About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_1192
  • Title[Attempted double play]
  • SummaryScene from World Series game between Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, probably at Ebbets Field, showing Dodger infielder Gil Hodges (14) sliding into second base, as Yankee second baseman Billy Martin makes throw to first baseman Joe Collins (15); short stop Phil Rizzuto watching play at left; Dodger first base coach Jake Pitler (31) at lower left.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: 1953.
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Martin, Billy, 1928-1989 ; Rizzuto, Phil, 1917-2007 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; New York Yankees (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; World Series (Baseball) (1953) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Base running (Baseball) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Sports: Baseball: Dodgers: World Series: 1953: II