Crash Dive--Phillies catcher, Clay Dalrymple, dives head-first into the cinders behind home plate tonight in a vain effort to catch a foul ball hit by Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants in the fifth inning of the opening game of a double header in Philadelphia. The ball falls inches from his mitt. The Giants won the opener 10 to 2.

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Crash Dive--Phillies catcher, Clay Dalrymple, dives head-first into the cinders behind home plate tonight in a vain effort to catch a foul ball hit by Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants in the fifth inning of the opening game of a double header in Philadelphia. The ball falls inches from his mitt. The Giants won the opener 10 to 2.

Associated Press · [ca. July 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Baseball: Action: 1965 - 69

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