[Bing Miller, of the Philadelphia Athletics, tagged out at home plate by Washington Nationals catcher Muddy" Ruel during baseball game]"

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In this 1925 print, Philadelphia Athletics outfielder Bing Miller slides into home, and Washington catcher Muddy Ruel applies the tag at the plate. The Washington club, widely known as the Senators, was a strong team that year and went on to the World Series that fall. Photographers for the National Photo Company, which was based in Washington, D.C., documented many games of that era, and close plays at the plate like this one were among the most dramatic moments the cameras could catch. The picture freezes the instant of the tag, a reminder of how much of 1920s baseball turned on the catcher's glove and the runner's slide.

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