The Retirement of Connie Mack cartoon

Date1950

DescriptionA matted pencil-drawn cartoon by artist Little Willy King dated 1950. Manager Bucky Harris is depicted in the lower left quadrant, wearing a Washington Senators uniform. He is crying and the caption reads, "S'Long Connie." Explanatory text next to this image reads, "The retirement of Connie Mack leaves Clark Griffith to battle the young baseball moguls alone!" The rest of the cartoon is a collage showing different scenarios that Griffith will need to handle. In the upper left quadrant shows a political scene feature Eisenhower and Dewey. The upper right quadrant depicts a woman with the caption, "Those lawyers just don't know that nice traffic officer who lets me double park" and the explanatory text, "Mixed reaction greeted the report of the Chattanooga Bar Association on our police!" In the lower right quadrant Joe Engel's head is floating with the caption, "Oh man...what this fellow could do with a double-header." Below him is a drawing of the stands and the accompanying text, "Joe Engel will see how a winning team will pack the ball park when Billy Graham preaches at the stadium this afternoon." The lower right corner is signed by the artist. The verso (not shown) is blank.

Object numberBL-2021-00377-016

Subject Engel, Joe, 1893-1969

Subject Mack, Connie, 1862-1956

Subject Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955

Subject Harris, Bucky, 1896-1977

Subject Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960)

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

Attributes

Classificationsworks of art

Collection NumberBA MSS 130 Little Willy King cartoons

Dimensionsw x h (matted): 15.5 x 18 in. w x h: 12 x 14.2 in.

Public Access NotePlease note that not all works are on view at all times - their availability is subject to change per the discretion of the Museum staff. Only a portion of NBHFM's collection is currently online and the information presented here is subject to updates and additions based on research and imaging activities. The images, titles, and descriptions are products of their time. If you have corrections or additional information about this object, please email research@baseballhall.org to help improve our records. This material is made available for private study, scholarship, and research use. Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of images. Please email us if you have further information on the rights status of an image contrary to or in addition to the information in our records. For more information or access to a high resolution reproduction (some fees may apply), contact: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.