DATE: 1984 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period TEAM: Washington Senators SUBJECTS: Bucky Harris, Fred Luderus ISSUER: The Sporting News PHOTOGRAPHER: Charles Conlon APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4"x5-1/2" MARKS / STAMPING: Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 2 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Stanley Raymond Harris was born in Port Jervis, NY and died in 1977 in Bethesda, MD. He played major league baseball from 1919 to 1931 as 2nd baseman for the Washington Senators and the Detroit Tigers, appeared in the 1924 and 1925 World Series, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975. Bucky's management career was longer than his playing career, with him managing the 1925-28 Washington Senators, 1929-33 Detroit Tigers, 1934 Boston Red Sox, 1935-42 Washington Senators, 1943 Philadelphia Phillies, 1947-48 New York Yankees, 1950-54 Washington Senators, and the 1955-56 Detroit Tigers. Harris is mentioned in a version of Abbott & Costello's famous Who's on First? routine. Frederick William Luderus was born in 1885 in Milwaukee, WI and died in 1961 in Three Lakes, WI. He played major league baseball from 1909 to 1920 as 1st baseman for the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, and appeared in the 1915 World Series. SKU: L13921
Item: L13921
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