8 in HIGH x 10.75 in WIDE (20.32 cm HIGH x 27.30 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.17
Photo Identification / L to R 'Poster & booing' / 'fans @ OAK-Sacto / game' / Photo by '[?] 6/10/49' / Reporter 'Byrnes' / '5 col Oaks # (stamped form filled out in pencil on back" "$4076" (handwritten on back)
Photograph of Oakland Oaks fans booing Oaks Manager Charlie Dressen at a ballgame in Emeryville, California. Four boys are seen at top in section 'W' above a sign that reads, "Fire The Pip Squeak / Save The Ballclub." Beneath the sign are seated fans with their hands to their mouths as they boo the Oaks manager.
Tribune caption affixed to back of photo reads, "TRIB O JUN 11 1949 / Oakland baseball fans jeered Charlie Dressen, Oaks manager, again last night in Emeryville. A portion of the howling mob is seen (upper photo) seated in front of sign reading 'Fire the Pipsqueak. Save the Ball Club.' Fan Bob Schultz holds an egg he said he was going to aim at Dressen [--this sentence crossed out in red--]. Despite the boos, Dressen led the Oaks to a 3-2 win.--Tribune photos.
Images of people and the sign have been outlined for reproduction purposes.
Chuck DressenFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Dressen (5/3/2007)Charles Walter Dressen (September 20, 1898 _ August 10, 1966), alternatively nicknamed "Chuck" or "Charlie," was an American third baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball during a career that lasted almost 50 years, but he is best known as the manager of the powerful Brooklyn Dodgers of 1951-53. Indeed, Dressen's "schooling" of a young baseball writer is one of the most colorful themes in Roger Kahn's classic memoir, The Boys of Summer.Born in Decatur, Illinois, Dressen was a veteran baseball man when he took the reins in Brooklyn after the 1950 season. After a short football career playing quarterback for the Decatur Staleys (a forerunner of the Chicago Bears) in 1920 and in 1922-23 with the Racine Legion, Dressen was a third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds (1925-31) and a late-season utilityman for the 1933 New York Giants, batting .272 in 646 games.
