Glove, Fielders

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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Glove, Fielders

Entry/Object ID

1366

Description

Sammy Cappa’s catcher’s glove featured extra padding on the thumb and finger area. Cappa was a catcher in the Tacoma baseball scene in the 1920s. Cappa was a participant when Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel of the New York Yankees played an exhibition game against local players at Stadium Bowl on October 18, 1924.

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Baseball, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Glove, Fielders

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Cappa, Sammy

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Ruth, Babe

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Meusel, Bob

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New York Yankees

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Stadium Bowl