Ballplayers Thrown Through Saloon Windows: A Brief List

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January 13, 2014

Irwin Saloon

Brought to the attention of the author, once again, by means of intrepid weblog The Deadball Era, and then corroborated by a primary source (above) after a protracted internet search, is the unfortunate death of Ed Irvin or Ed Irwin or, strangely, “Bill” Irwin, who died in 1916 after being thrown through a saloon window in Philadelphia.

Text courtesy the February 9th, 1916, edition of Philly’s Evening Public Ledger.





 

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AC of DC
10 years ago

No foolin’ on the mortal dangers of going through glass. Don’t let the movies trick you; your skin will likely surrender its position in space before a liberated shard does. Or so the experts insist. That’s one of the reasons car windshields are made the way they are. What I’m saying is: If you’re getting thrown, get thrown through the saloon doors. You’ll find the aesthetic, although more comic, similarly pleasing.

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