1904 - Highlanders
1904 - Spalding's Base Ball Guide (Pub 1905) - Elberfeld's batting average for New York of the American League as .256
January 17, 1904 - Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, IN - Our own Elberfeld is a chicken fancier in the interim between pennant fights.
February 2, 1904 - The St. Paul Gobe, MO - NORMAN ELBERFELD TELLS OF SOME GREAT PLAYS
February 3, 1904 Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia) - Long story of Kid's best hits, fielding, and errors.
March 29, 1904 - The Evening World, NYC, NY - Elberfeld is like flash around short and always comes up with the ball.
March 31, 1904 - Geneva daily times, NY - Norman Elberfield, Jack Powell and Pufmann are on the Highlanders' hospital list. Elberfield's leg is in a bad way and he has been forced to let up on his training.
April 6, 1904 - The Wilkes-Barre Record, PA - Manager Griffith, in a letter to treasurer Farrell of the the New York Americans says that Elberfeld did not injure his leg seriously, and is as fit as a fiddle. Griffith also states the Fultz has recovered his 1902 form, and will be a revelation to Now York ball fans this year. Few base ball clubs in the history of the game ever had such a quartet of bunters as the New York Americans have in Keeler, Fultz, Elberfeld and Conroy.
April 16, 1904 - Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, PA - Elberfeld Bounced from Game - Elberfeld was put out of the game for kicking, and Manager Griffith sent to the bench from the coaching line.
April 16, 1904 - The New York Times, NY - That Umpire Dwyer is not a man to be trifled with was shown in the cases of Elberfeld and Manager Griffith. The former objected to a decision in which a strike was credited to him and gave the umpire some unnecessary argument. The result was he was ordered out of the game. Unglaub was substituted, going to third base and Conway to short. Manager Griffith also was disciplined for talking too much and finally sent to the bench.
April 16, 1904 - The Washington Times, DC - Shortstop Elberfeld - New York's Clever Infielder -
First ball player to be put out of the game this year. He is an aggressive player of the McGraw type.
First ball player to be put out of the game this year. He is an aggressive player of the McGraw type.
April 21, 1904 - Geneva daily times - Elberfeld was the first man in the American to be called down, He was benched for telling Dwyer how to render a decision.
April 26, 1904 - Geneva daily times - Baseball Doings - LaJoie says that Louisville has one of the fastest infields in the country. When you start to "dope" who has the fastest infield, "Clark" Giffith's infield seems to look as good as any. It is compsed of Ganzel, Williams, Elberfeld and Conroy, and all are fast base runners and good batters.
April 30, 1904 - Plattsburgh daily press - In keeler, Fultz, Elberfeld and Conroy, New Yorkers claim the invaders have the best quartet of bunters to be found on any team in the country.
May 3, 1904 - The Evening Star, Washington DC - There were a couple of bobbles in New York's fielding, but they cost nothing and were overcast by the meritorious fielding. Elberfeld was the bell cow of the bunch. He opened with an error, but after that was at once a stone wall and a shadow - a stone wall so far as hits getting by him was concerned and a shadow in the lightness and quickness with which he got over the ground.
*May 11, 1904 - In the opener of a 4-game series with the visiting Cleveland Blues‚ the New York Highlanders prevail‚ 4-2‚ on a 2-run HR by Kid Elberfeld and a pair of run-scoring singles by Deacon McGuire. The New Yorkers will take 3 of the 4 games to move into a tie 2nd place.
May 14, 1904 - The New York Times - The presence of Elberfeld on the field after receiving what was thought to be a bad injury in the game on the previous day rather surprised the "rooters," but it was explained that after his foot had been carefully treated he asked to be allowed to play. Although limping slightly, he covered the position well, and made two hits out of four times at the bat.
June 1, 1904 - The Evening World, NYC, NY - Griffith has patched up his team because of the absence of Elberfeld and Fultz, and does not look for either of them to be with him on the trip. Elberfeld is at Hot Springs with his ailing leg.
