[Don Newcombe in pitching pose]
Title: | [Don Newcombe in pitching pose] |
Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe, apparently looking towards home plate before or after throw and wearing uniform of minor league Nashua Dodgers. Caption on verso: "Don Newcombe: Eagles, Dodger scouts reported him ripe for the big time. On the basis of his fine conditioning in South America and Panama, he got off to a breezy start with Nashua. Showing speed, a fine assortment of curves and a change of pace, he equalled his mark of .778 made the previous season with 14 victories and four setbacks." |
Date: | 1947 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. On verso: dates stamped: Jan. 23, 1947. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers
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Subject: |
Newcombe, Don, 1926- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) African American baseball players |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
ID: | DODG 0752 |