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Throw it over here, come on!

- Throw it here. Come on. - Come on, butterfingers.

Okay, let's play ball. Come on, now.

- Hey, Murphy. - What do you want?

- Let me in, will you? - Get outta here.

I got some sweet caporal cards.

- Who you got? - Hans Wagner.

Grover Cleveland Alexander.

Them old-timers?

- Tris Speaker, Johnny Evers. - Has-beens.

- Christy Mathewson. - A dime a dozen.

Who you holdin' out?

Babe Ruth.

A rookie. Come on, let's play ball!

Come on. Three strikes and he's out.

Put it over the plate now. Come on.

He can't hit anything. Come on!

- Oh, what's the matter? - Sasha.

Yeah, mom?

Your professor's here. Come and take.

In a minute, mom.

Not in a minute, Sasha. Now!

Oh, alright.

Hey, you. Come here.

You gonna let me take his place, Murph?

- Gimme the cards. - Sure, Murph.

- Can I keep Babe Ruth? - Keep him.

- Gee, thanks, Murph. - Okay, let's play ball.

Get off the sack.

Okay. Let's go, come on.

He's a southpaw, come on. Over the plate, now.

Let's see a good one.

- What's your name? - Lou Gehrig.

Well, what about it? We can't wait here all day.

I can't do anything without my wife.

I didn't mean to do it, mom.

I didn't know I could hit that far.

He busted Colletti's window.

Baseball!

- How much? - Eighteen-fifty.

I told him, mama, he should carry glass insurance.

Mr. Colletti, let me work it out after school.

- I'll run errands. I'll-- - No, Louie.

What we break, we pay for.

Sixteen and a quarter, leaves two and a quarter I owe you.

- I pay you Saturday. - Okay, Mrs. Gehrig.

- I'm sorry. - I'm sorry, too.

Me, too, mom.

You'd better be, young Gehrig.

But, I'm telling you, that was a mighty wallop.

I feel awful about it, mom. Honest, I do.

I'll pay you back the money.

I promised to fix Mrs. Reagan's dumbwaiter.

It isn't just the money, Lou. It's the time you waste.

I'll get my working papers. I'll quit school.

Quit school?

How can you say that?

How many times have I told you? I want you to go to school.

And high school and college and..

Look at your papa. Look at me.

We didn't go to school, and what are we?

A janitor. A cook.

I want you to be somebody.

Sure, mom. Sure.

Like your uncle Otto, Louie.

He went to university. He graduated.

Don't you see, Louie?

That's why I'm cooking at Columbia.

So you can go there someday.

And be an engineer like your uncle Otto.

Mom, maybe I ain't cut out to be an engineer.

- What do you want to be? - I want to be a..

- I don't know, mom. - You've got to know.

In this country, you can be anything you want to be.

Don't you want to be an engineer like your uncle Otto?

- Don't you? - Sure, mom. Sure.

Whatever you want me to be.

This fraternity has standards. Just can't ignore his family.

But, he's a cinch to be a four-letter man.

And his mother's the best cook at Columbia.

Somehow that doesn't add up to Sigma Alpha Psi, in my mind.

Oh, Lou's alright, yan.

Well, I'm just trying to maintain a certain standard.

Gold standard?

How'd you like to get this right in the..

Hold on, hold on, hold on!

Let's put it to a vote.

All those in favor of pledging Lou Gehrig..

- Carried. - Go ahead.

If that's what you want, I won't stand in your way.

Hang a pledge pin on him.

Don't expect me to call him, brother.

I don't know why this has to happen.

Every night before dinner.

Uh, you certainly smacked that ball around this afternoon, Lou.

Yeah. Tough on the guys who live in the dormitories.

Never know when you're gonna get a baseball in your geometry.

What's your batting average now?

Well, I'll swap it for your math grade.

Uh, hold it, Lou.

Gee, thanks. Thanks, fellows.

This is an honor.

I-you know, I'm not much on talking.

I just would like to say... Thanks, fellows.

- Welcome in, Lou. - he's a swell guy.

- Hi, mom. - What?

Ahem, I just said hi.

Hi! The soup is getting cold.

- Mom. - What?

Look!

- Oh, Lou, they took you in. - Yeah, just now.

Oh, Lou, everything's going so fine now.

First Columbia, then a fraternity.

And the next thing, you will be an engineer.

This is just the pledge pin. I get the real pin before long.

And when I get it, I'm supposed to give it to my best girl.

You still my best girl, mom?

Always.

You'll have to go steady with me.

You can't even look at anybody else.

Not even papa?

Mm, alright. Papa.

Well, Sam. I'm going to build my football team.

Around a new man next fall.

A great halfback.

Somebody gunning for you, Jim?

Well, I guess it's always open season on football coaches.

Especially to you sportswriters.

Oh, say, that's the halfback I was telling you about.

Lou Gehrig, a line-plunging fool.

Football? For a kid that can hit a baseball this far?

