ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Branch Rickey, president of the St. Louis National League Club, has been appointed a major in the Chemical Warfare Service of the U.S. Army for overseas service. Christy Mathewson, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, has been notified that his application for a commission in the […]
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