Babe Ruth and Group Playing Billiards photograph
Date1929 December
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and group playing billiards. The caption (not shown) reads "Babe Ruth, dean of home run hitters, concentrating on a corner shot, during a green cloth battle in which several sport celebrities participated to help swell the American Christmas and Relief Fund. Left to right: Johnny Layton, of St. Louis, Mo., the three-cushion champion; Ted Healey; Alfred De Oro, former pocket billiards champion; Babe Ruth; Mickey Walker, middleweight champion; Leo Flynn, sports promoter and manager; Walter Cochran, former three-cushion champion; and Jack T. Doyle." Based on the dates on the back of the photograph (also not shown), this was taken in December 1929.
Object numberBL-1968-01451-0489
Publisher
New York World-Telegram
Subject
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Subject
Walker, Mickey, 1903-1981
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Healey, Ted
Subject
de Oro, Alfredo, 1863-1948
Subject
Flynn, Leo, d. 1930
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Cochran, Walter
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Doyle, Jack T.
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Layton, Johnny, 1887-1956
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials
Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.
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Object number: BL-1968-04131-0042
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
1941 January 08
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1016
Ferguson, Richard C.
1947 April 27
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0187
New York World-Telegram
probably 1929
Object number: BL-1956-00155-020
Walsh, Christy
between 1928 and 1931
Object number: BL-1956-00155-030
Walsh, Christy
between 1924 and 1927
Object number: BL-1996-05433-066
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
1922 September 08
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0786
New York World-Telegram
1946 October 31
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0497
New York World-Telegram
1935 February 09