Born WALTER RUDOLPH HOLLIDAY. Walt Doan, previously thought Doane, played for the Cleveland Naps at the time of Cy Young, Addie Joss and of course Nap Lajoie.
Doan was primarily a pitcher in the majors although he also played two games in the outfield. In the minors, he won 28 games with Roanoke in 1909 and went 12-1 with Roanoke in 1910.
However, from 1911 on he was almost exclusively an outfielder in the minors. Playing six seasons in the PCL, he hit over .300 with Portland in both 1912 and 1913.
Professional baseball player 1909-1910. Played for the Cleveland Naps.
cause of death: Heart attack
Note that one article gives him a nick name of Doany which you may want to add to his name.
Coatesville Record
October 21, 1935
Walter R. Doan, forty-eight, of Reeseville, West Brandywine township, gentleman farmer and professional baseball player, died suddenly at his home on Saturday night. Death was caused by heart failure. Deputy Coroner H. E. Williams issued a verdict of the death from natural causes.
News of Doan's death came as a great shock to his host of friends and acquaintences in Coatesville.
Doan, one of the most talented professional baseball players this city has ever produced, was born in 1887 at Belleview, Idaho. He came to Coatesville with his parents when he was but eight years old.
Doan, while a student at Delaware College, was quite a baseball star and showed promising possibilities, to an extent that a scout of the Cleveland Indians, in the American League, decided to award him a tryouot. At the time Doan was a pitche. After the tryout he was farmed to the Roanoke, Va. Club. Later he became a regular member of the Cleveland team and was a member of the pitching staff.
Doan developed into such a valuable hitter that he was transformed into an outfielder, a position to which he stuck until recent years. When he was playing right field for the Vernon Club, in Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League, he was rated by sportwriters as "the fastest man in the circuit." This fact is still written into the records of the league.
While on the Coastm where he played for seven years, he made friends with many outstanding ball players who later became stars in the major leagues. Notably among there was Howard Ehmke, World Series hero of the Philadelphia Athletics. Only a few months ago, when the annual Coatesville invitation open golf tournament was held, Ehmke was one of the players entered and he and Doan renewed old friendships.
Many of the oldtimers, who best knew Doan, still tell reminiscences of the days wheh Walter pictyed baseball in Chester County- and those were the days when there wer no restrictions on pitchter.
Doan was married to Miss Rose Furby, of Alxeander, La. The couple observed their twenty-fourth wedding anniversary last August 3. They were married in 1911. Mrs. Doan, the widow, was born in London, England.
Doan took up farming in West Brandywine township in 1918 and four years later, still active in baseball, was recalled to the Three-I League.
He took quite an interest in education in West Brandywine township and served a number of terms as secretary of the district's school board. There are five shcools in this district. He was nominated for reelection at the last primaries and his name will appear on the ballot at the general election on November 5.
Word of Doan's demise came as a sever shock to members of the Washinigton Fire Company,of which he was a very active member. George Frymoyer, who was called suddenly to the Doan home Saturday night when the farmer-ball player was stricken, was grief stricken. Frymoyer has a cabin on the Doan farm. For a number of years the "Washies" held their annual picnics on the Doan Farm.
Doan also was a member of the Coatesville Firemen's Relief Association and was a member of the Christian Science Church.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters: Heleh, Doris and Lois, all of this city. He also leaves a brother, Elmer Doan of Coatesville, and Mrs. John Hand, of Davenport, La.
Funeral Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gensemer funeral home,1030 East Lincoln Highway, with interment in East Caln Friends Burial Ground.
Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
January 13, 1908
SOLDIER BOY HOME
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of Brandywine township, who served four years in the U.S. Army, was mustered out of service with an honorable discharge last Monday, in San Francisco. He is expected home today. While in the service he was a body guard to Missionaries in China besides other duty in various sections of the world. He received $14 per month and in four years saved over $300, which he has on deposit in a Chester County bank. The home coming is a happy one.
