bravesfield

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1915

1916

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Art Siegel said:
William Joseph "Lefty" Glennon had been appointed Boston mascot in 1915.
rememberjamaicaplain.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html

A similar picture ran in Baseball Magazine with the caption:
"The rival mascots, Billy Glennon of the Red
Sox and "Red" Monahan of Brooklyn"
library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/BBM/1916/bbm182f.pdf

For Red Monahan, see
Pete (LOC P&P) said:
Art Siegel: thanks for finding more information on Glennon and Monahan. We will update the record.

Art Siegel said:
Brooklyn mascot Joe "Red" Monahan. He was team mascot for 1916, and later went on to coach high school sports in Brooklyn. The story of how Hi Myers discovered him, while out of school with whooping cough sneaking into Ebbets Field, is told in a 1948 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article:
fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%205/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20E...
Pete (LOC P&P) said:
Art Siegel: thank you for finding the name and background information on Joe Monahan. We will update the record.