When Baseball Sprang For Hot Springs

Nearly a century ago the springtime mecca for many major league players was a spa in Arkansas.

Some players evidently found this schedule a little too strenuous and took the streetcar instead of the “lively run” from the ballpark back to the hotel. Tebeau subsequently instructed the streetcar conductors not to give rides to players in uniform.

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