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Old Timers Baseball Cubs

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Film Identifier: F.2012-03-0258
Run Time
0h 4m 25s
Format
16mm
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Date Produced
June 25 1977
Abstract

A baseball game featuring Cubs Old Timers vs. Hall of Famers on June 25, 1977.

Description

Opening footage shows players as they warm up for an afternoon “Old Timers” game played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Players sign autographs for fans and queue up behind a microphone to announce themselves to the crowd. The film concludes with footage of fans taking photographs and receiving autographs.

Featured players include Cubs Old Timer Billy Williams, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987; Cubs Old Timer Hank Sauer; Homestead Grays Hall of Famer Buck Leonard; Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Lloyd “Little Poison” Waner; Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer Bob Feller; Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Herman; Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer and Chicago Cubs broadcaster Lou Boudreau; Milwaukee Braves Hall of Famer Warren Spahn; New York Giants Hall of Famer Monte Irvin; Chicago White Sox Hall of Famer Luke Appling; New York Giants Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom; and New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez.

 

Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Actors, Performers and Participants
Williams, Billy (is participant)
Sauer, Hank (is participant)
Leonard, Buck (is participant)
Waner, Lloyd (is participant)
Feller, Bob (is participant)
Herman, Billy (is participant)
Boudreau, Lou (is participant)
Spahn, Warren (is participant)
Irvin, Monte (is participant)
Lindstrom, Freddie (is participant)
Appling, Luke (is participant)
Gomez, Lefty (is actor)
Related Place
Chicago (represents)