Athletics manager Lon Knight is fired and temporarily replaced by 1B Harry Stovey; former Athletics manager Charlie Mason is eventually hired as his replacement.

ByThis Day in Baseball August 15, 1885

Athletics manager Lon Knight is fired and temporarily replaced by 1B Harry Stovey; former Athletics manager Charlie Mason is eventually hired as his replacement.

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1885 – All games are canceled in New York City today because of General Ulysses S. Grant’s funeral.

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1885 – All games are canceled in New York City today because of General Ulysses S. Grant’s funeral.

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Month: August 1885

Athletics manager Lon Knight is fired and temporarily replaced by 1B Harry Stovey; former Athletics manager Charlie Mason is eventually hired as his replacement.

1885 – All games are canceled in New York City today because of General Ulysses S. Grant’s funeral.

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