Meet Cecil L. Spittler, Photos and captions 12.15.22 final

(above) Images from the “Glory Days” of an American kid who had a chance to live out much of his boyhood dream. Following Cecil Spittler’s near perfect game with the Norfolk Tars, there was incredible press coverage of the event. A no-hitter was as rare then as it is now, and the perfect game is even more incredible. His two most powerful pitches were the fastball, known as the “Spittler Fireball” and his unique curveball. Skeets Dickey was the younger brother of a Yankee star of the era, Bill Dickey. Bill was in attendance in Linden, at the Linwood Tavern, for Cecil’s reception back to the Newark Bears, the Yankee’s premium class AA Minor League Baseball club.