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“Ambitious Home Run Hitters” August 3, 1920
In late summer 1920 the Presidential contest between Democratic nominee James M. Cox and Republican nominee Warren G. Harding was beginning to intensify. However, the dominant news story was not the campaign—it was baseball sensation Babe Ruth’s unstoppable first season with the New York Yankees. In this cartoon both Presidential candidates are shown pondering Ruth’s secret of success with the White House being their “real home plate.”
U.S. Senate Collection Center for Legislative Archives
source: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/running-for-office/index.php?page=43
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