Old Judge Transaction & Member Shout-out

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Originally Posted by Chuck9788

Very neat card. I really like the team on the card ........ the "Omaha Omahogs" (1885, 1887-1890).

Interesting Facts : Kid Nichols's career win total (326) was exceeded at the time only by Cy Young and Pud Galvin and is now the seventh highest total in major league history. His 5,067 innings pitched ranks 11th all-time. He was the youngest pitcher to win 300 games, reaching that milestone at the age of 30.

After baseball, Nichols dabbled in the motion picture industry, partnering with Joe Tinker in a business that distributed movies to theatres in the midwest. An accomplished bowler, Nichols also opened bowling alleys in the Kansas City area. He won Kansas City's Class A bowling championship at age 64.

In October 1952, the 83-year-old Nichols was admitted to Menorah Hospital in Kansas City to investigate a complaint with his neck. Doctors ordered tests, but Nichols would not submit to them until after the seventh game of the World Series ended. He was later diagnosed with carcinomatosis, cancer that had spread throughout his body. He died on April 11, 1953.

Nichols took pride in throwing complete games, stating, "I take pride in two things. My election to baseball's Hall of Fame and the fact I never was removed from a game for a relief hurler.

Very interesting! Thanks for posting.