1917 Chattanooga Lookouts Manager
April 13, 1917 - The Day, New London, CT - Norman Elberfeld is Peppery Old Kid - Norman Elberfeld, the peppery old Tobasco Kid of the big leagues, and now the pilot of the Chattanooga Lookouts in the Southern league, is 41 today. The Kid has toned down a bit of late years, but he is still far from being a pacifist. Elberfeld has spent 20 years in baseball harness, beginning with Richmond in the Atlantic league in '97. He shortstopped for Detroit in the Western league in '98 and '99, was with the Reds for a little while, and began his long American league career with the Tigers in 1900. He was shortstop for the Yankees seven annums, and rounded out his career with Washington.
April 25, 1917 - Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) - Predicts Elberfeld will be fined
April 25, 1917 - The Chattanooga News (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Treatment by Umpires
April 26, 1917 - Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - "LOOKOUTS WILL PLAY PINK-TEA BALL DURING REST OF SEASON"
April 27, 1917 - Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Elberfeld Suspended and Fined
April 29, 1917 - Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) - Elberfeld the Silent
May 1, 1917 - Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) -League Presidents Reaction to Tea Party
May 1, 1917 - The Chattanooga News (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Military Training for Team
May 1, 1917 - Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) - Elberfeld Is Peeved - Kid Elberfeld, who manages the Chattanooga club of the Southern League, is so peeved over restrictions enforced by the league president against riding umpires that he is threatening to order his players to wear pink sleeve holders on their uniforms.
May 1, 1917 - Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) - Elberfeld for President of League - Barney Sheridan of the Mobile Register nominates Norman Elberfeld for the presidency of the Southern League. He says that if the 'Kid" get away with his "pink tea" idea he is entitled to run the league.
May 1, 1917 - Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Silence is Broken - Fred Graff is manager of the Lookouts in the absence of Elberfeld. Tim Bowden is still field captain. Fred announced yesterday afternoon before the game that the pink tea stuff was off - that players could talk to umpires all the wanted to so long as they did not kick themselves out of the game, but no arguments followed.
July 13, 1917 - The Chattanooga News (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Nan Elberfeld at Fair
$250 FOR ONE RED CROSS CHAPTER
Nan Elberfeld sells her beautiful sweetpeas three times a week for the Red Cross fund, and she sells hundreds of them. The pony club (Nan Elberfeld, a member) has realized a nice sum, renting their ponies to Signal Mountain inn babies for a personally conducted tour at 10 cents a ride.
$250 FOR ONE RED CROSS CHAPTER
Nan Elberfeld sells her beautiful sweetpeas three times a week for the Red Cross fund, and she sells hundreds of them. The pony club (Nan Elberfeld, a member) has realized a nice sum, renting their ponies to Signal Mountain inn babies for a personally conducted tour at 10 cents a ride.
