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Wonderful photo. I like the way guys wore the old short billed caps, a little to the side, the bills bent up.

brilliant portraits. really makes me want to get a large format camera. the technology has come so far, yet the quality of modern photography somehow lags far behind these early pioneers.

James "Death Valley Jim" Scott (April 23, 1888 - April 7, 1957) was a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox (1909-1917). He born in Deadwood, South Dakota. He helped the White Sox win the 1917 World Series. He finished 14th in voting for the 1913 American League MVP for leading the league in Games Started (38) and having a 20-20 Win-Loss record, 48 Games, 25 Complete Games, 4 Shutouts, 6 Games Finished, 1 Save, 312 ⅓ Innings Pitched, 252 Hits Allowed, 96 Runs Allowed, 66 Earned Runs Allowed, 2 Home Runs Allowed, 86 Walks, 158 Strikeouts, 9 Hit Batsmen, 3 Wild Pitches, 1,203 Batters Faced and a 1.90 ERA. He also led the AL in Games Finished (17) in 1910 and Shutouts (7) in 1915. He ranks 17th on the MLB All-Time ERA List (2.30), 96th on the All-Time WHIP List (1.18) and 54th on the All-Time Hits Allowed/9IP List (7.73). In 9 seasons he had a 107-113 Win-Loss record, 317 Games (226 Started), 123 Complete Games, 26 Shutouts, 63 Games Finished, 9 Saves, 1,892 Innings Pitched, 1,624 Hits Allowed, 686 Runs Allowed, 483 Earned Runs Allowed, 21 Home Runs Allowed, 609 Walks, 945 Strikeouts, 53 Hit Batsmen, 33 Wild Pitches, 7,468 Batters Faced, 3 Balks and a 2.30 ERA. An alumnus of Nebraska Wesleyan University, he died in Jacumba, California at the age of 68. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Scott_(pitcher)

I remember this marina looking like this. This is where we used to leave to boat over to my Uncle's cottage on the Upper Mazinaw.

There is a video of him fighting that a film restorer put together www.truveo.com/Sam-Langford-vs-Jim-Flynn-1910-Part-1-Spee...

"Assuming an Irish name was not unusual in that era of boxing; there were Jewish fighters with Irish names too; and Jim Flynn, the only man who ever knocked out Jack Dempsey, was actually named Andrea Chiariglione. One reason for the name changes is that there were not enough Irish fighters to satisfy the large number of Irish fans." -- Pete Hamill, "Why Sinatra Matters" (Boston: Little, Brown, 1998), p. 58.

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