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Kevin CummingsThis could be a wonderful research vehicle, but it would take an enormous amount of time and patience to use it.
The condition of the papers in the scans are pretty awful, in some cases rendering the search facility useless. For instance, I used the tool to find occurrences of Gus Weyhing's name. The system provided just five hits - all from 1886 before he even made the major leagues. The guy won 264 games between 1887 and 1901 - you'd think there would have been at least one hit in that time span.
Not that it was a total loss. I did find out he played for Charleston in the Southern League before making the pros. It also reported that he was signed by the Philadelphia Quakers and not the team he played for, the Philadelphia Athletics. Not sure if that's true or a misprint.