{"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search.json?page=1843\u0026q=time\u0026view=gallery","prev":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search.json?page=1842\u0026q=time\u0026view=gallery","next":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search.json?page=1844\u0026q=time\u0026view=gallery","last":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search.json?page=1844\u0026q=time\u0026view=gallery"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1843,"next_page":1844,"prev_page":1842,"total_pages":1844,"limit_value":20,"offset_value":36840,"total_count":36871,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z72s","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z72s","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:34:56Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:17:09Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 203","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie","Erker Bros. 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Optical Co., St. Louis Mo.,"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Bottomley, James Leroy","St. Louis Cardinals","Fielding--First base"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Bottomley, James Leroy","St. Louis Cardinals","Fielding--First base"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-203-03","203"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/130","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/130","note_tsim":["Bottomley is demonstrating the proper turn of the body and foot positioning for a first baseman to follow when the pitcher or catcher throws a baseball to first base. Bottomley has turned his body towards second base in this slide. When a base runner leads off first base and a pickoff throw is attempted either by the pitcher or the catcher, the base runner has two options. If their lead is too big and they know they cannot beat the throw to first base, then the base runner will most likely attempt to steal second base and run towards it instead of returning back to first base. If this occurs, Bottomley has set his body in a perfect position to field the throw from the pitcher or catcher and immediately throw the baseball to second base where the runner is traveling to. Bottomley's position in this image therefore makes it more likely that the base runner will be thrown out regardless of if he returns to first or runs to second base because Bottomley has positioned himself perfectly where he is ready for either decision that the base runner makes. Bottomley also demonstrates the correct footing position in this slide as he is standing in front of the base close to where the base runner will slide if he decides to return to first. Bottomley's glove is easily placed right where the base runner will slide if he chooses to return to first base. His glove and foot are both blocking the base for the runner. The base runner will have a difficult time attempting to avoid the baseball and the glove when he slides into first base because of the way Bottomley has positioned himself.","James Bottomley was born April 23, 1900, in Oglesby, Illinois. He was born into a coal mining and farming family, and quit school at just 16 to help support his family. His little brother was killed in a mining accident in 1920. Bottomley participated in semipro baseball to earn some extra money to help support his family when a local policeman became impressed by his abilities on the field. The policeman was friends with Branch Rickey, the Cardinals manager, informing him of Bottomley who then sent a scout to watch Bottomley play. He was signed to the Cardinals in 1920 and made his major league debut at the end of the 1922 season, batting .325 in 37 games and replacing Jack Fournier as the starting first baseman for the Cardinals. In 1923, Bottomley hit .371, finishing second in the batting race behind his teammate Rogers Hornsby. In 1924, Bottomley set a major league record that still stands today, recording the most RBIs in a single game. Bottomley had 12 RBIs that game on 6 hits, including a Grand Slam and another home run. In 1993, another Cardinals player tied his record, but it has never been broken. 1928 would prove to be Bottomley's best season in the Major Leagues, as he hit 31 HR and led the league with 136 RBIs along with hitting 42 doubles and 20 triples. He would win the MVP Award that season. In 1931, Bottomley finished third in the closest batting race in MLB history. Bottomley hit .3482 while the winner hit .3489 and the runner up hit .3486. Bottomley won two World Series championships with the Cardinals in 1926 and 1931 while making it to four, losing in 1928 and 1930. He finished his career playing for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns, but was never the same player he had been on the St. Louis Cardinals. Bottomley was known as Sunny Jim throughout the course of his career for his happy go lucky attitude. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.","I used the fact that the first baseman pictured is left handed and is a member of the St. Louis Cardinals to identify the player as Bottomley.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Johnson, Bill. \"Jim Bottomley.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ea08fc60 ]. Accessed 30 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___. [http://web.archive.org/web/20180530115030/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ea08fc60]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Jim Bottomley, a first baseman stands in front of first base in fair territory with his right foot on the middle edge of the base. The baseball sits in his hand as he bends his body and glove downward near the ground.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/130","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:hq37xm40k","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:hq37xm40k","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517z72s_metadata"],"_version_":1799800425549922304,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:17:20.504Z","score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517z72s"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z27z","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z27z","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:32:29Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:16:19Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 230","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1922"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1922"],"date_start_dtsi":"1922-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1922-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Maranville, Walter James Vincent","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Maranville, Walter James Vincent","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-230-03","230"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/85","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/85","note_tsim":["Maranville demonstrates a proper way of fielding a ground ball that is hit to him. Maranville has successfully placed his body in front of the ball, meaning that he is centered. This makes it easier for Maranville to field the baseball cleanly. Maranville has also lowered his head down so that he can make eye contact with the ball as he removes it from his glove and prepares to throw it. Taking his eyes off the ball could lead to Maranville fumbling it in his glove, resulting in an error. He remains in a straight, comfortable position, and he appears to have went to grab the baseball and throw it very quickly after it hit his glove, which is important because the longer he waits, the higher chance that the runner could reach the base they are running towards safely. Maranville also keeps his feet at a comfortable distance apart, which is important for maintaining his balance and transitioning from fielding to throwing. Finally, he maintains a level line with his back straight and his legs a comfortable distance apart, which will make Maranville's transition from fielding the baseball to throwing the baseball a lot easier.","Walter James Vincent Maranville was born November 11, 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1911, while playing shortstop in a semipro circuit, he was signed to a contract with the New Bedford Whalers of the New England League. In 1912, while playing in this league, the daughter of a family he was friends with gave him the nickname Rabbit, which would stick throughout the rest of his life. In 1912, he was purchased by the Boston Braves, who were known as the Boston Nationals at the time. He gained fame for the peculiar way he chose to catch fly balls. He settled under the ball unconcerned and didn't raise his hands in the air above his head. He would then place his glove at waist level and would let the baseball fall into his glove. This, of course, was interesting and dangerous as the ball could land on his head unprotected, but was also a very successful method for Maranville. He became the starter for the Braves in 1913, and was part of the Miracle Boston Braves 1914 season. Maranville was known for his fielding, and formed one of the most formidable duos with Johnny Evers from 1914-1917 on the Braves, with Evers as the second baseman and Maranville as the shortstop. In fact, in 1914, Maranville finished second in the MVP voting only behind his teammate Evers. When the Braves were making their comeback run on the chase for the Pennant, Maranville hit a walk-off homerun against Babe Adams on August 6th in the bottom of the tenth inning, despite being hungover from the night before. Maranville admitted to Adams years later he never saw the ball and the home run had been complete luck. Maranville was not a power hitter, and thrived in the Dead Ball era because of this and his exceptional fielding. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1921, playing with them until 1924 before moving to the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers. Throughout his life, Maranville was an alcoholic, but he quit in 1927 to continue playing baseball, joining the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928 and returning to the Braves in 1929. He became a connection between the Deadball Era and the new Live Ball Era of baseball upon his return. Maranville played into his 40's, but he broke his ankle in 1934 when sliding into home plate, which would end his career. He attempted to come back in 1935, but played in only 23 games. Maranville died when he was 63 from coronary sclerosis. His death occurred a few weeks before he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.","Leslie Mann identifies the player in slide 230 as Rabbit Maranville on page 44 of his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball.","Poor condition;","There is a crack going diagonally across the slight from the left upper corner to the right lower corner. On the right lower corner the cracks spread out.","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two image were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Leyden, Dick. \"Rabbit Maranville.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d ]. Accessed 21 Mar. 2018. ___Internet Archive___. [http://web.archive.org/web/20180321161211/http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d] ."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Rabbit Maranville, a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, fields a ground ball. He places his glove on the ground and lets the ball roll into the glove. After it has rolled into the glove, Maranville places a hand over the baseball in order to pick it up out of the glove and throw it, most likely to first or second base. He appears to be standing in foul territory, as the base line is behind him.