I was recently contacted by Delbert Spurlock of Reston,
Virginia who attended the Buckeyes Opening Day
double-header on May 9, 1948. He was 7 at the time and
living in Oberlin, Ohio and went to the game with his
father and uncle.
He asked his Dad to point out Larry Doby (who was
Delbert's favorite player and who played for the Indians
then) and his Dad told him that Doby wasn't there as
they were at a Buckeyes game instead.
The Buckeyes played the Birmingham Black Barons that
day. The picture at the right shows the Barons' Manager
and Second Baseman, Lorenzo "Piper" Davis, sliding into
Third Base as the Buckeyes' Clyde Nelson tries to tag him
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