Local history: Lowly Akron team battles mighty New York Yankees in 1937
The Akron Yankees, a Class C farm team for the New York Yankees, played from 1935 to 1941 at Akrons League Park near Summit Lake. This photo is from April 1939. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Joe DiMaggio, portrait, in the Yankee center fielders record smashing year, September, 1941. (AP Photo)
Lou Gehrig, New York Yankee's first baseman, poses at spring training in Florida in March 1936. (AP Photo)
NY Yankee Tommy Henrich
