Anxious to Face Old Mates is this Tiger trio which formerly played for Red Sox. Left to right are Catcher Matt Batts, Infielder Fred Hatfield and First Baseman Walt Dropo, all hopeful that weather will permit them to play Red Sox today after two straight postponements. by Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967

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Heads Down Baseball--Takayuki Saito, Tokyo, Japan Little League catcher, gives a traditional Japanese greeting to Umpire Terry Gramling while coming to bat in third game of Little League World Series at Williamsport against Jeffersonville, Ind.

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Anxious to Face Old Mates is this Tiger trio which formerly played for Red Sox. Left to right are Catcher Matt Batts, Infielder Fred Hatfield and First Baseman Walt Dropo, all hopeful that weather will permit them to play Red Sox today after two straight postponements.

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