Negro League All-Star Classic Program, 1946
date: label: Date made
content: 1946
label: associated dates
content: 1981 02 10 / 1981 02 10
name: label: referenced
content: Leonard, Walter
label: Associated Name
content: Doby, Larry
label: Associated Name
content: Day, Leon
label: Associated Name
content: Irvin, Monte
label: maker
content: Murray Brothers Printing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Program for 1946's first Negro League East-West All-Star Game, held on August 15 at Griffith Park, Washington DC, home of the Homestead Grays. There would be a second East-West Game held three days later at Chicago's Comiskey Park.
label: Description
content: The game was won by the Eastern stars by a score of 6-3. The start of the contest was delayed by the National League players refusal to play due to a financial dispute. Theor strike lasted 15 minutes before being settled behind the scenes.
label: Description
content: Newark Eagle Larry Doby had two hits and two runs scored along with a stolen base. The next year, Doby became the second African American in Major League Baseball, and first in the American League, joining the Cleveland Indians following Jackie Robinson's breaking of the League's infamous <i>color barrier.<i>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: name of sport
content: African American History
label: level of sport
content: negro leagues
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Walter F. Leonard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0123.07
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0123.07
label: accession number
content: 1981.0123
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Program
label: Object Name
content: program, negro league baseball
label: Object Name
content: program, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 11 in; 22.86 cm x 27.94 cm