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January 25, 1911
The Citizen
Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Tom Lynch recounts turning around his New Britain baseball team's slump by permitting players beer after winning the first game of double headers, resulting in ten double-header wins out of 25 games.
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TOM LYNCH'S METHOD OF HANDLING BALL PLAYERS.
"When I managed the New Britain club in the Connecticut league," says President Tom Lynch, "all of my men weren't blue ribbon boys. We had been having a terrible slump, and I took hold of the team as a last resort. How did we make such a showing in a month?" said Lynch recently, "capturing ten double headers out of twenty-five games? Well, I'll reveal the secret. Some of them liked their bottle of beer, and they particularly enjoyed it on a hot day.
"My boys would win the first game of a double header, and then I would let them go to the clubhouse, where I had installed an icebox, in which there were several bottles of beer on ice.
"The players who wanted to indulge in the beverage that made Milwaukee famous could do so without being fined by the manager, who was myself."
"When I managed the New Britain club in the Connecticut league," says President Tom Lynch, "all of my men weren't blue ribbon boys. We had been having a terrible slump, and I took hold of the team as a last resort. How did we make such a showing in a month?" said Lynch recently, "capturing ten double headers out of twenty-five games? Well, I'll reveal the secret. Some of them liked their bottle of beer, and they particularly enjoyed it on a hot day.
"My boys would win the first game of a double header, and then I would let them go to the clubhouse, where I had installed an icebox, in which there were several bottles of beer on ice.
"The players who wanted to indulge in the beverage that made Milwaukee famous could do so without being fined by the manager, who was myself."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Baseball Management
Tom Lynch
Connecticut League
Double Headers
Beer Reward
What entities or persons were involved?
Tom Lynch
Where did it happen?
New Britain Club In The Connecticut League
Story Details
Key Persons
Tom Lynch
Location
New Britain Club In The Connecticut League
Story Details
Tom Lynch managed the New Britain club during a slump and improved performance by allowing players beer from an icebox in the clubhouse after winning the first game of double headers, leading to capturing ten double headers out of twenty-five games.