October 14: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “ALBANY — The Tammany plans have gone awry here. Governor William Sulzer has been granted a breathing spell. Today and all yesterday afternoon the Tammany leaders struggled with a situation which is of critical importance. They held their deliberations behind closed doors and only partial accounts have leaked out of what went on in the executive session. But this much is known: The leaders have found that certain judges of the Court of Appeals feel very strongly that the articles of impeachment do not cover some of the most effective testimony given and that legally the case is not at all satisfactory, irrespective of any view of facts themselves.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1917, the Eagle reported, “CHICAGO, OCT. 13 — In a game that thrilled and enthralled some 27,000 spectators this afternoon, the Chicago Americans scrambled into the World’s Series lead again by defeating the New York Nationals 8 to 5. The series now stands three games to two in favor of the White Sox. It was a contest that ran the gamut of baseball from sensational and brilliant to mediocre, but never during the two hours and thirty-seven minutes of battle did it lose its intense hold on the spectators and at its conclusion the fans were almost as exhausted as the players. For more than two hours the adherents of the White Sox roared and cheered without a moment’s intermission, while the players, once the Chicago team went into the lead, became frantic with joy and performed antics in front of their dugout that would have made a college cheerleader despair.”
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