1929 World Series Philadelphia A's vs. Chicago Cubs

Home movie footage of 1930 Flag Day followed by the 1929 World Series played between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs. Both games were played at Wrigley field. The World Series was played on either October 8 or October 9, 1929. It includes opening ceremonies, crowd shots, and a few pitches.

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• Philadelphia
• Athletics
• Chicago
• Cubs
• 1929
• World
• Series
• baseball
• Wrigley
• Field

[Pika740]

Is this yours? Who took this? Your father? Grandfather?

[johnmeyer77]

The grandfather of a girl I dated in the 1960s took it.

[dave0mary]

Did anyone notice the "submarine" pitcher?

[johnmeyer77]

Yes, it is Howard Ehmke. There is a book coming out next month about Charlie Root, and they will be using still "snapshots" from this film. One of them will be of Ehmke's delivery that you see as he warms up on the sidelines.

[gannable]

1929-1931 Philadelphia A's were the greatest ever. they won the pennant by an average of 18.5 games, consistently destroyed the Yankees but because of NY media you dont hear about them. ny media doesnt want u to know about them because they were superior to the Ruth/Gehrig yankees

[SPennell]

GREAT historical footage...Thank you for posting !

[ImDavidGurney]

The Wall Street bankers caused the Great Depression just to break up the A's.

[spoung45a]

@MFPhoto1 Murphy's is at the corrner of Waveland and Shefiled. where the old pin wheel from the old Comiskey park scoreboard is(now painted a Harry's face)

[MFPhoto1]

@spoung45a Wouldn't that have made it a foul ball? From what I hear this past summer when I took the Wrigley Field tour, the home run landed in the left-centerfield bleachers, which was only about a 365 foot shot. Straight away center, where the original scoreboard stood, was 440 feet.

Shortly before his death, Ruth admitted the story of the called shot was made up by a NY sportswriter. He just played along because it was a good story.

[spoung45a]

@MFPhoto1 I think the "called shot" hit the roof op of Murphy's legend has it there was a Baby Ruth bill board there at the time.

[MFPhoto1]

@spoung45a I think what were the center field bleachers were not built until a few years later. I have a photo taken around 1935 or 1936. It still shows the original scoreboard in center.

So don't let anyone tell you Babe Ruth hit his "called" home run into the center field bleachers. They did not exist when he played there.

[MFPhoto1]

@therealjoebloggs There were field level seats in left and right center. The scoreboard, about 440 feet from home plate, was in straight away center. There seems to be some extra seating in the outfield for the series. A photo I have of Wrigley taken about 7-8 years later shows fewer outfield seats.

The walkways in the back of the infield seats and upper deck look familiar. Most everything else has changed, except for the neighborhood.

[Bleedingheart911]

Connie Mack kept his starter a secret until game time, when everyone thought Lefty Grove would get the start. What's cool is you can see Ehmke warming up in front of the a's dugout, in a scene that must have caused a bit of shock for the attendees. Ehmke never had another meaningful major league appearance.

[Bleedingheart911]

Its game 1. Connie Mack surprised the press and the Cubs by starting sub-marine pitcher Howard Ehmke

[mutarrr]

and this is when the cubs were good. Damn

[therealjoebloggs]

Almost didn't recognise the Wrig w/o the ivy and the freeloaders across the street. Were those field-level seats in centrefield?