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o T HE YEAR 1939 WAS A SAD AND TRAGIC year fiar Lou Gehrig and baseball. It started for Lou in spring training when he realized his health was keeping him from performing up to his standards and in his heart he knew something was seriously wrong. After eight starts in the regular season, Lou held himself out of a game on May 2, ending his consecutive game streak. He was never to play again. On June 12 he entered the Hall of Fame on a rule waiver and on July 4 he had his "Day" at Yankee Stadium. During this time Lou was consulting doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to diagnose his deteriorating condition. On one of these visits, Lou consented to a radio interview with Dwight Merriam at KROC radio in Rochester. What follows is the transcription of that August 22, 1939, broadcast. Phi Delta Theta^s favorite hero and legend speaks on the sport in a newly rediscovered radio interview. By Steve Smart Radio recording courtesy KROC radio This article orginally appeared in The National Pastime (niunber 17) , a publication by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). All ri^ts reserved. Steve Smart is a Rochester, Minnestota resident. 14 THE SCROLL SPRING 1998 http://www.phidelt-ghq. com
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, we present at this time an interview with Lou Gehrig. Now I'm sure I don't have to explain who Lou Gehrig is because he's a gentleman of whom we have all heard. And because we have all heard about Lou, we know a great deal about him. Our interview today will deal strictly with baseball as a game, rather than Lou as a man. Lou, is baseball played differently now than when you first started playing Lou: Well, that's a difficult question. I think it was played harder, and it was made more difficult for the young man of fifteen, twenty years ago when I broke in. He had to go out and fight his way for a job under many adverse conditions. The young man today is surrounded with old-timers' advice and experience. So you can see readily where the difference lies. Lou: Why, I think Joe Gordon in two years will be one of the real greats and will go down in the class with Eddie Collins and Gehringer, and there is a slight possibility that he will overshadow them defensively. Anc: He seems to be going that way at the present time. Lou: Well, there's no question about it. Anc: Lou, what's your opinion of night baseball Lou: Well, night baseball is strictly a show and is strictly advantageous to the owners' pocketbook, but as far as being a true exhibition of baseball, well, I don't think I can say it is, and it's very difficult on the ballplayers themselves. Of course, we realize that the men who work in the daytime like to get out at night and really see a spectacle and we do all in our power to give them their money's worth. But after all it's not really baseball. Real baseball should be played in the daytime, in the sunshine. Anc: You can't see the balls as well at night as you can in the day, is that the trouble It's hard on the eyes Lou: Well, you can't see the what you call "the spin" on the ball. You see, it looks faster than it really is and your timing's slightly off. Anc: /5 that why some ballplayers can hit very well at night and not so good during the day and vice versa Lou: (Laughter) No, I would say there are no ballplayers that hit better at night than they do in the daytime. Now you look at comparative averages at the close of the season, and I believe that you will see it's strictly a pitcher's game at Anc: Speaking of up-and-coming ballplayers, you being assonightciated with the Yankees, what do you think of Joe Gordon as a second baseman Anc: More close, more low-hit games Lou: More low-hit games and low scores. Now (Cotton) Pippen beat us a night game in Philadelphia, our first night game, he beat us 3 to 2 and we had pretty fair luck with him in two innings in a daytime game. Anc: / remember that time. I think that was the first game Philadelphia won from the Yanks in a long time, wasn't it Lou: Yes, I believe it is. That particular night game. Anc: We often hear about ballplayers as ballplayers, Lou. Of course, the fans have their favorites. But ballplayers see things that the fans don't see. For instance, one ballplayer may be very smooth and make plays that the fans wouldn't catch. So who would you say has been the ballplayers' ballplayer Hear Lou Gehrig on the web! Through the magic of the internet, all Phis can hear clips from the orignal recordings of the radio interview on these pages. Simply log in to Phi Delta Theta'sWeb site: http:// www.phidelt-ghq.com and click on the Scroll section. Follow the instructions on the screen to hear from the Iron IHorse, Lou Gehrig, Columbia '25, Phi Delta Theta and America's favorite hero. http://www.phidelt-ghq.com THE SCROLL SPRING 1998 15
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