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Author: Justin
I am 19th century baseball nerd living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I write about dead and obscure baseball players at my blog medium.com/@baseball_obscura. Other than that I like pro wrestling, Magic: The Gathering, and Kanye West.
The Chicago Unions franchise was meant to be a flagship of the new Union Association, a rival to the powerful Chicago White Stockings, baseball's premiere franchise. Instead they were one of the league's most unstable, eventually moving to Pittsburgh in August 1884 and then folding the following month, without completing their schedule.
A.H. Henderson formed the Chicago Unions as a semi-pro outfit in June 1883. Chicago was home to a strong amateur baseball scene, with many local players who either had major league experience or would go on to play in the majors. Henderson secured some land at the corner of Wabash Avenue and 39th Street, which would be named the Union Grounds and the club debuted on June 26, 1883 against the St. Louis Browns. By the end of July, it was reported that Henderson was attempting to secure membership in the American Association along with Indianapolis. Chicago was the stronghold of the National League, so putting a rival A.A. team in the Windy City would be a bold move. The Unions officially made application to the American Association in early August.
In late August 1883, the club hired minor league umpire Ed S. Hengel to manage the club. Hengel would serve as the manager of the 1884 Unions. On August 29, it was announced that the club was going to release all of its players in order to put money and resources into fielding a first class club in 1884. Henderson reported that it was "almost certain" that the club would join the American Association. History bears out that the Unions did not join the A.A. and it is unclear that they were seriously considered for a slot as just under two weeks later at the first meeting of the Union Association in Pittsburgh, Henderson's club was listed an inaugural member of the Union Association, with Henderson as a member of the board of directors. Some reports suggested the Henry V. Lucas, owner of the St. Louis Maroons and the president of the Union Association was the club's true owner and bankroll, while other reports had the club being run by a brewing consortium.
In January 1884, the Chicago Unions attempted to make a splash by signing Chicago White Stockings ace Larry Corcoran. The diminutive right-hander signed with the Unions for a reported salary of $3,100 making him one of the highest paid players in baseball. But after being threatened with a blacklist by White Stockings owner Al Spalding, he quickly returned to the National League fold. The club did manage to poach the mercurial and remarkable Hugh "One Arm" Daily from the Cleveland Blues. Daily's left hand had been blown off in an accident when he was younger. He covered the stump with a pad, that he used to help him catch thrown balls. Despite Daily's disability, he was a tremendously talented pitcher. The 36-year-old would go on to win 27 games and strike out a staggering 469 batters for the Unions.
Daily was one of the few players the Unions could count on. In 91 games, the club burned through 35 players, with the infield being particularly volatile. 14 different players appeared at second base for the club. This included the aforementioned Daily, you know the guy with one hand. That's how bad things were for the Unions, they used a guy with one hand as their second baseman on two different occasions (Daily also made appearances at shortstop and in the outfield). Additionally, a mystery man named Richardson appeared in one game at second base and struck out four times in four at bats, before vanishing without revealing his first name. Boston area semi-pro Dan Cronin's sole appearance at second base for the club resulted in four errors in five chances.
Nine different men appeared at shortstop and third base respectively. Rookie first baseman Jumbo Schoeneck was the infield's only point of stability, appearing in 90 games for the club. Despite the infield turmoil, the Unions got off to a strong start, reaching a high water mark of 21-14 on June 19. The club drew poorly on weekday home games, but did quite well for Sunday games, as the National League clubs refused to play on Sundays. A season high of 4100 people showed up to see the Unions defeat the eventual pennant-winning St. Louis Maroons in 10 innings on Sunday, June 1, 1884. But the previous day's game only drew 250 fans and their next home game drew only 400.
The club began a 19 game road trip on June 20, and it was disastrous. The Unions lost the first 11 games of the trip and by the time the club returned home on July 22, the club was 25-29. Any chance of chasing the pennant was destroyed. Chicago's baseball fans were firmly behind the National League's White Stockings. In the midst of a costly road trip in August, the club was sold to Harry O. Price of Pittsburgh on August 19.
The club was transferred to Pittsburgh with A. H. Henderson retaining management of the club. The newly christened Pittsburgh Unions (not the Stogies, which appears to be the name given the team posthumously and erroneously by researchers) would play their games at Exposition Park. In a slight bit of irony, the rival Alleghenys of the American Association played their games at Union Park. The club made their first appearance in Pittsburgh on August 25 against first place St. Louis. Hugh Daily lead the club to an incredible 3-2 victory in 11 innings in front of 3,000 excited fans. The club continued to draw well in their new home, as the club drew 10,000 fans over the course of the five game series with the star-studded Maroons. The club went on the road and never returned to their new home as they disbanded on September 19. The franchise reportedly suffered an $18,000 loss on the year. The Milwaukee club from the disbanded Northwestern League took their place to complete the Union Association schedule.
A cadre of the club's better players joined the Baltimore Unions. The Baltimore American reported that the both Pittsburgh and Baltimore shared the same management and indeed Baltimore was managed by Bill Henderson, who happened to be the brother of W. H. Henderson. So while the currently accepted belief is that the Chicago/Pittsburgh club folded, there is a reasonable case to be made that the club actually merged with the Baltimore franchise.
The joy and pain of researching the Union Association is that there is so much left to learn, but also that the more you know, the more muddled it gets.
The franchise had six players appear in the Old Judge set.
1. Bill Krieg
Bill Krieg was a 25-year-old rookie catcher for the Chicago Unions. He hit a modest .247/.276/.330 in 71 games, but in the light hitting Union Association that was good for a 103 OPS+. He was one of the league's best defensive players, putting up a 1.3 dWAR, a mark good enough for 4th place in the league. Aside from his solid rookie year, Krieg was never able to find regular work in the major leagues, despite putting up decent numbers in short stints with the dismal Washington Nationals in 1886-87. One of the nice things about working on this project is discovering the unexpected. In this case, my discovery was that Krieg was a spectacular minor league player. You could make the case that he was the first great minor league player (only rivalled by fellow Union Association alumni Perry Werden, who will be talked about in a later post). Bill James posited that Krieg was the greatest minor league player of the 1880's. Krieg was a masher in the minors. After his release from the Nationals in 1887, he moved on to Minneapolis of the Northwestern League, where he hit .402 with 8 home runs in just 59 games. After a down year in 1888, he would go on to over .300, eight different times in the minors, including a high of .452 with Rockford of the Western Association in 1895. Krieg' career ended in 1901 with Terre Haute. He died at age 71 in 1930 in Chillicothe, Illinois.
Krieg is featured in a staggering 10 different poses covering his time with Washington, Minneapolis and St. Joseph's.
Krieg's hypnotic eyes peering through the primitive tools of ignorance will haunt your dreams forever. The sharpness of the photo really adds to the effect. Some of these cards are truly transcendent and I think this is one.
2. Jumbo Schoeneck
I wrote about Schoeneck in my post on the Baltimore Unions.
3. Gid Gardner
I wrote about Gardner in my post on the Baltimore Unions.
4. Frank Foreman
Frank Foreman was just beginning his 30+ year baseball journey in 1884. The 21-year-old right-hander from Baltimore was only with the Chicago Unions for about a month, making four starts, garnering one win against two losses. He was released and joined the Kansas City Cowboys, making one start in June and then was released. Foreman joined the Lancaster Ironsides of the Eastern League to close out his rookie year. Foreman bounced around between the majors and minors for the next couple years, before emerging as a thoroughly average starter who never stayed in one place very long. From 1889 to 1896, he appeared for Baltimore, Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore and New York, winning 20 games in 1889. Foreman returned to the minors for several years, re-emerging in the American League in 1901. He won 12 games for the AL version of the Orioles as a 38-year-old. His major league career ended with two disastrous starts for the Orioles in 1902. Foreman and Hall of Famer Wilbert Robinson are the only two players to appear for the AA, NL, and AL versions of the Orioles. Foreman hung around baseball as a de facto scout and minor league umpire. His greatest discovery was 300 game winner Eddie Plank, whom he recommended to Connie Mack. Foreman was also the discoverer of the ephemeral Bob McKinney, one of two major leaguers with whom I share a last name (and coincidentally the subject of the first SABR biography I wrote). Foreman remained in Baltimore the rest of his life, passing away at age 94 in 1957.
Foreman is the rarest of breeds, the player with only one pose in the Old Judge set. He is pictured with the Baltimore Orioles in 1889.
5. Moxie Hengel
The younger brother of Chicago Unions manager Ed Hengel, Emory "Moxie" Hengel was a fixture of the mid-western baseball scene for over a decade. As a 26 year-old rookie in 1884, Hengel was tasked with holding down the second base job for his older brother's fledgling squad. Hengel hit a dismal .203/.234/.257 with an .840 fielding percentage and 15 errors in 19 games at second base. Moxie's poor play earned him the ire of his brother and his release at the end of May. Hengel quickly found work with St. Paul in the Northwestern League and held down their second base job for the remainder of the season. He made a not so triumphant return to the Union Association when the St. Paul was admitted to the league in late September to replace the recently folded Wilmington club. The club went 2-6 in eight road games and they appear to be the only major league team never to play a home game. Hengel appeared in six games for the 1885 Buffalo Bisons and then played another 9 years in the minor leagues as a good field, no hit second baseman, primarily in the Western Association. His career ended in 1896 and he died in Forest Park, Illinois on December 11, 1924.
Hengel is featured in six poses in the Old Judge set, capturing his time with the Western Association's Chicago Maroons in 1888 and Minneapolis in 1889. In perhaps my favorite Old Judge pose, Hengel is captured sliding into a base with an unusual foreshortened perspective like the photographer was referencing Andrea Mantegna's The Dead Christ or something.
6. Kid Baldwin
Clarence "Kid" Baldwin was a 19 year-old catcher in 1884. Baldwin was a precociously talented defensive catcher who possessed a toxic mix of youthful naiveté and unscrupulousness. He began the 1884 season involved in a contract imbroglio between the Quincy club of the Northwestern League, who had reserved him for the upcoming season and the St. Louis Maroons reserve squad, with whom he had also signed. The Kid offered Quincy a staggering sum of $500 to obtain his release, but the club wisely stood their ground and when the season began, Baldwin was Quincy's starting catcher. He quickly became a lineup fixture due to his strong play, but the Quincy club was in financial trouble and Baldwin jumped the club in July (earning himself a place on organized baseball's blacklist) to join the Kansas City Cowboys in the Union Association. Baldwin was offered a salary of $350 a month, which would have made him one of the highest paid players in the league. The Cowboys were hastily formed to replace Altoona after they folded in May, and despite an atrocious record and a constantly changing roster, they were one of the top drawing clubs in the league. Baldwin played 50 games for Kansas City and established himself as a strong backstop, but hit just .194. Off the field, Baldwin was already showing a tendency to spend money faster than he got it and at one point he naively endorsed a $250 check to a stranger in hopes that he would cash it. Baldwin never saw the guy again.
His sole appearance for the Chicago/Pittsburgh franchise was as an injury replacement on September 18, in the final game in franchise history. When Pittsburgh catcher Tony Suck (and boy did he) was hurt in the sixth inning, Baldwin was called in to replace him.
Baldwin joined the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association in 1885 after a confusing off-season that involved signing with multiple clubs and petitioning to get off baseball's black list. He would serve as their starting catcher until 1890. During that time, he became a popular figure in the media thanks to his outsized personality and off-field exploits. At one point he was fined $27 dollars after being arrested during a raid on a cock fight. Like so many 1880's ballplayers, Baldwin was a drinking man and his inability to control his "demons" directly lead to him being done as a major league player in 1890 at the ripe old age of 25.
Baldwin bounced around the minors for the next few years playing all over the U.S., while his drinking continued to worsen and eye troubles began to set in. He was treated for blindness in 1895, and after his old teammates raised funds for surgery, he was able to get his sight back. Baldwin enjoyed a brief return to health, but a stint of sobriety was undermined by his job running a saloon in Cincinnati. By 1897, at age 32, Baldwin was homeless and living on the streets of Cincinnati, where he experienced bouts of madness and he was eventually institutionalized in July 1897. He died just a week later on July 10, 1897, just 12 years after his major league career began in earnest in Kansas City. Credit to David Ball's great SABR biography for info on Baldwin's tumultuous life.
Baldwin is featured in six poses with multiple variations during his time with Cincinnati circa 1887-1888.
A svelte and dashing Baldwin in impossibly tight pants at the peak of his all-too-short life.
Author JustinPosted on January 11, 2018 November 24, 2019 Categories 1800s, Goodwin & Co, History1 Comment on The Chicago/Pittsburgh/Baltimore Unions
Much like the Baltimore Unions, Boston's Union Association entry was one of the league's more stable. Of the five Union Association clubs that completed their full schedule, only Cincinnati and St. Louis used fewer players than Boston's 25. The Boston Unions (not the Reds as the history books say) officially joined the Union Association in March 1884, making them the last of the original eight clubs to join the UA. This makes it all the more remarkable that the club finished with a 58-51 record. For comparison, Altoona joined in February and finished a disastrous 6-17 before folding at the end of May.
The efforts to bring Union Association baseball to Boston were led by a triumvirate of Boston baseball legends, George Wright, pitcher Tommy Bond, and first baseman Tim Murnane. Wright's involvement with the Unions has more or less been forgotten, but it is clear from contemporary accounts that Wright was the driving force behind the Boston Unions. The 33-year-old Murnane, a National Association and National League vet, who last played major league baseball in 1878, was slated to be the club's first baseman and manager. The veteran pitcher Bond, once the best young pitcher in baseball, but now 4 years removed from his last injury free season. Amazingly pitching 3359 innings by the age of 24 is not good for the arm. Bond is the patron saint of gifted twirlers felled by crippling arm troubles.
Unlike most of the Union Association, Boston fielded its club with promising young players, rather than trying to poach players from established clubs. Thanks to Wright and Murnane's scouting and a strong amateur baseball scene in the Boston area, the club was filled with young talent. Murnane was the club's only regular above aged 26, while Bond was the only member of the pitching staff over 25. (As an aside, 19-game-winner James Burke's birth date remains unknown). Among the talent, future major league regulars included 17-year-old outfielder Mike Slattery, 20-year-old pitcher/outfielder and future Hall of Famer Tommy McCarthy, 22-year-old third baseman John Irwin, and 22-year-old outfielder/pitcher Ed "Cannonball" Crane.
Despite raves from the Boston press, the Unions were not able to overtake the National League's Red Stockings in the hearts and minds of the Boston faithful and drew poorly. After an opening day crowd of 3000 on April 30, just a few days later on May 5, they drew a crowd reported to be under 100. For a league whose admission prices were 25 cents and who promised a $75 guarantee to the road team, showings like these were a death knell. It seems apparent that George Wright was footing the bill for the team's expenses. Indeed, Wright's sporting goods empire, Wright & Ditson, published the official Union Association guide, so he was clearly a booster of the rebel league.
After a promising start, the 28-year-old Bond faltered as the club's ace earning his release in June. The club landed disgruntled Detroit lefthander Dupee Shaw in mid-July, a coup for the Union Association, which was desperate to pluck major league talent from the rival National League and American Association. Shaw was dominant for the Boston, striking out a staggering 309 batters in 315.2 innings, while posting a 1.77 ERA (good for a 170 ERA+). His 451 strikeouts for the year (including 144 with Detroit) are the fourth best mark of all time.
Despite a dominant hitting season by catcher/outfielder "Cannonball" Ed Crane, the team's offense was a weak point and prevented them from challenging for a higher position in the standings. Crane batted .285/.308/.451 with 12 home runs (good for second place in the league) and a 152 OPS+ (good for fifth in the league).
The club was dragged down by the poor hitting of Mike Slattery, 23 year old Kid Butler, and Tommy McCarthy. The teenaged Slattery hit just .208/.216/.232 good for a 51 OPS+. Of the 28 UA regulars who qualified for the batting title, Slattery was 28th. Butler, Boston's left fielder and utility man was even worse, hitting just .169/.206/.227 for a 46 OPS+ in 71 games. Future Baseball Hall of Famer, McCarthy, hit just .215/.237/.244 good for a 62 OPS+ in 53 games. He totalled a -1.0 offensive WAR, -0.3 defensive WAR and put up an 0-7 record in the pitcher's box, with a 4.82 ERA and a 63 OPS+. This was good for a -1.4 WAR on the mound. So in 53 games, he put up a -2.7 total WAR. All this in what is almost universally regarded as the lowest quality major league in history. (I am not going to comment on the major league credentials of the National Association). McCarthy's 1884 season has a reasonable case as the worst season by anyone ever. His transformation from unfathomably bad to Hall of Famer has to be one of the most remarkable metamorphoses in baseball history.
The Boston Unions representation in the Old Judge set consists of four players: McCarthy, Slattery, Crane and third baseman John Irwin.
1. Tommy McCarthy
I wrote about McCarthy in the first blog in this series. There are 13 different poses capturing McCarthy's transformation from struggling youth with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1887 to his burgeoning stardom with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. These 13 poses also include at least 30 variations and are illustrative of how complicated and unwieldy the Old Judge (N172) set is. (As an aside, all images are sourced from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, which despite its vastness is still incomplete, hence the lack of inclusion of every pose for each player I discuss).
Goodwin & Company Tommy McCarthy, Center Field, St. Louis Browns, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1887–89 American, Albumen photograph; sheet: 2 11/16 x 1 3/8 in. (6.9 x 3.5 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick (63.350.215.172.1539) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/403838
Goodwin & Company Tommy McCarthy, Center Field, St. Louis Browns, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1889 American, Albumen photograph; sheet: 2 11/16 x 1 3/8 in. (6.9 x 3.5 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick (63.350.215.172.1538) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/403837
2. Mike "Kangaroo" Slattery
Mike "Kangaroo" Slattery was just 17 years old when he debuted for the Boston Unions in their first ever game on April 17, 1884. He is the youngest major league regular in baseball history, appearing in 106 games for the Unions. At 6 foot 2 and 210 pounds, he was one of the biggest players in the major leagues throughout his career. Unfortunately his athletic never translated into much hitting ability. After his teenage debut, Slattery spent the next few seasons in the minor leagues, before reappearing with the New York Gothams in 1888. He jumped the Players League Giants in 1890 and wrapped up his major league career with stints in Cincinnati and Washington in 1891. His post playing career including surviving a stabbing while trying to stop a shoplifter and a premature death at age 37 in 1904 due to stomach trouble.
Slattery is pictured in six poses with at least 12 known variations.
3. Ed "Cannonball" Crane
Ed "Cannonball" Crane had a very unusual and memorable career as the rare player to appear regularly both at catcher and pitcher. A powerfully built 5'9 and 215 pounds, Crane's 1884 season was easily his best. Crane's rookie season was split between catching, where he made a staggering 64 errors in 42 games, and the outfield. He also appeared at first base and on the mound. While his defense was dreadful, he showed tremendous power, hitting 12 home runs and 23 doubles. He also set the record for the longest throw, when he threw a baseball an estimated 405 feet (he did this on several occasions in October of that year), breaking former Cincinnati Red Stocking John Hatfield's record of 400-402 feet. Crane hit well in limited time with Buffalo and Providence in 1885. A dreadful 1886 season with Washington in which he hit just .171, while also putting up a 1 and 7 record with a 7.20 ERA prompted a return to the minors. Pitching for the International League champion Toronto Maple Leafs, he hit .428 while winning 33 games. He returned to the majors with the New York Giants in 1888, where he pitched 12 games including the first no-hitter in New York Giants' history, a seven inning affair on September 27 against Washington. The following week, he became the first player ever to strike out four batters in one inning. He made two starts for the Giants in that year's World Series, going 1 and 1, helping the Giants to a 6 games to 4 win over the St. Louis Brown Stockings.
Crane joined the Giants as they toured the world with the Chicago White Stockings that off-season. Crane, who reportedly was not a drinker, quickly shifted into the life of the party on the tour. Crane dressed in fine clothes and regaling teammates and reporters alike with outlandish stories and song. He consumed wine and liquor at the seemingly endless banquets held for the touring baseballists. He missed several games due to drunkenness and hangovers. His throwing arm remained intact however, as he set an Australian record by throwing a cricket ball 384 feet and 10.5 inches in Melbourne. Somewhere along the way, he was provided with a Japanese monkey by an American sailor. The monkey terrorized passengers on-board, which Crane kept hidden in his coat pocket. At the end of the trip, Crane brought the monkey to New York, where he christened it the Giants' new mascot.
Despite missing time due to injuries, Crane compiled a 14-11 record in 1889. The Giants won the pennant again. Crane showed flashes of his tremendous potential when he won 4 games for the Giants as they defeated the American Association's Brooklyn Bridegrooms in that year's World Series. Crane like most of his Giants' teammates jumped the Players' League in 1890. It was this season that Crane's drinking started to takeover. His weight ballooned and in August he was arrested at a Harlem watering hole under charges of resisting arrest. He finished with a 16-19 record as the Giants' finished a disappointing third. Crane walked a stunning 208 batters against just 116 strikeouts in 330 innings. Crane's poor personal habits were singled out as the main cause of the club's struggles.
Crane joined the King Kelly's Cincinnati entry in the American Association for 1891. In doing so, he became one of the few players to appear in four different major leagues. Crane pitched well, leading the league with a 2.45 ERA with a 14-14 record, but he was criticized for his poor condition and lack of effort. The club disbanded in August and Crane jumped to the crosstown Red Stockings in the National League, as a replacement for Hall of Famer Old Hoss Radbourn. Crane went 4-8 in 15 starts.
Crane returned to the Giants in 1892, going 16-24 with 189 walks and a 3.80 ERA. His arm was faltering and his major league career ended in 1893 with dismal stints for the Giants and Brooklyn. Crane tried without success to find work as an umpire, appearing as a substitute umpire in five National League games over the next couple of seasons. He bounced around the minor leagues, drinking heavily at every stop. He reportedly committed suicide on September 19, 1896 by overdosing on a chloral hydrate prescription in Rochester, New York. He was just 34. Credit to Brian McKenna for the great SABR biography on Crane.
Crane appears in six different poses in the Old Judge set, capturing his time with both the National League and Players' League versions of the Giants.
4. John Irwin
John Irwin lived in the shadow of his older brother Arthur Irwin. The elder Irwin was a star infielder for the Providence Grays, who in 1884 were rampaging towards the National League pennant. The previous year, Irwin was credited with inventing the fielder's glove. John Irwin had made his major league debut in 1882 playing a single game alongside his older brother for the Worcester Grays. He spent 1883 with Bay City of the Northwestern League and from there joined the Boston Unions as their starting third baseman. Manning the hot corner, the 22 year old Irwin had a respectable rookie season. He was light hitter, but his .234/.260/.319 batting line was good for a 94 OPS+. In the field, his .780 fielding percentage was remarkably .003 points better than the UA league average for third baseman. No word on whether he used his brother's glove. Despite his strong blood lines, youth and promise, Irwin returned to the minors for most of the next three seasons, making brief stints in the majors with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1886 and Washington Nationals in 1887. Irwin earned modest playing time for the last-place Nationals in both 1888 and 1889 and then jumped to the Buffalo Bisons of the Players' League in 1890. The Bisons finished in a distant last place with a record of 36-96. Irwin joined the eventual American Association pennant winning Boston Reds in 1891. The Reds were manager by his older brother Arthur. John played 19 games, but was released in July. I would hate to hear that conversation…Sorry bro, you suck.
From there, John joined the last place Louisville Colonels closing out his major league career with 14 games before being released in August. Irwin appeared for 5 different last place clubs in his major league career. Quite a record considering his career lasted just 322 games. He bounced around numerous minor league clubs until the turn of the century. He passed away at age 72 in 1934 in Boston.
Despite Irwin's role as a part-timer on a last place club, he is featured in five different poses in the Old Judge set.
Irwin looks into his crystal ball to see what the future holds (last place probably):
Author JustinPosted on December 6, 2017 November 24, 2019 Categories 1800s, Books and Blogs, Goodwin & Co, Photography2 Comments on Boston Unions
The Baltimore Unions (not the Monumentals)
In contrast to the fragility of the ill-conceived Altoona Unions, the Baltimore Unions were one of the Union Association's stronger and more stable franchises. The club was situated as a rival to both the American Association's Baltimore Orioles and the Eastern League's Baltimore Monumentals (the Baltimore UA club was exclusively referred to as the Unions, not the Monumentals as currently credited). Under the management of Baltimore baseball mogul, Bill Henderson (whose brother A. H. Henderson was president and principal owner of the UA's Chicago franchise), they were one of just five UA franchises to complete their full schedule. The Baltimore Unions finished with a 58-47 record, good for fourth place (maybe third, depending on how you want to rate Milwaukee, who played just 12 games).
Despite the club's relative stability and quality, the roster of the Baltimore Unions is a researcher's nightmare. 37 different players appeared for Baltimore, including at least 3 whose first name is either unknown or in flux, as well as outfielder, Daniel Sheehan, whose appearance on August 27 is not currently credited. Sheahan played under the alias John Ryan, but is not the John Ryan who pitched for Baltimore that year.
The club lacked pitching depth and so it leaned heavily upon number one starter, 26 year old Bill Sweeney. Sweeney was member of the 1882 Philadelphia Athletics and pitched quite well as the club's change pitcher. He spent 1883 with Peoria of the Northwestern League and was recruited by Baltimore for the 1884 season. Sweeney pitched very well for Baltimore and was one the league's top pitchers. He started 60 games, pitched 538 innings and won 40 games. In the process, he shredded his arm and never pitched in the majors again.
Despite strong performances by future major league stars Yank Robinson and Emmett Seery, Baltimore had one of the league's worst offenses. The biggest culprit was the club's starting centrefielder, 39 year old Ned Cuthbert. Cuthbert appeared in the National Association's inaugural season way back in 1871 and he is perhaps best known as the player-manager of the 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings (thus making him the first manager in Cardinals franchise history). Some sources have him as an influential force in getting Chris von der Ahe involved in baseball. But by 1884, Cuthbert was a poor choice to playing centre field. He hit a meager .202, he compiled a staggering -1.6 WAR in 44 games.
But you're not here to learn about the roster minutia of the Baltimore Unions, you're here for Old Judge.
Of the 37 Baltimore Unions, a total of five appeared in the Old Judge set: Yank Robinson, Emmett Seery, Jumbo Schoeneck, Dick Phelan, and Gid Gardner. So let's learn more about these folks.
1. William H. "Yank" Robinson
Yank Robinson made his major league debut as a 22 year old shortstop, playing 11 games for the Detroit Wolverines before washing out. As a 24 year old in 1884, he did what he did best, draw walks. His modest total of 37 led the league. Keep in mind that Union Association rules meant it took seven balls to draw a walk. Robinson put up a 123 OPS+, while playing 5 different positions including both catcher and pitcher. Thanks to his versatility, which included 75 innings of league average pitching, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called him the Union Association's best all-around player. Robinson would join the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1885 and serve as a vital cog in the club's burgeoning dynasty. He led the league in walks in both 1888 and 1889 (setting major league records both years with 116 and 118 respectively), despite paltry batting averages of .231 and .208. He finished up his career with Washington in 1892, hitting just .179. Sadly, he died in 1894 at age 34 of tuberculosis, just over two years after playing his last major league game.
Robinson is pictured during his salad days with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. As a star player for one of the best teams in baseball, it is no surprise that he is pictured in six different poses in the Old Judge set.
A "sliding" Yank Robinson:
Goodwin & Company William H. "Yank" Robinson, Shortstop, St. Louis Browns, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1888 American, Albumen photograph; sheet: 2 11/16 x 1 3/8 in. (6.9 x 3.5 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick (63.350.215.172.1562) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/403865
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William H. "Yank" Robinson, Shortstop, St. Louis Browns, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1888
Albumen photograph; sheet: 2 11/16 x 1 3/8 in. (6.9 x 3.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick (63.350.215.172.1563)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/403866
2. Emmett Seery
John Emmett Seery was a 23 year old left fielder for the Baltimore Unions in 1884. He was the club's best hitter by far, posting a 142 OPS+ on the strength of a .313/.342/.411 batting line. He joined the UA champion St. Louis Maroons when they joined the National League in 1885. Seasons like Seery's 1885 are good evidence of the disparity of play between the two leagues. In 59 games with St. Louis, he hit just .162/.220/.208. His time with the Maroons was highlighted by a brawl with his teammate, the tumultuous pitcher Charlie Sweeney. Despite his struggles with the Maroons, Seery soldiered on and became a solid major league player. His greatest strengths were his power, speed and walk rate. The Detroit Free Press wrote of his patient approach: [He was] a good enough waiter to preside at a restaurant. His strongest season was probably his 1889 season with Indianapolis where he hit .314/.401/.454 with eight home runs. He also stole over 40 bases three times, with a high of 80 in 1888 (good for second in the National League). After his career ended in 1892, he became the proprietor of a thriving orange grove in Florida. He died in Saranac Lake, New York in 1930.
Seery is pictured in four different poses during his time in 1887 with the Indianapolis Hoosiers.
Seery looking like the coolest man alive in my new favorite Old Judge:
3. Louis W. "Jumbo" Schoeneck
"Jumbo" Schoeneck was a giant for the time. At 6 foot 2, 223 pounds, he towered over most of the players in his day. Schoeneck was a 22 year old rookie first baseman in 1884. He started the season with the Chicago Unions, where he was one of the league's strongest hitters, hitting .317/.332/.404 in 90 games. The Chicago club moved to Pittsburgh in late August and then folded on September 19. Reports in the Baltimore papers suggested that both Baltimore and Pittsburgh were under the same management (as mentioned before the Henderson brothers headed up the two clubs). When the Pittsburgh club disbanded, Baltimore signed eight players from the club including Schoeneck. In 16 games with Baltimore, Schoeneck struggled, hitting just .250. He bounced around the minor leagues for the next couple of years, before getting a couple of stints with the Indianapolis Hoosiers in 1888 and 1889. His National League career consisted of 64 games in which hit .237/.283/.260. Nonetheless, he appears in four different poses (with at least 15 known variations) from his time with the Hoosiers and the Western Association's Chicago Maroons in 1888. He died in his native Chicago in 1930.
Schoeneck demonstrating his bocce form:
In a lot of ways, Franklin Washington "Gid" Gardner is the stereotypical uncouth ballplayer of the 1880's. Amidst various suspensions for drunkenness, fights, and arrests for assaulting women and frequenting brothels, Gardner managed to forge a 12 year professional career, split among 8 different major league squads and at least 11 minor league clubs. Despite his tumultuous personal life, he was a versatile player, who appeared at six different positions in his career. His 1884 season is typical, as he began the season with the American Association's Baltimore Orioles. After assaulting a prostitute at a brothel in St. Louis, he was put in jail and then suspended by Orioles' manager Billy Barnie. He jumped to the Chicago Unions. When the Unions folded and merged with the Baltimore Unions, Gardner was not among the players signed. Nonetheless, Gardner found his way into one game with the Unions on September 23. Gardner was back with the Orioles in 1885 and was with Indianapolis in 1887. He was traded to Washington for baseball's first triple crown winner Paul Hines, where he appeared in 1 game and then was traded to Philadelphia for Cupid Childs, where he appeared in another game. Amazingly, he is pictured in 3 different poses in the 1888 Old Judge set with both Washington and Philadelphia. Gardner's pro career ended in 1891 and he bounced around local Boston semi-pro teams, never finding stable employment or transitioning to civilian life. He died in 1914. Check out Charlie Bevis' nice SABR bio for more on Gardner's "exploits."
Gardner and Miah Murray in a beautifully framed horizontal card:
5. Dick Phelan
James Dickson "Dick" Phelan, 2nd Base, Des Moines Prohibitionists, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1889
A native of Towanda, Pennsylvania, James Dickson "Dick" Phelan would enjoy a to a long professional career that lasted from 1883 to 1899. In 1884, Phelan was the rookie second baseman for the Baltimore Unions. He was a light hitter and his defensive statistics show him to be somewhat average. In 101 games, he hit .246/.268/.316 and put up -1.4 WAR. Phelan moved on to play a handful of games with the Buffalo Bisons and the St. Louis Maroons in 1885 and then became a minor league staple in multiple leagues. At age 44, he was still plugging away with Dallas/Montgomery in the Southern Association. He settled in the south and passed away in San Antonio in 1931.
He is featured with Des Moines in 1889 in four different poses in Old Judge.
Phelan pictured as the dapperest hipster alive:
James Dickson "Dick" Phelan, 2nd Base, Des Moines Prohibitionists, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1888–89
Author JustinPosted on November 20, 2017 November 24, 2019 Categories 1800s, Goodwin & Co, History, PhotographyTags baltimore, old judge, Union Association6 Comments on The Baltimore Unions (not the Monumentals)
Altoona, 1884
For six weeks in 1884, the Altoona Unions/Mountain Citys/Altoonas were the most unlikely major league team in baseball history. With an 1880 population of 19,710, Altoona, Pennsylvania is the smallest city to field a major league squad. Altoona was the last club to join the ranks of the Union Association (UA), gaining official membership in the 8-team league on February 20, 1884. This gave them just under two months to form a major league club. It is little wonder that the club opened the the Union Association season with 11 straight losses (including 8 straight to the eventual UA pennant-winning St. Louis Maroons).
With middling crowds, except for a couple of Sunday games that drew upwards of 3000 fans (big gates for the time), the Altoonas were in financial trouble. By the end of May, the Altoonas were a dismal 6-17, despite playing their last 18 games at home.
Union Association commissioner and Maroons owner, Henry V. Lucas, was the benefactor/propper up of many struggling UA clubs, but he saw the writing on the wall for the Altoonas. Rather than paying more money to help the struggling club keep going, Lucas had sought out investors in Kansas City, Missouri to replace Altoona. Four Altoona players, Taylor Shafer, Joe Connors, Cleary Cross, and Charlie Berry were enlisted to join the Kansas City Cowboys as they compiled a ramshackle squad that was scheduled to begin play on June 7.
Altoona's stint as a major league city ended with a whimper, as the Altoona's lost 5-3 to the Baltimore Unions on May 31.
The club lasted only 6 weeks and only 18 men (including the recently discovered Frank Schiffhauer) can proudly claim to be Altoona Unions. But despite this, there is still a former Altoona player represented in the N172 Old Judge set.
That man would be lifelong Altoona resident George J. "Germany" Smith. In 1884, Smith was a 25 year old rookie shortstop. He would be the only man to play in all 25 Altoona games, and established himself as the club's best player and one of only two players to post positive WAR for the ill-fated club. He hit .315/.321/.407 with a 142 OPS+. When the Altoona Unions folded, Smith was one of the first players to find work elsewhere, joining the National League Cleveland Blues.
Smith would enjoy a 15-year career, best known as a light-hitting defensive wizard for the pennant-winning Brooklyn Bridegrooms in 1889-90. While 19th-century defensive WAR should be taken with a grain of salt, Smith led the league in defensive WAR four times and assists five times. His 22.8 dWAR is still good for 29th all time (and it is the highest total of any player who played solely in the 19th century). To put it his defensive prowess in perspective, he hit just .191 with a 43 OPS+ and -0.6 offensive WAR for the pennant-winning Bridegrooms in 1890, yet he put up 2.0 defensive WAR and kept his starting job.
Smith's major league career ended at the age of 39 after hitting just .159 for the 1898 St. Louis Browns. He died at age 64 in Altoona, his legacy as the Altoona Unions greatest player still intact.
Germany Smith about to make rare contact circa 1887 with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. Smith has five poses in the Old Judge set, all dated 1887.
Author JustinPosted on November 15, 2017 November 24, 2019 Categories 1800s, Goodwin & Co, History5 Comments on Altoona, 1884
Old Judge (N172) and the Union Association
I've spent the past few months obsessed with the Union Association, baseball's bastard major league.
134 years after the Union Association's single season, the league remains mysterious and enigmatic. Compared to baseball's other former major league's, the Union Association's influence is scant at best.
After all, the National Association of 1871 to 1875 is baseball's first attempt at a major league and is directly responsible for the creation of the National League. The American Association was formed in 1882. It's legacy includes marketing baseball to the working class with beer and 25 cent tickets. The AA also gave birth to four of baseball's greatest franchises: the Cincinnati Reds, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Players League of 1890 attempted to usurp baseball's power structure and give players control of their careers. The Federal League of 1914-1915 directly led to the establishment of baseball's anti-trust exemption.
Meanwhile the Union Association has no significant legacy. Esteemed thinkers such as Bill James have suggested that calling the Union Association a major league is a significant mistake.
You might be wondering what all this has to do with baseball cards. Well, one of the fascinating and frustrating aspects of researching the Union Association is the lack of visual documentation of the league's existence. I've found a team photo of the Boston Unions and a few scorecards and advertisements, but otherwise photos or illustrations of Union Association players and uniforms are virtually non-existent.
There are no Union Association baseball cards.
But there is the Old Judge (N172) set. Of the 500+ players featured in the mammoth N172 set, 60 are Union Association alumni. Approximately 277 players appeared in the Union Association in 1884, spread across 13 different franchises that appeared in 14 different cities. So that means roughly 20% or the league's players were pictured in the Old Judge set and it provides the most comprehensive visual account of the men who played in the UA.
Of those 60 Union Association alumni in the Old Judge set, only a handful were or would become star major league players. I'll focus on what I deem the top 5 players to appear in the Union Association in this post. In future posts, I will do a team by team breakdown of Old Judge cards featuring UA alums.
1. Fred "Sure Shot" Dunlap
Virtually forgotten now, Fred "Sure Shot" Dunlap was arguably the best second baseman in baseball in the 1880's. Hall of Fame second baseman Frank Grant was nicknamed "The Black Dunlap" as a tribute to the strength of his play. Dunlap was a legitimate star and one of the few great players to jump from the National League the Union Association. In each of his first four previous seasons with the Cleveland Blues, he finished in the top ten in position player WAR. As the crown jewel of the UA champion St. Louis Maroons, he led the UA in virtually every offensive category, including a .412/.448/.621 slash line and a 256 OPS+, which is the best non-Barry Bonds OPS+ in major league history. He quickly declined upon his return to the National League due to injuries, but his peak is Hall of Fame worthy and in just 965 career games he totalled 36.8 WAR (I am using baseball-reference for WAR totals).
Dunlap is pictured as captain of the Pittsburg Alleghenys, longingly remembering the 1884 season when he had the whole baseball world in his hands. ca. 1888
2. "Pebbly" Jack Glasscock
"Pebbly" Jack Glasscock was a promising shortstop for the Cleveland Blues and Dunlap's double play partner. He famously defected from the Blues along with pitcher Jim McCormick and catcher "Fatty" Briody to join the Cincinnati Unions in August 1884. Glasscock hit .419 in 38 games for Cincinnati, as he helped the club to a second place finish. He would enjoy a long career amassing 2041 hits and establishing himself as the game's premier defensive shortstop. With 61.5 career WAR, he has a strong case for the Hall of Fame and was named by SABR as an Overlooked 19th Century Legend in 2016.
Glasscock is pictured with the now defunct Indianapolis Hoosiers ca. 1887 to 1889, though at least one variation has him in an Indianapolis uni with a hastily added "New York" on his chest, covering his move to the New York Giants in 1890 after the John T. Brush owned Indianapolis Hoosiers folded. Brush purchased the Giants and brought former Hoosiers like Glasscock and Amos Rusie over to the Big Apple.
3. Jim McCormick
Pitcher Jim McCormick was one baseball's best pitchers in the 1880's. As the workhorse of the Cleveland Blues from 1879 to 1884, he led the National League in victories and innings pitched twice, while also leading the league in ERA+ and ERA in 1883. Frustrated by a heavy workload and low pay, he joined the aforementioned Glasscock and Briody in defecting from the Blues to the Cincinnati Unions. He would post a sparkling 21-3 record with a UA leading 1.54 ERA in two months of work down the stretch. He joined Cap Anson's Chicago White Stockings after the UA folded and had a couple more strong seasons before retiring after the 1887 season. His 265 career wins and 75.2 career WAR are the most of any UA alum and had he pitched for better known club in his peak, he would probably be in the Hall of Fame.
The stout McCormick is pictured in his Chicago White Stockings uniform ca. 1886. This means that the photos for the Old Judge set were taken as early as 1886, though generally were not released until 1887. (He spent 1887 with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, but his Old Judge cards list him without a team, and none of his Old Judge variations capture him in an Alleghenys uni.)
4. Jack Clements
Baseball's last full-time left-handed catcher and one of the first to adopt a chest protector, Jack Clements was just 19 years old when he made his debut for the Keystones, Philadelphia's Union Association entry. Despite his youth, he hit .275/.318/.401 with a 146 OPS+ in 41 games for the dismal Keystones. When the Keystones were on the verge of folding in early August, he was sold for $500 to the rival Philadelphia Phillies. The proceeds of the sale settled an outstanding debt for the lumber used to build the Keystones ballpark. Clements would become a key contributor for the strong Phillies clubs of the 1890's. His .394 average in 1895 remains the all-time record for a catcher. He totalled 32.1 career WAR in 17 seasons and is one of the top catchers of the 19th century.
Clements is pictured with the Phillies, eternally waiting for the pitch to arrive ca. 1887 to 1890.
Tommy McCarthy is also the only Union Association player elected to the Hall of Fame. As a 20 year rookie, he debuted with his hometown Boston Unions as a pitcher and outfielder. He did not enjoy much success at either position, going 0-7 with a 4.82 ERA on the mound and hitting just .215 in 53 games. He has a reasonable case for being the worst regular in the Union Association. He bounced around several major league clubs before establishing himself as a star with the St. Louis Browns. He enjoyed his greatest success alongside Hugh Duffy on the Boston Beaneaters, where the duo was nicknamed "The Heavenly Twins." McCarthy was credited with inventing the "hit and run" and was acknowledged as one of the most strategic players in the game. His 14.6 WAR is the lowest of any Hall of Famer, though it seems he was elected more his pioneering influence than his on field credentials.
A pre-stardom McCarthy is pictured with the Phillies ca. 1887 committing homicide via tag. He also appears in other variations from his time with the Brown Stockings.
Author JustinPosted on November 6, 2017 November 24, 2019 Categories 1800s, Goodwin & Co, History, Photography5 Comments on Old Judge (N172) and the Union Association


