April 12, 1916 - The Lincoln Daily Star, NE - Birthday Biography
"KID" ELBERFELD
Norman Elberfeld. long famous as the shortstop of the Detroit and New York Americans, will pass his fortieth milestone tomorrow. The Tabasco Kid was born in Mason City, W. Va., April 13, 1878, and this year will mark his twentieth season in professional baseball. Elberfeld took over the management of the Chattanooga Southern league club last July, and he has been rewarded for his fine work as a pilot by being retained as the chief of the Lookouts.
The Tabasco Kid demonstrated that he was able to administer some of his "pep" to others when he succeeded McCormick at the Chattanooga helm in the middle of last season. Up to that time the Lookouts had been fighting gamely to oust Little Rock from the cellar, and they seemed in a fair way to succeed in spite of the best efforts of the Arkansaw Travelers, when the Kid took charge. Then the joke team of the league took a sudden brace, and the players began to give an excellent imitation of being alive. Although the Lookouts finished sixth, they scrapped with Nashville and Atlanta up to the very last for a place in the first division This is Elberfeld's second try as manager of the Chattanooga club, and it. looks as if he would get away with it.
The Kid's professional career began in 1897, when he covered third base for Richmond, in the Atlantic league. and batted, 335. The next year ho was with Detroit, in the Western league, where he began his wonderful career as a shortstop. In the middle of the 1899 season he went to the Cincinnati Reds, but in 1900 he went back to Detroit, and played shortstop for the Tigers during the first three seasons of the American league. In 1903 he joined the New Yorks, where he remained seven seasons. He rounded out his major league career with Washington, where he played second and third base in 1910 and 1911. Last year the Kid finished the season in the outfield, and hung up a swatting average of .288.
NOTE: According to the OFFICIAL Ohio vital statistics, Norman Elberfeld was born April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, Ohio.
Norman Elberfeld. long famous as the shortstop of the Detroit and New York Americans, will pass his fortieth milestone tomorrow. The Tabasco Kid was born in Mason City, W. Va., April 13, 1878, and this year will mark his twentieth season in professional baseball. Elberfeld took over the management of the Chattanooga Southern league club last July, and he has been rewarded for his fine work as a pilot by being retained as the chief of the Lookouts.
The Tabasco Kid demonstrated that he was able to administer some of his "pep" to others when he succeeded McCormick at the Chattanooga helm in the middle of last season. Up to that time the Lookouts had been fighting gamely to oust Little Rock from the cellar, and they seemed in a fair way to succeed in spite of the best efforts of the Arkansaw Travelers, when the Kid took charge. Then the joke team of the league took a sudden brace, and the players began to give an excellent imitation of being alive. Although the Lookouts finished sixth, they scrapped with Nashville and Atlanta up to the very last for a place in the first division This is Elberfeld's second try as manager of the Chattanooga club, and it. looks as if he would get away with it.
The Kid's professional career began in 1897, when he covered third base for Richmond, in the Atlantic league. and batted, 335. The next year ho was with Detroit, in the Western league, where he began his wonderful career as a shortstop. In the middle of the 1899 season he went to the Cincinnati Reds, but in 1900 he went back to Detroit, and played shortstop for the Tigers during the first three seasons of the American league. In 1903 he joined the New Yorks, where he remained seven seasons. He rounded out his major league career with Washington, where he played second and third base in 1910 and 1911. Last year the Kid finished the season in the outfield, and hung up a swatting average of .288.
NOTE: According to the OFFICIAL Ohio vital statistics, Norman Elberfeld was born April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, Ohio.
