I will admit that this post is, a) late (it should have run before Hallowe’en), b) off-target (it describes a site well outside of pretty much any definition of Capitol Hill), and c) sadly sparse in detail. Nonetheless, the very subject makes it worthy of a post, and –hopefully –of your time reading it. The […]
Just as the Nationals story has gone south in October, so does our story of ‘Buck’ Becker take a turn for the tragic in today’s installment. When we last saw him, he was out of the Major Leagues, but still pitching regularly, if only for amateur clubs. On June 5, 1917, Buck Becker registered for […]
I admit, this is pretty much the opposite of ‘lost.’ In fact, if you want to see the Library of Congress, particularly the main reading room, today’s your chance. So, to marginally justify the title, I will leave here a couple of pictures from their open house in February 2011.
Last week I wrote about Buck Becker’s Major League debut with the 1911 Nationals, and his remarkable performance in holding the White Sox to only one run. Today, even as the 2014 Nationals teeter on the brink of elimination, we’ll continue to look at Becker’s career in baseball. It looked good for Buck Becker in […]
Last week, I wrote about John Becker’s saloon at the end of 8th Street SE. In researching him, I discovered that his son’s life had been much shorter – and much more interesting. Today, the first installment on the life of Charles Schlagel Becker. Appropriate to the season, it involves baseball. When John Martin Becker obtained […]