Sam, there's a pretty stiff wind is blowing in this direction--

It can blow him right into the Major Leagues.

Lay off, will you? That happened to Eddie Collins.

The greatest second baseman we ever had at Columbia.

It spread over the sports pages and then.

We know is he's playing professional baseball.

Lay off of this kid, will you, Sam?

I'm a newspaperman, Jim. And that sure was some wallop.

Alright, if you won't introduce me,

Then I'll just go right up sand introduce myself.

I can't bear not meeting him.

Oh, Mr. Gehrig.

I suppose you'll think I'm terribly fresh.

But I just couldn't stand it another minute.

Lou, you seem to have made a conquest.

Mile-a-minute Myra, the all-american prom-trotter.

Miss Tinsley, may I present Mr. Gehrig?

- How do you do? - Oh, I do, Mr. Gehrig.

This is just wonderful.

What chance have I got against a great athlete?

Pay no attention to me, you two.

I'll just go away somewhere and drink myself to death.

Aren't you going to ask me to dance?

Wouldn't you condescend to dance.

With a little miss nobody like me?

I guess I don't dance very well, Miss Tinsley.

Oh, you and your modesty.

Athletes do everything well.

Don't you wanna dance with me?

Would you care to dance, Miss Tinsley?

I'd adore to.

I could just die dancing with you.

But it seems such a waste of time.

I want to talk to you.

I know a place we could be all by our lonesome.

It'll be just wonderful.

You know what? I never danced before in my life.

- Oh, now.. - I wouldn't kid you.

I'd never kid you.

I was scared stiff, Miss Tinsley.

Myra.

Myra, would you... Would you like to dance again?

Later.

First, I want to know all, all about you.

Go on, tell me.

There isn't anything.

Oh, now, a great big, famous person like you?

Well, you've even had your name in the paper.

Tell me, do you just adore baseball?

You see, I'm not gonna be a ballplayer.

Mom wants me to be an engineer.

And you're gonna do what your mother wants?

Of course.

I think that's... That's just adorable.

An old engineer that never gets his name in the paper.

Just 'cause your mother wants you to.

You're wonderful.

You're the one that's wonderful.

Now, Mr. Gehrig..

Lou.

Are you going to remember me, Lou?

Remember you?

Maybe these will help you to.

Of course they will.

Because they're, they're like you.

♪ Night and day time, always play--

Hey, Myra.

Where have you been? How about our dance?

Oh!

Excuse me, Lou.

♪ And the poor get poorer

♪ in the meantime, in between time

♪ ain't we got fun?

Well, here he is now, the pride of the ballroom.

- Quit kidding, will you? - I wouldn't kid you.

I'd never kid you.

Come on, eat.

Nice work, Lou. You're wonderful.

No, I'm not. You're the one that's wonderful.

What are you going to be when you, uh, you grow up, yan?

Well, I'd like to be a great, big fireman.

Because I'm so good at it. But the mater won't let me.

- She wants me to be a motorman. - Hey, what is all this?

Oh, yan, even though the big-league teams are begging you.

On their bended knees to join them.

You will remember us, won't you?

Why, I don't need anything to make me remember you.

But, I'd like to have these, because they're like you.

- Hey, Lou! - Hey, Lou!

He was only joking, Lou.

- No, no! - No, no! Don't.

- Lou! - Lou!

There's a man from the Yankees looking for you.

- Oh, more jokes, huh? - Gehrig? My name's Blake.

Miller Huggins of the Yankees--

- Trying to be funny, too, huh? - Hey, wait a minute.

Say, Lou.

What made you give Mr. Blake the rush act last night?

He came up to your fraternity house to do you a favor.

You mean that he... That you want to--

Now, wait a minute. Let's start over again.

This is Sam Blake of the evening standard.

- Lou Gehrig. - Howdy?

There's no law that says you have to play with the Yankees.

But, it's no insult to be asked.

- You mean the New York Yankees? - Not the Chillicothe Yankees.

Oh! Oh, thanks.

Gee, that's wonderful.

But I'm gonna be an engineer.

Engineer.

Don't get up, mama. I'll get it for you.

I can do it. I'm alright.

No, you're not alright. You stay here, mama.

- What's the matter, pop? - mom is sick.

- It's nothing. - It's something, Lou.

- I'll get a doctor. - never mind. He'll cost $2.

I'll get him.

We must get your wife to the hospital immediately.

The general hospital is rather crowded, just all that..

I'll see if I can make arrangements.

There must be room in one of the wards.

Mom's not going to a ward. She's gonna have the best.

- A room in a private hospital. - But beggars can't be choosers.

The private hospital costs money.

And where are we going to get it?

I know where I can get it.

Tell the doc not to bother. I'll make all the arrangements.

Aren't you even gonna read what you're signing?

No, I'm in a hurry.

Well, just in case you're interested, you're the property.

Of the New York Yankees from now on.

Only, I think we'll have to smooth off the rough edges.

Now, to start with, I'm going to send you up.

