(Via Twitter) Brooklyn star Zack Wheat, c1920, United News Pictures. ALL-TIME #Dodgers leader in H/2B/3B/TB (all by a lot), and 3rd in RBI behind Snider, Hodges. BA… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Zack Wheat”
Tag: 1910’s
Pastime Press: Shoeless Joe Jackson and the WWI draft, Chicago Tribune/Sporting News 1918/1919
100 years ago, 1919, as is well known to classic baseball fans, was the season of the infamous Black Sox Scandal. As an interesting preface to that… Read more “Pastime Press: Shoeless Joe Jackson and the WWI draft, Chicago Tribune/Sporting News 1918/1919”
Pastime Portraiture: Jimmy Johnston
A stern, weathered look belying his 26 (!) years, Brooklyn Robins’ (aka Superbas) outfielder Jimmy Johnston poses for a portrait taken in 1916 by the International Film… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Jimmy Johnston”
Pastime Portraiture: Jimmy Sheckard
“He was a bigger cog in the old invincible Cub machine than he ever received credit for being”, stated Johnny Evers, in reference to the sometimes exceptional,… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Jimmy Sheckard”
Pastime Portraiture: Sherry Magee
April 1911, Washington Park, Brooklyn, and the Phillies’ star left fielder Sherry Magee strikes a serious batting pose, likely taken during the season’s opening series with the… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Sherry Magee”
Pastime Portraiture: Orval Overall
Chicago Cubs star pitcher Orval Overall, in 1910, by Paul Thompson. Overall had simply outclassed opposing batters since joining the Cubs in mid-1906. Coming up with the… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Orval Overall”
Art of the Game: Ty Cobb, by Clare Briggs of the Chicago Tribune
Wednesday, May 10, 1911, the Chicago Tribune, and cartoonist Clare Briggs expresses the Chicago fans’ displeasure at Ty Cobb’s recent dominance of their local heroes, and of… Read more “Art of the Game: Ty Cobb, by Clare Briggs of the Chicago Tribune”
Pastime Portraiture: George Sisler
George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns in 1915, his rookie season. One of the finest examples of the great portrait work of Paul Thompson. “Gorgeous George”… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: George Sisler”
Pastime Portraiture: Ivy Olson
Third in a series celebrating the last time the Dodgers and Red Sox met in the World Series, in 1916, and next up is Brooklyn’s steady, hard-nosed… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Ivy Olson”
Pastime Portraiture: Duffy Lewis
Here’s another Dodgers and Red Sox Series special, harking back to the 1916 variety, and Boston’s star left fielder and 3-time World Series champion (1912, 1915 and… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Duffy Lewis”
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