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1883


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3rd

The Cleveland club visits the White House, where President Chester A. Arthur greets them by telling them that "Good ball-players make good citizens."

15th

The first weekly issue of Sporting Life, edited by Francis Richter, is published in Philadelphia. This outstanding magazine will last, with a brief interruption, until July 1926.

24th

In a fit of depression, journeyman player Terry Larkin shoots his wife and a policeman and then attempts to commit suicide. Failing, he tries again the next day. Both his wife and the policeman survive. Larkin will play for several teams in 1884 before retiring.