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In Hotel Lobbies: Lou Gehrig Celebrates the New Year in Washington
The Iron Horse himself, Lou Gehrig, was in our city to celebrate the start of a new year in 1929. He was staying at the old Hotel Occidental on Pennsylvania Ave.
Occidental Hotel (1920)
Lou was quoted in the Washington Post on January 1st, 1929, after ringing in the New Year …
Washington Senators Secure Moran of Georgetown
The front page of the Washington Times reported a big local signing in December of 1902 for the Washington Senators. They had inked the Georgetown shortstop, Charley Moran, to a contract
Washington Times Headline (1902)
Nick Altrock: A Columbia Heights Major Leaguer
I love D.C. and I am also obsessed with baseball…so fittingly, my first post will merge the two.
Nick Altrock in 1912 (source: Library of Congress)
I was poking around Flickr, looking at photos from the Library of Congress and I came across this guy. I couldn’t resist. Who is this goofy looking guy and what is his story?
The man in the photo is Nick Altrock, former Major League baseball player. He played with four teams over the course of his career, but he gained fame by being one of the best pitchers in the league between 1904 and 1906 while pitching for the Chicago White Sox. In 1906, at the age of 29, he helped guide the team to a World Series victory over the crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cubs. That was the peak.
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