 Behold, the Lansing Senators!—Archives Image of the Month
The Senators held an appropriate name, as they represented Michigan's capital city. Sadly, this photo was taken during the team's last season in Lansing. However, it was neither the beginning nor the end of Lansing's association with minor league baseball.Read more | • Michigan History magazine. This month's feature: Jack Dempsey and the Battle of Benton Harbor
Hailed as "the most acclaimed artist of his generation," George Wesley
Bellows, a native Ohioan who rejected suggestions to play professional
baseball, turned to painting. After studying at Ohio State University,
Bellows moved to New York City where he became a student of Robert Henri
and the New York School of Art. He first achieved recognition in 1908.
Bellow's "Dempsey against Firpo" recounts the September 1923 fight where
Dempsey successfully defended his title in a tough match with contender
Luis Angel Firpo of Argentina at New York City's Polo Grounds. Photo
Corbis.
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