To play with Hartford.

- Here you are. - Thank you, Sam. Bye.

- Bye, Blake. - Bye.

Try to keep your afternoons free, will you?

- Sure, sure. - Yeah.

Maybe he signed with the wrong team.

He's nutty enough to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

You'll never be sorry you signed him.

Well, I don't know.

That's wonderful, Louie. Wonderful.

But one thing I don't understand.

They send you from New York to Hartford.

To bring you back to New York.

I'll never understand America.

You see, they're sending me there for the experience I need.

- That's the way they work it. - Uh-huh.

How you going to work it?

- Work what? - Mama.

- Oh! - Louie.

- How's my best girl? - Fine, fine.

Mama, I've got to go make a phone call.

Hey, wait a minute. Grab a hold of that.

Well, how are they treating you, mom?

Wonderful.

I can't get over how much they give you here for nothing.

Why, all the city hospitals are free, mom.

Everybody treats me like a queen.

- Mom. - Yes, Louie?

I want to tell you something.

- Excuse me a minute. - Uh, wait.

It's, uh-huh, it's nothing, really.

I'm going away, mom. I'm going to Hartford.

- You see, mom, I'm-- - Harvard.

Harvard? That's wonderful.

Oh, Louie, you are going to be a great engineer.

And Harvard's engineering school is good, huh?

But Louie, suppose she finds out, what about me?

Protect yourself in the clinches, pop.

What about mail? Suppose mama writes you?

She'll write the letters, but you mail them.

What about the money you will be sending me?

- How will I explain that? - Tell her you got a job.

- Job? Who, me? - You.

Louie, wait.

- What kind of a job? - That's up to you.

All aboard.

Politics.

- Good morning, Mrs. Gehrig. - Good morning, Mrs. Roberts.

- You saw the papers? - Papers?

The one says white, the other black. I never read them.

You must be very proud of your son.

My Lou? Of course.

But I just can't get over how wonderful.

Everything is with my husband.

- Mr. Gehrig, you know? - I had no idea that--

My husband told me in the hospital.

How wonderful his job was.

I couldn't believe it.

You want to know when he leaves for work?

When he feels like it.

When he doesn't feel like it, he doesn't go to work at all.

Political, at $25 a week.

- Whoa, whoa. - What is it, papa?

- What's the matter? - Nothing, nothing.

- Then what? - Nothing.

Oh, I couldn't wait for you to come to the door.

It's in the paper! I couldn't wait to tell you.

- He-- - Shut up!

This is great news! You should be proud!

You'll tell me later.

Mr. Gehrig, this is a great day.

What is it all about?

Didn't you read in the paper about Lou?

- Paper? Lou? - Here it is.

Read it.

- Lou? - Yes.

"Gehrig recalled by, by Yankees."

- We'll talk about it later. - We'll talk about it now.

- Mom. - Here's Lou now.

- Hello, Lou. - Well, congratulations.

If you don't mind, I think there are a few things

I ought to talk over with the folks.

Uh, we understand.

Well, how's my best girl, huh?

- I'd better go, too. - Where? To work?

I'll be right back, Louie.

Mom?

Mom, about Hartford..

I didn't go there just because I wanted to play baseball.

I went because we needed the money.

You were sick, and the doctor said you might die.

I wish I had died.

Rather than see you give up everything we planned.

For what? To play ball.

A disgrace like that.

It's not such a disgrace to play with the Yankees.

That's what we came to America for.

A wonderful country where everybody has an equal chance.

That's why you studied, why you went to Columbia..

...So that you could play baseball?

After all my plans for you to follow after your uncle Otto.

Uncle Otto's dead.

Yes, and he'd turn over in his grave.

If he knew what happened in the family.

Mom.

People have to live their own lives.

Nobody can live it for you.

Nobody could make a ballplayer out of uncle Otto.

And nobody can make anything but a ballplayer out of me.

Oh, you are good for nothing.

All baseballers are good for nothing.

Loafers in short pants.

Mom?

You've never been to a ball game.

Lots of people go everyday. Men, women, and children.

Maybe there's something to it. Maybe it's fun.

Why don't you come out some afternoon and watch me play.

So you can judge for yourself, huh ma?

- What do you say? - never, never!

You sure we came to the right ballpark?

Yes.

And those are not the players?

They are getting the field ready, mama.

What do they do with the pillows?

They are not pillows. They are bases.

- You slide into them. - I slide into them?

Just watch, mama, hmm?

Just watch.

Hey, Ron.

I can't understand it. So many people with nothing to do.

Score cards. Get your score cards, folks.

You can't tell the players without a scorecard, lady.

My own son, I can tell. The others are none of my business.

- Is your son playing? - Sure. Lou Gehrig.

Gehrig? Never heard of him.

- Substitute? - No. Yankees.

Scorecards. Get your scorecards.

Hello, Babe.

- Hello, boys. How are you? - Hey, Babe.

Was that homer yesterday 38 or 39?

Don't know, but I'll hit 'em and you count 'em.

- Where's Lou? - I don't see him.

You sure we came to the right ballpark?

What did you say the name of this genius was?

Gehrig. Henry Louis Gehrig.

5 will get you 10, you don't remember any of it next year.

Henry Blotto Gehrig.

Come on, son. Give me the ball.

Will you give me the ball?

Come on.

Gehrig.

Keep your eye on Wally Pipp out there.

On first base.

I know you can hit, but fielding is important, too.

Yeah.

What's the matter, Wally? You getting weak? Hit it.

What's the matter, Wally? Can't you see him?

Take your time, Wally old boy. You can do it.

Strike!

- Time. - Time.

I've been seein' double since I was beaned the other day.

That's a tough break, Wally. Have doc look you over.

Too bad, Wally.

Hey, Gehrig.

- Who, me? - Yes, you.

Tanglefoot.

Never mind, that. Get in there for Pipp.

Come on. Get a hold of one. You can do it.

- Okay. - Lot of pepper. Lot of pepper.

Come on, talk it up, fellows. Let's get this over with.

Gehrig now batting for Pipp.

You started something, Eleanor.

Didn't I?

Dreadful, isn't it?

I seem to have tied a label on that rookie.

Tanglefoot!

Safe!

Omit flowers, please.

Are you putting a jinx on him?

No, no Sam. But you ought to have a nurse around.

- Are you okay? - I'm okay.

Better get to the clubhouse, have the doc look you.

I'm alright, Mr. Huggins. Don't take me out now.

I've been waiting too long to get in.

What do we have to do, kill you to get you out of the lineup?

- Babe, we're waiting for you. - What's tonight, Mr. Ruth?

I'll have a couple of those, smothered with pork chops.

- Yes, sir. - Take it easy, Babe.

And mushrooms.

- Maybe some nice fish. - Say, that's an idea.

Ah! The Yankees.

Enjoying your stay in Chicago?

- Hello, Mr. Twitchell. - Hello, losers.

Hello, Mr. Twitchell. Gotta let 'em win once in a while.

Hey.

There's your friend, the hot dog king's daughter.

Tell them to bring some horseshoes with them.

When they come to New York, next trip.

- You can't win with alibis. - We weren't alibiing.

Hey. How's tanglefoot? Has he come to yet, or can't you tell?

You gave that rookie an awful riding out there today.

Have you made up your mind yet, ms. Twitchell.

Yes, I think I'll have some lamb chops and pineapple.

Hello, Mr. Blake.

Tanglefoot.

Tanglefoot.

Miss Twitchell, Mr. Gehrig.

Alright, we're even.

Well, if we're even, maybe you'll sit down with us.

Not going to pull it out, are you?

No, no. No.

Mr. Gehrig, I hear this was your first game today.

And am I glad to get out of the lumber business.

'Cause you don't know what that means. That mean--

- I know what it means. - What does it mean?

Picking splinters off of your pants.

From sitting on the bench so long.

How long do you expect to stay off the bench, Mr. Gehrig?

I'll tell you.

I got a hunch I'm gonna be playing for a long while.

Wally Pipp must be awful sick.

What are you doing with this Yankee?

- Hello, Sam. - Hello, Mr. Twitchell.

- This is my father, Mr. Gehrig. - How do you do?

- Yankees' new first baseman? - Yes, sir, at last.

I like the way you stand up to the ball, lot of power there.

I see he knows a player on seeing one.

Yes, he stands up to the plate fine.

And he falls down on the bats pretty good, too, dad.

Mr. Tanglefoot.

Won't you join us, Mr. Twitchell?

Well. Thank you.

Say, Blake.

You know a lot about women, eh?

Yeah, sure.

What does it mean when a girl says.

You remind her of a newfoundland puppy?

Well, if it was an airedale, that would be bad.

Or a police dog.

That would be fatal.

But a newfoundland puppy.

I'd see her again, if I was you.

I think he's got a pinochle deck.

Hey, where have you been?

Let me out of here.

Boys, where's Lou? Did he get on the train alright?

Yeah, he got on.

Just hoping, that's all.

I've watched this game for four hands now.

Oh-oh! You've had some swell hats, Babe.

But this one is tops. It is beautiful.

Yeah? Now listen, you mugs. Lay off of this one.

If I see anyone touch it, I'll knock his teeth in.

And I'm not kidding.

Deal me in.

Come on. Ante up.

We can look at it, can't we, Babe?

- You know, from a distance? - Don't try to kid me, mark.

- You busted my last one. - Me? No.

No, not mark.

Well. Don't look too hard.

That's the fifth straw hat I've bought this season.

And that's the last straw.

The last straw? That's a good gag, Babe. Get the point?

What a gag.

- I'm in. - Give me three.

Three to Babe. Coming in.

- Jack? - two.

Go ahead, take a bite. If you're one of us, you'll take a bite.

Take two bites.

