In my never-ending quest for esoteric baseball photos, I recently picked up this one of King (or Kingfish) Levinsky, Jewish fish monger turned boxer of the late 1920's and 1930's who apparently tried out for (or more likely just worked out with) the Cincinnati Reds on March 8, 1935. I'm assuming this was just a fun interlude between bouts as he had fought 4 days before in Tampa (where the Reds training camp was located), and was back in the ring again on the 27th in Dallas.
How's that for obscure? I thought it was neat and worth sharing anyway.
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