An attempt to legalize Sunday baseball in Massachusetts is defeated.

ByBaseball April 8, 1914

An attempt to legalize Sunday baseball in Massachusetts is defeated.

Hal Chase of the New York Highlanders contracts smallpox

ByThis Day in Baseball April 8, 1909October 21, 2023

While at spring training, Hal Chase of the New York Highlanders contracts smallpox. The entire team is vaccinated and quarantined while traveling north.

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