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Title	Portsmouth Cubs Baseball Team Buries Jinx - Portsmouth, Virginia
Date	1946-07-18
Time Period	1940s
Description	July 18, 1946 photograph of the Portsmouth Cubs minor league baseball team performed a pre-game ritual of burying their jinx at Portsmouth Stadium in Portsmouth, Virginia. To counteract their nine game losing streak, the team took a small coffin and buried it behind home plate while every fan, including the Norfolk Tars supporters, stood in silence during the ritual. The symbolic gesture had the desired effect as the Cubs would go on to beat the Norfolk Tars with the score of 4 to 3. Persons in the photograph are identified as (left side standing) Cubs bat boys, Lt. Commander Fred Jordan, Frank Lawrence, owner, (middle front, left to right) Clarence "Ace" Parker, and Cubs Manager Gene Hasson. Behind Parker and Hasson are John Zontini and Paul Varner who were "pallbearers" for the ceremony.
Subjects	Portsmouth Cubs (Baseball team) Baseball--Virginia--Portsmouth--History. Baseball players--Virginia--Norfolk.
Keywords	Cities and Towns Lawrence, Frank D. Portsmouth Stadium Portsmouth, Virginia Sports Minor League Baseball Piedmont League Superstitions Frank D. Lawrence Stadium Parker, Clarence "Ace" Zontini, John Amabele Hasson, Gene Varner, Paul
Location	Portsmouth (Va.)
Photographer	Borjes, Charles
Company	Virginian-Pilot Newspaper
Repository	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection;
Host Institution	Norfolk Public Library (Va.);
Copyright Holder	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection;
Usage Rights	This material is copyrighted by the Norfolk Public Library. Reproduction in any form or by any means for reasons other than personal use is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from Norfolk Public Library. For further information or to obtain a high resolution digital copy of this image, please contact the Sargeant Memorial Collection staff at the Norfolk Public Library.
File Name	FNU176-3.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	4 x 5"
Digital Format	JPEG
Headline	Cubs Snap Nine-Game Losing Streak on 4 to 3 Win
Notes	See the Virginian-Pilot newspaper, 07/19/1946, page 18.
Source	From SMC Photograph Collection, FNU176.
Collection	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection; SMC Photograph Collection;
GPS Coordinates	36.836475, -76.322411

Portsmouth Cubs Baseball Team Buries Jinx - Portsmouth, Virginia

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