1913-1938
"The Sports Album"
Rare Sportsfilms, Inc. is the rights owner of this DVD
If you like vintage baseball moving picture film footage from the 1930's and before, then this new 64-minute B & W DVD from Rare Sportsfilms Inc. is for you! New shots of Ruth and Gehrig, brief scenes of action in Baker Bowl, Philadelphia and old League Park, Cleveland, plus scenes of the infamous 1919 World Series make this tape a smorgasbord of rare shots for baseball fans and historians! Almost all material has not been seen in more than 50 years, and has never been available on DVD before! Here's a brief summary of what is shown on this fabulous new offering!
* Historic Opening Days - The 1913 opener at Ebbets Field (first year of the new ballpark), with
* 1919 World Series, Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago "Black Sox" - Game #1 at Redland Field and Game #3 at Comiskey Park. Shown are managers Kid Gleason and Pat Moran plus stars Eddie Collins, Heinie Groh and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. Also, Reds Ivy Wingo, Edd Roush and first game starting pitchers Ed Cicotte and Dutch Ruether. Game #1 action shows Ruether's triple and Morrie Rath's RBI single off Cicotte. At
* 1926 A.L. Spring Training - At
* Spotlight on Babe Ruth - Ruth in spring training 1926 and with manager Huggins. Opening Day at Yankee Stadium vs Red Sox. A Ruth triple shown from ground level. Gehrig follows with HR, both shown scoring. Ruth warming up at Sportsman's Park before a game of the 1926 W.S. Then a nice shot of Ruth hitting to RF in slo-motion! Opening Day 1927 at Yankee Stadium vs. A's. Ruth with Cobb and Eddie Collins. Ruth's 1927 inside-the-park HR! (Slides into home head-first!)
* 1926 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Yankees – Game 1 starters Herb Pennock and Bill Sherdel, plus pitchers Flint Rhem and Art Reinhart. Managers Hornsby and Miller Huggins with Judge Landis. Ruth scores winning run! Game 4 at
* 1927 N.L. Spring Training – Cubs at Catalina: Mgr McCarthy, Jimmy Burke, Charlie Root, Tony Kaufmann, Sheriff Blake, Guy Bush, Gabby Hartnett and Mike Gonzalez. Giants at
* Spotlight on Ty Cobb – His family, showing son how to bat, with Tigers riding donkeys, in Yankee Stadium hitting home run! With Reb Russell, Red Faber, George Burns, John Collin, “Pants” Rowland, Thomas A. Edison and Connie Mack.
* Spotlight on Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson – Mathewson shown in post-playing days. Walter Johnson Day at
* Knute Rockne of Notre Dame - The immortal coach speaks to players and leads them in workouts! Notre Dame Stadium dedication game, 1930 vs. Navy, won by Irish 26-2.
* 1930-1932 Philadelphia A's Pitchers- Starting staff all shown in spring training sometime between 1930 and 1932. Ed Rommel, Roy Mahaffey, Rube Walberg and Lefty Grove.
* Spotlight on lefty Grove – Slow-motion camera shots of Lefty warming up on sidelines. Fabulous shots of Lefty pitching at old
* 1930-1932 Philadelphia A’s Hitters – Jimmy Foxx talks about hitting and demonstrates in slow-motion! Max Bishop, Mule Haas, Mickey Cochran, Bing Miller and Jimmy Dykes, all shown batting.
* 1931-1932 Philadelphia Phils Pitchers – Spotlight on Ray Benge, “Jumbo” Jim Elliott, Clise Dudley, Ed Holley and Phil Collins.
* Spotlight on Chuck Klein - Swing, stance and grip. Great shots of Klein batting and fielding in old Crosley Field!
* Spotlight on Joe Cronin – Demonstrating shortstop play at Griffith Stadium. Shown as player-manager in the 1933 World Series vs Giants. Conversation with Babe Ruth before game 1 of the 1933 World Series!
* 1934 All-Star Game at the Polo Grounds – Starters Carl Hubbell and Lefty Gomez, also Hubbell with Red Ruffing, plus Mel Harder and Al Simmons, Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gehringer, Joe Cronin, and Mickey Cochran. Hubbell KO’s Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in first inning! In bottom half, Frisch hits HR off Gomez. Earl Averill is batting star in 9-7 A.L. victory!
* 1934 World Series, Tigers vs Cardinals – Managers Frisch and Cochran wish each other luck before game 1 at Navin Field. Rip Collins, Pepper Martin, Jack Rothrock shown before game. Starting pitcher Dizzy Dean says “Cards will win”. Joe Medwick’s HR in game 1. 7th game highlights: Famous Medwick triple-Marv Owen incident!
* 1937 All-Star Game at Griffith Stadium - Starting pitchers Gomez and Dean, plus Hubbell, Dick Bartell, Billy Herman, Gabby Hartnett, Joe Cronin, Charlie Gehringer, Frank Demaree and Joe Medwick. Game action shows Lou Gehrig's homer with DiMaggio on base off Dizzy Dean, and Red Rolfe's triple off Carl Hubbell.
* Spotlight on Lou Gehrig - Gehrig's swing, stance, grip and shots of him fielding at old
* May 24, 1935 - Reds and Phils at Crosley Field - Historic first night game in modern M.L. history! G.M. Larry McPhail and
* Opening Day, 1937 - Cardinals at
* 1938 All-Star Game at Crosley Field - Great close-ups of Joe DiMaggio and Joe Medwick, who drives in first N.L. run. Down 4-0 in the ninth, A.L. American League scores only run on DiMaggio's single and Cronin's RBI double.
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