Portsmouth Cubs Baseball Team Buries Jinx - Portsmouth, Virginia
Rating
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
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