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Victor Salvatore, Jr., 98; Sculptor’s Son Solidified Doubleday Story As Myth

IN MEMORIAM Victor Salvatore, Jr., 98; Sculptor’s Son Solidified Doubleday Story As Myth COOPERSTOWN – Victor Salvatore, Jr., of Sarasota, Fla., a Marine during World War II, and a newspaperman and executive who helped establish Abner Doubleday’s founding of baseball locally as myth, died peacefully at home on Oct. 6, 2020. He was born Dec. 6, 1921, to Victor Salvatore and Ellen Ashfordbye Ryerson Salvatore. His father was a sculptor who was born in Italy and came to New York as…