Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester May 5, 1928 Mid-Week Pictorial Cover
Description
A color slide of the cover of the May 5, 1928 edition of New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial showing a full-length photograph of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester shaking hands in front of the dugout at Yankee Stadium. Ruth is wearing a New York Yankees home uniform and is holding his cap in his left hand as he looks at the camera. Sylvester wears a heavy jacket and looks off to his left. The meeting was a reunion between Ruth and Sylvester. Ruth promised to hit a home run for Sylvester during the 1926 World Series when he was seriously ill. The caption underneath the photograph reads, "Two Pals Meet Again: Babe Ruth and JOhnny Sylvester, Whom the Bambino Visited and Cheered Last Year When His Young Admirer Was Seriously Ill, Have a Reunion at the Yankee Stadium, New York (Times Wide World Photos)" Information written on the physical side, “Mid Week Picto”.