Last chance to see Paul Brown Museum exhibitions

Last chance to see Paul Brown Museum exhibitions
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Jerry Kalback, Napoleon “Nap” Lajoie, “Jerry Kalback, Deadball Era Series: An Illustrator’s Process”

                        

The two current baseball exhibitions in the Paul Brown Museum within the Massillon Museum will close on Aug. 4.

“Jerry Kalback, Deadball Era Series: An Illustrator’s Process” includes 37 paintings and five sketchbooks filled with examples of Kalback’s preliminary drawings that evolved into the final portraits.

The deadball era, when pitchers could modify the ball during a game, spanned the first two decades of the 20th century. Iconic players of those years — Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Casey Stengel, Johnny Evers and Honus Wagner — are among the players Kalback illustrated.

The Massillon Museum thanks the Kalback family, Anderson Turner, and the School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University for loaning this collection for the exhibition.

The“Massillon’s Baseball Pros: An Inning in History” exhibition features a selection of local men who achieved successful baseball careers — players, an official and a coach.

Earl Blackburn played for three big league teams in the early 1900s. Robert Roy “Fats” Fothergill signed with the Detroit Tigers in 1922, launching an 11-year professional career. Tommy Henrich’s tenure with the Yankees spanned three decades and earned him the nickname “Old Reliable.” Johnny Robert “Bob” Dixon starred as a pitcher in the Negro National Leagues from 1925-34. Mike Hershberger, Dan Seimetz, and former Tiger football and baseball standout Joe Sparma all succeeded on college and pro diamonds. Aidan Longwell currently plays for the Colorado Rockies.

Charles “Cy” Rigler, who established umpire hand signals during the 1910s, was elected chief of umpires in 1935. Carl “Ducky” Schroeder spent his entire career coaching Massillon athletes who aspired to professional sports careers.

The next two Paul Brown Museum exhibitions — “90 Years of Community: The Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club” and “Brown’s Town: Art Inspired by Ohio’s Football Heritage” — will open Aug. 19 at 5 p.m. prior to the annual football season kickoff rally and Tiger-Stripes Ice Cream Night at MassMu. “The Paul Brown/Massillon Tiger Football History Timeline” is always on display.

The museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way E. in downtown Massillon. Call 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org. Admission to the Paul Brown Museum and the entire Massillon Museum is always free.


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