June 17, 1904 - The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, Canada - President Johnson had, with the aid of his umpires, subdued the anarchists of his league. Griffith, the manager of the New York club, was for years a persistent and offensive umpire-baiter. He has not been disciplined this season. Elberfeld, who has been repeatedly fined by umpires and several times suspended indefinitely by President Johnson, has been ordered off the field once this year.
July 5, 1904 - The Washington Times, DC - Elberfeld, Fultz and Conroy, New York's three cripples, played great ball yesterday.
June 3, 1904 - The Wilkes-Barre Record, PA - Kid Elberfeld of the New York Americans has been ordered to Hot Springs on the advice of the club's physician, and he will be away about three weeks.
June 18, 1904 - The Wilkes-Barre Record, PA - Elberfeld, who went to Hot Springs to nurse a lame leg, is booked to meet the New York team in Chicago.
June 19, 1904 - Chicago Daily Tribune, IL - Outside of Boston champions, the club which has shown the greatest strength against the White Stockings here is New York, and if Griffith is allowed a complete team, with his full strength in the game for the finish, he will make trouble for anybody. The loss of Elberfeld and Fultz has proved a serious setback, although the men have not quit under their handicap, as so often happens under similar circumstances.
July 6, 1904 - The Evening World, NYC, NY - Best of Highlanders cannot run the bases - Fultz, keeler, Conroy and Elberfeld, four great run-getters, need only one hard slide to put them out of business - Elberfeld has a hip that creaks every time he pulls on his breaks.
August 5, 1904 - The Washington Post, DC - Kid Elberfeld is still an idol at Detroit. What a blunder the Tigers made when they let him run.
August 9, 1904 - The Washington Post, DC - In the fourth inning Fultz had a verbal argument with Umpire O'Loughlin and was ordered out of the game. His expulsion and that of Manager Griffith from the field by police followed. Elberfeld retired from the game in consequence of a lame ankle.
August 14, 1904 - The Scranton Republican, PA - When it comes to standing up to the plate, no matter how fast they come over, Elberfeld is all there.
August 15, 1904 - The St. Louis Republic, MO - Elberfeld's put-out of Burkett in the first inning of yesterday's game was a beautiful play. The little fellow grabbed the ball with one hand and after an aerial spin, touched Jesse about three yards from second.
August 20, 1904 - The Winfield Daily Press, KS - One of the rarities of the ball field is to see Elberfeld strike out. The Tennessee chicken fancier has an eye like an eagle. Norman Elberfeld has returned to the game and the team work of the New Yorks has been improved materially thereby.
August 28, 1904 - The Sun, NYC, NY - Keeler batted well, but he and Elberfeld showed a tendency to not run out infield drives that they should be rebuked for and cured of without further ado. The practice had been growing on them this week, and such loafing tactics are not the things people pay to see.
September 4 1904 - The Washington Post, DC - Spit Ball Story
September 15, 1904 - The Scranotn Republican, PA - Speaking of gloves, "Kid" Elberfeld has one that is a marvel. There is no palm in it. The "Kid" takes grounders on his bare palm. "They 'stick better,'" says Elberfeld, "when there is no padding in the way."
October 8, 1904 - The Evening World, NYC, NY - Norman Elberfeld, the star short-stop of the Highlanders, will be in the infield of the Ridgewoods to-morrow, when they tackle the Philadelphia Giants in Ridgewood Park. Garvin and Duff will occupy the points for the Long Islanders, while the colored Quakers will present Carter and Footes. The inimitable Monroe will be on the coaching line. [Philadelphia Giants were a talented Negro League team.]
December 6, 1904 - The Winfield Daily Free Press, KS - Short Stop Elberfeld says he never covers the bag after a stolen base until the ball lands in the catcher's hands. His reason for doing this is if the ball is hit to short he still has a chance to retire the batter.
December 9, 1904 - The WIlkes-Barre Record, PA - Trade Rumors
December 12, 1904 - The Washington Post, DC - Elberfeld said that most of his wild throws to first base were the result of the spit ball pitching of Chesbro.
