Description: 1947 PRESS WIRE PHOTO OF BROOKLYN DODGERS MANAGER LEO DUROCHER ARGUING WITH UMPIRE TATLER. THE PHOTO IS DATED MARCH 10, 1947 AND IDENTIFIES THE UMPIRE AS TATLER. TATLER WAS NEVER A MAJOR LEAGUE UMPIRE. BEING THAT THE PHOTO IS DATED DURING SPRING TRAINING THIS MEANS THAT LEO WAS NOT YET SUSPENDED. 1947 FOUND LEO IN HOT WATER WITH BRANCH RICKEY AND OTHERS FOR THREE REASONS. FIRST, HE HAS MARRIED LORRAINE DAY IN JANUARY. MS. DAY HAD JUST DIVORCED HER HUSBAND THE DAY BEFORE MARRYING LEO. THE DIVORCE WAS NOT LEGAL IN THE US YET SO THEY HAD TO GO BEFORE THE COURT FOR BIGOMY. THIS CREATED A BOYCOTT OF THE DODGERS BY THE BROOKLYN CATHOLIC YOUTH LEAGUE. ALSO 1947 WAS THE YEAR BRANCH RICKEY WAS BRINGING JACKIE ROBINSON TO THE MAJORS. SOME OF THE DODGERS MADE A PETITION TO TRY AND KEEP JACKIE OUT OF THE MAJORS. RICKEY WAS UPSET WITH LEO THAT HE HAD NOT HEADED OFF THE PLAYER PROTEST. THE THIRD REASON WAS THAT LEO WAS SEEN CONSORTING WITH GAMBLERS. THIS FINALLY WAS TOO MUCH FOR COMMISIONER HAP CHANDLER AND JUST PRIOR TO THE SEASON LEO WAS SUSPENDED. SO THIS PHOTO IS OF LEO TRAINING FOR A SEASON HE WOULD NOT SEE. Measures 8.5 by 6.5 inches. Please see scan for condition. Not a mint photo. Has a couple of wrinkles and crop marks. I take my feedback seriously. So please ask any questions you may have and I will be glad to answer them. I will gladly combine shipping on multiple items.
Price: 15 USD
Location: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
End Time: 2024-09-16T22:36:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Officially Licensed: No
Sport: Baseball
Player: LEO DUROCHER
Year: 1947
Original/Reproduction: Original
Team-Baseball: Brooklyn Dodgers
Vintage: Yes
