Name/Title
"BASEBALL" JULY 1928Entry/Object ID
2003.124.1.6Description
Color: Black; Red; White
"Baseball" July 1928 issue, published by The Baseball Magazine Company, New York. The front cover has a red border with a white field at the center, part of which has border elements of baseball bats and balls. The title is at the top of this feild and an image of a pitcher throwing a pitch towards a swinging batter and a catcher with his mitt up over a black background is below. At the bottom left of this field are the month and price. At the very bottom are titles and authors of four featured articles and the note that 500,000 baseball fans read the magazine. Contents include items on: a review of the sport for the month; how to pitch to Babe Ruth; potential changes to sport records; rebuilding a club; junior league baseball; rookie players; the importance of baseball to a prisoner; the sport in the South Seas; calling plays from the bench; total base champions; a variety of pieces on current and past players and teams; and other articles relating mainly to players. There are many photograph illustrations and advertisements in the 47-page artifact, which has spine and edge abrasions; cover brittleness, creases, soiling, discoloration, losses at the top right of the front and top left of the back, a few pencil marks, and stains; a tear at the bottom of page 349; and mustiness and browning of pages, and is in overall good condition.Lexicon
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Baseball, Baseball playersSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), The Baseball Magazine Company, Baseball--Anecdotes, Baseball--Biography, Baseball--Coaches, Baseball--Managers, Baseball--RecordsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)