Joe Weeks

Creator

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Identifier

20042967

Description

Joe Weeks is the Fort Worth Cats newly acquired catcher. He was shipped to the Cats by the Chicago White Sox. The twenty-three year old bats left-handed. He is a graduate of Tufts College with no professional baseball experience. He's been in Fort Worth three days without donning a uniform. Weeks is in his hotel room with one of his new teammates, waiting out the rain. Weeks is wearing a short-sleeve dress shirt and trousers. The teammate is wearing a collared shirt and trousers.

Archival Date

1940-04-06

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1121

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Weeks, Joe; Fort Worth Cats (Baseball team); Baseball; Baseball players; Tufts College; Hotels; Chicago White Sox