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1951 Jackie Robinson Action Photograph (PSA Type I)
Offered is a 1951 Type I Acme Newspapers original news service action photo of Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson getting back to first base on a pick-off attempt on Sept. 16, 1951, as Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers played at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. On the back of the photo, the teletyped photo description reads, in part, "Dodger second baseman Jackie Robinson gets safely back to first as Chuck Connors, Cub first baseman, takes throw from pitcher Bob Kelly in attempt to catch Jackie off base... in second inning. Dodgers won 6-1, with Clem Labine the winning pitcher and Kelly taking the loss. Robinson was 0-4 at-bat, with a walk, but defensively, he was involved in two double plays for Brooklyn. Connors was 1-4. On old-time television, Chuck Connors played the lead character in The Rifleman series, and he usually got his man in the Western show, but on this baseball occasion, his man escaped. Connors played in one game with Brooklyn in 1949, as Robinson's teammate. In 1951, Connors batted .239 in 66 games for the Cubs. In part of 1952 and in '53, Connors played for the Los Angeles Angels, a Cubs' farm team in the Pacific Coast League. In that 1951 season, Connors played in 98 games for Los Angeles, hitting 28 home runs and driving in 77 runs. The Pacific Coast League also had a team in Hollywood, California, and this West Coast exposure helped the handsome and tall (6'5") player start a career in show business, in which he was an actor for 40 years, with his biggest hit playing Lucas McCain, the lead character in the hit television series called The Rifleman. In September of 1951, the Dodgers and the New York Giants were involved in a great pennant race won the Giants on Bobby Thomson's home run in the Miracle of Coogan's Bluff pennant play-off. In the '51 season, Robinson batted .338 with a .957 OPS. The photo (approx. 7x9") has been encapsulated and certified as PSA "TYPE I AUTHENTIC." The photos has a few small creases and the bottom of the photo has apparently been trimmed along the margin. The photo is unusual in that it includes the immortal, breaker of the "Color Line" Robinson, who grew up in Pasadena, California, and found fame in Brooklyn, and Connors, who was born in Brooklyn and found fame filming television shows in Hollywood and Los Angeles, California.
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