President William Howard Taft was the first President to throw out the first
ball of the baseball season on April 14, 1910. He threw a pitch to the
Washington Senator's Opening Day pitcher, Walter Johnson. The next day, Taft's
image dominated the sports pages.
Source: www.whitehouse.gov
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1905 and 1906 Brooklyn Superbas Programs. Source: Lelands.com
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Hilltop Park, New York City, circa 1910 Source: Ballparks of Baseball
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Amateur Championship Game, Telling's Strollers vs. Hanna's Cleaners, Brookside Stadium, Cleveland, September 20, 1914, Attendance 100,000 Source: American Memory |
A Feminine Baseball Club of Philadelphia. Harper's Weekly Advertiser, August 13, 1911. Source: Doc Lawson's 19th Century Base Ball Prints
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