Dr. Dave Danforth, MLB player

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Professional ball player, Dentist and the father of WASP pilot Elaine Danforth Harmon.

David Charles "Dauntless Dave" Danforth (March 7, 1890 – September 19, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons (1911–1912, 1916–1919, 1922–1925) with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a 71–66 record in 286 appearances, with a 3.89 earned run average and 484 strikeouts. Danforth played on two World Series championship teams, the 1911 Athletics and the 1917 White Sox. He appeared in one World Series game (in 1917), pitching one inning, giving up two runs and striking out two.

Danforth was an alumnus of Baylor University. He pitched two seasons at Baylor and pitched two no-hitters as a collegiate. In 1911 he led Baylor to the Texas championship with a 10-0 Win–loss record. He had agreed to join the Athletics for the 1911 season over the winter of 1910-11, but held off signing his professional contract until graduating from Baylor, joining the Athletics in July. The 1912 Reach Guide described him as a "clever young pitcher" and said that the Athletics were "fortunate" in his "gradual development" in their pursuit of the 1911 league championship.

He was born in Granger, Texas and later died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 80. He is buried in Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore.

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<p><p> </p></p><p><p>Known as Dave to all his friends, family, and grandchildren.</p></p><p><p>Dave played professional baseball after college from 1911 until 1925. He played for Philadelphia Athletics in 1911 & 1912, Chicago White Sox in 1916 -1919, and St. Louis Browns from 1922-1925. In all he spent 10 years in the majors & 15 in the minor leaguesDuring this time he attended the University of Maryland School of Dentistry where he later taught before opening his own practice. He also managed the Loyola College baseball team at one point.</p></p><p><p>Dave accomplished many featsduring his unusually long career (21 years total, 10 in the majors). This is particularly unusual in that he was a pitcher (south paw). He was the 1915 “strike out king” having fanned 10 batters in one game, a record that stood for decades. He captured the attention of many great team owners including Charles Comiskey and Jack Dunn. At one point in his career he alone was traded for between eight and eleven players, depending on which newspaper article you read. His pitching was so unique (e.g. snake ball pitch), and possibly ahead of his time, that in one game an opposing coach demanded that a new ball be used for every pitch he delivered. [from a letter by William A. Harmon to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 28 December 1988]</p></p><p>Dave actually played ball from 1911 - 1932 (10 yrs in the majors). On 20 September 1930, at the age of 40, playing for the Buffalo Bisons, he struck out 20 Rochester Red Wings players to set an International League record which wasn't broken until 10 August 1962, by Bob Veale.</p>

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9 NOV 2017 11:22:28 GMT -0600 United States World War I Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 MyHeritage When the United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917 its standing army was comprised of approximately 100,000 men with another 115,000 in National Guard units. President Wilson immediately directed the Department of War to work to increase the army to a one million-man force. However, six weeks after war was declared only 73,000 new recruits had volunteered for military service.Military planners and political leaders had correctly anticipated the general apathy in the nation for the war effort at its onset and almost as soon as war was declared work began in the US Congress to enact updated conscription legislation. Congress passed the Selective Service Act on May 18, 1917. This act authorized the federal government to raise a national army through compulsory enlistment.The initial Selective Service Act required all men aged 21 to 30 to register. In August 1918, at the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law to expand the age range to include all men aged 18 to 45.Three specific registrations were conducted: <ul><li>June 5, 1917. This first registration was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31.</li><li>June 5, 1918. The second registration was for those who had turned 21 after June 5, 1917 and a supplemental registration included in the second registration was held on August 24, 1918, for those who turned 21 years old after June 5, 1918.</li><li>September 12, 1918. The third, and final registration was for all men aged 18 through 45 not previously enrolled.</li></ul>By the end of the First World War, some 2 million men had volunteered for military service and 2.8 million other men had been drafted. Accordingly, a draft registration does not imply that the individual ended up being drafted or that he didn’t volunteer separately. The handwriting on the card is normally that of a registration board worker usually labeled the “registrar”. However, almost all cards contain the signature or “mark” in the handwriting of theregistrant himself. Collection 10513 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10513-2390334/dave-charl... 4 Dave Charles DanforthGender: MaleBirth: Mar 7 1890 - Granger, Texas, United StatesAge: 26Draft registration: 1918 - Williamson County, Texas, United StatesNationality: United StatesLanguage: EnglishSource: Fred Record 10513:2390334-: