Tommy Holmes sets the consecutive game hitting record...
Item # 691420
July 07, 1945
NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1945
* Tommy Holmes - Boston Braves
* Consecutive game hitting streak record
* Major League Baseball - MLB
The sports page has one column heads: "HOLMES SETS MARK AS BRAVES WIN TWO" "Hits in 34th Straight Contest for National League Record..." with smaller subheads, box scores and photo of Tommy Holmes.
A fine article reporting Tommy Holmes breaking Rogers Hornsby's National League record. Homes would go on to safely in 37 games, a record that would stand until broken by Pete Rose in 1978.
Complete in 22 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed exclusively for institutional holdings. Great condition.
* Tommy Holmes - Boston Braves
* Consecutive game hitting streak record
* Major League Baseball - MLB
The sports page has one column heads: "HOLMES SETS MARK AS BRAVES WIN TWO" "Hits in 34th Straight Contest for National League Record..." with smaller subheads, box scores and photo of Tommy Holmes.
A fine article reporting Tommy Holmes breaking Rogers Hornsby's National League record. Homes would go on to safely in 37 games, a record that would stand until broken by Pete Rose in 1978.
Complete in 22 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed exclusively for institutional holdings. Great condition.
Category: The 20th Century
