ORIGINAL BALTIMORE 1914 TEAM PHOTOGRAPH THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL TEAM FOR WHICH BABE RUTH PLAYED WAS THE 1914 BALTIMORE TEAM. ON HIS NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY, RUTH WAS HIRED BY THE OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE BALTIMORE TEAM JACK DUNN. THE YOUNG RUTH WAS CALLED JACK DUNN'S BABY WHICH LED TO HIS NICKNAME - "BABE." THIS IS AN ORIGINAL SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TEAM MEASURING 5¼ X 13½ INCHES AND IS THE ONLY ONE KNOWN. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SIXTEEN MEN WHO ARE (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) JACK DUNN, FRED PARENT, BERNIE CREE, RALPH CAPRON, JACK DUNN JR., DAVE DANFORTH, ALLEN RUSSELL, CLAUDE DERRICK, WICKY MCAVOY, BILL DAVIDSON, GEORGE TWOMBLEY, NEAL BALL, CHICK "DOC" FENSTER (TRAINER), GUS GLICKMAN, BEN EGAN, AND GEORGE HERMAN "BABE" RUTH. THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT TEAM PHOTOGRAPH IN EXISTANCE. IT IS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUTH. (W/40)
ORIGINAL BALTIMORE 1914 TEAM PHOTOGRAPH THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL TEAM FOR WHICH BABE RUTH PLAYED WAS THE 1914 BALTIMORE TEAM. ON HIS NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY, RUTH WAS HIRED BY THE OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE BALTIMORE TEAM JACK DUNN. THE YOUNG RUTH WAS CALLED JACK DUNN'S BABY WHICH LED TO HIS NICKNAME - "BABE." THIS IS AN ORIGINAL SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TEAM MEASURING 5¼ X 13½ INCHES AND IS THE ONLY ONE KNOWN. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SIXTEEN MEN WHO ARE (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) JACK DUNN, FRED PARENT, BERNIE CREE, RALPH CAPRON, JACK DUNN JR., DAVE DANFORTH, ALLEN RUSSELL, CLAUDE DERRICK, WICKY MCAVOY, BILL DAVIDSON, GEORGE TWOMBLEY, NEAL BALL, CHICK "DOC" FENSTER (TRAINER), GUS GLICKMAN, BEN EGAN, AND GEORGE HERMAN "BABE" RUTH. THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT TEAM PHOTOGRAPH IN EXISTANCE. IT IS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUTH. (W/40)
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