1914 - Brooklyn
1914 - Spalding's Base Ball Guide Published 1915 - Elberfeld's average with Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers): .226
January, 1914 - The International Confectioner, Volume 23 - Story and picture
February 25, 1914 - The Day, New London, CT - Kid Elberfeld Shows Up Well in the Shortfield - The war correspondents and catchers who arrived with the recruits, were more than surprised to find Robinson busy with some of the men in the sliding pit, while Kid Elberfeld once of the Highlanders, was watching other players at work in the handball court. In accordance with these two innovations Robinson has adopted the medicine ball as a means of exercise for his men. Kirk Patrick's jump to the Federal league is not worrying Robinson after Elberfeld's work around shortstop the last two days. Robbie last night was willing to bet almost anything that the one time American league star would show up better at short than several shortstops drawing big money for filling that position.
March 3, 1914 - Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, New York) - Elberfeld to Wear Headgear - Chattanooga, March 3 - Norman Elberfeld, who has signed as assistant coach to Wilbert Robinson of the Brooklyn Nationals, will wear a headgear if he plays any games next season with the Brooklyns. Aside from helping Robby to coach, Elberfeld will also act as a utility man. Elberfeld quit ball playing last year because of an injury to his head.
- March 07, 1914 - The Ogdensburg Journal - The oldest rookie at the training camps is Kid Elberfeld, who is working out with the Brooklyn Superbas at Augusta. By playing real ball in the Southern league last season, Tobasco earned another chance to romp in the big yard.
March 12, 1914 - The Ogedensburg Journal, NY - Is Robby' Kidding? - WIlbert Robinson must be trying to kid us. The news sent out of Augusta, Ga., where his Brooklyn Dodgers are training, to the effect that Kid Elberfeld will probably be his regular shortstop this year, is about as near to unbelievable as anything we have heard this winter. Elberfeld in the old days, was a wonderful little infielder both at third base and at short field, but it is impossible to imagine him filling a regular berth now, after being out of the big leagues for three years. The Kid made quite a success of the Chattanooga club as Manager, and has enough brains and pepper to be useful to Robinson or any other manager, as an assistant and coach for young players, but as for getting in there himself and handling the grounders and slamming out the old base hit—well it seems as if it can'l be, done. Yet other apparent miracles have happened in base ball, and this may be another link in the long chain of them. But, we repeat, we think Robby is kidding us.
March 25, 1914 - South Side messenger, Bellmore, LI, NY - Old Kid Elberfeld is making a great try for the Brooklyn shortstopping job. Manager Robinson says he will surely have a good man for the position, as Mowe and O'Mara, youngsters, are also showing well.
April 08, 1914 - South Side messenger, Bellmore, LI, NY - "Kid" Elberfeld Is filling in at short for the Dodgers. And some were about to count the Kid out.
April 10, 1914 - The Weekly Courier (Fort Collins, Colorado) - GOSSIP OF THE GREEN DIAMOND Kid Elberfeld to Coach Dodgers Infield . FEDERALS SPENT FORTUNE .Over $ 2,500,000 Appropriated so Far For Players , Grounds and Training . Bound to Succeed , Says Gilmors . Ball Players Pick St . Louis Feds to Win League Pennant . The acquisition of Kid Elberfeld as chief coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers was a wise little move of Wilbert Robinson . Robbie says he wants the Tabasco Kid to act in the same capacity us he ( Robbie ) did for McGraw . Judging from the way Norman showed up in spring practice, he should be able to do wonders for the Dodger infielders, who have plenty of ability .
April 13, 1914 - The Ogdensburg journal, NY - Norman (Kid) Elberfeld, infielder of the Brooklyn National league base ball team, 38 years old today. [Note: 39 years old, according to Ohio Vital Statistics.]
June 02, 1914 - The Ogdensburg journal, NY - Dodgers Take Doubleheader. Brooklyn, June 2.—Brooklyn won both games of yesterday's doubleheader with Boston, 6 to 2 and 4 to 2. Elberfeld was hit by Hess and forced to retire in the second game.
July 11, 1914 - Watertown Re-union - Kid. Elberfeld, -who occasionally breaks into a game for the Brooklyns;
is as full of pepper as he ever was. The Tobasco kid displays lots of action on the coaching lines for the Dodgers.
is as full of pepper as he ever was. The Tobasco kid displays lots of action on the coaching lines for the Dodgers.
July 9, 1911 - The New York Times - Cincinnati, July 8 - The Reds had meanwhile hammered away at the slants and hooks of Pat Ragan and Elmer Brown, and their pleasing total of six looked like a cellar full of coal the first of November. Facing this lead of four with determination, the ancient Kid Elberfeld grinned a toothless and senile grin at Pete when he lighted to the plate as a "sub" for Brown in the ninth. Affrighted at this hoary member of the ancient mariner genus, Schneider hit the old star on the crazy bone and the Kid walked. Schneider then wobbled some more, and a pass to O'Mara resulted. Hummel smashed a grassed to Groh, and he failed to touch O'Mara on the line, but got John at first, Elberfeld going to third. Dalton here weighed in with a beautiful bunt to left, scoring the Kid.
July 27, 1914 - The Ogdensburg journal, NY - Manager Robinson of Brooklyn has been doing considerably weeding out of extra-men lately. Outfielder Hummel and, Infielders Egan and Elberfeld are the only utility men now with the Superbas.
