1948/06/23 –

  • Cover photo features Babe Ruth in uniform for the final time at Yankee Stadium as Ruth’s number 3 is retired on Yankee Stadium’s Silver Anniversary. Ruth would die
  • Headline on front cover is “Harridge, Once Night Foe, Now ‘Loves It’ – 54,480 Gate in Detroit Is Convincer”
  • Full page feature on Dutch Leonard with photos
  • Stadium Anniversary Turns Into Babe’s Day” 4 full pages of coverage includes articles “What Old-Timers Said 25 Years After Big Day,” “Bam’s No. 3 Now Goes Into Hall of Fame,” photos, cartoons, “Babe Comes Home Again” by W.C. Heinz
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage.
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Rosalind Russell
  • 40 pages total.

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