July 25, 1903 - Utica Saturday Globe - Article and Picture
Sporting Gossip
Figures in the Base-ball Stir-up
One of the names prominently discussed in the base-ball circles just at present is that of Norman Elberfeld,
shortstop of the New York American League club. Elberfeld was traded to the New York Team by Detroit for Long and Courtney, but the deal set up a howl from the other clubs which claimed they had a prior right to the player's services. The case still hangs fire and may be a contributory cause to the splitting of the National and American League. Elberfeld has had a checkered career, but is now recognized as a star in his position and one the game's best batters.
He was a commonplace player when a member of the Detroit team, but a most persistent umpire baiter. In 1899 President Johnson suspended him indefinitely for outrageous conduct, but removed the ban when it was represented to him that the player was the sole support of his widowed mother. The Cincinnati club purchased his release and Elberfeld played 32 games with the Reds toward the close of the 1899 race. He did not make good and went back to Detroit the following spring, and remained with that club until his recent suspension and subsequent transfer to the New York club.
Source: July 25, 1903; The Saturday Globe - original copy owned by John Elberfeld
Figures in the Base-ball Stir-up
One of the names prominently discussed in the base-ball circles just at present is that of Norman Elberfeld,
shortstop of the New York American League club. Elberfeld was traded to the New York Team by Detroit for Long and Courtney, but the deal set up a howl from the other clubs which claimed they had a prior right to the player's services. The case still hangs fire and may be a contributory cause to the splitting of the National and American League. Elberfeld has had a checkered career, but is now recognized as a star in his position and one the game's best batters.
He was a commonplace player when a member of the Detroit team, but a most persistent umpire baiter. In 1899 President Johnson suspended him indefinitely for outrageous conduct, but removed the ban when it was represented to him that the player was the sole support of his widowed mother. The Cincinnati club purchased his release and Elberfeld played 32 games with the Reds toward the close of the 1899 race. He did not make good and went back to Detroit the following spring, and remained with that club until his recent suspension and subsequent transfer to the New York club.
Source: July 25, 1903; The Saturday Globe - original copy owned by John Elberfeld
