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Heinie Groh, a great player that used a "bottle bat". The bottle bat made it easier to make contact with the ball, but it did not allow one to hit the ball as far. The last major leaguer that I recall using a bottle bat was Nellie Fox. In fact, I have a Louisville Slugger Nelson Fox bottle bat. Fox got a lot of spray singles using the bottle bat. He very seldom hit a homer. Groh played during the "dead ball" era and it was more important to make contact and "hit 'em where they ain't" as Wee Willie Keeler once said.

Taken at the Polo Grounds, where all games of the 1922 World Series were played, probably Game 2 on October 5, as with adjacent photos. Groh is wearing the road uniform of the Giants, and played 3rd base in the series. Second program vendor from left is holding the official program: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_World_Series#/media/File:1922W... Mrs. Groh is probably Marguerite Columbia Bender Groh. www.findagrave.com/memorial/11551006/marguerite-columbia-... robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2016/spring/1341/1925-hu...

Thank you, Art Siegel . We will add some of this information to the online record.