Babe Ruth

Aug 16, 1948. Baseball fans of all ages and all walks of life mourned when the great “Bambino” died of cancer at New York City at the age of 53. Born Feb 6, 1895, at Baltimore, MD, the left-handed pitcher and “Sultan of Swat” hit 714 home runs in 22 major league seasons of play and played in 10 World Series. His body lay in state at the main entrance of Yankee Stadium, where people waited in line for hours to march past the coffin. On Aug 19 countless people surrounded St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the funeral mass and lined the streets along the route to the cemetery as America bade farewell to one of baseball’s greatest legends.

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