ROGERS HORNSBY BASEBALL GUIDE CLIPPING, 1929.

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

ROGERS HORNSBY BASEBALL GUIDE CLIPPING, 1929.

Entry/Object ID

2004.351.1.1

Description

ROGERS HORNSBY BASEBALL GUIDE CLIPPING, 1929. The newspaper clipping states that Rogers Hornsby a said national league champion, was "released" to play in the Chicago Cub's team. It is indicated that this exchanged cost up to $200,000 which included cash and players. In addition, the writer of the clipping stated that with Hornsby joining the Chicago Cubs team would greatly improve their strength for the pennant race in 1929. On the reverse side of the clipping is two paragraphs regarding the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team's valuable players, future potential to win games and criticisms of its not so good pitchers. To the bottom of this is the Philadelphia home game scores, that indicate the winning and losing pitchers from different baseball teams, with dates. It is in good condition.

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LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baseball players

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Object Name

Clippings