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/85","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:dn39zx99b","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:dn39zx99b","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517z27z_metadata"],"_version_":1799800366930329600,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:16:24.600Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1922],"score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517z27z"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z308","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z308","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:32:40Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:16:22Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 234","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Maranville, Walter James Vincent","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding","Fielding Stance","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Maranville, Walter James Vincent","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding","Fielding Stance","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-234-03","234"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/88","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/88","note_tsim":["This lantern slide demonstrates the positon Maranville would stand in for his unique setup of catching a fly ball hit to him at shortstop. Maranville became famous for this way of fielding fly balls, which was known as the vest pocket position. Instead of raising his hands above his head with his glove to judge a fly ball and get under it, Maranville leaves his hands to the side of him, close to his body around his stomach. He makes no effort to lift his hands above his head, bus uses his eyes to judge where the fly ball will land so he can adjust his body. As the fly ball falls downward towards him, Maranville would let the ball land in his glove as it is positioned in this slide. He keeps his hands and glove close to his body so that the ball won't fall in between his glove and his body and land on the ground. This is not the correct fielding method for a fly ball that Mann describes, and this method of catching a fly ball was actually only used by Maranville. However, Maranville was successful with this peculiar way of catching a fly ball throughout the course of his career.","Walter James Vincent Maranville was born November 11, 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1911, while playing shortstop in a semipro circuit, he was signed to a contract with the New Bedford Whalers of the New England League. In 1912, while playing in this league, the daughter of a family he was friends with gave him the nickname Rabbit, which would stick throughout the rest of his life. In 1912, he was purchased by the Boston Braves, who were known as the Boston Nationals at the time. He gained fame for the peculiar way he chose to catch fly balls. He settled under the ball unconcerned and didn't raise his hands in the air above his head. He would then place his glove at waist level and would let the baseball fall into his glove. This, of course, was interesting and dangerous as the ball could land on his head unprotected, but was also a very successful method for Maranville. He became the starter for the Braves in 1913, and was part of the Miracle Boston Braves 1914 season. Maranville was known for his fielding, and formed one of the most formidable duos with Johnny Evers from 1914-1917 on the Braves, with Evers as the second baseman and Maranville as the shortstop. In fact, in 1914, Maranville finished second in the MVP voting only behind his teammate Evers. When the Braves were making their comeback run on the chase for the Pennant, Maranville hit a walk-off homerun against Babe Adams on August 6th in the bottom of the tenth inning, despite being hungover from the night before. Maranville admitted to Adams years later he never saw the ball and the home run had been complete luck. Maranville was not a power hitter, and thrived in the Dead Ball because of this and his exceptional fielding. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1921, playing with them until 1924 before moving to the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers. Throughout his life, Maranville was an alcoholic, but he quit in 1927 to continue playing baseball, joining the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928 and returning to the Braves in 1929. He became a connection between the Deadball Era and the new Live Ball Era of baseball upon his return. Maranville played into his 40's, but he broke his ankle in 1934 when sliding into home plate, which would end his career. He attempted to come back in 1935, but played in only 23 games. Maranville died when he was 63 from coronary sclerosis. His death occurred a few weeks before he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.","Leslie Mann identifies the player in slide 234 as Walter Maranville on page 44 of his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two image were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Leyden, Dick. \"Rabbit Maranville.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d ]. Accessed 21 Mar. 2018. ___Internet Archive___. [http://web.archive.org/web/20180321161211/http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d] ."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Rabbit Maranville, a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, stands in his normal fielding position while awaiting a fly ball, known as the vest pocket position. Maranville was known for catching fly balls this way over the course of his career. There are many people standing on the infield behind him who appear to be prepping the stadium before a baseball game.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/88","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:mg74sj756","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:mg74sj756","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517z308_metadata"],"_version_":1799800376016240640,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:16:33.265Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517z308"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z87d","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z87d","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:35:41Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:17:26Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 236","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1922"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1922"],"date_start_dtsi":"1922-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1922-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Maranville, Walter James Vincent","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding--Fly Balls","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Maranville, Walter James Vincent","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding--Fly Balls","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-236-03","236"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/145","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/145","note_tsim":["Maranville is demonstrating the correct way for fielders to field fly balls that are not hit directly over their head. For whatever reason, Maranville wasn't able to judge the exact location of the fly ball hit towards him. Some fly balls are more difficult to judge than others. For example, fly balls hit really high up in the air are easiest to judge than those fly balls that are more hit on a line drive. If possible, Maranville should attempt to position himself directly under the fly ball like in lantern slide 235, but this isn't always possible to do. In this slide, Maranville's body is behind the actual location of the baseball, so Maranville has appropriately adjusted his body in order to catch the fly ball. Maranville has brought his glove forward to the location of the baseball in order to catch it, while maintaining eye contact with the ball in order to ensure that the baseball lands in the pocket of his glove and that he doesn't drop the baseball. Maranville has also brought his left foot forward, which will allow him to maintain his balance when he catches the fly ball.","Walter James Vincent Maranville was born November 11, 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1911, while playing shortstop in a semipro circuit, he was signed to a contract with the New Bedford Whalers of the New England League. In 1912, while playing in this league, the daughter of a family he was friends with gave him the nickname Rabbit, which would stick throughout the rest of his life. In 1912, he was purchased by the Boston Braves, who were known as the Boston Nationals at the time. He gained fame for the peculiar way he chose to catch fly balls. He settled under the ball unconcerned and didn't raise his hands in the air above his head. He would then place his glove at waist level and would let the baseball fall into his glove. This, of course, was interesting and dangerous as the ball could land on his head unprotected, but was also a very successful method for Maranville. He became the starter for the Braves in 1913, and was part of the Miracle Boston Braves 1914 season. Maranville was known for his fielding, and formed one of the most formidable duos with Johnny Evers from 1914-1917 on the Braves, with Evers as the second baseman and Maranville as the shortstop. In fact, in 1914, Maranville finished second in the MVP voting only behind his teammate Evers. When the Braves were making their comeback run on the chase for the Pennant, Maranville hit a walk-off homerun against Babe Adams on August 6th in the bottom of the tenth inning, despite being hungover from the night before. Maranville admitted to Adams years later he never saw the ball and the home run had been complete luck. Maranville was not a power hitter, and thrived in the Dead Ball era because of this and his exceptional fielding. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1921, playing with them until 1924 before moving to the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers. Throughout his life, Maranville was an alcoholic, but he quit in 1927 to continue playing baseball, joining the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928 and returning to the Braves in 1929. He became a connection between the Deadball Era and the new Live Ball Era of baseball upon his return. Maranville played into his 40's, but he broke his ankle in 1934 when sliding into home plate, which would end his career. He attempted to come back in 1935, but played in only 23 games. Maranville died when he was 63 from coronary sclerosis. His death occurred a few weeks before he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.","Leslie Mann identifies the player in slide 236 as Walter Maranville on page 44 of his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Leyden, Dick. \"Rabbit Maranville.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d ]. Accessed 21 Mar. 2018. ___Internet Archive___. [http://web.archive.org/web/20180321161211/http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d] ."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Rabbit Maranville, a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, stands in foul territory at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as he holds his glove out in front of him slightly around head level while keeping his feet spread shoulder width apart. There is an unidentified ramp in the background located behind him.