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Full color 9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad that highlights Baseball. There is a unique fact at the top of the page, the fact that “”Candy” Cummings discovered the curve ball”. The facts that the writers used to display this bit of history are “When W.A. “Candy” Cummings stepped to the mound for the Brooklyn Stars, in a game with the Brooklyn Atlantics in the summer of 1867, he had no idea that he was destined to make history. Intending to throw a straight fast ball, the only pitch known to the game, he accidently gave a twist to his wrist, allowing the ball to leave his hand from between the thumb and fingers. He was amazed to see the ball curve away from the plate and the batter miss it a mile. He tried the same pitch again. Again the ball curved. And a new era in baseball was born”. Shown is a jersey with “1867” showing as chest numbers lying there with a hat and a bat. There are two used baseballs, a bottle of Hunter Fine Blended Whiskey and a glass filled with a drink with a slice of orange and a cherry. The bottom words say that “When you discover Hunter…you’ll instantly recognize the superior flavor that has made it as famous as America’s luxury blend. Hunter’s flavor is so distinctive that no one has been able to copy it in over 91 years”.
Source: May 28, 1951 Life magazine.
