The [Shreveport] Caucasian, June 12, 1913:

Richard C. Klegin has announced an international baseball league in Europe.

Teams have already been formed in London and Paris, and the proposed league will include also Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Monte Carlo, Milan, and Nice. Klegin has leased the stadium in London. The players hail from the United States.

This is a terrific idea, Mr. Klegin. I suggest you start in, say, the summer of 1914.

Also, yes, the newspaper really was called “The ...