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/145","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:zw131399q","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:zw131399q","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517z87d_metadata"],"_version_":1799800435064700928,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:17:29.578Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1922],"score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517z87d"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8518065r","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8518065r","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:39:55Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:18:53Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 276","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie","E.W. Goodrich (Tremont Temple, Boston)"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator","Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie","E.W. Goodrich (Tremont Temple, Boston)"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Bigbee, Carson Lee","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Bigbee, Carson Lee","Pittsburgh Pirates","Fielding","Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-276-03","276"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/224","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/224","note_tsim":["Bigbee is demonstrating a proper way for an outfielder to position themselves to catch a fly ball. After judging the location of the baseball, Bigbee realized that the baseball was going to fall more in front of him than he originally anticipated. Because of this, Bigbee extended his left foot out in front of his right foot, which also allows Bigbee to extend his glove farther out away from his body than he would be able to do if he was standing with both feet right next to each other. This means that Bigbee is able to catch the baseball that was hit a lot more in front of him than he thought without having to move his body. This is ideal because the outfielder doesn't have much time as they prepare to catch fly balls, especially if these fly balls are hit more as line drives. Bigbee's decision to not move his entire body forward is a good one because it will make Bigbee less rushed and may decrease the chances of Bigbee committing an error in an attempt to catch the baseball.","Carson Bigbee was born on March 31, 1895, in Waterloo, Oregon. He played football, baseball, and basketball as a kid. He always had great speed, but was not a tremendous hitter. However, his incredible speed led to the interest of many scouts for Bigbee at a young age. In fact, in high school, Bigbee could score on a single hit to the outfield if he was on first base. He chose to go the University of Oregon where he continued to play football, baseball, and basketball. In 1916, he signed alongside his brother Lyle to the Portland Beavers in the Pacific Coast League, but the coach wasn't impressed by either of the Bigbees. He was signed to the Tacoma Tigers, where he stole 50 bases. Many major league teams wanted to sign him, and Bigbee chose the Pittsburgh Pirates. He debuted at age 21 in 1916. Bigbee would have his breakout year in 1919. During this year, Max Carey, one of the starting outfielders, got the boils. This allowed Bigbee to earn a starting role in the lineup, where he stole 31 bases. When Carey returned, the Pirates traded Casey Stengel, one of their other outfielders, in order to make room for Bigbee. 1921 and 1922 were the best two years of Bigbee's career. In 1921, he had a 23 game hit streak while hitting .323 over the year. Bigbee also led the league in singles and was third in triples both years. In 1923, Bigbee began to suffer from sinus infections that hurt his vision and gave him headaches, which affected his performance in 1923. His sinus problems would continue, and by 1925, Bigbee found himself in a reduced role on the Pirates. However, in 1925, Bigbee pinch hit in Game 7 of the World Series in the bottom of the 8th against the Washington Senators. Bigbee drove a run in to tie the game, and would score the winning run later that inning. Bigbee's career, however, ended very controversially. Fred Clarke was the vice president of the Pirates, and he often would sit in the dugout and ridicule the players and managers. Clarke insulted Max Carey in front of Bigbee, leading to Bigbee telling Carey and the two of them staging a rebellion against Clarke alongside the third veteran on the team, Babe Adams. The three wanted to remove Clarke from the dugout, but the manager and the players surprisingly sided with Clarke. This led to the release of all three of these veterans, and effectively ended Bigbee's career in the Major Leagues. Bigbee attempted a revival in the West Coast League, but he only ended up playing a couple seasons there before officially retiring.","Leslie Mann identifies the player in slide 276 as Carson Bigbee on Page 50 in his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Bartholemy, Ed. \"Carson Bigbee.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [sabr.org/bioproj/person/5b5d1b2d ]. Accessed 1 Nov. 2018. ___Internet Archive___. [http://web.archive.org/web/20181101135521/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/5b5d1b2d]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Carson Bigbee, an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, stands in foul territory at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bigbee holds his glove out in front of his body slightly above waist level as he gazes into the air with his eyes protected through a pair of sunglasses. An unidentified player stands in fair territory in the background behind him.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/224","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:p2678s376","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:p2678s376","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8518065r_metadata"],"_version_":1799800532091535360,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:19:02.109Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8518065r"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z35n","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z35n","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:32:57Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:16:27Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 278","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie","Erker Bros. 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Optical Co., St. Louis Mo.,"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball cards","Baseball fields","Burns, George Joseph","Cincinnati Reds","Fielding Stance","Fielding","Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball cards","Baseball fields","Burns, George Joseph","Cincinnati Reds","Fielding Stance","Fielding","Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-278-03","278"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/93","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/93","note_tsim":["No;","Maranville demonstrates a proper way of fielding a ground ball that is hit to him. Maranville has successfully placed his body in front of the ball, meaning that he is centered. This makes it easier for Maranville to field the baseball cleanly. Maranville has also lowered his head down so that he can make eye contact with the ball as he removes it from his glove and prepares to throw it. Taking his eyes off the ball could lead to Maranville fumbling it in his glove, resulting in an error. He remains in a straight, comfortable position, and he appears to have went to grab the baseball and throw it very quickly after it hit his glove, which is important because the longer he waits, the higher chance that the runner could reach the base they are running towards safely. Maranville also keeps his feet at a comfortable distance apart, which is important for maintaining his balance and transitioning from fielding to throwing. Finally, he maintains a level line with his back straight and his legs a comfortable distance apart, which will make Maranville's transition from fielding the baseball to throwing the baseball a lot easier.","Walter James Vincent Maranville was born November 11, 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1911, while playing shortstop in a semipro circuit, he was signed to a contract with the New Bedford Whalers of the New England League. In 1912, while playing in this league, the daughter of a family he was friends with gave him the nickname Rabbit, which would stick throughout the rest of his life. In 1912, he was purchased by the Boston Braves, who were known as the Boston Nationals at the time. He gained fame for the peculiar way he chose to catch fly balls. He settled under the ball unconcerned and didn't raise his hands in the air above his head. He would then place his glove at waist level and would let the baseball fall into his glove. This, of course, was interesting and dangerous as the ball could land on his head unprotected, but was also a very successful method for Maranville. He became the starter for the Braves in 1913, and was part of the Miracle Boston Braves 1914 season. Maranville was known for his fielding, and formed one of the most formidable duos with Johnny Evers from 1914-1917 on the Braves, with Evers as the second baseman and Maranville as the shortstop. In fact, in 1914, Maranville finished second in the MVP voting only behind his teammate Evers. When the Braves were making their comeback run on the chase for the Pennant, Maranville hit a walk-off homerun against Babe Adams on August 6th in the bottom of the tenth inning, despite being hungover from the night before. Maranville admitted to Adams years later he never saw the ball and the home run had been complete luck. Maranville was not a power hitter, and thrived in the Dead Ball era because of this and his exceptional fielding. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1921, playing with them until 1924 before moving to the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers. Throughout his life, Maranville was an alcoholic, but he quit in 1927 to continue playing baseball, joining the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928 and returning to the Braves in 1929. He became a connection between the Deadball Era and the new Live Ball Era of baseball upon his return. Maranville played into his 40's, but he broke his ankle in 1934 when sliding into home plate, which would end his career. He attempted to come back in 1935, but played in only 23 games. Maranville died when he was 63 from coronary sclerosis. His death occurred a few weeks before he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.","Leslie Mann describes a slide numbered 278 in his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball on page 50. However, the slide is not the same as the slide we have that is numbered 278. The player is most likely Rabbit Maranville, who is pictured by Mann in slide 230 in a slide that looks almost identical to number 278.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two image were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Leyden, Dick. \"Rabbit Maranville.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d ]. Accessed 21 Mar. 2018. ___Internet Archive___. [http://web.archive.org/web/20180321161211/http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ba80106d] ."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Rabbit Maranville, a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, stands in foul territory as he bends his body downwards at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There is a baseball sitting inside Maranville's glove as he looks downwards towards the ball while keeping his feet spread shoulder width distance apart.