Ruth finishes in grand style....show Newspaper, Mags, etc excerpts of great BB events

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by tedzan

My wife's Dad, Joe (an avid Yankees fan), saw Ruth and Gehrig play. He didn't recall Ruth being referred to as "the Great Man". Joe had a bunch of sports page clippings
that he saved as a kid from the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Post, and Trenton Times (circa 1930's). It wasn't in any of these write-ups.

I may be wrong....but I'd say this term to describe Ruth was created by that reporter in the Pittsburgh newspaper.


TED Z

It's wonderful writing. A bygone era. I love the line that he "pyramided" three home runs. And here I thought turning nouns into verbs (he "podiumed") was a modern thing.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's wonderful writing. A bygone era. I love the line that he "pyramided" three home runs. And here I thought turning nouns into verbs (he "podiumed") was a modern thing.

Funny, you should bring that up....just today I heard a weather dude on TV refer to pools of melting snow as "ponding".


TED Z

[Big Ben]

I picked up this old newspaper, The Sunday Star from Washington DC as a gift for a guy who was my college roommate. Before I sent the paper to him, I scanned some items as it was a bit of a time capsule. Batting leaders from September 1915!

[tedzan]

September 1915 newspaper is vintage stuff.

Good ole Cobb, as usual, is the leader of the pack.....with a .375 BA

Thanks for sharing this with us,

TED Z