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American sportswriter
James Isaminger
Born (1880-12-06 ) December 6, 1880
[1] Died June 17, 1946(1946-06-17) (aged 65) Occupation Sportswriter Years active 1895–1940 Known for Baseball writing Spouse Ella Awards
J. G. Taylor Spink Award (1974)
James Campbell Isaminger (December 6, 1880 – June 17, 1946) was an American
sportswriter for newspapers in
Philadelphia from 1905 to 1940, covering every
World Series during that time.
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Biography
Isaminger was born in
Hamilton, Ohio ,
[1] and worked for the
Cincinnati Times-Star from 1895 to 1905.
[3] He moved to the
Philadelphia North American , and then to
The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1925.
[4] Isaminger played a major role, along with
Hugh Fullerton and
Ring Lardner , in breaking the story of the
Black Sox scandal in 1919.
[4] In 1934, he was elected president of the
Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).
[5]
In September 1940, Isaminger suffered a
stroke while attending a baseball game at
Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.
[6] He retired after the stroke.
[3]
Isaminger died in June 1946 at his home in
Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania .
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[a] In 1974, he was posthumously honored by the BBWAA with the
J. G. Taylor Spink Award for distinguished baseball writing.
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Notes
^ Initial news reports of Isaminger's death stated that he died "at his Maryland estate"
[2] —Fawn Grove is on the border of Maryland.
References
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"Draft Registration Card" .
Selective Service System . April 1942. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via fold3.com.
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"Jimmy Isaminger Dead" .
Daily American .
Somerset, Pennsylvania .
AP . June 18, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
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"Death Takes Isaminger" . Reading Eagle . June 18, 1946.
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"1974 J. G. Taylor Spink Award Winner James Isaminger" . National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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"ISAMINGER IS ELECTED: Named President of the Baseball Writers Association" (PDF) . The New York Times . October 7, 1934.
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"Writers Pay Tribute To Connie Mack, 78" (PDF) . The New York Times . December 24, 1940.
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"Isaminger (death notice)" .
York Daily Record .
York, Pennsylvania . June 18, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
^ Jim Odenkirk (July 23, 2009).
"Henry P. Edwards: Making a Case for His Induction into J.G. Taylor Spink's Writers Wing of the Hall" . SABR. Archived from
the original on September 29, 2011.
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