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Title - Franklin D. Roosevelt throws First Ball at Yankees Game

Description - President tosses out first ball. Washington, D.C. The lid was officially pried off the 1936 baseball season in Washington today when President Roosevelt tossed out the first ball to start hostilities between the Senators and the New York Yankees.

 

IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: SECRETARY MARVIN McINTYRE; FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR.; MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR.; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; JOE McCARTHY, YANKEE MANAGER; BUCKEY HARRIS, SENATOR'S LEADER; CLARK GRIFFITH, PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON BASEBALL CLUB; AND WILLIAM HARRIDGE, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Description Source - Library of Congress

Year - April 14, 1936

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt throws First Ball at Yankees Game

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