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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 17. Chapters: Brooklyn Tip-Tops managers, Brooklyn Tip-Tops players, Mysterious Walker, Benny Kauff, Mordecai Brown, Frank Smith, Jim Bluejacket, John Ganzel, Ed Lafitte, Bill Bradley, Hooks Wiltse, Jim Delahanty, Cy Falkenberg, Tom Seaton, Steve Evans, Solly Hofman, Danny Murphy, Lee Magee, Harry Smith, Bill Chappelle, Al Shaw, Art Griggs, Bert Maxwell, Hap Myers, Dave Howard, Claude Cooper, Yip Owens, Joe Vernon, Rube Peters, Grover Land, Larry Pratt, Ed Gagnier, Byron Houck, Esty Chaney, Ty Helfrich, Herold Juul, George Anderson, Fred Smith, Hugh Bradley, Felix Chouinard, Tex Wisterzil, Happy Finneran, Rudy Sommers, Mike Simon, Dick Wright, Frank Kane, Milt Reed, Fin Wilson, Al Halt, Bill Upham, Rinaldo Williams, Art Watson, Al Tesch, Dan Marion. Excerpt: Frederick Mitchell Walker (March 21, 1884 - February 1, 1958), nicknamed "Mysterious," was an American athlete and coach. He was a three-sport athlete for the University of Chicago from 1904 to 1906 and played Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Superbas, Pittsburgh Rebels and Brooklyn Tip-Tops. He earned the nickname "Mysterious" after pitching under a pseudonym for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1910. He also served as a college basketball, baseball and football coach at numerous colleges and universities, including Utah State University, University of Mississippi, Oregon State University, Carnegie Tech, Washington & Jefferson College, Williams College, Dartmouth College, Michigan State University, DePauw University, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Texas, and Wheaton College. Walker was born in 1884 in Utica, Nebraska. He later moved during his youth to the Hyde Park section of Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago where he played football, baseball and basketball....