Daily Local News
February 28, 1911
MAKING GOOD
The Cleveland papers speak highly of Walter Doan, a son of Charles Doan, West Brandywine, who is playing the outfield for the American League ball town. The paper says he is the fastest base runner on the team and the best bunter.
Ibid:
DOAN IN FAST COMPANY
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of West Brandywine township, leaves home tomorrow for New Orleans, where he will join the Cleveland American base ball team in the annual Spring practice. Doan was given a try-out as a pitcher last season and now he is going to try for the outfield. Thos who have seen "Doany" work in the outfield know that hew will be able to deliver the goods.
Ibid:
May 13, 1909
PLAYINIG GREAT BALL
A Portland, Oregon, paper has great praise for Walter Doane (sic), son of Charles Doan, Brandywine township, who is playing great ball in that city. Doane (sic) is playing the outfield, and, according to latest reports he is the hero of the nine with the fans. The Oregon paper declares that Doane (sic) has at least a dozen bats and for evry opponent pitcher he uses a different willow. Last season Doane (sic) fielded .950 and bated 276 in 126 games.
Doan was primarily a pitcher in the majors although he also played two games in the outfield. In the minors, he won 28 games with Roanoke in 1909 and went 12-1 with Roanoke in 1910.
However, from 1911 on he was almost exclusively an outfielder in the minors. Playing six seasons in the PCL, he hit over .300 with Portland in both 1912 and 1913.
Professional baseball player 1909-1910. Played for the Cleveland Naps.
cause of death: Heart attack
Note that one article gives him a nick name of Doany which you may want to add to his name.
Coatesville Record
October 21, 1935
Walter R. Doan, forty-eight, of Reeseville, West Brandywine township, gentleman farmer and professional baseball player, died suddenly at his home on Saturday night. Death was caused by heart failure. Deputy Coroner H. E. Williams issued a verdict of the death from natural causes.
News of Doan's death came as a great shock to his host of friends and acquaintences in Coatesville.
Doan, one of the most talented professional baseball players this city has ever produced, was born in 1887 at Belleview, Idaho. He came to Coatesville with his parents when he was but eight years old.
Doan, while a student at Delaware College, was quite a baseball star and showed promising possibilities, to an extent that a scout of the Cleveland Indians, in the American League, decided to award him a tryouot. At the time Doan was a pitche. After the tryout he was farmed to the Roanoke, Va. Club. Later he became a regular member of the Cleveland team and was a member of the pitching staff.
Doan developed into such a valuable hitter that he was transformed into an outfielder, a position to which he stuck until recent years. When he was playing right field for the Vernon Club, in Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League, he was rated by sportwriters as "the fastest man in the circuit." This fact is still written into the records of the league.
While on the Coastm where he played for seven years, he made friends with many outstanding ball players who later became stars in the major leagues. Notably among there was Howard Ehmke, World Series hero of the Philadelphia Athletics. Only a few months ago, when the annual Coatesville invitation open golf tournament was held, Ehmke was one of the players entered and he and Doan renewed old friendships.
Many of the oldtimers, who best knew Doan, still tell reminiscences of the days wheh Walter pictyed baseball in Chester County- and those were the days when there wer no restrictions on pitchter.
Doan was married to Miss Rose Furby, of Alxeander, La. The couple observed their twenty-fourth wedding anniversary last August 3. They were married in 1911. Mrs. Doan, the widow, was born in London, England.
Doan took up farming in West Brandywine township in 1918 and four years later, still active in baseball, was recalled to the Three-I League.
He took quite an interest in education in West Brandywine township and served a number of terms as secretary of the district's school board. There are five shcools in this district. He was nominated for reelection at the last primaries and his name will appear on the ballot at the general election on November 5.
Word of Doan's demise came as a sever shock to members of the Washinigton Fire Company,of which he was a very active member. George Frymoyer, who was called suddenly to the Doan home Saturday night when the farmer-ball player was stricken, was grief stricken. Frymoyer has a cabin on the Doan farm. For a number of years the "Washies" held their annual picnics on the Doan Farm.
