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Baseball Between the Wars
A Pictorial Tribute to the Men Who Made the Game in Chicago From 1909 To 1947
by Bill Hageman
Contemporary Books, 2001 | Buy the book
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Schalk's Stunt

SCHALK'S STUNT | Standing in the middle of Michigan Avenue, White Sox catcher Ray Schalk catches a ball thrown from the top of Tribune Tower, a height estimated at 460 feet. The May 11, 1925, publicity stunt was witnessed by more than 10,000 people.
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From Baseball Between the Wars by Bill Hageman.
Copyright © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies and The Chicago Tribune Company. Reprinted by permission of the McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.