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/93","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:zw131395m","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:zw131395m","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517z35n_metadata"],"_version_":1799800377204277248,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:16:34.398Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517z35n"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z98x","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z98x","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:36:15Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:17:38Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 75","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball fields","Baseballs","Blades, Francis Raymond","Gainer, Dellas Clinton","St. Louis Cardinals","Base Running","Leading","Sportsman Park, St. Louis, Missouri"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball fields","Baseballs","Blades, Francis Raymond","Gainer, Dellas Clinton","St. Louis Cardinals","Base Running","Leading","Sportsman Park, St. Louis, Missouri"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-075-03","075"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/156","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/156","note_tsim":["Blades is demonstrating the incorrect way to lead off of first base, as he hasn't taken a direct lead off of first base. Instead, Blades has moved backwards closer to the outfield. He should remain in a straight line path as he takes his lead off of first base rather than traveling behind the base and out of the base path. Blades should do this for multiple reasons. First off, if Blades attempts to steal or needs to return to first base quickly if the pitcher or catcher attempts to pick him off, Blades can act quicker and reach his destination faster if he remains in a straight line path rather than if he moves backwards and closer to the outfield. Blades wants to arrive at second base as quickly as possible, but from this starting position, Blades would have to curve back inward towards second base which would take time and cause him to lose some of his acceleration. Remaining in a straight line would allow Blades to continually build his acceleration and not worry about having to slow down to curve inward towards the base. Returning to first base in the event of a pickoff throw would also be easier for similar reasons, as Blades could slide directly straight back into the base, compared to having to slide at an angle, which he would have to do here. Secondly, the pitcher is aware that the way Blades is leading here in this slide makes it more difficult for Blades to steal second base or return to first base quickly. The base runner's number one goal is to keep the pitcher's worry and awareness at a minimum, but here, the pitcher would probably be aware that Blades is in an incorrect position, and therefore he may be more likely to attempt to pick Blades off of first base. If Blades had taken a small lead off of first base, the pitcher would not only be less worried about Blades, but would also probably be less likely to attempt a pickoff throw because he wouldn't think he could actually throw Blades out. This would be much more beneficial for Blades. In general, Blades should remain in a straight path when he attempts to lead off of first base for multiple reasons.","Ray Blades was born August 6, 1896 in Mount Vernon, Illinois. In 1919, Blades was playing for a semipro team in Vernon, Illinois. The team played against the St. Louis Cardinals, defeating them 2-1, and after the game, the Cardinals manager decided to sign three players to the team, including Blades. In 1922, he was called up to the Cardinals team after playing in the Minor Leagues. Blades was originally a second baseman, but upon joining the Cardinals, he had to compete against Rogers Hornsby for the position. In 1922, Austin McHenry died tragically from a brain tumor, opening up a spot in the outfield, and this plus the fact that he was poor infielder who had made 137 errors over the course of three seasons in the Minor Leagues as a second baseman allowed Blades to transition to being an outfielder for the Cardinals. Blades worked very hard to improve his fielding and eventually became one of the best outfielders for the Cardinals. His success was short lived, however, as in 1926, Blades badly bruised his kneecap after getting a spike stuck in a chicken wire fence along the wall of the outfield. Blades climbed it in an attempt to catch a fly ball. An interesting note about this story is why was there a chicken wire fence located in the outfield at all, as that would seem to be an unnecessary increased cause of injury. It was eventually revealed that this incident caused Blades to tear ligaments in his knee, requiring surgery. Blades never was the same player after his surgery, losing his speed and power, and moved to the Minor Leagues in 1929. Blades was known for constantly being thrown out of games and being given fines because of his abusive language towards umpires.","The lantern slide appears to be a continuation of slide 74, featuring Blades and Gainor. Because of this, I identified the players in the slide as Blades and Fournier.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Wolinsky, Russell. \"Ray Blades.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/92a8ae6f ]. Accessed 27 Feb. 2018. ___Internet Archive___. [ http://web.archive.org/web/20180227153746/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/92a8ae6f ]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Ray Blades, a player for the St. Louis Cardinals, acts as a baserunner as he takes a lead off of first base. His eyes are forward with his hands on his knee caps. Del Gainer, a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, stands on first base with his right foot as he stares at Blades.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/156","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:j67331900","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:j67331900","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517z98x_metadata"],"_version_":1799800447624544256,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:17:41.555Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517z98x"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:fj23bd036","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:fj23bd036","system_create_dtsi":"2024-02-16T10:20:31Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-02-16T10:20:54Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"I was at the Prudential Center's...","genre_basic_ssim":["Documents"],"genre_specific_ssim":["texts (documents)"],"date_tsim":["April 2013"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["2013-04"],"date_start_dtsi":"2013-04-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"2013-04-30T23:59:59.999Z","related_item_host_ssim":["Our Marathon"],"related_item_series_ssi":"\"Your Story\"","subject_topic_tsim":["Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013"],"subject_coordinates_geospatial":["42.35,-71.05"],"subject_point_geospatial":["42.35,-71.05"],"subject_geojson_facet_ssim":["{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[-71.05,42.35]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Boston, MA\"}}"],"subject_hiergeo_geojson_ssm":["{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[-71.05,42.35]},\"properties\":{\"continent\":\"North and Central America\",\"country\":\"United States\",\"state\":\"Massachusetts\",\"county\":\"Suffolk\",\"city\":\"Boston\"}}"],"physical_location_ssim":["Northeastern University Library"],"identifier_uri_ss":"http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20265466","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:m042bj370/oai_thumbnail","note_acquisition_tsim":["This story was collected by the Boston Globe in the days immediately following the Boston Marathon Bombing. GlobeLab collected these anonymous stories on the Boston.com website and donated them to the Our Marathon Archive. We are grateful for this contribution, which gives insight into how Bostonians and visitors to the city understood the bombing events in their immediate aftermath."],"note_tsim":["Item Text: I was at the Prudential Center's outdoor plaza, near Hynes Convention Center watching the runners, when the explosions occurred. I had come down to Boston to cheer on my housemate, who was running with the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge Team. I had walked over to Boston from Cambridge and was at the Pru less than 5 minutes before the blasts. At 2:47pm, I called a friend to check where she was. Soon after I was standing on a raised flowerbed, when I suddenly heard a loud boom coming from the direction of the finish line. It sounded like a canon. Initially I thought some part of the grandstand had collapsed or a confetti canon. Others around me suggested that it might be related to construction works. Our curiosity soon turned to fear and panic, when a second explosion occurred. It was closer to us and louder. I turned and saw a large cloud of white smoke. Something was clearly wrong. I prayed for it not to be bomb, but had a sinking feeling in my gut. Spectators and runners alike began started running towards the Pru and the Hynes. I tried running into the Towne restaurant, but couldn't get into the door. I vividly recall a woman next to me, she was wailing as she grasped the hands of two young children. I held the door open for her and ran into a nearby alcove. A few other women cowered there with me. We frozen, unsure of what to do. Some men had yelled out to get down and get out of the way. I wasn't sure whether I was safe outdoors, or if it was safe to run into the Pru food court. At this point I managed to call my friends and told them to turn around and leave the building. I also texted my sister and fiancé to let them know I was okay, but was unable to make any calls after this. The plaza was now filled with people, dazed and confused. Some walked around in disbelief, others were crying hysterically. I ran to the North Terrace, and joined others as we watched the first responders race down Boylston St. There was no time to think, and it wasn't clear what exactly had happened. Confused and in mild panic, I wandered into the food court. It looked almost post-apocalyptic; chairs were overturned and food hastily discarded on the floors and table. I started to realize the gravity of what happened. The Pru no longer seemed safe. As I tried to return outside, a security officer told us all to evacuate the plaza. Crowds began to run through the Pru; grief-stricken families and children wailing ran along side me. I heard another officer tell a man to evacuate the Pru to Huntington Ave, and began running in that direction. As I stood outside the Christian Science Center, my heart was gripped with fear. How if the Pru would explode? Was something else going to happen? Where were my friends? I began calling everyone I knew, and looking for Dana Farber runners but the lines were jammed. It soon became clear to me that my housemate was far away during the explosions. I made my way through the crowds and retraced my steps to Cambridge, where my fiancé had agreed to meet. The people around me had no idea what happened, many said \"I think there were blasts\". A man who had been at the Red Sox game asked about what happened, when he heard my story he was stunned and felt bad that he had complained about the green line being shut. As I crossed the Harvard Bridge, I was able to reach friends on the phone. One was close to Heartbreak Hill and was thinking of heading to the finish line, instead he turned back and picked up runners, sending them home. I turned to look back at my beautiful city by the Charles. There was no visible sign of the terror that had just occurred. The sky was blue, the sun shone brightly as it should for Marathon Monday. For a moment you couldn't see the helicopters hovering above, and the sirens disappeared into the wind. It was hard to believe what my sister was saying, how could there be people blown up and bloodied on these streets?! My heart is heavy for Boston, for the victims and their families. I pray for peace and healing, and I believe in this city. I'm proud to live here and know we will recover."],"rights_ss":"Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Requests for permission to publish material