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Thomas C. Noyes
Thomas Clarence Noyes
(c. 1868 ? August 21, 1912) was an American newspaper editor and baseball executive who was a co-owner of the
Washington Senators
of the
American League
with
Ban Johnson
from 1904 until his death.
Noyes a son of
Crosby Stuart Noyes
, and was an editor, part-owner, and publisher of the
Washington Evening Star
when he bought the club from
Ban Johnson
and
Fred Postal
. The team was an also-ran for most of his tenure, the only highlight being the acquisition of
Walter Johnson
in
1907
. Things really didn't turn around until
Clark Griffith
took over as manager in
1912
.
From 1896 to 1904, Noyes owned
Ingleside
, an 1851 villa designed by
Thomas Ustick Walter
in the modern-day
Mount Pleasant
neighborhood.
[1]
Noyes died suddenly in 1912 of pneumonia at a Washington, D.C. hospital. He was 44.
[2]
[3]
The Senators were later sold to a group headed by Griffith in 1919.
References
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"Ingleside, 1818 Newton Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC"
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Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
. Retrieved
2022-11-17
.
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"Thomas C. Noyes Died Suddenly",
Waterloo Evening Courier
, Wednesday, August 21, 1912, Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
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"Thomas Noyes, of Washington, Dead"
.
Printers' Ink
. Vol. 80, no. 9. August 29, 1912. p. 70.
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