Ballplayers to Distribute Autographed Gifts for The Kids

December 23, 1921                 Age 30 Chilly Sauce by Chilly Doyle                Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In the humble appeal of the Salvation Army there is an unmeasured force and unfathomed depth. This truth was best exemplified to hungry Yanks by the army’s workers as […]

Cardinals’ Ace Bill Doak Selling Menswear in Off-season

Popular with everyone he meets, his winter work is as smooth as his pitching. Publication Date: November 13, 1921       Age 30 The St Louis Star and Times NOW this mauve tie is really the latest, or perhaps you would prefer this classy violet shade.” Sounds like the opening line in an old-time melodrama […]

Blond Bill Doak, Seriously Ill, Is Now Much Better

December 17, 1920             Age 29 The St Louis Star and Times Pittsburgh:  Willie Doak, the star spitball pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, who has been seriously ill at his home in Knoxville, a suburb of this city, is greatly improved today and expects to be out of doors in […]