should be addressed to Northeastern University Library's Digital Scholarship Group (dsg@neu.edu).","license_ss":"Contact host institution for more information.","reuse_allowed_ssi":"contact host","digital_origin_ssi":"born_digital","type_of_resource_ssim":["Text"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"/neu:m042bj370","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:6t057s022","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:6t057s022","admin_set_name_ssi":"Our Marathon","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:8049mh68s","institution_name_ssi":"Northeastern University Library","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:1n79hx04k","collection_name_ssim":["Our Marathon"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth:8049mh68s"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:fj23bd036_metadata"],"_version_":1793024933263048704,"timestamp":"2024-03-09T05:23:47.529Z","subject_geographic_sim":["Boston","Massachusetts","North and Central America","Suffolk (county)","United States"],"date_facet_yearly_itim":[2013],"score":1.8649063},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:fj23bd036"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:vq2842320","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:vq2842320","system_create_dtsi":"2024-02-17T05:16:41Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-02-17T05:16:58Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"An American Flag","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["April 15, 2013"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["2013-04-15"],"date_start_dtsi":"2013-04-15T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"2013-04-15T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Shuart, Nathan M."],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Shuart, Nathan M."],"related_item_host_ssim":["Our Marathon"],"related_item_series_ssi":"Public submissions","subject_topic_tsim":["Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013"],"subject_coordinates_geospatial":["42.35,-71.05"],"subject_point_geospatial":["42.35,-71.05"],"subject_geojson_facet_ssim":["{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[-71.05,42.35]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Boston, MA\"}}"],"subject_hiergeo_geojson_ssm":["{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[-71.05,42.35]},\"properties\":{\"continent\":\"North and Central America\",\"country\":\"United States\",\"state\":\"Massachusetts\",\"county\":\"Suffolk\",\"city\":\"Boston\"}}"],"physical_location_ssim":["Northeastern University Library"],"identifier_uri_ss":"http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20261873","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:m0426q052/oai_thumbnail","note_biographical_tsim":["Contributor Name: Nathan M. Shuart; Contributor Age: 19; Contributor Race: white; Contributor Gender: Male."],"note_tsim":["Submission text: Mine is not the story of excitement that many of those present or the first responders had. It is about a near miss and a hero who has had a huge impact on me. I spent most of my morning at the Marathon finish line that day. It was just me alone going out to experience something I had heard about for years but never seen. The atmosphere there was incredible, the energy of the crowd as one by one the racers trickled in was infectious, I can only describe it as a sensation of pure joy and happiness at the strength and the unifying spirit of mankind. As I was standing in the crowd that day a man came up to me, he had shoulder length dark brown hair coming out from his cowboy hat and looked to be about 30. He was holding a bunch of American Flags and asked if I would like one to wave in support of the servicemen and women who were taking the route that day with full packs. I thanked him and took one and every time I saw someone in fatigues I waved and cheered for all I was worth, trying to lift them up in thanks for their service. I stayed for a few hours until the street was filled with runners finishing en mass. I finally decided to head home that day, as I was tired and my friend who had planned on joining me called to tell me they weren't going to make it. I walked away grabbing something to eat on the walk back to my dorm in Speare. I started hearing sirens which didn't really register to me at first. Soon after hearing those first sounds my Mom called desperately trying to find out if I was okay. When she told me what happened I went into shock. I couldn't understand why something like this would happen, how someone could try to hurt people at an event so marked by joy and the spirit of man. I wanted to run back and help, but I knew by then that I would be too late, that I would only make it harder for the Police to clear the streets. I soon realized watching the news that the very spot I had been standing was the site of the second bomb. Had my friend joined me I would have stayed and so I was hit with the chilling realization that I missed being among the victims by less than half an hour. As the day wore on and slowly faded into the next the stories of the bravery of the first responders began to reach us all. As a community we were inspired by the runners who continued on after the hours long race straight to the hospitals to give blood, the doctors who stayed on for extra shifts joined by the dozens of additional doctors from around the state, the police officers who rushed from all corners to the scene, and the simple bystanders who without a moments hesitation became field medics and rescue personnel. As I watched the stories unfold on the news I saw a familiar face. It was footage of a first responder lifting a man who had lost a leg into a wheelchair and then helping to rush him to the tents while applying pressure to the wound. It was the man in the cowboy hat who had given me the American Flag Earlier that day. I was blown away, and the flag I had at that very moment been holding took on a greater meaning. It was more than just a thin wooden dowel with the Flag stapled onto it, it was a symbol of the galvanizing spirit of Boston that day. A simple man who had just come to try and support the troops, a stranger with a flag, had become one of the greatest heroes I had ever met. I don't know his name and I probably never will, but i wanted tell his story, whatever small part of it I know. Since that day I have never slept with that flag more than a few feet away from me. I brought it home to Georgia and back again with it hanging out of my backpack, one of my most prized possessions. It reminds me of the terrible things that happened that day, but more than that it reminds me that the people of Boston are good. That they took in strangers, selflessly ran towards the explosions rather than away from them, banded together as one community that declared with a single voice \"You may have bombed our city, but you cannot break our spirit. This is Boston. We are Boston Strong.\"","Crowdsourced submission originally received via the Our Marathon \"Share Your Story\" page."],"rights_ss":"Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Requests for permission to publish material should be addressed to Northeastern University Library's Digital Scholarship Group (dsg@neu.edu).","license_ss":"Contact host institution for more information.","reuse_allowed_ssi":"contact host","digital_origin_ssi":"born_digital","abstract_tsi":"A story of a near miss, but more importantly the story of an American Flag and the hero who held it. 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Pegging was a popular term in the 1920's that refers to when a catcher throws out a baserunner who is attempting to steal. Here, Ainsmith has brought his throwing hand forward while keeping it around head level. The motion of Ainsmith's hands is a lot similar to the motion he would use when throwing a baseball normally as Ainsmith brings his throwing hand in front of him as he brings his back right foot forward to step and throw the baseball most likely to second base.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); once scan of the image (transparency); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. 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Bluff pegging refers to when the catcher pretends to throw the baseball to second base in an attempt to pick off a baserunner. Ainsmith does the exact same thing he would do if he really was attempting pegging, as he brings his arm out in front of his body and motions his arm forward like he is going to throw the baseball.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","I used facial recognition to identify the player in slide 124 as Eddie Ainsmith.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. Accessed 22 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___ [ http://web.archive.org/save/https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Eddie Ainsmith, a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, stands holding his throwing arm out in front of his body around chest level. Ainsmith's back right foot has begun to lift off the ground while his front left foot remains planted as Ainsmith gazes forward.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/29","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:r781zd375","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:r781zd375","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x719_metadata"],"_version_":1799800303269183488,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:15:23.888Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.5913544},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517x719"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x698","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x698","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:29:22Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:15:14Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 127","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie","Erker Bros. Optical Co., St. Louis Mo.,"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator","Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie","Erker Bros. Optical Co., St. Louis Mo.,"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Throwing","Vick, Henry Arthur","St. Louis Cardinals","Fielding","Pegging"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Throwing","Vick, Henry Arthur","St. Louis Cardinals","Fielding","Pegging"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-127-03","127"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/27","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/27","note_tsim":["Ainsmith is demonstrating the correct way for a catcher to attempt to peg on a low thrown baseball. Pegging occurs when the catcher attempts to pick off a baserunner who is either taking too big a lead off the base or is attempting to steal. Ainsmith has set his feet so they are a comfortable distance apart and is holding onto the baseball. From here, Ainsmith can remove the baseball from his glove and throw it in an attempt to pick off a leading baserunner.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","I used facial recognition to idenitfy the player in slide 127 as Eddie Ainsmith.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two images were then combined in PhotoShop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. Accessed 22 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___ [ http://web.archive.org/save/https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Eddie Ainsmith, a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, squats downward while holding his glove against the ground. Inside his glove is a baseball and Ainsmith has brought his throwing hand into his glove so that it touches the baseball as he looks forward.