Doan also was a member of the Coatesville Firemen's Relief Association and was a member of the Christian Science Church.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters: Heleh, Doris and Lois, all of this city. He also leaves a brother, Elmer Doan of Coatesville, and Mrs. John Hand, of Davenport, La.
Funeral Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gensemer funeral home,1030 East Lincoln Highway, with interment in East Caln Friends Burial Ground.
Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
January 13, 1908
SOLDIER BOY HOME
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of Brandywine township, who served four years in the U.S. Army, was mustered out of service with an honorable discharge last Monday, in San Francisco. He is expected home today. While in the service he was a body guard to Missionaries in China besides other duty in various sections of the world. He received $14 per month and in four years saved over $300, which he has on deposit in a Chester County bank. The home coming is a happy one.
Daily Local News
February 28, 1911
MAKING GOOD
The Cleveland papers speak highly of Walter Doan, a son of Charles Doan, West Brandywine, who is playing the outfield for the American League ball town. The paper says he is the fastest base runner on the team and the best bunter.
Ibid:
DOAN IN FAST COMPANY
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of West Brandywine township, leaves home tomorrow for New Orleans, where he will join the Cleveland American base ball team in the annual Spring practice. Doan was given a try-out as a pitcher last season and now he is going to try for the outfield. Thos who have seen "Doany" work in the outfield know that hew will be able to deliver the goods.
Ibid:
May 13, 1909
PLAYINIG GREAT BALL
A Portland, Oregon, paper has great praise for Walter Doane (sic), son of Charles Doan, Brandywine township, who is playing great ball in that city. Doane (sic) is playing the outfield, and, according to latest reports he is the hero of the nine with the fans. The Oregon paper declares that Doane (sic) has at least a dozen bats and for evry opponent pitcher he uses a different willow. Last season Doane (sic) fielded .950 and bated 276 in 126 games.
Born WALTER RUDOLPH HOLLIDAY. Walt Doan, previously thought Doane, played for the Cleveland Naps at the time of Cy Young, Addie Joss and of course Nap Lajoie.
Doan was primarily a pitcher in the majors although he also played two games in the outfield. In the minors, he won 28 games with Roanoke in 1909 and went 12-1 with Roanoke in 1910.
However, from 1911 on he was almost exclusively an outfielder in the minors. Playing six seasons in the PCL, he hit over .300 with Portland in both 1912 and 1913.
Professional baseball player 1909-1910. Played for the Cleveland Naps.
cause of death: Heart attack
Note that one article gives him a nick name of Doany which you may want to add to his name.
Coatesville Record
October 21, 1935
Walter R. Doan, forty-eight, of Reeseville, West Brandywine township, gentleman farmer and professional baseball player, died suddenly at his home on Saturday night. Death was caused by heart failure. Deputy Coroner H. E. Williams issued a verdict of the death from natural causes.
News of Doan's death came as a great shock to his host of friends and acquaintences in Coatesville.
Doan, one of the most talented professional baseball players this city has ever produced, was born in 1887 at Belleview, Idaho. He came to Coatesville with his parents when he was but eight years old.
Doan, while a student at Delaware College, was quite a baseball star and showed promising possibilities, to an extent that a scout of the Cleveland Indians, in the American League, decided to award him a tryouot. At the time Doan was a pitche. After the tryout he was farmed to the Roanoke, Va. Club. Later he became a regular member of the Cleveland team and was a member of the pitching staff.
Doan developed into such a valuable hitter that he was transformed into an outfielder, a position to which he stuck until recent years. When he was playing right field for the Vernon Club, in Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League, he was rated by sportwriters as "the fastest man in the circuit." This fact is still written into the records of the league.
While on the Coastm where he played for seven years, he made friends with many outstanding ball players who later became stars in the major leagues. Notably among there was Howard Ehmke, World Series hero of the Philadelphia Athletics. Only a few months ago, when the annual Coatesville invitation open golf tournament was held, Ehmke was one of the players entered and he and Doan renewed old friendships.
