Word: earnshaw
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Connie Mack had developed his second great team with Grove, Walberg and Earnshaw pitching, Mickey Cochrane catching. The team won three pennants in a row, was so invincible that Philadelphia fans became bored with it and stayed away from Shibe Park. The Athletics lost money, and, as in 1914, Connie Mack started to sell out. Owner Thomas Yawkey of the Boston Red Sox paid him almost half a million dollars to get Jimmy Foxx, Roger Cramer, Bob Grove, Rube Walberg, Max Bishop. The Chicago White Sox bought Jimmy Dykes, Al Simmons, George Haas, George Earnshaw. Detroit took Mickey Cochrane...
...members who will receive the less substantial loser's check, are Dwight K. Parsons and Andrew S. Grey, speakers; and John G. Brooks, 2d., Samuel W. Earnshaw, John G. Hurd, Thomas W. Leidy, Frederic J. Poor, Jr., and Howard S. Whiteside, who worked on the brief...
...from Philadelphia, was not so sure. He and his men lost two games in a row to the Athletics, generally dismantled last autumn because they failed to make money. For the Chicago White Sox, leaving Pasadena, Calif, last week, the major question was still whether George Earnshaw would be as effective as he used to be for Philadelphia. Apparent tail-ender in the American League, this year as last, are the St. Louis Browns. The Cleveland Indians, under Manager Walter Johnson, last week won two out of three games against Washington...
...again what he had done in 1914-break up his team. With tears in his eyes he reeled off as fast as he could the names of the players he was selling. Out went Pitcher "Lefty" Grove and Catcher "Mickey" Cochrane. Out went Pitchers "Rube"' Walberg & George Earnshaw and Second Baseman Max Bishop. In came three new players and $295,000 in cash. Then Manager Mack strode from the room, took refuge in the suite of Tom Yawkey who had paid him $160,000 for Grove, Walberg and Bishop...
...replaced Marty McManus with Bucky Harris as manager. Result: dopesters conceded Boston a good chance to finish high next year. Philadelphia's Catcher Cochrane went to the Detroit Tigers (where he was made manager) for $100.000 in cash and Catcher John Pasek in trade. Then Pasek, with Pitcher Earnshaw, was swapped to the Chicago White Sox for $35,000 in cash and Catcher Charles Berry in trade. The baseball meeting in Chicago also: ¶Adopted a uniform ball for both major leagues. The new ball is practically the same as that used by the American League, supposedly livelier than...