1927 NY Times - Ruth & Cobb (Angolan) card

[Leon]

Just picked up this full 1927 NY Times newspaper (rag edition...very high quality) that helps show the origins of the card image. The newspaper is actually huge but in this scan it's very small. The quarter and the card go together.

And an interesting excerpt from the article shows the crowd probably wasn't too pleased with Ruth's performance on the field.


Loving Cup for Ruth

The players footed it back to the plate, and a little bit later Mayor Walker, doubling in brass, stepped forward to hand Mr. Ruth a silver loving cup from friends. The famous cinema star was so overcome that he struck out twice and popped up another time. He retired in the sixth inning, explaining that he felt dizzy. He looked that way at the bat.





1927 NY Times - Ruth & Cobb (Angolan) card

[steve B]

Interesting excerpt. They were usually nicer in their coverage or in some cases non-coverage since the same reporter traveled with the team, often at the teams expense. But when they did take the gloves off the coverage was pretty harsh, like here. I wonder what Ruth did to make the reporter put that that way?

Steve B