I was doing general research on the 1923 Baltimore Orioles when I came across this story. I thought it was worth sharing — especially since I didn’t know Lefty Grove pitched a game like this for Baltimore. Below are original newspaper articles of general interest.
From The Baltimore Sun, April 19, 1923, page 14. This includes the advertisement for Grove’s game, which was the second game of the season. Note the 3:45 PM starting time; the paper reported that sunset would be around 6:30 PM.
From The Baltimore Sun, April 20, 1923, page 14
From The Baltimore Evening Sun, April 20, 1923, page 33; note that The Evening Sun had a separate editorial board and a different layout from The Baltimore Sun, though both papers shared the same ownership.
From The Baltimore Evening Sun, April 20, 1923, page 35. I’m amazed that Grove was able to go out after such a performance. It was common for ballplayers to mingle in society after games back before night baseball.
From The Buffalo Courier Express page 14. All papers in International League cities featured this boxscore and this article. Most other papers ran a simple score with maybe a line of text.
From The Sporting News, April 26, 1923, page 3. Apologies for the poor quality; this is how most issues of The Sporting News from this era are.
