TRAINING CAMP
Henry Coppola goes to Washington Nationals (Senators) training camp in Biloxi, MS.
Henry Coppola (second from left)
February 24, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
March 12, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
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March 16, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
March 19, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
March 23, 1935, Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD [Newspapers.com]
March 28, 1935, Chattanooga Daily Times, Chattanooga, TN [Newspapers.com]
"Coppola looks like a star ... the only bright spot."
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March 30, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
March 31, 1935, Hartford Daily Courant, Hartford, CT [Newspapers.com]
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April 3, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [GenealogyBank]
April 8, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
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April 11, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
START OF SEASON
April 17 - Opening Day of the Washington Senators 1935 season.
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1935 NEWSREEL [Gettyimages] President Roosevelt throws out the first pitch in 1935 (has sound, 1:31 min) |
FIRST APPEARANCE IN GAME
April 19 - Henry Coppola appears in first game as a relief pitcher.
April 20, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
FIRST VICTORY
May 8 - Henry Coppola wins first game as a relief pitcher against St. Louis Browns.
Record 1-0.
May 9, 1935, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, MO [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
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May 9, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [GenealogyBank]
May 15, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
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June 3, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
STARTS FIRST GAME
June 6 - Henry Coppola starts first game on and shuts out Boston Red Sox, 3-0.
Record 2-0.
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June 7, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
"Henry has the heart of a Nubian lion."
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June 7, 1935, Boston Herald, Boston, MA [GenealogyBank]
June 11- Loses to Chicago White Sox.
Record 2-1.
June 12, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
THE SORE ARM
Beginning mentions of Henry Coppola's problems with a sore arm.
June 15, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
June 16, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
June 25, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
June 28, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
July 2, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
July 4 -Loses to Philadelphia Athletics.
Record 2-2.
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July 5, 1935, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
July 7 - Goes to Episcopal Hospital in Washington, DC for tonsillectomy.
July 7, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
July 20, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
July 31, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
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August 2, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Henry turns 23 on August 4, 1935.
August 10, 1935, Boston Globe, Boston, MA [Newspapers.com]
September 4, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
September 6 - Loses to St. Louis Browns.
Record 2-3.
September 7, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
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September 21, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
September 21 - Wins against Philadelphia Athletics.
Record 3-3.
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September 22, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
September 29, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
September 29 - Loses against Philadelphia Athletics.
Record 3-4.
Last game of 1935 season.
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September 30, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
Game Stats and Play-by-Play Description [Retrosheet]
"When Henry Coppola ... found out his catcher had betrayed him, he punched him in the nose."
An amazing insight into the last game of 1935 and the character of Henry Coppola.
(also see newspaper article above)
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Rosengren, John. 2014. Hank Greenberg: the hero of heroes, p. 118. New York: New American Library.
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October 1, 1935, Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, PA, [Newspapers.com]
October 1, 1935, Boston Globe, Boston, MA, [Newspapers.com]
November 10, 1935, Evening Star, Washington, DC [Newspapers.com]
Last Revised: June 18, 2020