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/27","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:rx915n91x","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:rx915n91x","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x698_metadata"],"_version_":1799800297733750784,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:15:18.608Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.5913544},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517x698"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b85181446","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b85181446","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:44:02Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:20:21Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 107","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Ainsmith, Edward Wilbur","St. Louis Cardinals","Catching","Catching Stance","Sportsman Park, St. Louis, Missouri"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Ainsmith, Edward Wilbur","St. Louis Cardinals","Catching","Catching Stance","Sportsman Park, St. Louis, Missouri"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-107-03","107"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/303","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/303","note_tsim":["Ainsmith is demonstrating the incorrect positioning of the glove for a catcher. This position is incorrect because Ainsmith has not created a target for the pitcher. If the pitcher threw the ball to Ainsmith, he would not be able to catch it if his glove was in this position because his glove is pointed downwards. The pitcher would be throwing straight towards him so Ainsmith should be holding his glove outward to create a target rather than pointing it downward because the baseball will not have an arch when the pitcher throws it to the catcher. If the pitcher threw the baseball here, there is almost a 100 percent chance that an error would occur since there is no target for the baseball to hit.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","I used facial recongition to identify the player in Slide 107 as Eddie Ainsmith.","Fair condition;","There is one crack that runs from the top right corner of the image to near the middle of it.","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. 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Bluff pegging occurs when the catcher pretends to throw the baseball to pick off a baserunner who is either leading too far off a base or who is attempting to steal the base. In the previous lantern slide numbered 124, Ainsmith was in the process of pretending to throw the baseball, but decides not to and holds onto the ball, bringing it below his waist level. The circle that Ainsmith's arm has made is only equal to a half circle, meaning his arm has moved only 180 degrees rather than the full 360 degrees. It is important for Ainsmith and other catchers to bring the baseball fully downward like Ainsmith does here because the continuing downward motion makes it appear that Ainsmith is following through with his throw, which would make it seem like he was actually throwing the baseball. This would keep the baserunner alert and cautious even when Ainsmith wasn't actually going to throw the ball.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","I used facial recongition to identify the player in Slide 125 as Eddie Ainsmith.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two image were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. 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Optical Co., St. Louis Mo.,"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator","Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie","Erker Bros. Optical Co., St. Louis Mo.,"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Ainsmith, Edward Wilbur","St. Louis Cardinals","Throwing","Pegging"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball caps","Baseball fields","Ainsmith, Edward Wilbur","St. Louis Cardinals","Throwing","Pegging"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-129-03","129"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/296","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/296","note_tsim":["Ainsmith is demonstrating the correct way for a catcher to attempt to pick off a baserunner on third base. Here, Ainsmith is facing the pitcher's mound and second base rather than third base. Ainsmith should act like he is just returning the baseball to the pitcher instead of turning his entire body towards third base because if Ainsmith chose to turn his entire body towards third base, then the baserunner would immediately know that a pickoff throw was being attempted by the catcher and would return to third base. However, if Ainsmith chooses to look towards second base or the mound, then this will keep the attention of the baserunner as low as possible, maximizing the chances of a successful pickoff throw. Ainsmith has started to act like he is throwing the baseball by bringing it back behind his head, so his decision to bring the baseball back behind his head will keep the alertness of the baserunner on third base as minimal as possible.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","I used facial recognition and similar slides to idenitfy the player in slide 129 as Eddie Ainsmith.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two image were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. Accessed 22 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___ [ http://web.archive.org/save/https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Eddie Ainsmith, a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, has brought his throwing hand holding the baseball behind him around head level as he looks forward while keeping his feet spread about shoulder width distance apart.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/296","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:4t64jm18w","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:4t64jm18w","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8518137s_metadata"],"_version_":1799800610362490880,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:20:16.755Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.4826202},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8518137s"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b85181535","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b85181535","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:44:30Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:20:31Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 131","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Leslie Mann","Erker Bros. 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Pegging refers to the attempt by a catcher to pick off a stealing baserunner. Ainsmith looks over towards the third baseman so that he can make sure that the third baseman will not attempt to steal home if he throws the baseball to second base. Ainsmith's goal here is therefore to scare the baserunner so he chooses to return to third base, allowing him to throw a pick-off attempt to second base in an attempt to throw out the stealing baserunner. Ainsmith could also decide not to throw the baseball to second if he sees that the lead the third baseman is taking is huge, which would allow him to pick off the baserunner on third base.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","I used similar slides and facial recongition to identify the player in slide 131 as Eddie Ainsmith.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. Accessed 22 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___ [ http://web.archive.org/save/https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Eddie Ainsmith, a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, holds a baseball in his right hand pointed forward around head level. As he does this, Ainsmith has turned his head to the side, and appears to be looking in an opposite direction than the one in which he will throw the baseball.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/312","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:hq37xm45z","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:hq37xm45z","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b85181535_metadata"],"_version_":1799800632729665536,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:20:38.086Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.4826202},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b85181535"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z65c","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8517z65c","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:34:33Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:17:01Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 263","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball fields","Baseball caps","Southworth, William Harold","Boston Braves","Fielding--Outfield","Fielding Stance","Braves Field, Boston, Massachusetts"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball fields","Baseball caps","Southworth, William Harold","Boston Braves","Fielding--Outfield","Fielding Stance","Braves Field, Boston, Massachusetts"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-263-03","263"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/123","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/123","note_tsim":["Southworth is demonstrating the proper way for outfielders to field ground balls hit to them in the outfield. This method is similar to infielders as outfielders want to position their body and glove so that the baseball rolls into the middle of the glove, or the pocket, which occurs in the image above. This allows a smoother transition from fielding to throwing, and lowers the chance of an error or the baseball falling out of the glove when the outfielder attempts to throw it. Southworth's eyes also stare downward at the baseball as he removes it from his glove. This is important because it means Southworth is keeping his eye on the baseball at all times. One thing that many players, especially outfielders, do is rush. If Southworth knows there are runners on base, he is going to want to get the ball into the infield as quickly as possible. Keeping his eyes on the ball helps lower the chances that he mishandles the baseball in his transition from catching to throwing, as this mishandle would cause an error. Southworth has also begun to turn his body, moving his left foot forward. This is done to help Southworth get in a throwing position and make the transition from fielding to throwing easier.","William Harold Southworth was born on March 9, 1893, in Harvard, Nebraska. He left school in his early teens taking a railroad job, but he played baseball on Sundays for a semipro league. In 1912, Southworth switched from being a catcher to an outfielder, as the first professional team he played for in 1912, the Portsmouth Cobblers, already had two catchers on their team. In 1913, he was purchased by the Cleveland Naps of the American League, but was sent to the Minor Leagues. In 1915, Southworth had an opportunity to play in the Major Leagues when Shoeless Joe Jackson was injured, but Southworth hit .220 and was sent back to the Minor Leagues. In 1918, he was called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates, which mainly occurred because of the United States involvement in World War 1. Southworth played well for the Pirates in 1919 and 1920, even leading the league in triples one year with 14. In 1921, the Braves traded for Southworth. He hit .308 in 1921, but he dislocated his knee in 1922 and barely played. In 1923, Southworth had a batting average of .319. He was traded to the Giants in 1923, but didn't get along with the manager John McGraw. In 1924, the Giants won the Pennant, but Southworth barely appeared in the World Series, which the Giants lost to the Washington Senators. In 1926, Southworth had the best season of his career. He started off hitting .442 in the first month, but McGraw still chose to trade