James Sidney Mercer Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
James Sidney Mercer (1881 - June, 1945) was an American sports writer who covered mostly boxing and baseball in St. Louis, Missouri and in New York City.Mercer was born in Champaign County, Illinois, and began his career as a printer's apprentice with the St. Louis Republic.He later wrote for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, before the St. Louis Browns hired him as their road secretary in 1906. The following year, Mercer was hired at the New York Evening Globe. He later wrote for the New York Evening Journal and Hearst's American (later known as the New York Journal American). He died in 1945.He was awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1969.
Recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (presented to a writer for meritorious contributions to baseball writing) in 1969.
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Noted boxing authority.
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Road secretary for the St. Louis Browns in 1906.
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Wrote for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York Evening Globe, New York Evening Journal, and New York American (later Journal-American). He worked at the latter until his death.
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