100 Years Ago: " 'Inside Baseball' Discounted in World's Series," The Ogden Standard, Oct. 30, 1915

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As in today's vibrant sports media, post-game analysis and commentary abounded in early 20th-century newspapers covering baseball. In 1915, the Ogden Standard (Ogden, UT) reviewed the style of play in the recent World's Series of 1914 and 1915, drawing a distinction between a "scientific"-style of playing, using finesse and teamwork, and the more fundamental "pitching, hitting and fielding." As the writer says, "When the series is short and tension high, the players and managers are going to depend on the good old base knock to bring over the run that counts."... Read more about it and follow us on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm #10Million!

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