Twink Twining

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Howard Earle Twining was born on May 30, 1894, in Horsham, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/twinitw01.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|title=Twink Twining Stats|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-date=December 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214171220/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/twinitw01.shtml|url-status=live}} He attended Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and became a "well-known" athlete in the area while playing baseball and basketball.{{Cite news|url=https://bwarchive.lib.lehigh.edu/?a=d&d=BW19141113-01.2.9&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-earle+twining------|newspaper=The Brown and White|via=Lehigh University|date=November 13, 1914|title=Smoker In Gymnasium|volume=22|number=16|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-date=December 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214174023/https://bwarchive.lib.lehigh.edu/?a=d&d=BW19141113-01.2.9&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-earle+twining------|url-status=live}} He initially played second base at Swarthmore but then switched to pitcher and became a "star".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136807080/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 7, 1913|title=Little Quakers Baffle Penn For Twelve Innings--Lost 5-4|page=3|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212504/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136807080/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He led the baseball team to wins over Penn and Michigan in three days in 1914; the win over Penn was the first time they ever accomplished it in school history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136807282/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 21, 1914|page=10|title=Twining's Pitching Defeats Penn's Crack Club|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215213753/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136807282/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} In basketball, he served as team captain, and Twining was also the manager of the football team.

Twining led the baseball team to several more victories against Penn in the 1915 season and also led the basketball team to wins over schools such as Army and Rutgers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136807880/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 21, 1915|page=12|title=Swarthmore Defeats Penn|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212532/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136807880/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newark-star-eagle/136807915/|newspaper=Newark Star-Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 16, 1915|page=17|title=Swarthmore Beats Rutgers|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203231443/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newark-star-eagle/136807915/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136808008/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 26, 1914|page=3|title=Quaker Five Swamps Army Team 25-11|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222142545/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136808008/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} The Evening Public Ledger described him as one of the three best pitchers in college baseball.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-public-ledger/136808084/|newspaper=Evening Public Ledger|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 7, 1915|page=13|title=Penn Baseball Team Has Struck Its Stride}} {{Open access}} Nicknamed "Twink" and "Twig", he threw right and batted right-handed.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/136808437/|newspaper=Every Evening|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 21, 1915|page=12|title=Salisbury vs. Phillies|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203231443/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/136808437/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

After having graduated from Swarthmore in 1915, Twining began his professional baseball career with a team in Chester, Pennsylvania.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136808478/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 2, 1915|page=5|title=Chester Club Strengthened|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215213805/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136808478/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He also played for a team in Media, Pennsylvania, that year and for the Salisbury team of the independent Peninsula League.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136808678/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 6, 1915|page=10|title=Media Shuts Out Clifton|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215215743/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136808678/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite book|title=The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2002|page=36|date=September 18, 2015|isbn=9780786481712|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|editor-last1=Simons|editor-first1=William M.|editor-last2=Hall|editor-first2=Alvin L.}} With Salisbury, he was the starting pitcher in an exhibition win over the Connie Mack-led Philadelphia Athletics.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city/136809006/|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 18, 1915|page=11|title=Earl Twining Beats Athletics|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215215725/https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city/136809006/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

In June 1916, Twining was signed by Buck Herzog, manager of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball, after having been told about Twining by a scout.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-allentown-democrat/136809492/|newspaper=The Allentown Democrat|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 7, 1916|title=Swarthmore Star Signs With Cincinnati Reds|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212535/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-allentown-democrat/136809492/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times/136809745/|newspaper=The St. Louis Star and Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 24, 1916|page=6|title=Twining Wanted To Twirl A Full Game|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215215726/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times/136809745/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He did not make his debut until over a month after signing with the team, being the closing pitcher in a 10–3 loss to the Brooklyn Robins.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/136809907/|newspaper=The Cincinnati Post|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 10, 1916|page=6|title=Chase Drives In All the Red Runs In Second Game|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212431/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/136809907/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} The Cincinnati Post noted that the game "was a nightmare for Red fans" and reported that Twining "had nothing with which to deceive the [Robins] ... He displayed a nice pitching motion but the Dodgers had no trouble hitting his offerings." He pitched two innings of the game and had an earned run average of 13.50, facing 11 batters while allowing three runs. He was released by the Reds several days later, with The Pittsburgh Press reported that he had "been with the Reds for over a month without having the slightest chance to make good or to start a game."{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press/136810173/|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 19, 1916|page=16|title=Pitcher Twining Released|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215213822/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press/136810173/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

After being released by Cincinnati, Twining later spent time in 1916 with a team called "Carney's Point" in Delaware.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/136810503/|newspaper=Every Evening|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 23, 1916|page=11|title=Double Header Today|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203231443/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/136810503/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He played for the Upland team of Upland, Pennsylvania, in 1917.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/136810696/|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 1, 1917|page=22|title=Upland Rallies In Ninth Round|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215215729/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/136810696/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} The following year, he was a member of the Sun team in the Delaware River Shipbuilding League and also saw action with the "Chester Ship club".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lebanon-daily-news/136810923/|newspaper=Lebanon Daily News|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 24, 1918|page=6|title=Hobey Light Playing In Shipbuilding League|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215213744/https://www.newspapers.com/article/lebanon-daily-news/136810923/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136810993/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 9, 1918|page=13|title=Chester To Battle Hard To Hold First Position|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215213819/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136810993/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He played for the Wilkinsburg Murdocks in 1920,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-courier/136811206/|newspaper=The Daily Courier|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 4, 1920|page=14|title=Wilkinsburg Murdocks To Be Saturday Attraction; Victory Means Much Fame|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212432/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-courier/136811206/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} and for Glenside of the Philadelphia Suburban League from 1921 to 1922, helping them win two league championships.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/136811322/|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 24, 1921|page=20|title=Cannot Break Glenside's Streak|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212527/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/136811322/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-penn-review/136811401/|newspaper=North Penn Review|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 5, 1922|page=7|title=Glenside Champions in Suburban Again|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212439/https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-penn-review/136811401/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-penn-reporter/136811485/|newspaper=North Penn Reporter|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 23, 1923|page=7|title=Glenside Champs Beaten in Suburban Opener|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212450/https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-penn-reporter/136811485/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}

Twining attended Hahnemann Medical School and graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1919.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-obituary-for-h/136653649/|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 17, 1973|page=30|title=Howard Twining, 78, Hahnemann Doctor|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-date=December 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211203816/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-obituary-for-h/136653649/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He received dermatology training in Vienna and became a prominent dermatologist in Pennsylvania.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136812328/|newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 31, 1976|page=13|title=Garnet 'Sunshine Boys' pursue winning season|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215213801/https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times/136812328/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He wrote articles published in medical journals, headed the Hahnemann Medical School department of dermatology and was president of the Philadelphia Dermatological Society.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-leader-and-press/136811936/|newspaper=Springfield Leader and Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 18, 1941|page=5|title=Your Good Health|author=Stafford, Jane|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215215727/https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-leader-and-press/136811936/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}} He was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology and served at various hospitals, including in Abington, Hahnemann and Wilmington, and at the Skin and Cancer, Philadelphia General and Naval Hospitals. He was a 32nd degree mason. He died on June 14, 1973, at the age of 78, from a long illness.

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