What do you got?

Three kings.

Why, you..

The busher was hungry.

He didn't even need cream and sugar.

Gehrig's the chump of all time. Falling for a gag like that.

He doesn't know about gags.

What does he know about, Mr. Bones?

- Baseball. - he knows!

I'll tell you something. A guy like that is a detriment.

To any sport. He's a boob with a batting eye.

He wakes up, brushes his teeth, hikes out to the ballpark.

Hits the ball, hikes back to the hotel room.

Reads the funny papers, gargles and goes to bed.

That's personality.

- The best. - a real hero.

Let me tell you about heroes, hank. I've covered a lot of them.

And I'm saying Gehrig is the best of them.

No front-page scandals, no daffy excitements.

No horn-piping in the spotlight.

But a guy who does his job and nothing else.

He lives for his job. He gets a lot of fun out it.

Fifty million other people get a lot of fun out of him.

Watching him do something better than anybody else

ever did before.

You'd be right, Sam, if all baseball fans.

Were as big boobs as Gehrig.

They are. The same kind of boobs as Gehrig.

Only without a batting eye.

That's why I'm putting my money on Gehrig.

There's a package for you, Louie.

- I'll take it, mom. - No, I'll open it.

Maybe I'd better pack it just like it is.

No, no, I'll open it.

Where did you say you played first, Louie.

Chicago.

Great town. They call me "Tanglefoot" in Chicago.

Tanglefoot?

Yeah, only she didn't mean it, I think.

Who?

Oh, that is the way you talk about a city, mom.

- The city's always "she". - Ships, too.

- What's this?, Louie? - That's my new suit.

You never had one like this before.

- It's what they call a tuxedo. - Some people call it a tux.

Yeah. You wear it when you go out at night.

To a smoker.

Louie.

Am I still your best girl?

Take care of my girl, pop.

Ball two.

Have you seen Mr. Twitchell, lately?

- Twitchell? - Yeah, the fellow we met.

At the rathskeller that night, remember?

I didn't know he'd made such an impression on you.

Strike two.

Say you wanted to find Mr. Twitchell.

- What would you do? - But I don't want to find

Mr. Twitchell.

Don't worry, you're bound to run into Eleanor these days.

Eleanor?

Yeah, she'll know where her father is.

It's really quite simple.

Ball three.

I'll bet Twitchell misses you, too.

Dear, pardon me. Well, Miss Twitchell.

Hello, Mr. Blake. With us again?

Back again. Is your father around?

One of the boys is very anxious to see him.

- Lou, who? - Lou Gehrig.

Oh.

Oh, yes. He's talked an awful lot about you, your father.

He's practically talked about nothing else.

Really?

Hey, Gehrig. Snap out of it, will you?

Hey, tangle foot. What's the matter?

Are you asleep?

Hey, mister.

You did it again, mister. Here's your doll.

Would you go away? Would you please go away?

Alright, mister, you're next.

See if you can be as lucky as he was.

How am I doing?

I guess that does it. Shall we eat?

Don't you wanna see me shoot, first?

Alright, gents, it's only a nickel.

Well, he wins a prize. Here you are, sir. That's how easy it is.

That little fellow must be awful strong.

- Yeah. - Try it again, mister.

Just to prove that wasn't a fluke. Go on, try it.

There, now watch him. Here he goes.

He did it before, he'll do it again. There..

Well, he did it again.

Hey, I've never tried that. I'll ring the bell once for you.

- How about eating? - I'll just smack it once.

There you are, sir, you're next. Alright, now.

He's a big fellow. Bet he'll break the bell.

Yeah, hm.

Watch him. He looks like a strong fella.

He might break the machine. Watch him. Step back.

Here you are. Win a prize. Well?

- Well, let's eat. - Oh, why, Lou?

Aren't you gonna ring the bell for me?

- Wouldn't you like to eat? - I'm really not so hungry.

- Go ahead and try it. - All the time you've been here.

You were saying how hungry you are.

I must have waited too long, because I'm not hungry now.

Ho! You, mister. The little lady wants to see how strong you are.

Don't disappoint the little lady. Come right over

step right up. Ring the bell, win a prize.

That's all you have to do.

Don't disappoint the little lady. There you are.

Test your strength, that's all there is to it.

Ring the bell and win a prize.

Watch him, folks. Step right up, a nickel and it's all.

Well, that's too bad. Try again, mister, try again.

If at first you don't succeed, you know.

Just as easy as rolling off a log.

Wait a minute, mister. Hold this. Look.

You gotta get your wrists into it, understand?

In anything athletic, you got to get the wrists in.

- Now, watch me, stand back. - Watch him, folks.

Watch him, here he goes, watch him, here he goes.

- Well, he did it again. - See?

- Here, try it. - That's all there is to it.

- Like this? - Yeah, that's it.

Ring the bell and win a prize. That's all..

He did it.

Here, beat it, brother.

- Now we eat. - Oh, boy.

