Wagner photo
The photo is from 1931, I believe. ... an exhibition game against "the Baltimore Internationals," according to an Associated News Service broadside I picked up a few years ago. The broadside is 14 by 17 and mainly orange, and the photo is more horizontal, showing a catcher and ump. According to the headline/caption, Wagner and a team of ex-stars beat the Baltimores 6-5. I have the broadside framed with a period copy of the photo. The photo has caption information on the back -- and, of course, I can't get to it without taking the backing off. There's no explanation of the hit on the broadside, but I seem to recall it being a home run. And I think the umpire was Mal Eason. ... The date is in tiny print at the bottom; not sure if it was published the day of the game as an inducement to get people to buy a newspaper, or maybe it came out a day or two later. But it is dated Aug. 12, 1931. One other tidbit: the credit on the photo is "Elliott Service Co., N.Y." Hope this helps. Nice buy; cool photo of a 57-year-old slugger.
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