Wartime Baseball; Confederate Eyeglass; Howard Hughes' Invention
Show: History Detectives --> Season: 4 - Season 4
AirDate: 6/26/2006
Runtime: 60
Voting: 0 (0)

Overview: Questions surrounding a baseball autographed by Dizzy Dean, a brass eyeglass containing an image of Jefferson Davis, and a question on credit for an oil-drilling device. Included: investigation of a 1944 baseball game in which the players supposedly included Dean, Satchel Paige and an Air Force staff sergeant; whether an eyeglass belonged to a Confederate supporter; whether a twin-cone roller-rock bit was invented by Howard Hughes or a San Jose resident's grandfather.