him to the St. Louis Cardinals. Southworth continued to have the best year of his career on the Cardinals as he had many key home runs and hits and the team made it to the World Series against the Yankees. Southworth hit a clutch three run home run in Game 2 to give the Cardinals a 5-2 lead. The Cardinals eventually won the series. Southworth, however, would never match his 1926 season's success as he suffered a rib injury in 1927. Southworth is much more well-known for his coaching career than his playing career. In 1929, he had his first major league coaching appearance for the Cardinals at age 36, but he struggled considerably and was moved to the Minor League coaching staff in 1930. Southworth's wife was constantly sick and eventually passed away at just 42, leading to Southworth turning to drinking and him having very inconsistent coaching seasons in the Minors. In 1940, Southworth made it back to coaching in the Major Leagues for the Cardinals. He led the team to second place and won Manager of the Year in 1941, and would lead the Cardinals to the World Series title win in 1942 over the Yankees. He would make it back to the World Series in 1943 where the Cardinals lost to the Yankees, and again in 1944 when the Cardinals beat the Browns. In 1945, Southworth's son died in World War 2, creating more personal issues for him and leading to him to redevelop his drinking problem. He signed a contract with the Braves in 1946, and immediately revitalized the team, leading them to the Pennant in 1948. He chose to sign with the Braves because the contract he was being offered was much larger than anything that the Cardinals were offering him. The 1948 Pennant run is considered to be the greatest triumph for Southworth in his career, as there was only one future hall of famer on his team. Southworth had issues with rebellious players after 1948, leading to a team restructuring. However, Southworth would retire from the Major Leagues in 1950 anyway when the change didn't help him. Southworth was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008 for his tremendous coaching abilities.","Leslie Mann identifies the player as William Southworth on page 49 of his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Daly, Jon. \"Billy Southworth.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b8be8c57 ]. Accessed 15 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___ [http://web.archive.org/web/20180515163636/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b8be8c57 }."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"William Southworth, an outfielder for the Boston Braves, stands in foul territory at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Southworth is holding the glove against the ground and there is a baseball located inside of it as he stares downward gazing at the ball with his feet spread about shoulder distance apart.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/123","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:8623kx02c","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:8623kx02c","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517z65c_metadata"],"_version_":1799800410913898496,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:17:06.545Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.4826202},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8517z65c"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8518025s","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8518025s","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:37:43Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:18:08Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 30","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Mann, Leslie"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Mann, Leslie"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"subject_topic_tsim":["Baseball","Baseball fields","Baseball caps","Ainsmith, Edward Wilbur","St. Louis Cardinals","Batting","Batting Swing","Batting Swing--Follow Through"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Baseball","Baseball fields","Baseball caps","Ainsmith, Edward Wilbur","St. Louis Cardinals","Batting","Batting Swing","Batting Swing--Follow Through"],"physical_location_ssim":["Springfield College Archives and Special Collections"],"identifier_local_other_tsim":["LANT-BSBL-030-03","030"],"identifier_uri_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/184","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/p16122coll10/id/184","note_tsim":["Eddie Ainsmith is demonstrating an incorrect follow through. He hasn't fully extended his bat the full 360 degrees in this slide, meaning he hasn't completed a full follow through. The reason it is so important to follow through all the way is because it increases the power of your swing. It also is the proper way to fully make contact with the baseball. It is still easy to hit the baseball without following through completely, but the success rate for these batters would be lower than the success rate for batters who actually follow through completely. Following through correctly is a natural motion and doing it should be the natural way of hitting. Anyone who doesn't follow this natural way of hitting will lose a tremendous amount of power on their swing.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","Leslie Mann identifies the player in slide 30 as Eddie Ainsmith on page 17 in his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\"","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. Accessed 22 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___ [ http://web.archive.org/save/https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Eddie Ainsmith, a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, stands at home plate with a net located behind him to stop the ball in case Ainsmith misses the baseball when swinging the bat. Ainsmith holds the bat in front of home plate with both of his hands. Ainsmith's front left foot remains planted on the ground while his entire back left foot appears to be in the air. A catcher is walking towards him, and there are a couple other players located behind him. Also, there are a few fans sitting in the stands.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/184","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:vd66xx877","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:vd66xx877","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8518025s_metadata"],"_version_":1799800478655053824,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:18:11.148Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.4826202},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8518025s"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:sj13fc33g","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:sj13fc33g","system_create_dtsi":"2024-02-17T04:12:53Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-02-17T04:13:05Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Boston Marathon 2013: Lynn Strong . . .Boston Strong","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["April 15, 2013"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["2013-04-15"],"date_start_dtsi":"2013-04-15T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"2013-04-15T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Laflamme, Sandra"],"name_role_tsim":["Creator"],"name_facet_ssim":["Laflamme, Sandra"],"related_item_host_ssim":["Our Marathon"],"related_item_series_ssi":"Public submissions","subject_topic_tsim":["Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013"],"subject_facet_ssim":["Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013"],"subject_coordinates_geospatial":["42.35,-71.05"],"subject_point_geospatial":["42.35,-71.05"],"subject_geojson_facet_ssim":["{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[-71.05,42.35]},\"properties\":{\"placename\":\"Boston, MA\"}}"],"subject_hiergeo_geojson_ssm":["{\"type\":\"Feature\",\"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[-71.05,42.35]},\"properties\":{\"continent\":\"North and Central America\",\"country\":\"United States\",\"state\":\"Massachusetts\",\"county\":\"Suffolk\",\"city\":\"Boston\"}}"],"physical_location_ssim":["Northeastern University Library"],"identifier_uri_ss":"http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20261599","identifier_uri_preview_ss":"https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:m0426d811/oai_thumbnail","note_biographical_tsim":["Contributor Name: Sandra Laflamme; Contributor Age: 37; Contributor Race: Caucasian; Contributor Gender: Female; Contributor Twitter Account: @organicrunmom; Current Location: 03771"],"rights_ss":"Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Requests for permission to publish material should be addressed to Northeastern University Library's Digital Scholarship Group (dsg@neu.edu).","license_ss":"Contact host institution for more information.","reuse_allowed_ssi":"contact host","digital_origin_ssi":"born_digital","abstract_tsi":"I re-qualified for the Boston Marathon when I ran the Boston Marathon in 2013. I will be back and will run Boston Strong. This is my story of my experience. This event was life changing for me. This is my story as told on my blog. www.organicrunnermom.com.","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"/neu:m0426d811","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:j9606b29v","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:j9606b29v","admin_set_name_ssi":"Our Marathon","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:8049mh68s","institution_name_ssi":"Northeastern University Library","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:1n79hx04k","collection_name_ssim":["Our Marathon"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth:8049mh68s"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:sj13fc33g_metadata"],"_version_":1793025360429842432,"timestamp":"2024-03-09T05:30:34.906Z","note_tsim":["Submission text: I am crying as I write this. My emotions are so raw these days. I am going to share pieces of my Boston Marathon experience as the weeks go by. It is hard to share it all at once. This evening I learned that my friend Lynn who started the race with me drove down to pick up her Boston Marathon Medal today. Today was the day they would reopen Boylston Street to the Public. Today was the day that Lynn would run to finish the marathon, the day that she would run for the 170 victims at the finish line. To give you a little history, Lynn and I first met when I was teaching first grade. I was her sons first grade teacher, a sweet blond haired boy with the whole world ahead of him. A boy somewhere around the age of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon tragedy. Full of vivid imagination and endless ideas. Full of energy and a wide smile that would light up when he would read me his stories and show me his discoveries on the playground. I lost touch with Lynn for awhile but am forever bonded for being her sons teacher for showing him how to gain confidence as a reader, as a student. Every child has a vivid bright light and fresh energy. The world waiting . . . the whole world ahead of them. It is not fair that a boy (Martin Richard) who was just like my student, like my friend's son, should have this light taken away too soon during the terrible tragedy at The Boston Marathon. Lynn and I have reconnected through running and it is a bond that we share. Lynn has run the Boston Marathon for many years so I was happy to be able to meet up with her before the race to head to our starting corral. We spent the morning sharing running stories and she gave me helpful tips for conquering the marathon course. We also talked about the Gilford, NH Schools For Schools 26.4.26 race to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook School Shooting. Not being able to be there, Lynn wanted to support the race and had decided to wear the 26.4.26 race shirt at the Boston