Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Cartoon Evening Herald October 3, 1927


Description

A slide of a cartoon of Babe Ruth (left) and Lou Gehrig (right) from the October 3, 1927 edition of the Evening Herald. The cartoon is on the front page of a newspaper, above the fold, and depicts a portrait and action drawing of both players in pinstripes. The action drawing of Ruth shows him looking up, probably at a baseball he has hit. The action drawing of Gehrig shows him reaching high with his gloved right hand while still keeping his left foot on first base. A chart of Ruth's yearly home runs is in the center, and captions include: "RUTH 'GOLFS' A BALL, WHILE GEHRIG HITS MORE LINE DRIVES" "GEHRIG IS A CAPABLE FIRST SACKER AS WELL AS A TERRIFIC HITTER'" "BUSTER LOU GEHRIG" Information written on the physical slide reads, "1927 cartoon" See ruthba01_205.

Player(s)
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948; Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941
Team(s)
New York - AL
League(s)
Unknown
Picture Date
October 3, 1927
Subject
Hall of famers; World Series (Baseball) (1927); Caricatures and cartoons.
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Ruth
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)
Tags

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