1910 Chalmers Award
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The 1910 Chalmers Award was one of the first attempts to honor Major League Baseball's top players. Introduced by Hugh Chalmers, president of the Chalmers Motor Car Company, the award promised a luxur
Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie
Chalmers Model 30 automobile
Nap Lajoie
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Napoléon Lajoie, also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "the Frenchman", he represented both Philade
1910 Chalmers Award
…relationship between sports and commercial endorsements. The award became the center of a major controversy involving Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Napoleon Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps, both future Hall of Famers. The competition for the title was intense, culminating in a controversial final day of the season…
Lajoie in 1913
Lajoie c. 1908
Napoleon Lajoie, second baseman for Cleveland, ca. 1906; from the Michael T. "Nuf Ced" McGreevy Collection of the Boston Public Library
Nap Lajoie on a 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card