Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the brooklyn dodgers on april 15, 1947. A perfect game in major league baseball is a game in which a pitcher or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and no opposing batter reaches base. Max, doug and reggie bentley appear for the hawks in a 65 win over the new york rangers at chicago stadium. July 1, 1943 thursday the death sentence, for treason, of germanborn american max stephan was commuted by u. Baseball itself was allowed to continue because of its morale value, although washington asked that travel be curtailed and that games be scheduled for the maximum convenience of fans who worked in warrelated industries. They were used again in july 1944, according to sue macy author of the book a whole new ball game. When the dodgers signed robinson, they heralded the end.
Since yesterday was the second anniversary of my first post here on old time baseball photos august 6, 2014, i went back though our photos and found that my first post was from an oldtimers game. Baseball books and magazines for sale from gasoline alley. Wrigley, fearing that the manpower shortage caused by. Georgetown ncaa football champions notre dame 910 entertainment events. The following are trademarks or service marks of major league baseball entities and may be used only with permission of. The american league defeated the national league 53 in the 11th major league baseball allstar game at shibe park in philadelphia. Check out the 1943 mlb season history, featuring league standings, postseason results, nohitters, and baseballs leaders in home runs, era, and more. Roman emperors decius and herennius etruscus are killed. On the fall of mussolini july 28, 1943 national archives description part 1, liberator bombers strike japanese installations on a pacific island and u. The following are the baseball events of the year 1943 throughout the world. This scorecard of the august 14, 1943 game between the visiting great lakes naval training station bluejackets hosted by the naval air station, lambert field st. Major league baseball players who were born in 1943. The diary of anne frank excerpts 1 1943 6 1943 lyrics wednesday, january, 1943 dearest kitty, this morning i was constantly interrupted, and as a result i havent been able to finish a. Major league baseball players who were born in 1943 by baseball.
See the article in its original context from july 25, 1943, section drama, page 11 buy reprints view on timesmachine timesmachine is an exclusive benefit for. Baseball obliges to the war effort with a late start, an inferior ball and a series of allstar fundraisers, while its becoming painfully obvious to fans that the level of quality isnt what it was a few years earlier. Excursion of anchorage baseball fans to potter creek. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. The 1929 book, baseball for girls and women by gladys palmer, professor of. Buy baseball magazine cards, sell baseball magazine cards. Jack roosevelt robinson january 31, 1919 october 24, 1972 was an american professional baseball player who became the first african american to play in major league baseball mlb in the modern era. Negro league world series, ken carrano and richard cuicchi. First allamerican girls professional baseball league allstar game is played. On september 6, 1943, carl scheib toed the rubber for the athletics and gave up two hits in less than one inning and walked. Here are some of the headlines from the 1943 baseball season.
Stephan had been convicted of harboring a german prisoner of war who had escaped from a pow camp in ontario. Louis, missouri shows that the field was dominated by essentially two squads of major leaguers. President roosevelt to life imprisonment, seven hours before stephan was to be hanged. Dimaggio did play service ball including an allstar game against the boston braves on july 12, 1943 in which arguably the greatest player in baseball history, babe ruth, was his manager. See the article in its original context from july 11, 1943, section financial, page 2 buy reprints view on timesmachine timesmachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. What happened in 1943 including pop culture, significant. Jan 22 allied joint chiefs of staff determine invasion of sicily for july 10th jan 22 temperature rises 49f 9c in 2 minutes in spearfish, south dakota jan 22 66. The boston red sox defeated the washington senators and the box score is ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye. The lights were portable and were removed immediately after the game. He struck out the side twice and struck out twelve total batters in the 10 victory over tampa bay. In 1943 after 18 months of building up of military strength in equipment and manning, most of the stars of the major leagues who were classified as 1 a available for military service were serving in the armed forces either voluntarily or as part of the selective service act the military draft.
The first night game played at wrigley field was july 1, 1943. Congress creates us cadet nurse corps, which provides a free nursing education in exchange for military service. Baseball obliges to the war effort with a late start, an inferior ball and a series of allstar. July at shibe park, home of the philadelphia athletics, the american league defeats the national league, 53, in the allstar game. This exhibition was the early game the second of a three. To achieve a perfect game, a team must not allow an opposing player to reach base by any means, including hits, walks, hit batsmen, or fielding errors. The allamerican girls professional baseball league aagpbl was a professional womens baseball league founded by philip k. July 1 the first aagpbl allstar game is played, which coincidentally.
