POLO GROUNDS 1957
07-03-2006, 06:26 PM
In todays detroit free press Ernie Harwell says that back when he was announcing the games for the new york giants in the 1950s chesterfield cigarettes who were the giants sponors back then gave him a list of giant players who smoked chesterfield cigarettes and sponsored them also.
if a player made a great play or something like that ernie would say on the air for example ,Yes Sal Maglie smokes chesterfields.now Ernie Harwell was also given a second list of players who were none smokers. if one of them made a great play he would say something like this, Al Dark says chesterfield is his cigarette.
Now for years chesterfield and knickerbocker beer were sponsors of the new york giants.
if a player made a great play or something like that ernie would say on the air for example ,Yes Sal Maglie smokes chesterfields.now Ernie Harwell was also given a second list of players who were none smokers. if one of them made a great play he would say something like this, Al Dark says chesterfield is his cigarette.
Now for years chesterfield and knickerbocker beer were sponsors of the new york giants.