ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: JUNE 1

Posted by Ron on Jun 1, 2012 | 0 comments

Adonis Terry

June 1, 1883:  Handsome young pitcher William “Adonis” Terry becomes a matinee idol at the new Brooklyn team’s Ladies Day games.   Terry’s “quiet, gentlemanly behavior on and off the field, combined with his good looks, has made him the pet of the fair patrons of the game,” this day’s Brooklyn Eagle reports.