Ten years later, on july 1, 1943, a game of softballs stars attracted several thousand fans on the north side of chicago and merited barely two paragraphs in the. Boston kentucky derby champion count fleet ncaa basketball championship wyoming d. The 1943 baseball season saw a loss of key personnel to the armed forces for nearly every major league team. Cover has small corner tear otherwise great condition. Allamerican girls professional baseball league wikipedia. The acclaimed biographer of babe ruth and casey stengel was 18 at the beginning of 1941, and he remembers the season preceding the bombing of pearl harbor as the best everwhen joe dimaggio set his 56game hitting streak, when ted williams batted. In 1943 after 18 months of building up of military strength in equipment and manning, most of the stars of the major leagues who were classified as 1a available for military service were serving in the armed forces either voluntarily or as part of the selective service act the military draft. Looks at the allamerican girls professional baseball league, which was created during world war ii, and.
Additionally, unlike many major leaguers who played in armedservices games in the us and overseas while serving in the armed forces, greenberg had barely played at all a couple of exhibition games, a 1943 war bond benefit game at the polo grounds and a handful of pickup softball games in china since his last game with the tigers, on. He was released from service on september 14, 1945. We scoured our vast selection of vintage books for the most beautiful dust jackets, and soon discovered that selecting just 30 was a nearly impossible task. Vintage baseball book major league baseball 1943 property room. Whenever i turn on baseball, all i hear about is dead guys. In 1943, the yankees won the american league pennant, and teams adjusted to changes due to world war ii. Spud chandler wins two games for the yankees, including a 20 shutout in game 5 at sportsmans park.
Majorleague baseball survived the manpower push of 1943, and as the team owners had done in 1942, they earmarked the proceeds of the 1943 regularlyscheduled june 30 and july 18 games, as well as the july allstar game, to go to various warrelief agencies as part of their contribution to the war effort. Joe mccarthy guided the yankees to their third straight american league pennant and second world championship in 1943. See the article in its original context from july 11, 1943, section financial, page 2 buy reprints view on timesmachine timesmachine is an exclusive benefit for. Allamerican girls professional baseball league record book w. The most recent perfect game pitched in major league baseball was thrown by felix hernandez of the seattle mariners against the tampa bay rays on august 15, 2012. Congress changes waac womens army auxiliary corps to wac womens army corps effective 93043. Known as the bengal famine, due to the worst of it being centered in the bengal region of india, the death toll was estimated to range between 1 and 3 million people, possibly even more.
The aagpbl is the forerunner of womens professional league sports in the united states. A headline in the july 20, 1919, duluth news tribune announced the new league. Louis cardinals, 20, in game 5 of the world series to win their tenth world championship, four games to one. The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on july 16, 1943 at griffith stadium.
War bond game, august 26, 1943 baseball history comes alive. Baseball history on july 1, including a list of every major league baseball player born on july 1, a list of every major league baseball player who died on july 1, a list of every major league baseball player who made their big league debut on july 1, and a list of every major league baseball player whose final big league game was on july 1. Joe dimaggio batted safely in 56 consecutive games in 1941, the same season ted williams batted. The following are trademarks or service marks of major league baseball entities and may be used only with permission of major league baseball properties. As a result of several failures and neglectfulness by british leaders, a massive famine hit india during 1943 throughout the entire year. Please see image for details, you will receive the exact items photographed. Vintage baseball programs, magazines, books and yearbooks. What happened in 1943 major news stories include allied forces take back north africa, italy surrenders to allied forces, dambuster raids on german dams, warsaw jewish ghetto uprising, us general dwight d. The players, the teams, the matches that wrote the history of baseball in a complete selection of books is available at arcadia publishing. Eisenhower becomes the supreme allied commander, british and americans bomb hamburg causing firestorm, glenn miller orchestra popular with many hits. Towards the end of his military term dimaggio suffered from stomach ulcers which limited his active duty. This selection ranges from 1917 to 1969, and really is. Jan 1 chicago black hawks field first trio of brothers to play together in an nhl game.
Allamerican girls professional baseball league trivia. The athletics next victory took place during game two of a doubleheader played on august 24, 1943. Baseball history in 1943 american league by baseball almanac. Between those dates the franchise lost twenty consecutive games tying the american league record set by the 1906 red sox. Learn about baseball history the best baseball history books. The batman brought the comic book superheroes batman and robin to film for the first.