charlie grant

Here is a brief item with some interesting information about Charlie Grant, a.k.a. “Chief Tokahoma,” the man John McGraw tried to sneak into the majors as an ersatz Indian.  From the Baltimore Afro-American, July 15, 1916:

I have also seen “Tokahoma” (from Riley) rendered as “Tokohama.”  I tried to check this quickly on ProQuest, but they have apparently decided to end the SABR subscription several hours early. (It’s not supposed to end until midnight tonight, at least according to a SABR announcement that said that beginning on January 1, we would no longer have access.)