James Robert "Loafer" McAleer was an American center fielder, manager, and stockholder in Major League Baseball who assisted in establishing the American League. He spent most of his 13-season playing
Jimmy Mc Aleer c 1910
McAleer on a baseball card c. 1887
Jimmy McAlleer was the owner of this share of the Boston American League Base-Ball Club, issued 25. November 1911
William Francis Carrigan, nicknamed "Rough", was an American Major League Baseball catcher and manager. He played for the Boston Red Sox between 1906 and 1916, and he was a player-manager for the last
Jimmy McAleer
…was followed up by his involvement in a feud between two pairs of players – Tris Speaker and Joe "Smoky Joe" Wood, on one side, and Heinie Wagner and Bill Carrigan, on the other. The conflict had a "religious dimension" and was described in the press as "pitting Masons against members of the Knights of Columbus…
Bill Carrigan Baseball Card
L to R: Cy Young, Jake Stahl, Carrigan and Michael T. McGreevy during spring training in 1912
Hubert "Dutch" Leonard and Bill Carrigan (right), 1916
Carrigan at his summer home on Annabessacook Lake, Winthrop, Maine, July 1965