Obituaries and Death Notices
Norman Arthur Elberfeld (Kid Elberfeld) Death Certificate
Norman Arthur Elberfeld (Kid Elberfeld) Grave Stone, Chattanooga, TN.
Norman Arthur Elberfeld (Kid Elberfeld) Grave Stone, Chattanooga, TN.
January 12, 1944 - The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL)
Thousands of Southern League fans will be pulling for Norman (Kid) Elberfeld, a victim of pneumonia. No more colorful ball player ever entertained the S. L. Fans than the Tobasco Kid. Off the playing field he was on the most gentle men I ever knew with a heart as big as all outdoors.
Thousands of Southern League fans will be pulling for Norman (Kid) Elberfeld, a victim of pneumonia. No more colorful ball player ever entertained the S. L. Fans than the Tobasco Kid. Off the playing field he was on the most gentle men I ever knew with a heart as big as all outdoors.
January 12, 1944 - The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA - Elberfeld Critically Ill in Chattanooga - Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 11. (AP) Norman "Kid" Elberfeld, 68, former big league and Southern Association baseball player and manager, was reported critically ill at Erlanger Hospital today of lobar pneumonia. The "Kid," who played with and managed the old New York Highlanders, was a fiery, aggressive shortstop throughout his long career. Later in life he managed Chattanooga and Little Rock where he won a pennant in 1920. [Standard wire story that appeared in numerous papers]
January 13, 1944 - Kingsport News, TN - 'Kid' Elberfeld Becomes Worse - Chattanooga, Tenn., - AP - A definite turn for the worse Wednesday lengthened the odds against Norman "Kid" Elberfeld, longtime baseball star, winning the battle he is waging against pneumonia in Erlanger hospital here. His physician said Elberfeld, 69, had become weaker during the day after rallying a bit Tuesday. A kinsman remarked, however, that "The Kid may cross them all up and pull through,
January 14, 1944 - The Daily Telegram, Adrian, MI - Kid Elberfeld Dies of Lobar Pneumonia - Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 14 (AP) - "The Tobasco Kid," fiery little Norman Elberfeld, whose baseball career spanned more than three decades in both the major and minor leagues, died of lobar pneumonia here last night. Elberfeld's death at the age of 69 ended a colorful career that saw the wiry shortstop rise to manager of the old New York Highlanders, predecessors of the Yankees, and of several other manor league teams. [Standard wire story that appeared in numerous papers.]
January 14, 1944 - Plattsburgh Press-Republican.- ,Deaths Last Night - NORMAN ELBERFELD - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norman Elberfeld, 69, whose major and minor league baseball career as a player and manager covered a period of more than 30 years. The "Tobasco Kid" of baseball was one time manager of the old New York Highlanders, predecessors of the Yankees.
January 15, 1944 - Nevada State Journal, Reno, NV - Obituary with comments on hitting
January 16, 1944 - Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX - THe late Norman Elberfeld was rated as a rather pugnacious party in the days when he was performing with the New York Highlanders, Washington and Detroit. He was known as the Tobasco Kid and the title always was referred to as an understatement. Yet the Kid was a great family man, proud of his five daughters and son. The girls formed an all-sister basketball team that toured Tennessee and Georgia engaging boys' teams and they did all right, too, in addition to winning a flock of honors at swimming and tennis. The son, Jack, had a promising baseball career ended by a basketball injury.
January 17, 1944 - The Brooklyn Eagle - Elberfeld Stories
January 19, 1944 The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) - Memorial proposed for Little Rock, AK
January 20, 1944 - Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Kentucky) - Memories of Elberfeld in Kentucky
January 21, 1944 - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Early history of Elberfeld and Honus Wagner
January 21, 1944 -The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) - Tea Party Story
January 26, 1944 - The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) - Buss Walker, Chattanooga Times, has started a fund to place a plaque for Kid Elberfeld on the wall in Engel Stadium. There are plaques in the memory of Strang Nicklin, Joe Cantillon and Johnny Dobbs in the stadium. No player nor manager in the history of the Southern League did more to contribute to the entertainment of the fans than Norman Elberfeld.
January 26, 1944 - The Morning Call (Paterson, New Jersey) - Elberfeld stories
January 29, 1944 - The El Paso Herald Post, TX - Story about Elberfeld as Minor League Manager
February 3, 1944 - Kingsport News, TN - Elberfeld Plaque
February 3, 1944 - Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee) - Tabasco Kid's Plaque Assured - Chattanooga - AP - Friends and admirers of Norman Elberfeld, the "Tobasco Kid" of baseball for more than three decades who died here January 13, have contributed $331 for a memorial plaque for the former major league player and Southern Association manager. Buss Walker, baseball writer for the Times who advanced the idea of the fund ten days ago, said the amount was more than enough to pay for a plaque to be installed in the Chattanooga baseball stadium. Contributions came from all over the country, he said, and although he ha announced the "close of the campaign," the money is still coming in.
Note; Both TAbasco and TObasco are used in this one article.
Note; Both TAbasco and TObasco are used in this one article.
February 9, 1944 - Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Umpire Evans Donates to Memorial Fund
March 7, 1944 - Harrisburg Telegraph, PA - "Buss" Walker has raised $281 for a memorial plaque for Norman Elberfeld which will be placed in the Chattanooga park.
"He couldn't lick (Ty) Cobb, he weighed only 150 pounds, but he never stopped trying. When Cobb came into the bag and (Kid) Elberfeld was covering, we'd just stand around with our arms folded for the next few minutes and watch the goings-on, until one or both of 'em were thrown out of the game. They didn't call him Tabasco Kid because he was shy." - Clark Griffith in The Washington Post (1944 Clipping)
August 27, 1944 - Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - Elberfeld Ejected