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[Pennsylvania Governor John K. Tener at Ebbets Field (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • Roger said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Tener - good pic as he used to play baseball
  • Elijah said:
    Quite a contrast to a modern baseball audience picture. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)
  • Wystan said:
    Another Bain/LOC photo of Governor Tenor throwing out the first ball at Ebbets Field: National League President (and Pennsylvania Governor) throws out the first ball in the first game of the season at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn, April 14, 1914. The Dodgers beat the Braves that day. Cold weather kept the crowd down to about 12,000. "Dodgers Win 8 to 2; Gov. Tener Throws Out Ball" Story in The New York Times, April 15, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03EFD91E39E6... Another Bain/LOC photo of Tener, at a baseball game:
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Wystan: Thanks for the information on Gov. Tener and the connection to the other photograph. We will add some of it to the information when we update the database.

[New York Giants Opening Day line-up at the Polo Grounds [New York]. Left to right: Fred Snodgrass, Tillie Shafer, George Burns, Larry Doyle, Red Murray, Fred Merkle, Buck Herzog, Chief Meyers (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Fred Merkle was famous for his "boner." Merkle's Boner was when he neglected to touch second base in the last game of 1908, and thus the Giants lost to the Cubs, had to play a playoff game and the Cubs won and then won the World Series....and THAT was the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Had it not been for Merkle's Boner, the Cubs would not have gone to the Series in 1908. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkle
  • Tacit Cake said:
    fabulous picture.
  • Mark in NOVA said:
    This is from April 10, 1913 according to the picture.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Merkle was playing in 1913. He played quite a few years in the majors. I was just talking about his boner in 1908.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Chief Meyers was a very good catcher, one of the best of his time. He lived a long life, I think he was nearly 90 when he died.

[Hans Lobert, New York NL & Joe Schultz, Brooklyn NL (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • Art Siegel said:
    Lobert and Schultz were the 1915 third basemen for the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers (officially, the Robins), respectively. This was probably taken on opening day at the Polo Grounds, which in 1915 was April 15th. www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1915&am...
  • Pete (LOC P&P) said:
    artolog: thanks for the additional information. We may add it to the record.
  • aware health said:
    A bit of trivia based on this picture: Joe Schultz's son, Joe Schultz Jr., grew up also to be a major league ballplayer, and went on to immortality as the Seattle Pilots' manager in Jim Bouton's Ball Four.
  • Art Siegel said:
    how about that..