Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 290

Title:: Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 290
Description:: At Sportsman Park in St. Louis Missouri, there are four baseball players standing in the infield while one player stands in foul territory to the right side of first base. One player stands directly next to second base while another player stands behind but in between first and second base near the outfield. The other two players stand in front of but close to first base.
Creator:: Mann, Leslie
Creator:: Erker Bros. Optical Co., St. Louis Mo.,
Date:: 1920–1925
Format:: Photographs
Location:: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):: Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:: Baseball
Baseball caps
Baseball fields
St. Louis Cardinals
Fielding
Fielding Stance
Sportsman Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Link to Item:: https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/267
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Publisher:: Springfield College
Language:: English
Notes:: In this slide, the first baseman has fielded a baseball hit to him and the pitcher has run over to first base to cover it. This allows the first baseman to focus on fielding the baseball rather than fielding and then running to first base, and the goal is that by the time the first baseman has fielded the baseball, the pitcher will have arrived to cover first base. The catcher is the player who stands in foul territory, as he is backing up first base in case of a wild throw. This is important because having a backup will limit the opportunities that the baserunner has to advance extra bases.
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"
Identifier:: LANT-BSBL-290-03
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