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Article: THE ELM CITY PHENOM
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- New Haven Register
- Article date:
- July 26, 2009
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Continued from D1 first to throw a curveball?
The old-timer flashed a wry smile. He was waiting for that
question. From his back pocket he unfolded a yellowed newspaper
clipping. It was an account from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle dated Aug.
17, 1870.
The clip was passed around the press box. Goldsmith explained his
tale.
THE ELM CITY PHENOM
Frederick E. Goldsmith was born in New Haven on May 15, 1856, the
son of Branson and Susan Goldsmith. Branson was a printer at
Stafford Printing Co., one of the largest in the state, and the
family lived on Day Street, in the shadow of Yale University.
Goldsmith attended Hopkins Grammar School, where one of his
playmates was Walter Camp, who later helped ...