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Posted By: barrysloate

Kenny - there was a television show in the 1950's called "This is Your Life" which was hosted by Ralph Edwards. If you are not familiar with it, he would surprise a celebrity by bringing him on stage and would subsequently bring out many people from his past whom he hadn't seen in years. In a 1952 episode, one of the surprised celebrities was Casey Stengel. What is special about the appearance is Edwards invited two of his old baseball buddies, Irish Meusel and Zach Wheat. I remember Zach speaking about playing with Casey in Brooklyn. I think it is safe to say it is the only existing footage of Wheat talking. He would have been 64 and he still looked athletic and had these huge hands, as all ballplayers do.

And on the topic of this thread, I bought some memorabilia from the great grandson of Henry Chadwick in 1992, including photographs and Chadwick's portable writing desk. The family actually lived walking distance from my house!