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Lou Gehrig's high school baseball team...
Lou Gehrig's high school baseball team...
Item # 699912
June 12, 1920
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1920
* High school all-star game - Wrigley Field
* Commerce High School, Brooklyn, New York
* 17-year old Lou Gehrig as a upcoming star
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO-N.Y. PREP DIAMOND SERIES IS ON" (see images) This game would take place a few weeks later at Wrigley Field. Gehrig would homer in this game, his 1st ever in a major league park. His name is not mentioned in this article.
Complete with 22 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in good condition.
Source: Society For American Baseball Research: More than 6,600 fans assembled at Cubs Park for a contest between the top high-school teams of Chicago and New York and a championship aura prevailed. New York’s High School of Commerce had advanced to the New York City championship by defeating Flushing (Queens) High School 7-2 in the semifinals and Commercial (Brooklyn) High School in the finals, 6-5. Lane High School had taken the Chicago championship by defeating rival Englewood High School.
Prior to departing for Chicago from New York’s Grand Central Station, the 16 New York players had practiced under the watchful eye of Coach Harry Kane at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field. The entourage going to Chicago included Kane, the players, and the school’s director of athletics, A.K. Aldinger.
When they arrived in Chicago, the host team, led by the school band, accompanied them on a parade through the city to their hotel. While in Chicago the boys from Commerce stayed at the Hotel Sherman. Sponsors of the event included the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and William Veeck Sr., president of the Chicago Cubs.
Category: The 20th Century
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