Lex Anteinternet: General Leonard Wood throws out the first ball.

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

General Leonard Wood throws out the first ball.

General Leonard Wood, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and hero of the Spanish American War, a doctor and a soldier who was, at that time, frequently mentioned as a potential commander of an American Expeditionary Force to France, throws out the first ball at the Polo Grounds, on this date in 1917.

Woods with Yankees manager Bill Donovan greeting a player.

Wood was politically active to an extent (and would be more so later) and quite close to Theodore Roosevelt which made any chance of his being appointed to such a command unrealistic.

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