View Full Version : Did the Clowns Perform on the Road?
Brian McKenna
09-25-2008, 01:16 PM
The old Senators had some clowns in their coaching boxes - Nick Altrock, Germany Schaffer, Carl Sawyer and Al Schacht.
Did they perform their skits on the road as well? For example, when the Nats were playing away games in Cleveland or Philly, were the coaches performing?
Steve Jeltz
11-02-2008, 01:48 AM
Yes they did. According to the book The Washington Senators, 1901-1971, the 1913 Senators were the highest drawing road team in the AL due to Walter Johnson and the Nick Altrock and Germany Schaefer comedy duo.
Brian McKenna
11-04-2008, 04:12 PM
Thanks for the info - I must have overlooked that reference.
Aa3rt
11-07-2008, 10:51 PM
In case you've never seen this article, here's a bio on Al Schacht and how he came to be " The Clown Prince of Baseball". Interestingly, the article states that Schacht and Nick Altrock, despite their on field antics, were not particularly fond of each other.
SABR Al Schacht biography by Ralph Berger (http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=12549&bid=504)