Tag Archives: Continental League
Lou Niss
Lou Niss (Sports editor. Born, Minsk, Russia, Oct. 5, 1903; died, New York, NY, Apr. 30, 1987.) The last sports editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, Louis Niss was also the first front-office employee hired by the Mets, in 1960. Niss began his newspaper career in 1923 wirh the Brooklyn Times and worked his way through […]
Joan Payson
Joan Payson (Baseball. Born, New York, NY, Feb. 5, 1903; died, New York, NY, Oct. 4, 1975.) A lifelong fan of baseball and horse racing, Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson could afford to indulge her interest. Mrs. Payson was born Joan Whitney, an heiress to a sizable fortune. She owned a share of the New York […]
Dwight Filley Davis
Dwight Filley Davis (Tennis. Born, St. Louis, MO, July 5, 1879; died, Washington, DC, Nov. 28, 1945.) A Harvard man who donated one of the most celebrated trophies in sports, Dwight Filley Davis played singles in the first Davis Cup matches in 1900 and a losing doubles match in the second international team event in […]
