"Sherlock Holmes" Plays Baseball in Canada
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
"Sherlock Holmes" Plays Baseball in Canada are 2 photos published in The Daily Mirror on 24 july 1914.
- Photo 1 : With the Edson players.
- Photo 2 : Opening the match. The "gate" was not a big one.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife have returned to England from Canada, where they made a 6,000-mile trip. They describe it as "the most enjoyable venture we ever had." In Alberta the creator of Sherlock Holmes took part in a baseball match, starting the game between Edson and Jasper. — (Grand Trunk Railway photographs.)
