Old-timers Team 1943 War Bond Game at Polo Grounds
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph of old-time players gathered together for a charity war bond game played at the Polo Grounds on August 26, 1943. They are in two rows, with the back row standing and the front row kneeling. In the back row from left to right, Duffy Lewis, Eddie Collins, Roger Bresnahan, Connie Mack, Bill Klem, Red Murray, and George Sisler. In the front row, Honus Wagner, Frankie Frisch, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, and Tris Speaker. The men are wearing a variety of uniforms from the era, Lewis, Boston Red Sox road, Collins Philadelphia Athletes, Bresnahan, New York Giants, Mack, Suit and tie, Klem, Umpire uniform, Murray, Giants home, Sisler, St. Louis Browns home, Wagner, Pittsburgh Pirates road, Frisch Giants home, Ruth New York Yankees home, Johnson, Washington Senators, and Speaker, Cleveland Indians road. Information written on the physical slide is incorrect, but it reads, 'Hall of Fame Induction Group 1939"