Ángel Fleitas cartoon

Date1945

DescriptionA matted pencil-drawn cartoon of baseball player, Ángel Fleitas. The upper left quadrant has a profile drawing of Fleitas. In the lower right quadrant is a drawing of player trying to stop himself while bending forward to field a ball. The accompanying caption reads, "Whoa there." Writing to the left of this drawing reads, "Is said by 'Kiki' Cuyler, Atlanta manager, to be 'one of the best shortstops in the league.' ...His all-round playing has a lot of fans thinking of Wes Kingdon, Lookout shortstop of 1932." The bottom right corner has the artist's signature and date, "Little Willy King, 1945." The verso (not shown) is blank.

Object numberBL-2021-00377-005

Subject Southern Association (Baseball league)

Subject Chattanooga Lookouts (Baseball team)

Subject Fleitas, Ángel, 1914-2006

Cartoonist King, Willy (William C.), 1911-1993

Attributes

Classificationsworks of art

Collection NumberBA MSS 130 Little Willy King cartoons

Dimensionsw x h (matted): 11 x 12 in. w x h: 7.5 x 8.5 in.

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