GaryMrMets
06-23-2004, 02:21 PM
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/sports/8981279.htm
Posted on Tue, Jun. 22, 2004
Curse, Piano Timeline
By PAUL VIGNA
1918: Babe and Helen Ruth rent cottage near Willis Pond in Sudbury, Mass.; his piano disappears underwater.
1920: Red Sox owner Harry Frazee, a Broadway producer, sells Ruth to the Yankees for $125,000 in cash and a $300,000 loan.
1923: Ruth leads league in runs, homers and RBI and helps Yankees win their first World Series.
1932: Ruth wins third title as member of Yankees, eating Cubs, while Red Sox lose 111 games.
1935: Ruth returns to Boston to play for Braves. At 40, bats .181 and hits six home runs.
1946: Red Sox, in first Series appearance since 1918, lose in seven games to Cardinals.
1967: Carl Yasztremski and Red Sox lose World Series, again in seven games, again to Cardinals.
1975: Sox lose 3-0 lead in Game 7 and drop World Series to Reds.
1999: Yankees close out century by winning their 25th title.
2001: Expert uses infared camera during December search and identifies "rectangular shape with wiry weeds" at bottom of Willis Pond.
2002: Five divers spend 4 hours of a February afternoon failing to find piano in pond.
2002: Divers return to pond during two 2-day period in April, but high-tech equipment fails to locate piano. Instead, divers find fire hose, an old milk bottle and a wooden rudder.
2002: Underwater specialist John Fish uses advanced detection device and gets seven to eight hits that might be piano.
2004: A group, which includes volunteers such as Jim Walker, does a fourth dive on a Sunday in June that once again fails to net the piano.
Posted on Tue, Jun. 22, 2004
Curse, Piano Timeline
By PAUL VIGNA
1918: Babe and Helen Ruth rent cottage near Willis Pond in Sudbury, Mass.; his piano disappears underwater.
1920: Red Sox owner Harry Frazee, a Broadway producer, sells Ruth to the Yankees for $125,000 in cash and a $300,000 loan.
1923: Ruth leads league in runs, homers and RBI and helps Yankees win their first World Series.
1932: Ruth wins third title as member of Yankees, eating Cubs, while Red Sox lose 111 games.
1935: Ruth returns to Boston to play for Braves. At 40, bats .181 and hits six home runs.
1946: Red Sox, in first Series appearance since 1918, lose in seven games to Cardinals.
1967: Carl Yasztremski and Red Sox lose World Series, again in seven games, again to Cardinals.
1975: Sox lose 3-0 lead in Game 7 and drop World Series to Reds.
1999: Yankees close out century by winning their 25th title.
2001: Expert uses infared camera during December search and identifies "rectangular shape with wiry weeds" at bottom of Willis Pond.
2002: Five divers spend 4 hours of a February afternoon failing to find piano in pond.
2002: Divers return to pond during two 2-day period in April, but high-tech equipment fails to locate piano. Instead, divers find fire hose, an old milk bottle and a wooden rudder.
2002: Underwater specialist John Fish uses advanced detection device and gets seven to eight hits that might be piano.
2004: A group, which includes volunteers such as Jim Walker, does a fourth dive on a Sunday in June that once again fails to net the piano.