Tag Archives: New York Globe
Garry Schumacher
Garry Schumacher (Public relations. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 2, 1901; died, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 22, 1978.) He was effectively the only head publicist the Giants ever had in New York, but Garry Schumacher also had a lengthy career as a sportswriter. Born in Greenpoint, Schumacher began as a teenager with the Brooklyn Standard-Banner and then […]
Walter St.Denis
Walter St. Denis (Sports editor. Born, Pembroke, Ont., Mar. 19, 1877; died, New York, NY, Feb. 15, 1947.) When boxing returned to New York as a legal sport in 1911, the Frawley Law did not permit official decisions on bouts. Fans (and bettors) turned to newspaper experts for the determination of winners (and losers). Of the […]
Lawrence Perry
Lawrence Perry (Sportswriter. Born, Newark, NJ, Nov. 10, 1875; died, Glen Ridge, NJ, Sept. 6, 1954.) Among the first syndicated sports columnists in the U.S., Lawrence Perry was also the founding editor of Yachting Magazine, a novelist, and a playwright. Perry left Princeton in 1897 to join The Sun evening editions as a writer, spent […]
