1912worldseries

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[Duffy Lewis, Boston AL (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Here is a bit of trivia once told to me years ago by Bill Eberly who had been the Milwaukee Braves business manager. Duffy Lewis once pinch hit for Babe Ruth.

Gov. Foss & Mayor Gaynor, Polo Grounds (LOC)

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  • glgrozier said:
    That would be the Governor of MASSACHUSETTS Eugene Foss (not NY). Definitely a Red Sox fan -- not there for the Yankees.
  • Pete (LOC P&P) said:
    I checked Wikipedia and you're right that Foss is the Governor of Mass. We'll fix the error in the record. Thanks!

[Fred Merkle, New York NL (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • Daimon Eklund said:
    Based on the box scores of the 1912 Series, I think this is a photo of Merkle stealing second in Game 4. www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1912/B10110NY11912.htm
  • RedSoxWon said:
    Fred Merkle is probably best known for an unfortunate blunder that he made as a rookie in the heat of the 1908 pennant race between the Cubs and the NY Giants. In a 1-1 game in the bottom of the ninth, with Giants runners on first (Merkle) and third, a Giant player lined a single that brought in the supposed winning run. Giants fans stormed the Polo Grounds field, and in the chaos that ensued a Cubs player stood on second base with the ball. After a hasty conference, the umpires ruled that Merkle never touched second base and was ruled out on a force play. The game ended in a tie, rather than a Giants win, and the Cubs went on to win the pennant and the 1908 World Series. The verb "to Merkle," meaning to leave something incomplete, entered the American lexicon.
  • yodiddydawg said:
    darn! im related to him
  • murphman61 said:
    Going by the uniforms in the photo, I'd have to say that the Giants were in the field and a Red Sox runner was safe at second.
  • Art Siegel said:
    LOC, You should probably ask the Sabr committee to take another look at this ID.

    I agree with Murphman61. In the other photos from that year's Series, the Giants have the socks with those stripes. Maybe it's Merkle *making* the tag.
    [New York Giants walk onto the field at the Polo Grounds [New York] prior to Game One of the 1912 World Series, October 8, 1912 (baseball)] (LOC)