When the United States entered World War II after Pearl Harbor, the War Production Board rationed paper and cardboard for the war effort. Between 1942 and 1947, baseball card production came to a ...
Such was the interest that two separate leagues were organized for geographic reasons, not talent. They were equal in ability and having an Upper Cape League and a separate Lower Cape League provided ...
As far as baseball card collecting goes, the 1940s is about as close to the Dark Ages as it gets. The 1930s and 1950s were absolute fire, but the decade they sandwiched included World War II, which ...
When it comes to baseball, Bernard David “Buddy” Lake did just about everything. He played, he coached and he even drove the team bus during a career that spanned almost three decades. Although Lake ...
The records created when Tucson High School won the state baseball championship each season from 1939 to 1946 have long confused those who tried to keep up. The Badgers won a state-record 52 ...
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The conversation around racial integration in baseball often revolves around Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But a year ...
Baseball: once considered a man’s sport had soon found itself in a crisis in the fall of 1942. Men had gone to fill the ranks for World War II while America’s favorite pastime had left a gaping hole ...
The 1940s Leaton baseball team, included, right to left: back row – Buck Graham, Jack Morrison, Dan McConnell, Bob Davis, Alfonzo Epple; front row – Kewn Cowden, Florek Zawacki, Victor Wizensky, Morse ...
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The conversation around racial integration in baseball often revolves around Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But a year ...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - University of Southern Mississippi baseball players plan to honor members of the armed forces this weekend by wearing commemorative jerseys that look like those worn at ...