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

Peter_Spaeth · #1 02-03-2014, 07:50 PM

Was Ruth known contemporaneously as "The Great Man" or was that just spontaneous inspiration by the writer, I wonder? One could not write that story today -- imagine someone describing Barry Bonds that way.

tedzan · #2 02-03-2014, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Was Ruth known contemporaneously as "The Great Man" or was that just spontaneous inspiration by the writer, I wonder? One could not write that story today -- imagine someone describing Barry Bonds that way.

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

Peter_Spaeth · #3 02-03-2014, 09:21 PM

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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 · #4 02-03-2014, 09:27 PM

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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 · #5 02-04-2014, 09:49 PM

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 · #6 02-06-2014, 03:41 PM

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

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