Art Sepke cap

Date1946 August 07-09

DescriptionBlue satin cap, size 6 7/8, with red and white trim between each panel and a red button at the top crown. Top of the bill is red while the underside is green. There is a brown leather interior sweatband with a sizing tag at the rear.

Bio/Historical NoteIn the 1940s a series of amateur games, Brooklyn Against the World, were played between all star sandlot nines and equivalent squads from as far away as Montreal. In 1946 the Brooklyn team was managed by Leo Durocher and the World team by Hall of Famer George Sisler. It was a three-game series, played from August 7th to August 9th. The Chicago Daily News sent Art Sepke in 1946. Sepke was selected for the game by Rogers Hornsby, the director of the Chicago Daily News Free Baseball School. Sepke had batted .405 in his senior year of high school and hurled his team to five wins. At the end of the season, when his squad was depleted by injury, he even stepped behind the plate for a couple of games. Sepke played for parts of two seasons in the Class D Sooner State League, but his pro career ended in 1949.

Object numberB-2016-0197

Subject Sepke, Art

Attributes

Classificationsuniforms

Dimensions7.5 x 4.5 x 10 in.

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