Tag Archives: The Morning Telegraph
Joe Williams
Joe Williams (Sportswriter. Born, Memphis, TN, Dec. 12, 1889; died, Parsippany, NJ, Feb. 14, 1972.) Among the finest sports columnists ever in New York, Joseph Peter Williams, Sr., was also a long-time sports editor. Williams became sports editor and lead columnist of the Telegram when it was purchased by the Scripps-Howard chain in 1927. He had […]
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison (Sportswriter. Born, McKeesport, PA, Aug. 4, 1895; died, New York, NY, Oct. 6, 1931.) A prominent sportswriter in the 1920s, James Renwick Harrison covered the “Murderers Row” 1927 Yankees for The New York Times. Harrison wrote for the campus daily (the Spectator) at Columbia and became its managing editor as a senior in […]
Bil Canfield
Bil Canfield (Cartoonist. Born, East Orange, NJ, Oct. 8, 1920.) A brief turn in the art department of the Daily Racing Form and The Morning Telegraph started William Canfield on the road to sports cartooning. Canfield had his career interrupted by three years’ service (1942-45) in World War II, during which he saw action in the […]
Heywood Broun
Heywood Broun (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 7, 1888; died, New York, NY, Dec. 18, 1939.) Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun wrote more than 21 million words in a professional career that extended from 1908-39. While much of this was political commentary, Broun got his start as a New York sportswriter initially during a break from his […]
