When a Feller Gets a Friend So delighted was Manager Oscar Vitt (left) of the Cleveland Indians with Bob Feller's no-hit pitching performance in the April 16 opener in Chicago, that he hugged the young Iowan, as shown, above. The no-hitter defeated the White Sox, 1-0, before 14,000 roaring fans. Feller is from Van Meter, Ia.

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Title:
When a Feller Gets a Friend So delighted was Manager Oscar Vitt (left) of the Cleveland Indians with Bob Feller's no-hit pitching performance in the April 16 opener in Chicago, that he hugged the young Iowan, as shown, above. The no-hitter defeated the White Sox, 1-0, before 14,000 roaring fans. Feller is from Van Meter, Ia.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Baseball Cleveland Indians
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. April 1940]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Baseball
Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 233 x 182 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53p0802
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000987_0002
Barcode:
39999088103344