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Bob Feller's 1st MLB victory.....



Item # 565095

August 24, 1936

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, August 24, 1936

* Bob Feller's 1st MLB baseball start
* Cleveland Indians
* 15 strikeouts


This 32 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page of the sport's section (inside): "Majors' New 'Schoolboy' Is Now a Starting Hurler" with nice photo of Feller with caption: "One Short of Strikeout Mark"

Tells of Bob Feller's very first MLB start in which he won and struck out 15. He was only 17 years old.

Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in very nice condition.

wikipedia notes: Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller (born November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, Iowa), nicknamed the "Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob" and "Rapid Robert", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

Category: The 20th Century