Babe Ruth and Charlie Berry Crash at Home Plate photograph

Date1931 April 22

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and Charlie Berry colliding at home plate. The caption from a similar image, that is not in our collection, reads "Babe Ruth is shown after crashing with catcher Charlie Berry of the Red Sox in yesterday's opening game at Fenway Park. The play occurred in the first half of the sixth inning when Babe scored on an outfield fly. He previously had hurt his ankle in a play at third base and in the last half of the sixth collapsed while chasing a fly, was carried from the field and taken to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0677

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Berry, Charlie, 1902-1972

Subject Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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