Its as Plain as the Nose on your Face-the Ear Thing isn't Gospel

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by Directly

Thanks to the Net 54 forums opinions and recommendations is why I revised my photo to highlight only one baseball player, Comiskey.

So, did you send corrections to The Comiskey family, HoF, SABR, Charlie Sheen, The Smithsonian, The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Sports Collectors Digest?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

So, did you send corrections to The Comiskey family, HoF, SABR, Charlie Sheen, The Smithsonian, The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Sports Collectors Digest?

[Directly]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

So, did you send corrections to The Comiskey family, HoF, SABR, Charlie Sheen, The Smithsonian, The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Sports Collectors Digest?

yes, I will----but will pass on Charlie Sheen--

[Scott Garner]

Wow...

[Directly]

*********Research********

("A studious inquiry or examination especially investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of
facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical applications of such new laws or revised
Theories or laws.")


(1878-1881)


1878-Comiskey joined with over a dozen Amateurs and Pro's who'd converged on Dubuque to try out for Ted Sullivans team.

!878-The team was an Independent franchise.

1878-The local Dubuque club was reportedly known as the Rabbits, but this name was seldom used by local sportswriters.

1879-Ted Sullivan and loftus opened a "Baseball Headquarters" named Baseball Emporium located at 530 Main Street, selling baseball equipment, a billiard parlor and cigar shop. This was a great place to run into members of a team and space was allocated for opposing teams to coordinate their efforts.


( 1880-81-The H.A. Jordan Photographer Dubuque Studio was in business located at 5th and Main )


1879-There was a massive player overhaul, Comiskey being the only player from the 1878 Dubuque team to make the 1879 club.

1879-The Dubuque team ordered their Dubuque Uniforms from the Spalding Co. Sullivans aggregation won the championship but proved a financial failure, and the manager decided a free lance combination would be less risky, and in 1880 the Semi-Professional team Dubuque Rabbits succeeded the title holders.

1880-***( Comiskey was without a team)*** Sullivan, Reis, and Loftus were the only players from the 1879 team to make the 1880 Dubuque team. Newcomers included John Troy, O'Connor,E.C Kent. This 1880 Dubuque Reds team as referred to by the press was disbanded July of 1880.

1880-- July 24th Comiskey returned to the field of baseball as first base and Ted Sullivan at short stop for the Easterns against the Westerns, a mixture of amateurs and Pros athletes.

1881 --During the spring of 1881 another attempt was to revive the sport and Comiskey was elected player manager. He was surrounded by names as Phelan, Lean. Brown, Leary and Loftus.

1881-During the summer of 1881 Ted Sullivan had been invited to bring his Rabbits to St Louis for a game against the St Louis Browns which were found Comiskey's old team mates, Jack and Bill Gleason. (The Rabbits uniforms told looked very similar to white pajamas)

1881--December Comiskey signs with the St Louis Browns for the 1882 season.

I would find it unlikely during 1880 Comiskey wasn't moonlighting as a baseball player somewhere in Dubuque with any baseball team or baseball players he might gather.

**********This forums research has been very positive and helpful, which I am extremely grateful****thanks again!

[bmarlowe1]

It's funny that you included a definition of "research." Part of it is looking things up - that you know how to do. The hard part is interpreting, understanding, and applying logic to what you have found. That you have been completely unable to do. What you have presented on net54 is not even close to research (not in Missouri nor anywhere else).

[bmarlowe1]

Staying true to the title of this thread, you can get the gospel on the “ear-thing” in the just released SABR Pictorial History Committee newsletter at:

http://sabr.box.com/shared/static/bx...igvcnj45g5.pdf

The article appears on page 20.

If you like the newsletter you might consider supporting it by
1) If you aren’t a member, consider joining SABR, and/or
2) Consider a donation directly to the Pictorial History Committee – see page 21, 1^st column about half way down explains how to do it. No contribution is too small.