Charley "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankees pitcher, retelling a baseball story, Long Beach, 1939

Item Overview

Title

Charley "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankees pitcher, retelling a baseball story, Long Beach, 1939

Photographer

Herod, Jack, b. ca. 1916

Date Created

[circa January 24, 1939]

Date

1939-01-24

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Photographs accompany "Red Ruffing Denies He's in Holdout Class," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1939: A9.
Charles "Red" Ruffing sits on his sofa, gesturing with his right hand while telling a story about Babe Ruth pointing where he was going to hit a home run. On his left hand is a heavy square carved ring. Ruffing wears a button down collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and slacks. On the back of the sofa is a decorative square or small flag of a stars and stripe shield centered on a baseball.
This photograph appears in a photo spread: "Introducing the Best Pitcher in Southern California--Yankee Red Ruffing," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1939: A9.

Caption

Text accompanying photograph in newspaper: Red says his biggest thrill was in 1932 when Babe Ruth, with Cub players ribbing him, pointed to center-field stands, "like this and then hit a homer right where he predicted he would."
Text from negative sleeve: 15614. Mr & Mrs Charles Ruffing. Sports. (Yankees Pitcher?)
Text on decorative square over back of sofa: ALL AMERICAN

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Ruffing, Charley, 1905-1986
New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Rings
Sofas
Pitchers (Baseball)
Baseball players--California--Long Beach