Leo Elwood Allen

Leo Elwood Allen

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Leo Elwood Allen

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Date

1939-07-07

Maker

Acme Newspictures, Inc.

Dimensions

6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm)

Accession Number

PA2011.03.0008b

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The year Leo Allen took the pitcher’s mound, a bipartisan team of Members faced the press in a softball match at Griffith Stadium. Retired heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney umpired the game. Although Congress went in confident—team captain Pius Schwert told the Washington Post that “after what we have done to such things as economy measures and relief in the way of winning, we expect to have no trouble with our opposition”—the press won, 15-7.

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