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I am still feeling shock and sadness at the passing of Lis Sladen. There have been quite a few tributes in the past day that really get to the loss many of us are feeling.
I realized as I thought about why this has hit me so hard that Sarah Jane Smith has been a part of my life practically my entire life.
I first was introduced to Doctor Who by watching random Tom Baker episodes on PBS (usually completely out of order, which meant the greater stories the episodes were a part of were completely lost on me, but it was fun and slightly scary so it didn't bother me too much that I never really knew exactly what was going on), and on many of those episodes, Sarah Jane was the companion.
A plucky reporter, that despite being human and (gasp!) female, often showed the same bravery and abilities as the Doctor himself, Sarah Jane was a strong character that stayed with me throughout my life after the Doctor and I lost touch (or PBS stopped showing episodes).
When Doctor Who returned in 2005, I was very excited, but didn't have BBC America, and therefore was late getting back to the party. I always meant to, but it took Netflix putting all of the first four seasons for me to get caught up in time for season 5.
However, a couple of years after the return, Russell T. Davies started a spin-off series featuring my favorite companion, Sarah Jane Smith. The first season of The Sarah Jane Adventures actually aired on SciFi (now known as SyFy), and that was a channel that I had.
I actually watched The Sarah Jane Adventures before I watched any NuWho.
It was as if she had never left my television screen.
Sarah Jane started on Doctor Who in 1973, and as recently this season has been on The Sarah Jane Adventures. Elisabeth Sladen has been playing this character longer than I have been alive, and I have been a fan of this character and connected to this character since I was a child. It is rare that a person is tied to one character for such a long period of time, and when someone has been connected to a character for such a long period, it shouldn't be surprising that myself and so many others feel so connected to her and therefore, feel this loss so keenly.
Three of the still living Doctors who have had Sarah Jane as a companion, Tom Baker, David Tennant, and Matt Smith, have paid tribute.
From Tom Baker's website
Sarah Jane dead? No, impossible! Impossible. Only last week I agreed to do six new audio adventures with her for Big Finish Productions.
She can't be dead. But she is: she died yesterday morning. Cancer. I had no idea she was ill; she was so private, never wanted any fuss, and now, gone. A terrible blow to her friends and a shattering blow for all those fans of the programme whose lives were touched every Saturday evening by her lovely heroic character, Sarah-Jane Smith.
Happy memories with Lis. Here we were having fun during a filming break.
Picture © James Clevett
Lis Sladen was very important to me, you know. When I joined the little world of Doctor Who, Lis was already a star. She had an enormous success with Jon Pertwee. She was good pals with the Brigadier, our beloved Nicholas Courtney; she knew all the regular directors. She was adored by Barry Letts, the producer who cast her in the role. She always said she was Barry's girl. It was for that reason she decided to leave the show. But it was not necessary at all. The fans adored her, Philip Hinchcliffe, our new and glamorous producer, adored her, so did David Maloney, her favourite director.
Terry Walsh, the regular stunt man adored her. Once in deep, dark Wooky Hole caves Lis was almost swept away in a small boat, fifty feet from a terrifying black hole that looked like the entrance to hell. In a flash Terry Walsh dived in and caught the boat and all was well, thanks to the devotion of Terry. Lis was safe and and the show could go on.
Here we are on Bessie right at the beginning of my time on Doctor Who.
Picture courtesy of the BBC
So when I replaced Jon Pertwee, it must have been an anxious time for Lis; it was a very anxious time for me. Following in the big footsteps of Jon was daunting. Tom Baker? Never heard of him. And so we started on the first story under Barry Letts as director. We did the location stuff first and I just obeyed orders; running about, with the Brigadier and that silly car Bessie Trotwood, I think it was called: too small for me, but also in its own way a "character". Jon loved cars.
But back in the rehearsal room things were quieter and there was time to put in little details, time for Lis and me to get acquainted, time for me to try and make a little mark, so to speak. And Lis laughed at my silly antics; yes, she did, she laughed me to success. We both came from Liverpool, that small detail helped. We both loved old movies. And quite suddenly Lis and Ian Marter and Tom Baker were a trio. It is so consoling when one is sad and bereft to remember the good times, the laughter, the glamour; yes, the glamour: we three switched on the lights at Blackpool! A very great honour. We performed a little melodrama directed by (guess who?) yes, David Maloney! And now Lis was adored by Ian Marter and Tom Baker too.
Switching on the Blackpool illuminations. Picture © Blackpool Council
And it never ceased. And in the evenings Lis, would simply disappear back to wherever we were staying and the rest of us would often be raucous! And too soon she decided to leave; no fuss at all, all was calm. And Philip Hinchcliffe gave her lovely farewell party at the Hilton. Those sweet memories of happy days with Lis Sladen, the lovely, witty, kind and so talented Lis Sladen. I am consoled by the memories. I was there, I knew her, she was good to me and I shall always be grateful, and I shall miss her.
From David Tennant
I just can't believe that Lis is gone. She seemed invincible. The same woman who enchanted my childhood, enchanted my time on Doctor Who and enchanted generations who have watched her and fallen in love with her – just like I did. I feel very honoured to have shared a TARDIS with Sarah Jane Smith, and I feel very lucky to have shared some time with Lis Sladen. She was extraordinary.
From Matt Smith
What struck me about Lis was her grace. She welcomed me, educated me, and delighted me with her tales and adventures on Doctor Who. And she also seemed to have a quality of youth that not many people retain as they go through life. Her grace and kindness will stay with me because she had such qualities in abundance and shared them freely. I will miss her, as will the world of Doctor Who and all the Doctors that had the good pleasure to work with Lis Sladen and travel the universe with Sarah Jane.
Finally, in closing, it seems appropriate to show Sarah Jane's farewell scene from Doctor Who. She asks the Doctor not to forget her, small chance any of us could. She also says she will say hello to the Brigadier, which is a wonderful moment, considering that the Doctor Who universe just lost him as well.
Farewell Sarah Jane Smith, farewell Lis Sladen, thank you for all you have given us.
Posted by Josh Man at 11:50 AM
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Tour Duration: 8 days - 7 Nights.
Tour Starts/Places to visit: Tour will be start from Adana and follows - Cappadocia - Tarsus - Antioch - Konya - Pamukkale - Ephesus - Istanbul.
Tour Dates: Tour can be organise years around. Must be booked 45 days ago.


