Nick Altrock Gives Army Pointers to Hank Greenberg


Description

A slide of a black-and-white, full-length photograph of Nick Altrock (left) clowning around with Hank Greenberg (right) before a game at Tinker Field. Altrock is wearing a Washington Senators uniform with a backward baseball cap. He is holding a baseball bat on his right shoulder like a rifle and appears to be finishing a salute with his left hand as he looks at Greenberg. Greenberg has his hands on his hips and looks back at Altrock with a smile. He is wearing an Orlando Air Base Baseball uniform. The partial caption underneath the photograph reads, "(AX1) Orlando, Fla., Mar. 29 -- From Trooper Nick to Trooper Hank -- Nick Altrock (left), clowning coach of Washington Nationals and one of baseball's most popular troopers, gives a few pointers on Army technique to baseball's Army trooper, Sergeant Hank Greenberg. Hank hit a" Information written on the physical slide reads, "w/ Nick Altrock" See altroni01_05.

Player(s)
Altrock, Nick, 1876-1965; Greenberg, Hank, 1911-1986
Team(s)
Washington - AL (1901-1960); Orlando Air Base
League(s)
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date

1942–1942

Subject
Hall of famers; Clowns; World War, 1939-1945
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Tinker Field (Orlando, Fla.)
Location
Orlando (Fla.)
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Gra-Han
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)
Tags

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