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
^ "Ingleside, 1818 Newton Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC" . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA . Retrieved 2022-11-17 .
^ "Thomas C. Noyes Died Suddenly", Waterloo Evening Courier , Wednesday, August 21, 1912, Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
^ "Thomas Noyes, of Washington, Dead" . Printers' Ink . Vol. 80, no. 9. August 29, 1912. p. 70.
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