The interdisciplinary research program bringing together research institutions and companies resulted in a technological breakthrough and the establishment of a new start-up company focusing on online measurement of metallurgical processes.
LUXMET is a start-up company offering advanced control systems for high temperature metallurgical processes. The online control system offered by LUXMET enables real time measurements directly from the high temperature metallurgical processes, offering quick and precise process control capabilities. The control system can be used, for example, to monitor the process and in optimization of process speeding up the process, reducing refractory wear and raising energy efficiency.
The story of LUXMET started five years ago from the FIMECC ELEMET program in which the technology was initially developed. ELEMET program brought together actors with different backgrounds from industry and academia offering a great co-creation platform for the new technological breakthrough. In the ELEMET program physicists and process engineers combined their forces to solve real industrial challenge offered by industrial partners of the program. The interdisciplinary research resulted in a totally new approach in measuring and analyzing real time local melting conditions inside the electric arc furnace (EAF) used in steel making. Reliable and real-time online measurement and analyzing enabling process monitoring and controlling had never before been done in this part of metal processing. This was mainly due to extreme and harsh conditions preventing the use of conventional measurement approaches.
Online measurements are needed for process monitoring and control. "In process industry the quality of raw materials typically varies. The quality of raw materials affects the process parameters used in the process. At the moment processes are usually run with predetermined parameters and end results are tested after the process. This may result in poor end-product quality and waste, causing losses of energy, time and raw materials.In this case metal processing is not an exception." Mikko Jokinen explains the need for the online measurement and analysis systems.
The new online measurement model initiated in the FIMECC ELEMET program and further developed by LUXMET enables the adjustments of the process parameter during the metal processing resulting in energy and raw materials savings, reduced wearing of the equipment and decreased process times.
After the ELEMET program the technology has been further developed and several feasibility studies have been done in order to generate business out of the technology. LUXMET has, for example, done a lot of software development to analyse the data gathered with the new technology and product development work to create a robust and easy-to-use measurement system.
Luxmet's first two products, an EAF control system and an online temperature measurements system for extreme conditions, have been tested with domestic customers and active international sales activities will start in the beginning of 2016.
LUXMET has a patent in Finland and patent process ongoing for European and USA wide patents. At the moment LUXMET is actively looking for new processes and applications in which the LUXMET technology can be applied.


All the references Peter Vahlefeld uses and paints over are media products that are circulated in order to draw attention to art events, exhibitions and fine art auctions. In the process of overpainting auction catalogues and gallery advertisements, the link between the circulation of the image and the expected circulation of as much money as possible becomes obvious. Almost all written information regarding the function and context of the images, such as captions, page numbers and gallery names remain visible. The printed materials are attacked with oil paint and appear as archaic manifestos. In the photo studio these overpaintings are re-photographed and illuminated - the impasto foreground vs. the slick surface of the background - and re-used as a base on which to paint, this time on canvas. In doing so, Vahlefeld utilizes the new possibilities granted by computer-aided image production techniques, and post-production to render and modify images as a continuation of the painting process. The media he uses are inkjet prints with pigmented inks in dialogue with acrylic and oil paints. Unlike on the computer, where the functional logic is based on described rules, the material itself becomes the topic as a sequence of actions. Using a brush, a squeegee, a roller, stencils, grinding tools and other mechanical aids, elements are destroyed or re-built until the mark making surprises or irritates.
Les oeuvres de Vahlefeld valent presque comme le propres publicités, tant il est question de reproduction, multiplication, affichage, placardage.
Peter Vahlefeld: »Nichtstun« macht keinen Spaß, wenn man nichts zu tun hat.
Why does Peter Vahlefeld constructs such elaborate facades behind which he persists in living a lie? Why is the lie not his ideal, his image, his truth?
Peter Vahlefeld arbeitet gegen jede kritische Legitimität, er schändet sie um seinen Bildern den postfordistischen Imperativ der Geselligkeit auszutreiben.


"Take Ü There" is the debut single of the Skrillex/Diplo supergroup Jack Ü. It features Canadian singer, Kiesza, famous for her Dance hit, "Hideaway".
It starts as a typical love song, before going into a crazy drop expected from two of EDM's biggest names.
It was debuted live with Kiesza in-person on August 8th, 2014, before being officially released in September.


City heavyweight Lady Barbara Judge has joined tech HR startup Hibob | City A.M.
One of the most well-known women in British business and the outgoing head of the pensions lifeboat is joining a technology startup that wants to disrupt how businesses manage workers.
Lady Barbara Judge, who also chairs the Institute of Directors (IOD), has been named chairman of Hibob, the London-based startup which boasts backing from Saul and Robin Klein's LocalGlobe and the founder of unicorn fintech startup Transferwise.
Hibob, which lets small businesses more easily manage staffing and human resources, has tapped Judge's knowledge of pensions as it focuses on auto-enrollment.
"Small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of our economy," said Lady Judge.
"Yet the daily pressure they face to remain compliant and retain their staff is huge. Hibob is spearheading some much needed innovation to help companies grapple with this.
I was delighted to meet the founders of Hibob as my tenure at the Pension Protection Fund was coming to a close. We quickly realised we shared the same passion for helping small businesses in general but also more specifically to help them deliver Auto Enrolment in a way that is efficient and engaging. Something that businesses and particularly young people are struggling with.
Hibob landed a huge seed stage round of funding - $7.5m (£5.6m) - in June this year and launched at the same time with 150 businesses on board and ambitious plans to grow that.
"Lady Barbara's track-record in supporting British small business and the pension industry is second to none," said Hibob co-founder and chief executive Ronni Zhavi.
Judge is the latest in a string of City grandees to move her focus from big business to include startups.
Former Barclays chair Sir David Walker joined blockchain startup Setl last year, followed by former deputy governor of the Bank of England Rachel Lomax and former Ofcom boss Ed Richards last month.
Rich Ricci, another top ex-banking executive at Barclays, joined fintech startup FreemarketFX as chairman earlier this year while Lord Adair Turner, the former chief of the finance regulator, joined the board of challenger bank OakNorth last year.


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Book Review – Manya Learns to Roar
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Book Title: Manya Learns to Roar
Author: Shruthi Rao
Illustrator: Priya Kurian
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Recommended for Age Group: 6+ years
Published By: Duckbill Books and Publications Private Limited
"Manya Learns to Roar" is a story about a girl named Manya who struggles due to stammering. The book depicts her journey of overcoming her fears and apprehensions, in a realistic and entertaining manner.
Manya, a student of 5B, is excited to participate in the Panorama fest which is an inter-school competition. Their class is going to perform a play by Rudyard Kipling titled 'The Jungle book'. It is loved by Manya and Shere khan is her favourite character. The fact that she stammers doesn't bother her when she boldly and excitedly goes ahead to audition for her dream role. She gets selected for the role and the class starts with the rehearsals.
The journey of Manya from the rehearsals to the final day when she performs is inspiring and fascinating. All along, she learns to ignore the negative elements in her life like Rajat and comes to believe in her own self, with the support of her best friend. She also learns to count her blessings and move ahead with self-acceptance and self-awareness.
What I loved the most in the book is that it has a slice-of-life storytelling and we know how Manya is making memories as she goes through a transformation. There are many interesting and layered characters in the story – Rajat, Ankita, the other students, Ms Menon and Ms Sidhar-Ali – all of whom have a key role to play and make an impact. My favourite character is that of Ankita who shares a very special bond with Manya. She is her best buddy who always stands by her side and has a lovely perspective towards issues in life. The doodling between them as a code language was so much fun to read.
Ms Sidhar-Ali is a teacher we all would love to have. She always believes in Manya and her capabilities. She encourages and guides her to bring out the best in her. I also liked how Manya finds a way to deal with Rajat who is constantly annoying her and putting her down. This has been handled in a believable way by the author.
The message from the book which I will always remember is – 'You cannot always control what other people say or do. All you can change is how you react to them'.
"Manya learns to roar" teaches us to never give up and believe in ourselves, and also brings out the power of true friendship. The book definitely roars loud and is a recommended read for everyone.
You can purchase the book here.
// This book review has been penned by our 10-year-old student Manan Agrawal as we celebrate the work of Shruthi Rao who has been chosen as our Featured Author of October 2020 //
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Two of G-house's most notable producers have decided to combine forces on a new project we're excited to premiere. BIJOU and Dr. Fresch, two artists that have pioneered the G-house sound, have officially dropped their new two-track EP, Gangsta Party, and it's an a assertion of the duo's massive sound.
In exemplary G-house fashion, both of these two tracks feature hip-hop verses and pounding bass lines. House and hip-hop have always been able to mesh together interestingly, but Dr. Fresch and BIJOU's brand of G-house is doing it in a large and fearless way.
"The Gangsta Party EP is as much of a statement about G-House in 2019 as it is a comprehensive look at our design of the genre since 2013," Dr. Fresch says about the EP in a press release.
If you're digging this new EP be sure to stay on the lookout for more releases off of BIJOU's brand new Do Not Duplicate Recordings. Gangsta Party is the first drop from the fresh label and we're stoked for what's to come. Stream it in full below and enjoy!


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Жеже Лаплехлуа Фанаи (; род. 7 января 1991 года, Хнатьял, Мизорам, Индия) — индийский футболист, нападающий. В настоящее время выступает за «Ист Бенгал».

Карьера
С 2015 года выступает за «Ченнайин». В основном составе дебютировал 15 октября 2014 года (тогда выступал на правах аренды) в матче против «Гоа». Анируд вышел на поле на 80-й минуте заменив Балванта Сингха. Дважды в 2016 и 2017 годах отправлялся в аренду в «Мохун Баган».

18 октября 2020 года подписал полугодичный контракт с клубом «Ист Бенгал».

За сборную Индии выступает с 2010 года. Первым международным турниром, в котором Лалпехлуа принял участие стал Кубок вызова АФК 2010, который для индийцев сложился неудачно: последнее место в группе.

В 2019 году включён в состав сборной на кубок Азии в ОАЭ. В первом матче против Таиланда забил гол на 80-й минуте. Индия одержала уверенную победу со счётом 4:1.

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Игроки сборной Индии по футболу
Игроки ФК «Пуна»
Игроки ФК «Индиан Эрроуз»
Игроки ФК «Демпо»
Игроки ФК «Мохун Баган»
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Finally got moving around 4 today and walked to the drugstore to get some supplies. Crossing 179th street, I caught a glimpse of one of the towers of the George Washington Bridge, sheathed in white plastic. So after I made my purchases I walked up a block, past the lower vehicle exit of the bus station, to the northwest corner of 179th and St. Nick. I opened my Pepsi and drank it while leaning on the metal railing in front of the solid metal fencing separating me from the Cross-Manhattan Expressway.
It was a distinctly weird sensation. Something about how, if it was the pre-auto days, there would be this herd of people passing below me, making people sounds and kicking up dust. It would feel busy and crowded. But as it was, it felt...something else. "Crowded" seems like the word because there really weren't any people around; "noisy" is accurate but not all-encompassing. Like being in a factory somehow, I guess, like standing up on top of the scaffolding and surveying the floor below, the machines all working away. I don't mean this in a negative sense, exactly. It's just that if there were no cars there, if there were just people, exposed to the elements, and all lined up, waiting to go through a major transportation nexus, I would be noticed, I guess--the guy up there, up on high, status beside the point, I would be a landmark rather than an anomaly. Now most people couldn't even see me with the roofs blocking their views, and with the choked-up tangle of offramps and bridges surrounding my vantage point, I might not have been visible anyway. It's that same sense of barenness, of somehow seeing a hidden process revealed, that I think all of us feel when we're close to a highway but not in a car. It's something I've always loved, but I don't entirely know why. On my one day off from my summer job a few years back, I spent a decent bit of it sitting by a freeway, playing with a yo-yo and watching the cars.
As much as a car can be liberating and energizing--as much as it can convey that sense of openness and possibility you might feel at the start of a journey--there's something fundamentally sad about auto travel, isn't there? Something different from traveling on a train or by foot. Sure, you might be annoyed at your fellow passengers, but they're there, right next to you. You are traveling as a group. Whereas in a car, you're cut off from the people right next to you. Technically, it makes no sense to feel alone when commuting, but we do. We feel alone when we're running errands or coming back from work in a car, in a different way than we might otherwise.
I stood there and I looked at the cars driving away from me, under my feet, and the buses coming off the precarious-looking ramps into the line-up for the bridge out of this state, off this island. I looked at the Express Service mini-buses running to the shopping center, ferrying loads of people from the bus station either to jobs or to shopping, or both. I wondered where I would go if I could, if I was free of committments and all of that. But probably nowhere. Who wants to go to New Jersey, anyway? I mostly just don't respond well to gray weather, I suppose.
Walking back I saw a girl in a plaid skirt with a backpack, coming home from school. I looked across the street and saw a library. It's all the same, isn't it? School, library, corner store, cars, roads, drugstores, video rental, bedrooms, TVs. Sure, the corner stores smell different, and the libraries are more vertical than horizontal--so's everything--and the bedrooms are smaller, and the cars are alien things now. But it's all the same, fundamentally, isn't it? Isn't it? The same as where I came from, the same as where I'm going, the same as everywhere else. Isn't it?


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NOVONIX Ltd (ASX:NVX) New Battery Materials Manufacturing Method Patented
NOVONIX Limited (ASX:NVX) (FRA:GC3) is pleased to provide an update on breakthrough research coming from its research partnership with Prof. Mark Obrovac's group at Dalhousie University.
Through the research funded by NOVONIX BTS (NOVONIX's wholly owned subsidiary) in partnership with the Canadian government through the NSERC Industrial Research Chair program, Prof. Obrovac and his team have developed a breakthrough method that can be applied to the manufacturing of both anode and cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries called dry particle microgranulation (DPMG).
DPMG provides a method for synthesizing highly engineered particles through the consolidation of fine materials, that may otherwise be waste, into particles that can be tens of microns and suitable for use in lithium-ion batteries. The recent publication outlines methods of making spherical graphite for use in lithium-ion batteries with 100% yield where current methods have significant yield losses which increase the cost of manufacturing.
Patent applications protecting the DPMG process have been filed by NOVONIX under the commercialization arrangements with Prof. Obrovac and Dalhousie University.
NOVONIX Managing Director, Phil St Baker highlighted the importance of this technological breakthrough saying, "This method for particle synthesis shows great promise in making both anode and cathode materials. DPMG provides an incredible opportunity to improve upon graphite manufacturing processes with higher yield, lower cost and improved particle performance and we are excited about deploying this technology to continue to further enhance the competitive advantage of our PUREgraphite manufacturing process."
In addition to the ability to make graphite particles with no waste, the technique can be used to synthesize cathode materials such as Li[Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3]O2 (NMC) through a dry process with no waste water or materials. A typical facility producing 6,500 kg of NMC per day can generate 99,000 L/day of wastewater while also generating fine particle waste resulting in both negative economic and environmental impacts.
Prof. Obrovac discussed the results saying, "I believe that dry particle microgranulation represents breakthrough in reducing the cost, waste, and environmental impact of advanced powder production. In addition, it enables the bulk synthesis of never before seen designer materials, which could lead to enhanced performance.
In the Li-ion battery field, I believe this technology shows great promise for reducing battery costs and increasing battery performance; while simultaneously reducing the waste and environmental impact of battery production."
The results are receiving praise from the industry, including fellow Dalhousie Professor and NSERC TESLA Canada Industrial Research Chair, Prof. Jeff Dahn, commenting, "The paper "Engineered Particle Synthesis by Dry Particle Microgranulation" by Mark Obrovac and coworkers reports a breakthrough in low-cost synthesis of battery materials.
The ability to be able to synthesize both state-of-the-art positive and negative electrode materials with this method is truly exciting.
I believe that the onion-like morphology of natural graphite particles made from what would normally be considered waste is extremely important and could potentially lead to the best and least expensive graphites for lithium-ion cells. I believe that the ability to synthesize appropriately-sized dense particles of NMC and other positive electrode materials in a completely waste-free process, unlike the current methods used today by industry, has huge potential.
I congratulate the Obrovac team for their outstanding and innovative work done in the Chemistry department at Dalhousie University."
Dr. Chris Burns, CEO of Novonix BTS, said the invention of this methodology provides great opportunities to NOVONIX moving forward.
"DPMG is an incredible discovery as a method to produce battery active materials for both the anode and cathode while generating no waste. There are immediate opportunities to utilize this technique within our PUREgraphite business, as well as the ability to pursue unique cathode material synthesis methods that can decrease the cost of cathode active material such as NMC.
We are excited to continue to work with Prof. Obrovac and his great team to further develop this technology," Dr. Burns said.
A recent announcement from Dalhousie University:
https://www.dal.ca/research/ResearchIntheNews/mediareleases.html
was issued around the publication of these results which can be found in Cell Reports Physical Science:
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(20)30057-6
This announcement has been authorised for release to the ASX by the Managing Director, Philip St Baker.
Greg Baynton
Phone: +61-414-970-566
Email: greg@novonixgroup.com
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Email: phil@novonixgroup.com
Website: www.novonixgroup.com


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Andrés Álvarez Guerra (Zafra, 28 de abril de 1775 - París, d. de 1840) fue un militar, agrónomo y escritor español, hermano del filósofo y militar José Álvarez Guerra y el agrónomo, periodista y ministro Juan Álvarez Guerra.

Biografía
Era hijo de los hacendados Francisco Álvarez y de Ana Guerra. Con la Guerra de la Independencia fue nombrado por la Junta de Extremadura en 1808 coronel del regimiento de Cazadores de Zafra que había pagado, armado y vestido él mismo a cambio de esa distinción, sin sueldo, pero fue destituido del mando el 23 de junio de 1810 y suspendido de graduación por irregularidades burocráticas en las que también estuvo implicado su hermano José, también militar en este regimiento autoformado, aunque el general Joaquín Blake no encontró hechos para acusarles de nada. Se retiró a vivir a Almendral (Badajoz), y publicó su defensa en Apelación al público (Isla de León, 1811). Después publicó Ensayo de un reglamento militar interino o de campaña (sin año, pero escrito en Badajoz en 1812 y publicado en Sevilla). Publicó después Indicaciones político-militares, del estado de la Nación Española (Madrid, 1814) y tres cuadernos titulados Crédito nacional, o sea hacienda pública dirigida por el sistema de crédito (1 y 2, Badajoz, 1820; 3, ídem, 1821), con los que pensaba impulsar la agricultura nacional, el crédito y, en un colosal arbitrismo, toda la organización económico-social de la Nación; solicitó, incluso, la reunión de Cortes extraordinarias en 1822 para discutir sus proyectos. Empezaba a experimentar síntomas de locura que aquejaron también, al parecer, a su hermano José al final de sus días.

En 1827, 1828 y 1831 publicó su Invento Ceres, arbitrio famoso que va a convertir España en un vergel, por el que obtuvo un privilegio el 18 de julio de 1827; consistía esta invención en realidad en un nuevo tipo de arado valenciano modificado; intentó ofrecerlo a la Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Valencia. Escribió asimismo un artículo en el Semanario de Agricultura y Artes en ese mismo año, pero como no se le hacía caso alguno y se discutían sus inventos solicitó licencia absoluta en 1833 y permiso para expatriarse y en ese mismo año ya estaba en Bayona (Francia). Su locura se agravó y en septiembre de 1834 se encontraba encerrado por completa enajenación mental en el hospicio de Bicêtre (París). Avisados sus parientes, su hermano Juan solicitó en ese mismo año que se le abonara su sueldo de coronel y todavía el 21 de mayo de 1840 reiteraba para su hermano, que seguía en París, la asistencia y el abono de sueldos. Después no se tienen más datos.

Obras
Apelación al público (Isla de León, 1811)
Ensayo de un reglamento militar interino o de campaña (sin año, pero escrito en Badajoz en 1812 y publicado en Sevilla)
Indicaciones político-militares, del estado de la Nación Española (Madrid, 1814)
Crédito nacional, o sea hacienda pública dirigida por el sistema de crédito, tres cuadernos, los dos primeros en Badajoz, 1820; el tercero en Badajoz, 1821.
Invento de Ceres, o sea método de proceder, por el cual la agricultura va a tener un adelanto considerable propio por diez años del coronel suspenso... Badajoz, Imprenta de la Capitanía General, 1827.
Invento Ceres, arbitrio famoso que va a convertir España en un vergel

Notas y referencias

Escritores de España del siglo XIX
Militares de España del siglo XIX
Agrónomos de España del siglo XVIII
Fallecidos en París
Nacidos en Zafra
Agrónomos de España del siglo XIX


New for 2013…artwork that's LOUD!!
As part of the ongoing changes and improvements we plan to introduce over the course of 2013, here's a look at the new artwork.
How do you like our new "Cab 'n' Head" design?
We have a poll running and you can make up to three votes if you like!!


