Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17464
President John F. Kennedy signs a baseball during the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers and General Manager of the Washington Senators Ed Doherty look on. Audience includes Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (in foreground); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma.