Sherlock Holmes, Sportsman

In a lifetime crammed with high adventure, his brilliant achievements in crime detection obscured his remarkable skills as an athlete. He was an expert with singlestick and foil, a fine boxer, equally accomplished with rifle and small arms and had a knowing eye for horseflesh.

In this final installment in our series on games and sports, we turn to William S. Baring-Gould, the subject of the 2019 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual, and talk through his landmark article for Sports Illustrated article from 1963. It's just a trifle.

 

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles156

• "Sherlock Holmes, Sportsman" by William S. Baring-Gould from May 25, 1963 (Sports Illustrated)

• William S. Baring-Gould (Wikipedia)

• The Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual

• Series: Games & Sports

 

Sponsor

• The Baker Street Journal

 

Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0