tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post6381586912681872239..comments2024-03-28T10:05:19.428-07:00Comments on Yesterday’s Papers: Rube Goldberg — Sporting Days in San Franciscojohn adcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-73023185633122732332018-01-30T09:49:44.326-08:002018-01-30T09:49:44.326-08:00Thank you! Your encouragement is most welcome!Thank you! Your encouragement is most welcome!john adcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-54938069615863841352018-01-30T09:35:11.101-08:002018-01-30T09:35:11.101-08:00What a treat for an insomniac to find Yesterday...What a treat for an insomniac to find Yesterday's Papers in the mail with delicious stories behind Rube Goldberg, Tex Rickard,and Wyatt Earp! Better than a trip to the fridge for a Dagwood sandwich. Wish I had known your blog before I retired from teaching journalism history. - Strand<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-82564047551656380102018-01-30T09:34:22.852-08:002018-01-30T09:34:22.852-08:00Thanks for the additions, Rick, always OK and corr...Thanks for the additions, Rick, always OK and corrections as well if you notice any mistakes. Tex Rickard was with Wyatt Earp (later a boxing referee) in the Klondike in the Soupy Sales days. An old Canadian newspaper story tells how Earp refused to turn over his guns when in the saloons (a belligerent drinker). The Mounties were notified, stopped him on the trail on his way back to the States, john adcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-69317241632668214752018-01-30T09:27:30.429-08:002018-01-30T09:27:30.429-08:00Superb, as usual. Great research... forgotten hist...Superb, as usual. Great research... forgotten history... great illos.<br /><br />Not a thing to correct, never is in YP, but I can add a couple of side notes if that is OK.<br /><br />"Tex" Rickard dabbled in other sports too. He grew up in Texas, though not born there, I forget where, but hence the "Tex." He went Alaska during the Gold Rush, made a fortune, and lost it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com