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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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The Baseball Hall of Fame says that spitballs were banned the next year, in December 1919. (so for the 1920 season)Report
The guy has a jersey that says “Aqua Pura”? So I investigated that and found that there was a baseball team called the “Prohibitionists“.
The team was dismantled mid-season, the article says. Despite doing pretty well in the rankings!
Get dry, go bye.Report
Too wet, then die. The end of your link:
“Frank’s life ended on April 15, 1915, dead at age 41 from chronic alcoholism. Survived by his wife, Grace, Figgemeier was buried at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in St. Louis.
Ironically, the one-time invincible ace of a team known as the Prohibitionists joined the tragic fraternity of former major leaguers who drank themselves to an early grave.”Report
Those 4-5 sentences before that one, though. Man.
Poor guy.Report