Baseball

President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first baseball at the opening game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. To Truman\'s right is Vice-President Alben Barkley. Clark Griffith, Washington Senators owner is to the left of President Truman. Matthew Connelly and Admiral William D. Leahy are standing behind Clark Griffith. Fred Vinson is standing behind Alben Barkley.

President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. To the right of the President are: Bucky Harris, New York Yankees; President Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators; and Casey Stengel, manager of the New York Yankees. Vice President Alben Barkley and Bess Wallace Truman are to the left of President Truman. Behind Vice President Barkley is General Harry Vaughan. Behind President Truman is Averell Harriman. Standing behind Bucky Harris is President Truman's secretary, Matthew Connelly.

Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Bryce B. Smith, in baseball cap, throwing a baseball.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, standing, left) shakes hands with Connie Mack (front row standing, center) as Margaret Truman (left, seated) and First Lady Bess Truman (2nd from left) look on at the opening game at Griffith Stadium. Standing next to Connie Mack is Vice President Alben Barkley. Seated behind President Truman is Press Secretary Charles Ross. From: Harry S. Truman Scrapbook.

Former President Harry S. Truman throws the first pitch at a baseball game at the Grandview Stadium in Grandview, Missouri. The two Heart of America Teams playing against each other were the Toedman Cabbies and T.W.A.

President Harry S. Truman throws out the first pitch at a baseball game between the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics. In the front row, from left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Connie Mack, Vice President Alben Barkley, and Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris. Seated near the center, partly obscured by President Truman is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing a few rows directly behind President Truman is Colonel Cornelius Mara (in uniform). All others are unidentified.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman for the Washington Evening Star. President Harry S. Truman is standing inside a grandstand and grabs hold of a figure labeled "Senate Opposition." Clark Griffith runs toward the President, holding a baseball labeled "'49 Major League Opening Pitch," saying "No, no... Mr. President THIS is what you're supposed to throw out!"

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks talks to a Little League baseball team, the CruLant Missileers, in Norfolk, Virginia. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, second from right crouching, poses with the CruLant Missileers Little League team and coaches in Norfolk, Virginia. All others are unidentified.

President Truman in first row at a Washington Senators baseball game. Seated next to him at right are Admiral William Leahy and Press Secretary Charles Ross. On the base of the stereograph is the typed quote "The President: You see, Bess, these balls aren't as good as the kind I used at Noland." From; Lowell Mason's Stereographic Library, Annual Baseball Outing, Volumes I and II. Photographs are of Baseball, Clam and Chowder Club of the United States Senate, of which Harry S. Truman was a member.