Babe Ruth Sliding into Home Plate photograph

Date1934 August 14

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth sliding into home plate. The caption (not shown) reads "Umpire Kolls is saying "You're put" to the Babe at the plate in the first inning of the first game Yankees' twin bill with the Detroit Tigers, today at the Stadium. Ruth had been trapped on a hit by Bill Dickey and the putout is being m[...] Catcher Ray Hayworthy."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0667

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Hayworth, Ray, 1904-2002

Subject Kolls, Lou, 1892-1941

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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