- What would you like to eat? - Hot dogs and champagne?

Good!

♪ I'll be loving you

♪ always

♪ With a love that's true

♪ always

♪ When the things you've planned

♪ need a helping hand

♪ I will understand, always

♪ always

♪ Days may not be fair, always

♪ That's when I'll be there

♪ always

♪ Not for just an hour

♪ Not for just a day

♪ Not for just a year

♪ But always

Well, Mr. Gehrig, to your first world series.

Oh, don't say that, not yet. We've got six more cities.

Waiting for us, and anything can happen.

Did you realize, this is my last night in Chicago this season?

And this is goodbye?

I, what a lot of 'em.

Six more to go. Six more goodbyes.

Six more, what?

Well, you play in seven cities when you're on the road.

You must have a girl in every city.

A ballplayer is a lot like a sailor, isn't he?

A girl in every port.

What's Boston's name?

I never said I had a girl in Boston.

Haven't you? What about Philadelphia?

St. Louis? Cleveland? Detroit?

Washington? New York?

- You forgot Chicago. - Chicago? Who?

Aren't you my girl?

What, Lou, I don't know what you mean by, your girl?

Your best girl, is that what you mean?

I guess that's what I mean. I guess I thought you were.

Whatever gave you that idea?

I've seen you four days in a row.

And you're out with me here tonight.

Isn't that what best girls do?

Is it?

I wonder, if I'm gonna miss you.

Can't you find out before I go?

Nope. Isn't that too bad?

Why is it like that?

I have no idea.

Seems silly, doesn't it?

I like that tune, don't you?

Dance with me?

Lou, if I do miss you, I wish I knew how much

I were going to.

I wish you knew before I left.

Shall I try?

How?

Or shall I..

Lou, where do you go from here?

- Detroit - alright.

Close my eyes, and maybe it's tomorrow night.

And I'm dancing with someone else.

Oh yeah, I get the idea. Mm-hm.

Alright, ready?

Are you in Detroit?

Yep. I'm sitting in the lobby of the Statler hotel.

Who am I dancing with? Let me see. Who do I know?

Harold Chandler, Bill Talbot

Jim Johnson, Jack Austin,

Bill Church, Sam Price..

- Hey, hey. - What?

You've got a ball club of your own

I'm tired of this game. I don't like it.

- I'm back from Detroit. - Ha, ha, ha, ha.

And I'm laughing again.

♪ Not for just an hour

♪ not for just a day

♪ not for just a year

♪ but always

- Alright, Babe. - Alright, hold it, Babe.

That's it, still.

Uh, hand the ball to the kid, now.

That's it, Babe. Give us a big smile, Billy.

- Can you sit up a little? - hold it.

- Oh, there you are, kid. - now, let's have one with

your arm around the kid.

Can you look up at Mr. Ruth, now?

- Hold it. - that's it.

- Just one more. - Right. Go right ahead.

Page one, on every rag from coast to coast.

Or I go back to the copy desk.

Alright, that's enough, boys.

And what's more, Billy, I'm gonna hit a home run.

For you this afternoon and what's more.

You can pick your own field, left, center or right.

What did you say? Center field? Okay.

Who'll be playing?

- Hey, Babe. - Yes.

I wonder if you'd autograph this for me?

- Oh, sure, I will. - Oh, Mr. Ruth, would you.

Autograph mine, too, please?

Absolutely.

- Now, keep your chin up, Billy. - Mr. Gehrig.

Will you put your name on it, too?

Sure.

You're quite a fan, aren't you?

I haven't missed a game this season.

Oh, yeah.

Thanks. I like to play baseball.

You'll play again.

Billy, you know there isn't anything you can't do,

If you try hard enough.

- You think so? - Why, sure.

Could you knock a home run for me this afternoon?

Alright, but you've already been promised one.

B-by Babe Ruth.

Could you?

Well, that's a pretty tall order.

Okay.

Could you knock two homers?

Two homers, in a world series?

But Mr. Gehrig, you said that you could do anything.

If you tried hard enough.

That's what you said.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll hit two homers for you, if you hit one for me.

Me?

You've got to promise me that one of these days you're.

Going to get up out of this bed and go home on your own power.

- But how? - If you wanna do something.

Hard enough, you can do it.

Hey, we can both do it, can't we?

Okay.

- So long, Billy. - So long, Mr. Gehrig.

- Lou. - Lou.

It's been announced that all threat of rain has disappeared.

And "The World Series" between New York and St. Louis

will be resumed this afternoon as scheduled.

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

This is Bill Stern, from Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

This is a world series that'll make history.

Go down in history, be history.

The Babe has just stepped up to the plate.

The Babe's gonna to try for a home run, but it's not for the.

Crowd. I'll tell you something the crowd doesn't know about.

This one's for a little boy in a St. Louis Hospital.

It's an Lou from the sultan of swat to a little crippled kid.

Will he pay it?

Ball!

There goes a home run out in the center field bleachers.

