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A teammate of Christy Mathew-
son and Joe McGinnity, under John
McGraw, Dummy Taylor was a
member of the Giants who played
in the first established, official world
series in 1905, against the Athletics.
He is a native of Kansas, thus el-
igible for the Hall of Fame award,
going to those born in the state, and
being present or former residents..

Taylor started his major league
career with the New York Giants
in 1908, where he played througn
the season of 1908 after which he
was in the International league dur-

in Topeka where he was with the
Western league club during the sea-
son of 1913.

He recalls that previous to his go-
ing up to the big time, he was called
to pitch a game for Sedgwick
against a negro team, which was
considered the best in this vicinity.
The negroes made three successive
hits in the first inning, but with the

“\pases filled Taylor struck out the

next three batters and from then he

 

 

ing 1909-10-11-12, ending His career’

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Above, Dalton “Dummy” Fuller, visits with Luther “Dummy” Taylor,

early 1900’s. Taylor visited relatives

here this week. He is one of the nominees for the Hall of Fame, con-
ducted by the Old Timers association. Both of the friends are deat
mutes and both all around athletes in their youth.

 

One of Taylor’s prized possessions
is a lifetime pass signed by both
Harridge and Frick entitling him to
see any game in either league and
he was wearing a watch bearing a
fancy inscription, which was pre-
sented to him by San Diego, Cal.,
where Taylor played alongside Mike

Donlin, Frank Chance and Harry}.
Steinfeldt in the Winter Coast]

league during the 1901 season.
His early years in Kansas were
spent partly as an. instructor of

baseball at the Olathe School for}
the Deaf, where he also played foot-|:
ball and basketball, serving as man-],
ager of both teams. That is where}:

he became acquainted with Fuller,
teaching the Wichita mute his early
baseball and assisting in his develop-
ment in the other two.

Taylor is one of the boys’ house-|.

fathers at Jacksonville, Ill., where
one of the largest. schools for the
ceaf in the United States is lo-
cated. He is en route to California
to visit a sister whom he has not

 

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THE WICHITA EAGLE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1941
F amous Deaf Mute Pitcher Visits Here

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