January 14, 1944 - The Anniston Star, AL - Obituary
The Anniston Star, Friday, Jan. 14, 1944,
Pneumonia Proves Fatal To Fiery Little "Tobasco Kid"
Death Ends Long Colorful Career Of 69-Year-Old Norman Elberfeld
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 major league teams.
He reached the peak of his career in the 20's in the role of pilot of Southern Association teams, one of
which Little Rok, won its first championship under his guidance in 1920.
Elberfeld contracted pneumonia less than a week ago,
A native of Pomeroy, 0., who began his baseball career in Clarksville, Tenn., in 1892, "The Kid" first, attracted prominence when he signed contracts with three teams in as many leagues for the 1896 season. He did it, he said, because he wanted "to make a reputation for myself and be sure I had a league to play in.
Awarded to Dallas in the Texas League, he later moved to the old American League, then to the majors as a player for the Philadelphia Nationals. He was with Detroit for several years, transferred back to the National League with Cincinnati, then went to the American loop for the second time as a mernber of the Highlanders., which he managed for part of the 1908 season.
He signed to manage Chattanooga in 1913 but returned to the big-time the following year as coach for Brooklyn. Returning to Chatta nooga in 1915, he remained here for two years, then moved to Little Rock. In 1936 he piloted Gadsden, Ala., in the Southeastern.
Pneumonia Proves Fatal To Fiery Little "Tobasco Kid"
Death Ends Long Colorful Career Of 69-Year-Old Norman Elberfeld
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 major league teams.
He reached the peak of his career in the 20's in the role of pilot of Southern Association teams, one of
which Little Rok, won its first championship under his guidance in 1920.
Elberfeld contracted pneumonia less than a week ago,
A native of Pomeroy, 0., who began his baseball career in Clarksville, Tenn., in 1892, "The Kid" first, attracted prominence when he signed contracts with three teams in as many leagues for the 1896 season. He did it, he said, because he wanted "to make a reputation for myself and be sure I had a league to play in.
Awarded to Dallas in the Texas League, he later moved to the old American League, then to the majors as a player for the Philadelphia Nationals. He was with Detroit for several years, transferred back to the National League with Cincinnati, then went to the American loop for the second time as a mernber of the Highlanders., which he managed for part of the 1908 season.
He signed to manage Chattanooga in 1913 but returned to the big-time the following year as coach for Brooklyn. Returning to Chatta nooga in 1915, he remained here for two years, then moved to Little Rock. In 1936 he piloted Gadsden, Ala., in the Southeastern.
Photo in obituary is now owned by John Elberfeld
