Market Street Research Articles

Health care professions’ education: challenges and opportunities

Medical EducationVolume 44, Issue 9 p. 849-850 Health care professions’ education: challenges and opportunities John R Boulet, John R Boulet Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this authorMarta Van Zanten, Marta Van Zanten Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this author John R Boulet, John R Boulet Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this authorMarta Van Zanten, Marta Van Zanten Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 17 August 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03762.x John R Boulet, Research Department, Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. Tel: 00 1 215 823 2227; Fax: 00 1 215 386 3309; E-mail: jboulet@ecfmg.org Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume44, Issue9September 2010Pages 849-850 RelatedInformation

Theodore Burr and the Harrisburg Old Camelback Bridge

Theodore Burr built many wooden bridges in the early 19th century, but his most well known was the one he built across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa. The current bridge is called the Market Street Bridge, but Burr’s bridge on the same site that survived from 1816 to 1902 was called the Old Camelback Bridge. It was built in two sections with an island in between. The span lengths for the eastern section (Harrisburg side) were 22 5′ , 24 8′ , 25 0′ , 24 0′ , and 20 2′ . The road over the island was 77 1′ long and the western or Camelback section had span lengths of 21 2′ , 24 5′ , 25 8′ , 24 7′ , and 22 2′ for a total length of 3,63 1′ .

Focus on sensors and detectors

Focus on sensors and detectors

James P. Delgado . Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco's Waterfront . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press . 2009 . Pp. xiv, 238. $45.00.

James P. Delgado's impeccably researched and highly innovative history lays out quite clearly the centrality of San Francisco to U.S. control of the Pacific and explores how the city rose to dominance as a strategic port. The author's methodology blends Annales School social history and world systems theory “with urban and mining-site historical archeology and with new western history” (p. 167). Delgado's mission here is two-fold: to break away from the tradition of investigating preciosities inherited from pioneer marine archeologist George Bass, quoting Immanuel Wallerstein to the effect that “in the long run, staples account for more of man's economic thrusts than luxuries” (p. 110); and to extend marine archeology to the excavation of some of the vast number of ships buried beneath the landfill that makes up much of the waterfront of the city of San Francisco. Many of the crews that sailed to California after the discovery of gold deserted. So many unusable ships crowded into the harbor that they became a floating city used for offices, accommodation, and storeships (warehouses). The British had pioneered the use of such hulks to house French prisoners in the Napoleonic Wars and as storeships off Chinese ports in the 1830s to avoid Chinese interference in the opium trade. Much of this city of hulks was razed in the fire of 1851, and the area along Market Street from First to the Embarcadero subsequently infilled. Today's financial district sits atop this razed city.

Cognitive and Neural Aspects in Robotics with Applications

1 Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A9 2Division of Automatic Control and Engineering Informatics, Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 4, Prague, 16607, Czech Republic 3Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan 4 Institute of Automation, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2728, Beijing 100190, China 5Maverick Technologies America Inc., Suite 808, 1220 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA

The power of feedback

Medical EducationVolume 44, Issue 1 p. 16-17 The power of feedback John Norcini, John Norcini Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this author John Norcini, John Norcini Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 16 December 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03542.xCitations: 56 John Norcini, FAIMER, 4th Floor, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. Tel: 00 1 215 823 2170; Fax: 00 1 215 386 2321; E-mail: jnorcini@faimer.org Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume44, Issue1January 2010Pages 16-17 RelatedInformation

Mapping decline: St. Louis and the fate of the American city

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables Preface Introduction. Our House: Twentieth Century at 4635 North Market Street Local Politics, Local Power: Governing Greater St. Louis, 1940-2000 The Steel Ring: Race and Realty in Greater St. Louis Patchwork Metropolis: Municipal Zoning in Greater St. Louis Fighting Blight: Urban Renewal Policies and Programs, 1945-2000 City of Blight: Limits of Urban Renewal in Greater St. Louis Conclusion. Our House Revisited: Twenty-First Century at 4635 North Market Street Notes Index

LONG-TERM RISK OF MALIGNANCY AMONG PATIENTS TREATED WITH IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS FOR OCULAR INFLAMMATION: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EVIDENCE

Ivey Eye Institute University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada Original study reprint requests: John H. Kempen, Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Preventive Ophthalmology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail address: [email protected]

CHARACTERISTICS OF CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION IN THE COMPLICATIONS OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION PREVENTION TRIAL

Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA Original study reprint requests: CAPT Coordinating Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309.

Ferry Building, Fisherman's Wharf: Hot Spots, Old Favorites

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Annual MeetingFull AccessFerry Building, Fisherman's Wharf: Hot Spots, Old FavoritesJoan Arehart-TreichelJoan Arehart-TreichelSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:6 Mar 2009https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.44.5.0022To truly capture the ambience of San Francisco, you need to stroll along the Embarcadero—a thoroughfare lined with palms that fronts on San Francisco Bay.The Embarcadero was built as an embankment. It derives from the Spanish word “embarcar,” or “place to embark.” Formerly it was flanked by an unsightly double-decked freeway. The freeway was damaged in an earthquake in 1989 and subsequently torn down, opening up sweeping views of the Bay and the city.The Embarcadero begins on the east side of the city at the intersection of Second and King streets near AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, and travels north, passing under the Oakland Bay Bridge.A long the Embarcadero are two of San Francisco's most colorful and visited venues—the Ferry Building, located on the Embarcadero at Market Street, and Fisherman's Wharf, located along the Embarcadero west of Pier 39.Even back during the time of the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, the Embarcadero had a wooden ferry house on it. In 1898 the wooden house was replaced with the large steel-framed Ferry Building. It was so well built that it survived the formidable earthquake of 1906. The building was gloriously renovated a few years ago, and its former baggage area is now an enticing marketplace with eateries and shops that encourage visitors to tarry. Its produce shops have such fanciful names as Cowgirl Creamery's Artisan Cheese Shop, Hog Island Oyster Company, and the Kingdom of Herbs.City Guides, a nonprofit volunteer organization, offers free walking tours of the Ferry Building. From the Ferry Building, you can also catch a ride to various parts of the East Bay or Marin County. Such rides provide spectacular, panoramic views of San Francisco and a chance for inhaling some tangy bay air.Fisherman's Wharf, in contrast, offers boisterous crowds, street performers, a wax museum, a Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, an aquarium, a fleet of historic sailing ships, a World War II submarine, and a vast collection of seafood restaurants and souvenir establishments. Barking sea lions add to the rumpus. “Fisherman's Wharf is great for a half-hour daytime stop for fresh sourdough, for which the wharf is famous; seafood; and souvenirs for your friends back home,” one visitor reported. “I also loved riding on one of the charter sailboats that leave from the wharf.”Fisherman's Wharf got its start in 1853 thanks to a man named Henry Meiggs, according to the book Crab Is King: The Colorful Story of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Meiggs, the book states, was “a scheming, nefarious, unscrupulous businessman who got run out of town with a vengeful posse nipping at his heels.” Fortunately he left his wharf behind. It eventually became a mooring for fishing boats—hence its eventual name,“ Fisherman's Wharf.” It also became a weekend promenade for sunbathers and swimmers who rented bathhouses. It had a museum in which an“ educated” pig played cards, a saltwater tub bathing emporium, and a place where people could try to climb a greased pole and claim a $5 gold piece on top.The wharf's excesses did not cease with the end of the 19th century. In 1963 one wharf entrepreneur taught penguins to skateboard. Today the wharf's attractions are perhaps more conventional than skateboarding penguins, but nonetheless fun to visit.In spite of its flamboyance, or perhaps because of it, Fisherman's Wharf has been ranked in some international surveys as the number-one tourist destination in San Francisco, even beating San Francisco's beloved Chinatown and the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge.Another interesting nearby place to visit is the Embarcadero Center, which features more than 100 retail shops and restaurants, a five-screen cinema, and services to meet visitors' every need.Information about the Ferry Building and its marketplace is posted at<www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com>. Information about Fisherman's Wharf is posted at<www.fishermanswharf.org>.▪ ISSUES NewArchived

Find Out Why Critics Rave About City's Eating Scene

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Information on Host CityFull AccessFind Out Why Critics Rave About City's Eating SceneJosepha Cheong, M.D.Josepha CheongSearch for more papers by this author, M.D.Published Online:20 Feb 2009https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.44.4.0025While I cannot claim to be an expert on San Francisco's diverse restaurant scene, after two decades of living in this city that takes great pride in the quality and innovation of its dining establishments, I can certainly share some of my favorites with you. Here are a handful that I suggest you sample:Scoma'sGreat fresh seafood with some of the city's best Dungeness crab cocktails, fresh sourdough bread, clam chowder, and wonderful pasta dishes are the highlights of this Fisherman's Wharf hot spot on Pier 47. Favorites: al dente penne pasta with calamari fritti tossed with lemon and oregano and pan-fried petrale sole in garlic lemon butter. End with an apple crisp à la mode. Always casual and always crowded.The Slanted DoorConsidered by many to be one of the top places for outstanding Vietnamese cuisine, The Slanted Door has a vast wine list. Great atmosphere and energy.Ferry Building MarketplaceA spectacularly restored, turn-of-the-20th-century building houses a colorful mix of shops and eateries including Out the Door (the walk-up cafe version of big sib, The Slanted Door); Mijita (a Mexican kitchen—fish tacos are a must, with a side of fresh salsa and tortillas); Lulu Petite (French country cafe with a changing menu of hot sandwiches, wonderful salads and pastas, and hearty meats); and my favorite gelateria, Ciao Bella (try the hazelnut biscotti and triple espresso together or, better yet, skip the meal and head straight for here). Saturdays are a particular feast for the senses because of the weekly farmers market.Caffe GrecoThis North Beach favorite is a traditional Italian cafe and gelateria. I think you'll agree that the great desserts such as homemade tiramisu and cannoli are especially tempting.Caffe TriesteLocal lore maintains that a young Francis Ford Copolla wrote much of“ The Godfather” script while drinking numerous espressos at this corner cafe. It is one of the last places that you can listen to opera recordings on the enormous jukebox in the corner as well as to live music on Saturdays with your espresso shots. The city's best tiramisu is here.EbisuOver its 27-year history, this has become one of the best sushi places in a city that reveres sushi. Located in the Sunset District near the Pacific Ocean, Ebisu is known for its great preparation and presentation as well as its incredibly high-quality sushi. Be sure to try out Hotei, its sister restaurant across the street specializing in soul-warming noodle soups and other Japanese comfort food. It is closed on Tuesdays.Squat and Gobble Cafe and CreperyThere are several locations for this great place for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The breakfast plates and omelettes are hearty enough to last till dinner, but don't let that keep you from trying lunch. The menu is the same all day. Be sure to try the different dessert crepes—my favorite is the Nutella Chocolate crepe, a warm, fragrant crepe filled with hazelnut and chocolate cream.Vesuvio'sThis is my favorite bar. It's a quirky, neighborhood establishment with a lot of locals, tourists, and regulars. No frou-frou umbrella drinks here—just the good stuff. It features organic beers, wines, and spirits. Vesuvio's is located in North Beach next to City Lights Bookstore and, along with the bookstore, was a regular gathering place in the 1950s and early 1960s for Beat Generation poets, musicians, artists, and authors such as Jack Kerouac. ▪MORE INFORMATIONScoma'sPier 47 at Al Scoma Way, (800) 644-5852, www.scomas.comThe Slanted Door1 Ferry Building #3, (415) 861-8032, www.slanteddoor.comFerry Building MarketplaceEmbarcadero at foot of Market Street, (415) 983-8000, www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.comCaffe Greco423 Columbus Avenue, (415) 397-6261, www.caffegreco.comCaffe Trieste601 Vallejo Street, (415) 392-6739, www.caffetrieste.comEbisu1283 Ninth Avenue, (415) 566-1770, www.ebisusushi.comHotei1290 Ninth Avenue, (415) 753-6045, www.hoteisf.comSquat and Gobble Cafe and CreperyFive locations throughout the city, www.squatandgobble.comVesuvio's255 Columbus Avenue, (415) 362-3370, www.vesuvio.comJosepha Cheong, M.D., is chair of APA's Scientific Program Committee. ISSUES NewArchived

Foundation Gala Offers Music, Food in Striking Setting

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Annual Meeting HighlightsFull AccessFoundation Gala Offers Music, Food in Striking SettingLindsey McClenathanLindsey McClenathanSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:20 Feb 2009https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.44.4.0009There's a 245-foot-tall clock tower in San Francisco modeled after the 12th-century bell tower in the Seville Cathedral in Spain. To those who still commute to and from San Francisco by ferry, it is a welcome sign. For those attending APA's 2009 annual meeting, it is the location of the American Psychiatric Foundation's annual benefit.All those coming to the annual meeting will have an exclusive opportunity to do something fun—enjoy the historic Ferry Building—while doing something good: attending the foundation's annual fundraising event, aptly named this year “Benefit by the Bay,” on Saturday, May 16, beginning at 7 p.m. Event proceeds support the foundation's grants, programs, research funding, and awards that advance public understanding that mental illnesses are real and treatable.Attendees will dine on fine cuisine while listening to live music. The evening's program also includes a silent auction and the presentation of the Awards for Advancing Minority Mental Health. The clock tower on San Francisco's Ferry Building stands watch over the bay.Credit: iStockphoto.com/Yohan JuliardiThe San Francisco Ferry Building is close to the Bay Bridge, on the Embarcadero at the foot of Market Street. The historic trolley cars (Line F–Market) stop directly in front of the building.The Ferry Building, which was completed in 1898, was the city's bustling transportation center until the Golden Gate and Bay bridges were built in the 1930s. In 2003, an extensive renovation of the building was completed, and today it houses a world-class marketplace and offices with spectacular views.The building was designed in the Beaux Arts style, and the feature most notable to shoppers—the Nave—was restored to its former beauty as part of the renovation. The 660-foot-long Nave is remarkable for its marble mosaic floor, manila brick and terra cotta arches, clerestory windows, and eight-foot steel gates, all topped by a skylight that runs the length of the building. Vendors in this space, once the Ferry Building's baggage area, sell California produce, specialty grocery and prepared foods, and a wide selection of cheese, meat, and fish, as well as antiques, cookware, books, wine, coffee, and tea. The intimate cafes and full-service restaurants lure visitors to tarry after browsing the numerous stalls.The price of a ticket for the gala is $225, which includes dinner and entertainment. Tickets may be purchased online at<www.psychfoundation.org> or by calling (703) 907-8503. ▪Lindsey McClenathan is the development officer of the American Psychiatric Foundation. ISSUES NewArchived

Food Allergies and Atopic Dermatitis: Differentiating Myth from Reality

CME Educational Objectives 1. Discuss the mechanisms behind food-related reactions. 2. Describe a systematic approach to the evaluation of food allergy. 3. Explain the relationship between IgE-mediated food allergy and atopic dermatitis.

Teaching to test or testing to teach?

Medical EducationVolume 42, Issue 10 p. 952-953 Teaching to test or testing to teach? John Boulet, John Boulet Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this author John Boulet, John Boulet Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 15 September 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03165.xCitations: 12 John Boulet, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, Research & Data Resources, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: 00 1 215 823 2227; Fax: 00 1 215 386 3309; E-mail: jboulet@faimer.org Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume42, Issue10October 2008Pages 952-953 RelatedInformation

Between the Household and the World System: Social Collectivity and Community Agency in Overseas Chinese Archaeology

At the Market Street Chinatown in San Jose, California, residential arrangements were profoundly shaped by institutionalized racism, anti-Chinese violence, labor practices, and immigration policies. These, in turn, shaped the form and content of the archaeological record. As is typical of many Overseas Chinese sites, archaeological features cannot be associated with specific households—in fact, the “household” concept is not always pertinent. A contextual, multiscalar approach to research on this residential community highlights other forms of social collectivity, such as district associations and business consortiums, that were able to act meaningfully to promote community survival and well-being. The archaeology of Overseas Chinese communities has a significant contribution to make to archaeological method and theory by opening new pathways of inquiry into the “middle scale” between the individual or household and the world system.

Chinese Masculinities and Material Culture

Most Overseas Chinese living in the United States during the 19th century were men. Correspondingly, the archaeology of Overseas Chinese communities in the United States is primarily the archaeology of Chinese men: their behaviors, dispositions, activities, and identities. Despite this acknowledged focus, masculinity is rarely an explicit object of study in Overseas Chinese archaeology. Drawing from methods and theories in archaeology, cultural anthropology, history, and Asian American studies, a framework for the archaeological investigation of masculinities at Overseas Chinese communities is developed. This framework is used to describe how material culture from the Market Street Chinatown in San Jose, California, was interpolated in multiple hegemonic discourses of masculinity.

Treatment of Fordyce Spots with Bichloracetic Acid

*Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio; †Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; ‡University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Robert T. Brodell, MD, 2660 E. Market Street, Warren, OH 44483, or e-mail: [email protected] Alisha N. Plotner, BS, and Robert T. Brodell, MD, have indicated no significant interest with commercial supporters.

Review: A Trip Down Market Street 1905/2005, by Melinda Stone and Liz Keim

Book Review| March 01 2008 Review: A Trip Down Market Street 1905/2005, by Melinda Stone and Liz Keim A Trip Down Market Street 1905/2005, produced by Melinda Stone and Liz Keim. San Francisco: MX Entertainment and Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception, 2005, DVD, 76 min., $19.95, www.exploratoriumstore.com/markettrip.html. Richard Cándida Smith Richard Cándida Smith University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2008) 67 (1): 157–158. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2008.67.1.157 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Cándida Smith; Review: A Trip Down Market Street 1905/2005, by Melinda Stone and Liz Keim. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 March 2008; 67 (1): 157–158. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2008.67.1.157 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2008 by the Society of Architectural Historians.2008 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Benjamin Franklin's Interiors

This essay investigates the problem of articulating psychological interiority in eighteenth-century American writing by considering Franklin's ideologically divided relationship to the architectural interiors of his 1764 Market Street town house and his rhetorical strategies for managing and representing his upward mobility.

Tramping Through the Baseball Subculture: &lt;i&gt;The Career of Alfred W. Lawson&lt;/i&gt;

Since his death in 1954, Alfred W. Lawson has gained renown as a notable American eccentric. This reputation is mainly due to his post-baseball career exploits as a commercial aviation pioneer, Depression-era populist social reformer, and writer of books detailing his all-encompassing folk philosophy of Lawsonomy.1 Major league record keeping has long confirmed his three-game cup of coffee in the tumultuous National League season of 1890, but further details of his 23 years in baseball have been slow to emerge. Until recently, the primary resource for his sporting career has been a handful of selective highlights mentioned by Lawson himself in autobiographical sections of his books. The advent of digitized historical newspaper collections has revealed rich new insights into Lawson's career as player, manager, league organizer, and promoter. These reports reveal a prototypical 19th century ballplayer, as well as an adept innovator of baseball economics, promotion, and marketing.Like the majority of 19th century professional baseball players, Lawson came from a lower-class background. His family had emigrated from the East End of London and settled in Detroit, Michigan. As a child he contributed to the family economy as a bootblack and newspaper boy; he also worked in his father's rag carpet home factory. Lawson attended elementary and trade school (participating in student athletics), but his wanderlust led him to leave home at age 17 to seek his fortune. By his own account, in 1887 he arrived via freight train at Frankfort, Indiana, and successfully pitched a game for their independent club against a heavily favored league club. He was rewarded with a $40-per-month contract. That same summer, he moved from the Frankfort club to a team in South Bend.2In the late 1880s, the Upper Midwest region where Alfred Lawson started playing baseball supported early incarnations of regional minor leagues: the Western League (with cities as far-flung as Denver and Milwaukee); the Interstate League (Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana); the Michigan League; the Ohio League; and the International League (western New York, Ontario, northern Ohio). The composition of these regional leagues fluctuated from year to year-if they survived more than one season. Larger cities sup- ported multiple semipro local leagues. Chicago, for example, had a City League and a handful of company-sponsored leagues, including the Garden City League, the Market Street League, and the Wholesale Grocers League. The sports pages from cities with local leagues would often announce open dates as opportunities for unscheduled games, or announce the hastily arranged games themselves.Lawson played for eight different teams over the next two years (1888-1889), moving between towns in Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The reasons for the jumps probably varied: better contract offers, league or club failures, or disagreements with management. The number of clubs he played for was probably not unusual for itinerant professional ballplayers. It is possible that injuries or poor performances might have caused him to be released from some teams, but the incomplete records that have been uncovered so far indicate that he was a pitcher whose talent was on the rise. His appearances for Sterling (Illinois) and Appleton (Wisconsin) in 1889 were phenomenal.3 It is likely that by the time Appleton's season ended at the end of September, Lawson had been advised to head south to play winter ball in Florida in order to hone his skills for the next season.One can not imagine a better year for a young ballplayer to hope to get his first major league contract than the year 1890. The revolt of the major league union, the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, led to the formation of the Players League that year, which depleted the National League of more than 55 percent of its players and took a similar percentage from the American Association. Consequently, the NL and the AA were scouring the nation for young talent in the early months of 1890. …