201:. His mother was Mary (Gouge) Batchelor (born October 1858 in Massachusetts); he had and two younger sisters, Winifred (born December 1885 in North Carolina) and Dorothy (born September 1893 in Arizona). As a result of his father's service, Batchelor lived in nine states in the first ten years of his life. He recalled that he lived for a time in Arizona while his father's regiment was assigned "to subdue an unruly group of
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into full-time newspaper work." According to another account, Batchelor's father told a fellow Army officer that he wanted his son to be a newspaperman. Batchelor's father died in the
Philippines in August 1902. According to the second account, the friend in whom Batchelor's father confided returned to the United States and "rescued Eddie from an auditor's desk and found a spot for him in the sports department of the
405:: "Somehow, with a war going on, it didn't seem important if the Tigers were in first place or last." Two of Batchelor's articles from France, one reporting on soldiers' efforts to play baseball during lulls in the combat, and another about an Illinois school teacher who taught the French forces to play baseball, were published by
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machine this afternoon. These sons of Erin, individually and collectively representing the
University of Notre Dame, not only beat the Michigan team, but they dashed some of Michigan's fondest hopes ..." Notre Dame football historian, John Kryk, later wrote: "With that flowery lead, E.A. Batchelor of
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dominated the sport. Batchelor wrote extensively about Cobb, and the two became friends. Well into his 80s, Batchelor insisted that Cobb was the greatest ball player of all time. Interviewed in 1939, Batchelor said, "There never was such a combination of brains and skill. Others might have been able
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popularized a moniker Notre Dame teams would later come to embrace - and aptly summed up the greatest athletic achievement to that point in Notre Dame history." Kryk noted that, according to Notre Dame folklore, Batchelor had overheard a Notre Dame player trying to motivate his teammates at halftime
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Philadelphia's sandlots to recruit replacement players for a 3:00 p.m. game. Batchelor covered the game and called the replacement players "the worst bunch of clowns ever to wear major league uniforms." He opined that the only reason the replacement Tigers scored in
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430:. As of the 1920 United States Census, Batchelor was living at 281 Agnes Avenue in Detroit with his wife, Frida Batchelor (age 35, born in New York), their son, Edward A. Batchelor, Jr. (age 4 years, 10 months, born in Michigan), and a servant, Elsie Lonsway (age 24, born in Canada).
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497:"Batch couldn't have weighed more than 60 pounds at the end, but his mind was nimble. He'd drift between fantasy and fact. ... But before you could feel pangs of sadness at his deterioration, he'd pull you close to the bed and whisper: 'I think it's great the Lions got
373:. After a predominantly Irish Notre Dame football team defeated Michigan, 11–3, in November 1909, Batchelor opened his report on the game with a line that gave the Notre Dame their nickname. Batchelor wrote, "Eleven fighting Irishmen wrecked the
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E.A. Batchelor (October 17, 1918). "Illinois Man Given Credit for
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Census entry for Edward A. Batchelor, employed by advertising agency, and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census . Census Place: Detroit Ward 17, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T625_816; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 522; Image:
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Raleigh, N.C., employed by Detroit News. Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 . Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: T715_2645; Line: 11; Page Number:
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Census entry for Edward A. Batchelor, advertising writer, and family. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States
Federal Census . Census Place: Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1071; Page: 70B; Enumeration District: 927; Image:
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E.A. Batchelor (February 1, 1917). "Who's Mack Going To Shove In Cellar? Nobody, As Far As
Batchelor Can Figure Out; Athletic May Win a Few More Games Than Last Year, but They Have a Long Way to Go Still".
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E.A. Batchelor (October 3, 1918). "Hay Crop Harvested To Make A Ball Field: French Peasants Learn Doughboys Are Not to Be Denied When the Old Fever Gets in Their Bones".
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