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So I did some research. The invention of the game was reported in the New London, CT, newspaper, The Evening News on April 19, 1922.
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Piroxloid Products manufactured and distributed the game. In the May 25th, 1922 issue of Printer's Ink (A Journal for Advertisers) had this account...
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According to the New York Times on August 6, 1922, there was a Merchandise Fair in New York City. Piroxloid Products Corp., 200 5th Av., had a booth (#372). They made ivory novelties and games.
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The 1923 issue of the Catalogue of Copyright Entries lists the Piroxloid Products Corp.
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I also wondered about Christy Mathewson's nickname, Big Six. I've heard and read that he got it from a prize fighter, from a fire truck, from a fire station, from his height, from a race horse, from a powerful union. The man himself clears it up in the December 24, 1922 issue of the New York Times.
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Now, if I just had about $400 extra last month...
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