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Sportswriter, James Cruisenberry.
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The Boy Was Lou Gehrig

James Cruisenberry was a prominent sports writer for the Chicago Daily News in the teens and 20s. In this letter, he describes how he first saw a 17-year old High School player named Lou Gehrig.

Gehrig at 17 in his High School uniform, just as Cruisenberry saw him.



Related links:

See a ticket and scored scorecard from the last game of Lou Gehrig's career.

See a ball signed in 1927, by Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Tony Lazzeri and Bob Meusel, better known as "Murderer's Row."

See a piece of sheet music, written by Lou Gehrig's wife and signed by Lou.