ON THIS DAY IN 1919 , the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “STOCKHOLM (AP) — Leaders of Russia’s Soviet Government have banned the giving of Christian names to children, it is reported, because they are considered ‘reminiscent of the reactionary system.’ It is expected an order will be issued soon forbidding their use. Numbers are to be substituted. Thus, three children of a family named Petkoff may in the future be known as ‘Petkoff One, Two and Three,’ respectively.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1920 , the Eagle reported, “President Charles H. Ebbets of the Brooklyn Baseball Club has already started to get his players into the fold for next season. Ivy Olson, the peppery shortstop of the Superbas, who enjoyed the best year of his major league career in the recent campaign, is the first to get ab

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