Ruth at first base. Yankees come out of their dugout.

A smile over the faces of the Yankees.

Miller Huggins has a grin on his mouth from ear to ear.

Things aren't bad enough here in St. Louis

but the next man up has to be Lou Gehrig.

Ruth is coming into home plate now.

Babe Ruth is pretty good, too.

Now, Gehrig is in the batter's box, just a second

I think we'll be all set to go..

Folks, this is a great day for little Billy in the hospital.

Lou Gehrig has promised to hit two home runs for him.

It's a home run for Lou Gehrig. A home run for Gehrig.

Gehrig puts it right over the fence. He really delivered.

The Yankees have come out of their dugout.

Miller Huggins leading them.

What a duel. This is a batting duel between the two kings

Ruth and Gehrig. Each one has a home run.

But Gehrig has promised two home runs for that kid. Can he do it?

- Here's $10 says he can't. - Here's $10 says he can.

Ball!

Strike!

The catcher gives the signal. Pitcher's got the ball.

Strike!

Strike two.

The ball is back to the pitcher now he takes his time.

Strike three. Gehrig's out.

Louie didn't want Babe Ruth to feel too bad.

It's the sixth inning. Lou's at bat again.

Gonna try for that second home run for Billy in the hospital.

Strike!

Take it easy, Lou.

Gehrig seems to be overanxious. He's reaching for bad ones.

He's trying too hard for that second home run for that kid.

That was a sucker bet. I'd hate to take that $10 from you.

- Do you want to make it $20? - $20 it is.

Come on Lou, hit it.

Gehrig takes his bat off his shoulder.

He is looking at it now, maybe he thinks it has a hole in it.

Strike three.

Oh, gosh.

Papa maybe you better call Lou on the long distance.

And tell him to stop fooling.

Hurry, hurry! Lay down!

Safe!

Lou, take it easy!

Take it easy, don't press. All we need is a single.

You might as well kick in with the $20.

- The game isn't over yet. - It's as good as over.

- You want to make it $30? - It's a bet.

Here he is again.

Ball!

They're going to pass him.

That's dirty pool.

Last time at bat in this world series

and if they walk him it will fill the bases.

That's better than risking an apple over the fence.

Let him walk you, Lou. Let him walk you!

The count's no strikes, three balls, two outs.

Here it comes.

If you haven't got $30, I'll take your left leg on account.

What do you think of that one? Two home runs in one

world series game. He's really a man, that man.

From now on, they'll have to spell Gehrig's name in capitals

Lou Lou Lou.

Gehrig Gehrig Gehrig.

Hey, guys, what about a half-dozen collars?

Go to it, boys.

Mr. Gehrig.

Mr. Gehrig, telegram for you.

Hey, don't tear my clothes.

Everything all right, Lou?

What's the idea?

- You live here? - No.

What are you doing here?

I was calling on a young lady.

At 4:00 am in the morning?

What for?

Well if you must know I was...

...Calling on the young lady to ask her to marry me.

- I see. And who are you? - My name is Lou Gehrig.

- Lou who? - Gehrig.

Yea, you look like him too.

I didn't recognize you in the dark.

My name's O'Doole. Glad to know you, Gehrig.

So you're gonna ask her to marry you?

Yeah.

Knocked out a couple of homers yesterday, didn't you?

I got a little lucky.

Hope you have good luck today, too.

Is Twitchell at home?

- What's she done? - Nothing... Yet.

Tell her Lou Gehrig wants to see her.

Yes-yes, sir. Will you come in and wait in the parlor?

Yeah. Go on in.

Thank you.

You're kinda fidgety huh?

Yeah.

Eleanor.

- What is it? - A policeman wants to see you.

- A policeman? - And a man called Lou Gehrig.

I guess you don't need me anymore.

Louie should be home almost any minute.

I don't know what's keeping him.

Tessie, don't you see him yet?

Not yet.

I love surprise parties.

Why didn't Lou come home on the train with the team?

He missed the train. He sent us a telegram.

I bet Lou is glad to be back home after all that hotel food.

Yes.

Tonight we've stuffed breast of veal, and tomorrow, fried eels.

Tessie, no sign yet?

Not yet.

I don't know what's keeping him.

Papa is in there fussing with the food again.

I gave you the instructions.

You said you would tell apfell. You got it wrong.

You have ruined everything.

- What is it, papa? - This fool. This dope.

It ain't my fault. I just delivered it.

- What happened? - Look.

They made Louie a right-handed batter.

I didn't even know what it was. He just told me to deliver it.

The only one in America that don't know Louie's a southpaw.

Is our baker.

- Maybe nobody'll notice it. - A right-hander.

- Tessie, now? - Not yet.

What do you think happened to the cake?

Now!

Mom, pop!

Where is everybody?

Surprise!

Oh mom, this is Ellie. I mean, Eleanor Twitchell.

Hello, Mrs. Gehrig.

- And this is my pop. - Lou, that was some ball game.

