Tag Archives: St. Louis Republic
Wilbur Wood
Wilbur Wood (Sports editor. Born, Kansas City, KS, Jan. 1, 1892; died, Hollywood, FL, Mar. 18, 1968.) Among the most important boxing writers of his era, Wilbur Wood became the last sports editor of the original Sun. Wood became a reporter in 1913 when he joined the old St. Louis Republic. He later became a […]
Sid Mercer
Sid Mercer (Sportswriter. Born, Paxson, IL, Aug. 4, 1880; died, New York, NY, June 19, 1945.) Starting a sportswriting career with the St. Louis Republic in 1902, James Sidney Mercer became the traveling secretary of the St. Louis Browns A.L. club in 1903. After two seasons, Mercer returned to sportswriting with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch […]
