Burleigh Grimes and Dazzy Vance, two of the oldest spit ball pitchers and only these two allowed to throw it

Burleigh Grimes and Dazzy Vance, two of the oldest spit ball pitchers and only these two allowed to throw it

Item Information

Title:
Burleigh Grimes and Dazzy Vance, two of the oldest spit ball pitchers and only these two allowed to throw it
Description:
(l to r): Boston Braves pitcher Burleigh Grimes and Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Dazzy Vance converse at the batting cage prior to a game at Braves Field.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
May 21, 1930
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Glass negatives
Group portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball players
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
Grimes, Burleigh, 1893-1985
Vance, Dazzy
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Allston
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
Extent:
1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1g05fk038
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Burleigh Grimes and Dazzy Vance, two of the oldest spit ball pitchers and only these two allowed to throw it, May 30, 1930.
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Note that Dazzy Vance was not one of the "grandfathered" pitchers allowed to throw a legal spitball (Society for American Baseball Research, 2016).
Accession #:
08_06_036889