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In an article from The Seattle Times, February 1, 1931, Alki Jim Warren states, in response to a claim about Harry Jacobs of the University of Washington being the first to use a curveball in Seattle, "He may have been the first curver in Seattle, but the first one in the Northwest I remember was Jim Fairburn, who came from New York and was immediately signed by Newcastle. Those miners would do anything to beat us. Fairburn pitched twice against us, but we beat him both times. Once Ed Gifford, a 17-year old boy, pitched for us and still we won. Jacobs learned to throw a curve by watching Fairburn. However, he got to be pretty good at it, for he won a lot of games after the Alkis broke up in '79." | In an article from The Seattle Times, February 1, 1931, Alki Jim Warren states, in response to a claim about Harry Jacobs of the University of Washington being the first to use a curveball in Seattle, "He may have been the first curver in Seattle, but the first one in the Northwest I remember was Jim Fairburn, who came from New York and was immediately signed by Newcastle. Those miners would do anything to beat us. Fairburn pitched twice against us, but we beat him both times. Once Ed Gifford, a 17-year old boy, pitched for us and still we won. Jacobs learned to throw a curve by watching Fairburn. However, he got to be pretty good at it, for he won a lot of games after the Alkis broke up in '79." | ||
| - | Newcastle WA is about 10 miles SE of Seattle, but in the 1870s may have been a more distant trip if one or both of two bridges had not yet been built | + | Newcastle WA is about 10 miles SE of Seattle, but in the 1870s may have been a more distant trip if one or both of two bridges had not yet been built. |
|Sources=Original Source] The Seattle Times, Sunday, September 7, 1947. “Seattle's First Baseball Games”. ; The Seattle Times, February 1, 1931. “First Busher Talks”.; The Seattle Times, February 24, 1922. “Do You Remember When-”.; The Seattle Times, Thursday, August 11, 1955. “The First Record”. | |Sources=Original Source] The Seattle Times, Sunday, September 7, 1947. “Seattle's First Baseball Games”. ; The Seattle Times, February 1, 1931. “First Busher Talks”.; The Seattle Times, February 24, 1922. “Do You Remember When-”.; The Seattle Times, Thursday, August 11, 1955. “The First Record”. | ||
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