Marathon. We observed 26 seconds of silence prior to the race and I knew I would be crying at mile marker 26 knowing one of my close friends was directly affected by the loss of her stepmother in this horrific tragedy. Another runner, Jaime, who we met up with before the race was nervous being at the race while her husband was not able to attend due to being on a trip. She expressed how she was worried before coming to Boston for the marathon and had even talked with a friend prior to the race about the possibility of tragedy (terrorism) happening at something such as the Boston Marathon. Our discussion prior to the race gives me chills now . . . was it a premonition . . . a foreshadowing of things to come? Lynn and I made our way to the starting line. I was jittery, race day nerves had definitely taken hold. Eager to get to the start we gathered our belongings into our yellow Boston Marathon Bags and put on the last few finishing touches of our race day outfits. I felt ready to run a strong race and was happy to have Lynn cheering me on all the way to the starting line (and I know she was cheering me on as I crossed the line too.) Just prior to heading to the starting line I helped Lynn by pinning a pair of pink and silver wings onto her back. The wings from the Flying Pig Marathon are something that she has worn now for many miles at many races encouraging race spectators to cheer her on with cries of, \"Angel\" as she would speed along any race course. Her energy and smile are contagious, lifting you up and inspiring you to be strong and to take on any challenge. Somehow as we made our way to the starting line time evaporated . . . somehow we missed our starting corral and ended up having to start in the Third Wave, Corral Number 2. A slight shift in our own personal timelines for the race. Perhaps fate. In the end of the race I crossed the line with 14 minutes to spare and Lynn was stopped with .4 miles to go. We were lucky. Who knows what would have happened. I am thankful because perhaps for me on this day I was running with a true Angel. I am a believer in fate . . . She has angel wings. She holds up a sign of PEACE. Today Lynn drove down to Boston after hearing that race medals would be handed out to the people who had not reached the finish of the marathon. Today Lynn finished her race. Today Lynn finished for all of the people who did not finish. Today she finished to remember the victims. Today Lynn finished to show the world that Boston is Strong. Here is her story as told by her significant other Hal (who was sitting in the bleachers) . . . Angel #BostonStrong #Boston2013 \"Angel\" \"Just got this photo from Lynn. She heard they were distributing medals to those unable to finish the Boston Marathon due to the bombing. In a spur of the moment decision she grabbed her race number and drove to Boston to pick up the medal. Once there she was inspired to finish her run. Completely unprepared to do this, she went to Nike-town and was fitted with a tank top, shorts, peds and sneakers. She stapled her number to her singlet and made her way over to Commonwealth Avenue and found the fence she was leaning against when stopped just over a week ago. After some stretching she ran the last 4/10 of a mile of the race course. While running down Boylston street a woman saw Lynn finishing her race and cheered. Lynn strong.\" And when I read these words my tears began to fall . . .","Crowdsourced submission originally received via the Our Marathon \"Share Your Story\" page."],"subject_geographic_sim":["Boston","Massachusetts","North and Central America","Suffolk (county)","United States"],"date_facet_yearly_itim":[2013],"score":1.3877945},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:sj13fc33g"}},{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8518151m","type":"DigitalObject","attributes":{"id":"commonwealth-oai:b8518151m","system_create_dtsi":"2020-08-31T18:44:24Z","system_modified_dtsi":"2024-05-23T00:20:28Z","curator_model_ssi":"Curator::DigitalObject","curator_model_suffix_ssi":"DigitalObject","title_info_primary_tsi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 105","genre_basic_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_tsim":["1920–1925"],"date_type_ssm":["dateCreated"],"date_edtf_ssm":["1920/1925"],"date_start_dtsi":"1920-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_end_dtsi":"1925-12-31T23:59:59.999Z","name_tsim":["Leslie Mann","Erker Bros. 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Ainsmith has turned his glove towards the catcher while repositioning his body in order to be in an effective catching stance. Ainsmith keeps his throwing hand close to his glove, which will allow him to make a quick transition from throwing to catching. Along with this, Ainsmith keeps his feet spread a comfortable distance apart, and has moved his right foot to the left side of home plate in order to center his body in a position that will allow him to catch a baseball that was thrown away from home plate and to the left side of it. Ainsmith is therefore demonstrating the correct way for a catcher to stand in an attempt to catch a baseball thrown to the weak side of home plate. We did not have a lantern slide numbered 105 in our collection. However, David Brayfield had a slide numbered 105 that matched the slide Leslie Mann describes in his manual, so this slide was used.","Edward Wilbur Ainsmith was born on February 4, 1890, in the Russian Empire. Up until 2013, Ainsmith is one of only five Major League players to be born in Russia. However, Ainsmith moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He originally wanted to be a boxer but his parents disproved of this, so Ainsmith instead chose to pursue baseball. He became a member of the Washington Senators when he was 20 years old in 1910. He spent his first nine seasons on the Senators, hitting no higher than .226 and only batting more than 300 times once in these nine seasons. Of course, this was during the Dead Ball Era so these stats aren’t as concerning as they would be if Ainsmith played baseball today. Ainsmith was violent both on and off the field and developed an unfavorable reputation for multiple reasons. Ainsmith constantly argued with the referees and was thrown out of games, and was arrested for assaulting a man on the streets. However, Clark Griffith, the manager of the Senators, was able to get him out of the jail sentence. Ainsmith was drafted for World War 1 but refused service. He argued that baseball was a job that should be excused from military service, a claim that was eventually rejected. However, Griffith was able to get Ainsmith to be part of a shipyard workers team in Baltimore rather than him being shipped overseas for the war. This didn’t help his reputation as Ainsmith was viewed as taking the easy way out. Ainsmith was known as Walter Johnson's preferred catcher. Johnson was a famous pitcher for the Senators, and he raved about Ainsmith. Ainsmith finished his career with the Cardinals until 1923 and the New York Giants in 1924. However, he was released during the 1924 season, ironic enough since the Giants went on to win the pennant. In 1924, Ainsmith took 28 men to Japan, and then in 1925, he partnered with Mary O'Gara to tour Japan with the Philadelphia Bobbies as a way to promote women's baseball. There were high expectations for the trip, as the team would compete against college aged Japanese men. The trip was expected to generate high levels of income for everyone involved. The ages of the members of the team ranged from 13-20, and included Edith Ruth, Nella Shank, and Leona Kearns. Ainsmith would also play on the team as the catcher, making their team coed. They departed for Japan on a one way trip with the return home date unknown. The trip was a financial disaster, as two of the Japanese sponsors never paid anything and the third went bankrupt. The team was also horrendous, failing to win any games. Ainsmith also clashed with O'Gara, and the two separated as Ainsmith and Earl Hamilton (a former pitcher for the Pirates) took Ruth, Shank, and Kearns to Korea to continue playing baseball, enlisting the help of four locals to finish the team. Since everyone was broke, there was no way for anyone to purchase a ride back to the United States. O’Gara begged for money and received shelter for her and the remaining members of the team in Japan from Harry Sanborn. Sanborn eventually convinced a man to donate the money as a gift so the women could return home, and O'Gara and the Bobbies made it home safely. However, Ainsmith and the remaining girls were still in Korea. Ainsmith was able to raise enough money to get him and his wife (who came for the trip) home safely, but not enough money for the other three girls. Ainsmith and his wife returned home, leaving the girls behind, who eventually took refuge with Sanborn as well. Eventually, word got to their parents of the horrendous situation that had occurred, as communication before then had been inconsistent and inaccurate, and the parents paid for the girls to return home. However, Kearns was washed overboard and died when the Empress of Asia was hit by a huge wave. Ainsmith is still considered partly responsible since he willingly left three teenage girls stranded alone and broke in Korea.","Leslie Mann identifies the player in slide 105 as Ainsmith on page 26 of his manual titled the Fundamentals of Baseball.","Good condition;","This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparecy); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.","Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, \"The Fundamentals of Baseball\" taken from the lantern slide set owned by David Brayfield","Gregorich, Barbara. \"Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies.\" Society for American Baseball Research, [ https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]. Accessed 22 May 2018. ___Internet Archive___ [ http://web.archive.org/save/https://sabr.org/research/dropping-pitch-leona-kearns-eddie-ainsmith-and-philadelphia-bobbies ]."],"rights_ss":"Rights status not evaluated.","license_ss":"This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).","reuse_allowed_ssi":"creative commons","license_uri_ss":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","abstract_tsi":"Eddie Ainsmith, a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, stands behind a warm up home plate in the outfield at Sportsman Park in St. Louis, Missouri. Ainsmith has brought his glove and other hand over to the left side of the plate. Along with this, Ainsmith has moved one foot to the left side of the plate while the other remains directly behind home plate.","publisher_tsi":"Springfield College","type_of_resource_ssim":["Still image"],"lang_term_ssim":["English"],"publishing_state_ssi":"published","processing_state_ssi":"complete","destination_site_ssim":["commonwealth"],"hosting_status_ssi":"harvested","harvesting_status_bsi":true,"oai_header_id_ssi":"oai:cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org:p16122coll10/310","exemplary_image_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:w9506x514","exemplary_image_key_base_ss":"metadata/commonwealth-oai:w9506x514","admin_set_name_ssi":"Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection","admin_set_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth-oai:b8517x434","institution_name_ssi":"Springfield College Archives and Special Collections","institution_ark_id_ssi":"commonwealth:r207tt61p","collection_name_ssim":["Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection"],"collection_ark_id_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8517x434"],"filenames_ssim":["commonwealth-oai:b8518151m_metadata"],"_version_":1799800632279826432,"timestamp":"2024-05-23T00:20:37.657Z","date_facet_yearly_itim":[1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925],"score":1.3877945},"links":{"self":"https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:b8518151m"}}]}