Many of the oldtimers, who best knew Doan, still tell reminiscences of the days wheh Walter pictyed baseball in Chester County- and those were the days when there wer no restrictions on pitchter.
Doan was married to Miss Rose Furby, of Alxeander, La. The couple observed their twenty-fourth wedding anniversary last August 3. They were married in 1911. Mrs. Doan, the widow, was born in London, England.
Doan took up farming in West Brandywine township in 1918 and four years later, still active in baseball, was recalled to the Three-I League.
He took quite an interest in education in West Brandywine township and served a number of terms as secretary of the district's school board. There are five shcools in this district. He was nominated for reelection at the last primaries and his name will appear on the ballot at the general election on November 5.
Word of Doan's demise came as a sever shock to members of the Washinigton Fire Company,of which he was a very active member. George Frymoyer, who was called suddenly to the Doan home Saturday night when the farmer-ball player was stricken, was grief stricken. Frymoyer has a cabin on the Doan farm. For a number of years the "Washies" held their annual picnics on the Doan Farm.
Doan also was a member of the Coatesville Firemen's Relief Association and was a member of the Christian Science Church.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters: Heleh, Doris and Lois, all of this city. He also leaves a brother, Elmer Doan of Coatesville, and Mrs. John Hand, of Davenport, La.
Funeral Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gensemer funeral home,1030 East Lincoln Highway, with interment in East Caln Friends Burial Ground.
Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
January 13, 1908
SOLDIER BOY HOME
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of Brandywine township, who served four years in the U.S. Army, was mustered out of service with an honorable discharge last Monday, in San Francisco. He is expected home today. While in the service he was a body guard to Missionaries in China besides other duty in various sections of the world. He received $14 per month and in four years saved over $300, which he has on deposit in a Chester County bank. The home coming is a happy one.
Daily Local News
February 28, 1911
MAKING GOOD
The Cleveland papers speak highly of Walter Doan, a son of Charles Doan, West Brandywine, who is playing the outfield for the American League ball town. The paper says he is the fastest base runner on the team and the best bunter.
Ibid:
DOAN IN FAST COMPANY
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of West Brandywine township, leaves home tomorrow for New Orleans, where he will join the Cleveland American base ball team in the annual Spring practice. Doan was given a try-out as a pitcher last season and now he is going to try for the outfield. Thos who have seen "Doany" work in the outfield know that hew will be able to deliver the goods.
Ibid:
May 13, 1909
PLAYINIG GREAT BALL
A Portland, Oregon, paper has great praise for Walter Doane (sic), son of Charles Doan, Brandywine township, who is playing great ball in that city. Doane (sic) is playing the outfield, and, according to latest reports he is the hero of the nine with the fans. The Oregon paper declares that Doane (sic) has at least a dozen bats and for evry opponent pitcher he uses a different willow. Last season Doane (sic) fielded .950 and bated 276 in 126 games.
Doan was primarily a pitcher in the majors although he also played two games in the outfield. In the minors, he won 28 games with Roanoke in 1909 and went 12-1 with Roanoke in 1910.
However, from 1911 on he was almost exclusively an outfielder in the minors. Playing six seasons in the PCL, he hit over .300 with Portland in both 1912 and 1913.
Professional baseball player 1909-1910. Played for the Cleveland Naps.
cause of death: Heart attack
Note that one article gives him a nick name of Doany which you may want to add to his name.
Coatesville Record
October 21, 1935
Walter R. Doan, forty-eight, of Reeseville, West Brandywine township, gentleman farmer and professional baseball player, died suddenly at his home on Saturday night. Death was caused by heart failure. Deputy Coroner H. E. Williams issued a verdict of the death from natural causes.
News of Doan's death came as a great shock to his host of friends and acquaintences in Coatesville.
Doan, one of the most talented professional baseball players this city has ever produced, was born in 1887 at Belleview, Idaho. He came to Coatesville with his parents when he was but eight years old.
Doan, while a student at Delaware College, was quite a baseball star and showed promising possibilities, to an extent that a scout of the Cleveland Indians, in the American League, decided to award him a tryouot. At the time Doan was a pitche. After the tryout he was farmed to the Roanoke, Va. Club. Later he became a regular member of the Cleveland team and was a member of the pitching staff.
Doan developed into such a valuable hitter that he was transformed into an outfielder, a position to which he stuck until recent years. When he was playing right field for the Vernon Club, in Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League, he was rated by sportwriters as "the fastest man in the circuit." This fact is still written into the records of the league.
While on the Coastm where he played for seven years, he made friends with many outstanding ball players who later became stars in the major leagues. Notably among there was Howard Ehmke, World Series hero of the Philadelphia Athletics. Only a few months ago, when the annual Coatesville invitation open golf tournament was held, Ehmke was one of the players entered and he and Doan renewed old friendships.
Many of the oldtimers, who best knew Doan, still tell reminiscences of the days wheh Walter pictyed baseball in Chester County- and those were the days when there wer no restrictions on pitchter.
Doan was married to Miss Rose Furby, of Alxeander, La. The couple observed their twenty-fourth wedding anniversary last August 3. They were married in 1911. Mrs. Doan, the widow, was born in London, England.
Doan took up farming in West Brandywine township in 1918 and four years later, still active in baseball, was recalled to the Three-I League.
He took quite an interest in education in West Brandywine township and served a number of terms as secretary of the district's school board. There are five shcools in this district. He was nominated for reelection at the last primaries and his name will appear on the ballot at the general election on November 5.
Word of Doan's demise came as a sever shock to members of the Washinigton Fire Company,of which he was a very active member. George Frymoyer, who was called suddenly to the Doan home Saturday night when the farmer-ball player was stricken, was grief stricken. Frymoyer has a cabin on the Doan farm. For a number of years the "Washies" held their annual picnics on the Doan Farm.
Doan also was a member of the Coatesville Firemen's Relief Association and was a member of the Christian Science Church.
Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters: Heleh, Doris and Lois, all of this city. He also leaves a brother, Elmer Doan of Coatesville, and Mrs. John Hand, of Davenport, La.
Funeral Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gensemer funeral home,1030 East Lincoln Highway, with interment in East Caln Friends Burial Ground.
Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
January 13, 1908
SOLDIER BOY HOME
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of Brandywine township, who served four years in the U.S. Army, was mustered out of service with an honorable discharge last Monday, in San Francisco. He is expected home today. While in the service he was a body guard to Missionaries in China besides other duty in various sections of the world. He received $14 per month and in four years saved over $300, which he has on deposit in a Chester County bank. The home coming is a happy one.
Daily Local News
February 28, 1911
MAKING GOOD
The Cleveland papers speak highly of Walter Doan, a son of Charles Doan, West Brandywine, who is playing the outfield for the American League ball town. The paper says he is the fastest base runner on the team and the best bunter.
Ibid:
DOAN IN FAST COMPANY
Walter Doan, son of Charles Doan, of West Brandywine township, leaves home tomorrow for New Orleans, where he will join the Cleveland American base ball team in the annual Spring practice. Doan was given a try-out as a pitcher last season and now he is going to try for the outfield. Thos who have seen "Doany" work in the outfield know that hew will be able to deliver the goods.
Ibid:
May 13, 1909
PLAYINIG GREAT BALL
A Portland, Oregon, paper has great praise for Walter Doane (sic), son of Charles Doan, Brandywine township, who is playing great ball in that city. Doane (sic) is playing the outfield, and, according to latest reports he is the hero of the nine with the fans. The Oregon paper declares that Doane (sic) has at least a dozen bats and for evry opponent pitcher he uses a different willow. Last season Doane (sic) fielded .950 and bated 276 in 126 games.
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