Unsuccessful attempts to catch baseball in the 19 th Century

“It is not in mortal men to hold fast to a ball that dropped 500 feet in sheer space.”-H.P.Burney (Chief Clerk of Arlington)“It can be done.”_Cap Anson

-Successful and unsuccessful attempts to catch a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument- Attempts – at other buildings and airplanes.-The Mystery of the Gabby Street Baseball

-Construction began on July 4th, 1848-Dedicated in Feb of 1885-Opened Oct 9, 1888-542 feet from top floor to the ground

Unsuccessful attempts to catch baseball in the 19th Century Buck Ewing, Charley Snyder, Paul Hines, and “Pop” Schriver

“No baseball has ever been caught from the Monument. Ask Cap Anson. He’ll tell you.”-Paul Hines in 1906 1st ball- landed on shed. 2nd ball- landed in the lake 3rd ball- couldn’t hold “I have no doubt it can be done.”

“A law was passed after my try that outlaws objects from being thrown atop the Monument. It would be a $500 fine and subject to arrest.”-Paul Hines

Clark Griffith

Griffith drops four balls to Schriver in 1894 -”The wind caught the first one and blew it away.” -”The second one landed squarely in his mitt, but Schriver lost his nerve, turned his hand over, and muffed it.” -”I threw two more but they didn’t land anywhere near him.”

Gabby Street

Ball traveled 135 feet per second = 93 miles per hour or 161 feet per second = 110 miles per hour “The ball didn’t hit my glove any harder than the fast ones Walter Johnson serves up.” -Gabby Street

Other catches -1924- Babe Ruth. At Cohen theater.130 feet. On third try. -May 9, 1925 – Ray Schalk. Chicago Tribune Tower. 460 feet. On Third try. -April Fools! Art Wilson in 1920 and Gabby Hartnett in 1931. 800 feet from airplane? -Aug 20, 1938. Frank Pytlak and Hank Helf. Cleveland’s Terminal Tower. 704 feet. 202 miles per second = 138 mph

Wilbert Robinson catches grapefruit

Gabby Street Baseball?

Which is the real gabby Street Baseball?1) Jennifer Street’s basebeall?2) The baseball at the Hall of Fame?3) The baseball in the auction?

Unsuccessful attempts to catch baseball in the 19 th Century

Unsuccessful attempts to catch baseball in the 19 th Century

Presentation Transcript

The 19 th Century

The 19 th Century Reformers

Education Reform in the 19 th Century

The 19 th century

America in the 19 th Century

Mourning in the 19 th Century

19 th Century

The 19 th Century

Immigration in the late 19 th Century

19 th Century Slavery in the South

Smith- ing in the 19 th Century

London in the 19 th century

The 19 th Century

Lifestyles in the 19 th Century

Russia in the 19 th Century

Russia in the 19 th Century

The 19 th Century

initial attempts to produce orbit for Uranus unsuccessful

Physiology in the 19 th Century

Artistic Expression in the 19 th Century

Economics in the 19 th Century

The Long 19 th Century