1920 Babe Ruth plays 10 games in Cuba vs Habana - Almendares

[Leon]

Thanks for posting, Roland. Great stuff as usual
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[darwinbulldog]

Funny about the jai alai since it has to be played right-handed.

[Roland 49]

Babe Ruth at bat, in Almendares Park 1920

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Babe Ruth at bat, in Almendares Park 1920

That's a great Babe photo!
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[Roland 49]

Babe Ruth in Havana 1920, Almendares Park, and New York Giants, manager John McGraw

[JollyElm]

Are you suggesting John McGraw is the guy in the front row at far right? Not much of a resemblance there, but maybe it's just the angle of the photograph or something? Can you post other pictures of him from these games to use as a comparison? Hopefully, I'm wrong.

[BeanTown]

Not Babe Ruth here, but Ty Cobb when he played in Cuba at Almendares park back in 1910. I think the Tigers played around 10 exhibition games there and Cobb came in to play in 3 or 4 of them.

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Are you suggesting John McGraw is the guy in the front row at far right? Not much of a resemblance there, but maybe it's just the angle of the photograph or something?

I am also doubtful that McGraw is in the photo. Johnny Evers, who was a coach for the Giants at that time, is second from right in the bottom row. The biography of Evers titled "Johnny Evers - A Baseball Life" states:

After the season, Evers agreed to take a team consisting mostly of Giants players to Cuba for a winter barnstorming trip.

According to New York newspaper accounts in the fall of 1920, McGraw joined the team sometime after they had arrived and begun playing. The photo may have been taken before he got there.