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On Lou Gehrig's final days in baseball...
On Lou Gehrig's final days in baseball...
Item # 696650
June 23, 1939
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, California, June 23, 1939
* Lou Gehrig's baseball career ending
* Infantile Paralysis diagnosis
Page 21 has various baseball reports but the most notables are one with a two column head: "Yanks Plan Day For Lou Gehrig" noting in part: "...after receiving his first treatment for a disease diagnosed as a form of chronicle infantile paralysis, Gehrig was given a bundle of telegrams & letters...and was informed the club would hold a 'Lou Gehrig day' soon. Plans for a game honoring Gehrig are now being worked out..." with more.
The top of the page has a photo captioned: "Still Larrupin' Lou to them--To the kids at Yankee Stadium...even if infantile paralysis has ended his fence-bursting baseball days...".
Complete in 40 pages, small binding holes at the blank spine, address label in the masthead, great condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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