Orville Wright section Thousands came

Thousands came

The 44-year-old hippo was

starry-eyed and loyal staff

the home run machine whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history

" he is quoted in The New York Times in 1905

Orville Wright section Thousands cameIn 1903, the Wright brothers took flight in a machine of their own creation. The Times first wrote about Wilbur and Orville Wright's "box kite machine" about a week later. "They claim they have solved the problem of aerial navigation, and have never made a failure of any attempt to fly," The Times reported on Dec. 26. It was a number of years later, in October 1911, that Orville was photographed setting a world gliding record of 9 minutes and 45