Orphan in an Upstart League
1918 Uncle Sam’s Game
Baseball Memories, Tales and Anecdote’s
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