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BASEBALL BAT
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Schedule Change
April 9, 1919 |
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Walker Gave Us Sunday Baseball Campaign Pin |
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Walker Gave Us Sunday
Baseball Campaign Pin |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1925
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MANUFACTURER
- Greenduck co. of
New York City
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SIZE
- 1"
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PRICE GUIDE
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$75.00 - $100.00
Excellent-Near Mint
Condition.
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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The "Walker Gave Us Sunday
Baseball" pin back campaign button was handed
out during the 1925 mayoral election
with Walker taking over as the Mayor of
New York City in 1926. In 1914 Jimmy Walker was elected
to the State Senate, and as Senator, he
lobbied successfully for the
legalization of Sunday baseball and
professional boxing. In April of 1919
Jimmy Walker the future Mayor of New
York City Pushed through the
legislature a bill legalizing Sunday
baseball in New York state which was
signed by Governor Al Smith.
On May 14,
1919 the New York Giants play their
first legal Sunday game at home, before
35,000 fans, losing to the Philadelphia
Phillies, 4–3. More than 25,000 turn
out for the Robins (Dodgers) game in
Brooklyn the same day. The Yankees beat
the Tigers 7- 0 playing their first New
York home game at the Polo Grounds on
June 11, 1919 with the opening of
Yankee Stadium still four years away.
Because of laws written as far back as 1794 prohibiting gambling, and
playing sports on "The Lords Day" it
was not legal to play baseball on
Sunday. Further bills were passed
during the 19th century reinforcing the
law. It was not until 1902 when
Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati
permitted Sunday baseball. By 1918
Cleveland, Detroit, and Washington
joined in on Sunday Baseball followed
by New York in 1919, Boston in 1929,
and Baltimore in 1932.
It was not until July 3, 1932 that the Red Sox played the team's first
Sunday game at Fenway, a 13-2 loss to
the Yankees. Sunday baseball was
approved in Boston three years earlier,
but not at Fenway due to its proximity
to a church. The Red Sox then played
their Sunday games at Braves Field on
Commonwealth Avenue until the law was
changed. The first Red Sox Sunday game
actually played in Boston was a 7-3
loss to Philadelphia at Braves Field on
April 28, 1929
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Walker Gave Us Sunday
Baseball Campaign Pin Back |
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