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Editorial: Francis Sullivan needs to explain
Peter Rosengren
The CEO of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan. Source: Twitter
The Chief Executive Officer of the Catholic Church's Truth Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan, needs to urgently clarify statements he made earlier this week after he appeared to agree with the recommendation of the Royal Commission into Sexual Abuse in Institutions in Australia that priests be able to break the seal of the Confessional when individuals confess to having carried out sexual abuse.
"This is a [proposed] law seeking to protect children. You can't ask for a higher moral cause," he was reported as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald on 14 August. The TJHC, a body set up by Australia's bishops, was similarly reported on Page One of The Australian of 15 August as opposing the nation's senior bishops on the unbreakability of the Confessional seal. By the afternoon of 15 August, however, Mr Sullivan issued a statement saying the Council maintained that priests should not be forced by law to break that seal.
But the damage had been done. Reading the reports of Mr Sullivan's initial comments it seems clear that his answer to the question as to whether the baptised faithful of the Church are entitled to the fullness of its faith and practice in key matters (such as the Sacrament of Reconciliation) would be in the negative – perhaps something along the lines of "the faithful should only receive Church teaching and practice as permitted to do so by some Church bureaucrats acting in conjunction with the State."
If Mr Sullivan was reported accurately, and it appears he was, we have a real problem on our hands. But then so does he. The first problem is that the correct answer to the question outlined above is that the baptised are full and equal members of the Church together with anyone else within it and are fully entitled to the fullness of the Church's faith, teaching and practice – especially in such fundamental and essential matters as the Sacrament of Reconciliation, whose inviolability has been sacrosanct since the beginning of the Church. Baptism confers rights.
The second problem is Mr Sullivan's. Someone really needs to sit him down and explain Confession and its history to him because he appears to have an insufficient or incomplete grasp of its operation or, perhaps more importantly, the fact that its operation has always been understood as depending on its inviolability.
The problem raised by Mr Sullivan regarding the confessional is more than merely hypothetical. In May, The Catholic Weekly editorialised on the issue of the Brothers of Charity, a religious order in Belgium, who decades ago established a number of psychiatric hospitals for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. In a shock announcement in that month, the largely lay-run and controlled Board of Management running those institutions announced that it would commence offering euthanasia to patients within their system.
As pointed out in our 5 May editorial, the Belgian problem was fairly easily defined: "professionally competent but usually philosophically and morally naive and theologically simplistic lay boards left in control of Catholic institutions [who] will pursue whatever policies happen to be fashionable in their society – regardless of the faith or belief o f the Catholic Church and the religious bodies which established them."
The Royal Commission is, of course, fully entitled to its view. Francis Sullivan's initial backing of the Commission's recommendations, however, appears to exemplify the wider problem: the rise of the Catholic bureaucrats who have significant power but limited comprehension of the faith of the Church they are supposed to represent, who then manoeuvre politically to achieve what they think are acceptable political and public relations outcomes. Such bureaucrats are susceptible to end up operating as theologically loose cannons unwittingly undermining or challenging the established faith and practice of the Church – as Mr Sullivan appeared to do. Of course, the idea of a Church whose faith is essentially regulated, defined and controlled by the state is nothing new. But it is an inversion of a Christianity for whom God always comes first. It seems a pity to have to point out something so basic: that from the beginning, Mr Sullivan should have realised this.
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Just as there's hardly any Filipino ballplayer in any Major League team since Bobby Balcena stint with the Cincinnati Reds in 1956 and outfielder Benny Agbayani of the Mets, the number of Filipinos in the Bay Area has increased rapidly in the past years. Filipinos are now an integral part of the city that it wouldn't come as a surprise to meet one in every place one goes.
As of last week, more than 2,000 tickets have been sold, a huge turnout considering that they started with a conservative sales forecast of 500. Tickets are at $20 each.
There will be performances by Bay Area-based cultural groups including the Barangay Dance Company of San Francisco, the Hiyas Philippine Folk Dance Company and the LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble.


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José Franchy y Roca (Las Palmas de Gran Canària, 24 d'abril de 1871 - Ciutat de Mèxic, Mèxic 8 de novembre de 1944) fou un polític canari, destacat líder del republicanisme federal.

Biografia
Advocat i periodista de professió, Franchy y Roca va fundar, en 1902, el Partit Republicà Federal i la Federació Obrera Canària. En la seva faceta com a periodista va fundar els periòdics Las Efemérides (1899) i El Tribuno (1903), aquest últim com òrgan de difusió del seu partit polític. En els seus orígens polítics, fou un ferm defensor dels drets de la classe obrera, que va organitzar els gremis per a la reivindicació laboral, principalment el de treballadors portuaris, qui van promoure en 1910 la primera vaga esdevinguda a Puerto de La Luz. Anys més tard adquiriria, en nom de la Societat d'Obrers del Carbó, un solar en el barri de La Isleta per a construir la Casa del poble. L'edificació es va començar a aixecar el 1913 i el 1936 va ser volada amb explosius com una mostra de poder dels militars franquistes durant l'Alçament Nacional.

Acuitat per una difícil situació econòmica, Franchy Roca decidí traslladar-se a l'Espanya peninsular, assentant-se a Madrid. Allí es va presentar a unes oposicions per a Secretari de Govern de l'Audiència Territorial de Sevilla, plaça que va obtenir el 1915. A les eleccions generals espanyoles de 1931, sent secretari de govern de l'Audiència Territorial de La Corunya va ser elegit diputat per Las Palmas pel Partit Republicà Democràtic Federal, i poc després, al juliol de 1931, va ser designat Fiscal General de l'Estat en la República, càrrec del qual dimitiria anys més tard, després d'aprovar-se per les Corts Constituents la Llei de Defensa de la República.

Manuel Azaña, en el seu segon mandat com a President de la Segona República en 1933, va designar a Franchy y Roca per a dirigir el Ministeri d'Indústria i Comerç, no obstant això el seu mandat seria breu, ja que només va romandre tres mesos en el càrrec, tornant a Gran Canària. Iniciada la Guerra Civil, Franchy y Roca es va exiliar a Mèxic on va morir en 1944. Les seves restes mortals van ser traslladades en 1976 a la seva ciutat natal de Las Palmas de Gran Canària, on es va donar el seu nom a un dels seus carrers en la seva memòria.

Referències
 Felipe Redondo, Jesús (2005). José Franchy y Roca : 1871-1944, Colección Canarias : Políticos para la Historia : Siglos XIX-XX; 8, [Canarias] : Parlamento de Canarias. .
 Barrera Artiles, José (1997). La ciudad y sus nombres : calles, plazas y parques de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria : Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. .

Diputats al Congrés dels Diputats pel PRDF
Diputats canaris al Congrés dels Diputats
Exiliats del franquisme a Mèxic
Persones de Las Palmas de Gran Canària
Morts a Ciutat de Mèxic
Polítics mexicans


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Q: Bxslider set middle slide as active slide I am trying to do this since hours but not able to do it.
I am trying to set the middle slide as the active-slide always, but seems like it is moving up and down.
Here is the code:
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var slider = $('.slider8').bxSlider({
    mode: 'vertical',
    slideWidth: 300,
    minSlides: 3,
    moveSlides: 1,
    slideMargin: 10,
    onSlideAfter: function (currentSlideNumber, totalSlideQty, currentSlideHtmlObject) {
    console.log(currentSlideHtmlObject);
    $('.active-slide').removeClass('active-slide');
    $('.slider8>div:not(.bx-clone)').eq(currentSlideHtmlObject + 1).addClass('active-slide')
},
onSliderLoad: function () {
    $('.slider8>div:not(.bx-clone)').eq(1).addClass('active-slide')
}

http://jsfiddle.net/LU5vA/14/
Can anyone help please ?
Thanks.

A: This was a tricky one... at least for me.  After trying many different things, and reading up on the BxSlider documentation, I finally got it to work.
Here's the code I got it to work with:
var slider = $('.slider8').bxSlider({
    mode: 'vertical',
    slideWidth: 300,
    minSlides: 3,
    moveSlides: 1,
    slideMargin: 10,
    onSliderLoad: function () {
        $('.slider8>div:not(.bx-clone)').eq(1).addClass('active-slide');
    },
    onSlideAfter: function ($slideElement, oldIndex, newIndex) {
        $('.slide').removeClass('active-slide');
        $($slideElement).next().addClass('active-slide');
    }
});

Here's the modified version of your fiddle with the working version in there: http://jsfiddle.net/LU5vA/22/
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Bryanna Ashley McCarthy (born October 13, 1991) is a Canadian professional soccer player and member of the Canada women's national soccer team. She last played for German club BV Cloppenburg in the 2. Bundesliga.

Early life
Born in Toronto, Ontario, McCarthy's mother was born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines while her father was born in Jamaica. She grew up in Ajax playing basketball, volleyball, track, soccer and golf with her and her fathers' personal coach Karim Corringham.

West Virginia University
McCarthy attended West Virginia University.

Playing career

Club career
On January 11, 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, McCarthy joined the Western New York Flash. Despite this, McCarthy only played 15 minutes for the Flash and her allocation was not picked up for the following year.

In 2014, McCarthy signed with the Ottawa Fury in the W-League. She signed for German Bundesliga club SC Sand in 2015, and then later for 2. Bundesliga club BV Cloppenburg.

International career
In 2006, McCarthy was 14 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship and  represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand the same year.

In June 2010, she made her debut for Canada's senior team at just 18 years old. She finished fourth with Canada at the 2010 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship in Guatemala.  In 2011, she finished first with Canada at the 2011 Cyprus Cup.

In 2012, she finished second with Canada at the 2012 Cyprus Cup.

References

External links

 Western New York Flash player profile

1991 births
Living people
Canadian people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent
Canadian people of Jamaican descent
Black Canadian soccer players
Soccer players from Toronto
Canadian women's soccer players
Canada women's international soccer players
USL W-League (1995–2015) players
National Women's Soccer League players
Western New York Flash players
West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players
Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Women's association football defenders
Ottawa Fury (women) players
Toronto Lady Lynx players
SC Sand players
BV Cloppenburg (women) players
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany