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Jacob Ruppert
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Ruppert
"Jacob Ruppert Jr. (August 5, 1867 – January 13, 1939) was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and politician who served for four terms representing New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1907. He also owned the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball from 1915 until his death in 1939."
- baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ruppert-jacob

Walter Johnson
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Johnson
"Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "the Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators (aka Nationals for some periods) from 1907 to 1927."
- baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/johnson-walter

According to the [Washington] Evening Star. April 14, 1925, Page 30
- chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-04-14/ed-...
The opening day of the American League season saw the Washington Nationals playing the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

See photo of Johnson with President Warren Harding from 1923 in LoC's Bain stream


In 1924, the Senators had won the World Series in extra innings. A few years ago a silent movie reel including coverage of the game, in which Walter Johnson pitched the last 4 innings, was discovered. President Calvin Coolidge was present. See
- blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2014/10/film-of-the-washington...
for the story of the discovery and the digitally preserved movie, with new accompaniment.

The musicians pictured are "Lieut. Francis W. Sutherland And His 7th Regiment Band", from the 7th Regiment, New York National Guard. See www.discogs.com/artist/6131445-Lieut-Francis-W-Sutherland...

Art Siegel: Nice detail! We'll add it to the catalog record next time we update.

"On April 18th, 1923, the first day of the new baseball season, the gates of Yankee Stadium were opened and 74,200 people flooded through turnstiles, while another 25,000 were turned away – an amazing number, given that previous attendance record for a single game was 42,000 for the 1916 World Series in Boston. In an ironic twist, the first game was fittingly played against the Boston Red Sox, Babe’s former team. Even more fitting was that Babe Ruth hit the first homerun in the stadium on the opening day of the new ballpark – a three-run homerun, giving the Yankees the 4-1 win. As a response to Babe’s opening day homerun, sportswriter Fred Lieb referred to Yankee Stadium in his column as “The House That Ruth Built”. It was a nickname that quickly stuck. Given Babe’s great ability to draw a crowd, this reference to Yankee Stadium became a regular term and is still used as the great ballpark’s less-formal name." www.baberuthcentral.com/babesimpact/babe-ruths-legacy/the...