- This is Mrs. Johnson. - How do you do?

Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Larsen and Larsen.

Well, listen, folks, there's something I've got to tell you.

Well, I guess there's only one way to do this thing.

Ma or Mrs. Gehrig, meet Mrs. Gehrig.

- What? - I mean, when we get married.

Lou's done nothing but talk about you, Mrs. Gehrig.

I'm so happy.

I got some refreshments in the other room.

Brought you back a ball used in the third game.

- Did you? - It's yours.

The trouble with you mama, you are not modern.

A young fellow nowadays, he's engaged.

He takes his girl back to her hotel.

It's 10 minutes to the hotel, 10 minutes back.

But it doesn't mean he gets home in 20 minutes.

By the end of next season, you can finish up in Chicago.

Then come back here and get an apartment, fix it up.

Then we'll get married.

I think she's giving us a gentle hint.

Lou, do you think your mother likes me?

Like you? How could she help liking you?

I was just wondering.

She ought to be jealous of you. You're so pretty.

I'm jealous of you myself.

I guess, I was wrong.

- About what? - Oh, nothing.

- Good night Lou. - Good night.

You've picked the most beautiful number in the store.

Ellie, if you are looking for a chifforobe--

Oh, I found it mom, just what I want. Isn't it lovely?

It don't look very practical, and it looks second-hand, too.

It's an antique.

Louie can afford to buy new stuff.

I'll show you.

Look at that.

Strong and practical. It'll last a lifetime.

- Mom, I worked out a scheme. - It was only a suggestion.

You see, the rug in the bedroom--

The rug, you remind me. I'll show you.

Take a look at that.

It's exactly the right size for your living room.

Oh, I was planning on something more a pastel shade.

It looks like, almost the first rug we had in our place.

Only more so.

That's why I bought it for you.

It's your wedding present Ellie.

I asked them to bring it up to see how it would look.

You can live with it for a bit, then if you don't like it--

I can send it back.

I promise, you won't send it back, not with the scarf on it.

I just want you to let me show you how it looks.

- Will you let me, Ellie? - Certainly.

- Huh, what's that? - The bedroom paper, Miss.

Oh, you've made a mistake. It's the wrong pattern.

- This is the one I selected. - It was changed this morning.

- Who changed it? - Isn't it beautiful?

Mom this little rose pattern I picked out--

You and Louie wouldn't like it if you saw it on the wall.

Lou was with me when I picked it out. He liked it.

All men like anything.

I never gave you much advice. First, you wouldn't take it.

Second, I've been married 35 years and I've learned 1 thing.

Well?

Can't you read between the lines what I'm saying?

It's not anything I can say in so many words and yet.

It's something that, if you don't handle it right.

Don't say anything about this to mama.

About what?

It's all right mom. It doesn't make that much difference.

And if you don't like the chifforobe--

I'll probably get used to it.

You are very sweet Ellie to admit you are wrong.

Look, the same wallpaper we had when you were a little boy.

- What's wrong with Ellie? - Ellie? Nothing. She just left.

- Was it about this? - The chifforobe?

It's not what she ordered. She wanted--

It wasn't practical. Not even mahogany.

- The drawers were too small. - But she liked it.

She liked this wallpaper too, at first.

But I convinced her that pattern was better, more practical.

She's very sensible Louie.

You are lucky to get a girl like her.

That's right.

- Hey. - Huh? Oh.

Ellie.

I just had a nice talk with your mother-in-law.

- What about? - Lots of things.

Mostly about interior decorating.

Specially wallpaper and chifforobes.

You know that wallpaper you picked out for the bedroom?

I think it's wonderful.

Your mother picked out another pattern.

I know, I saw it. It's terrible and so is that chifforobe.

You mean, the one that just came in?

I mean, the one that just went out.

I told them to take it back. I'd have nightmares looking at it.

Lou Gehrig, I think I could learn to like you.

I hope you didn't hurt mom's feelings.

I probably did. But she'll get over it, she'll have to.

You can't run a baseball team with 2 captains or a household.

With 2 bosses. There's only one boss in this house.

So you'd better get that apron off, and get your nose powdered.

Why?

I telephoned Sam Blake to get the mayor over here right away.

What for?

Well I thought you wanted to get married.

Giving the ring and join hands.

Now therefore, I by virtue of authority reposed in me--

Shhhh!

I pronounce--

I pronounce, they are man and wife.

Congratulations.

The party is over. We've got to get this house ready for living.

Put the bathtub in there. Thank you, sir.

Mr. Blake, you better arrange a leave of absence for Louie.

- Leave of absence? What for? - Your wedding trip.

Atlantic city would be a good place.

Excuse me.

I haven't missed a game since I joined. I'm not going to now.

If he does, I'll get a divorce.

You mean you are not going to have a honeymoon?

Of course. The Yankee Stadium.

We'd better go if Ellie wants to stop to change her dress.

Holy mackerel, I'll miss batting practice.

Pull over.

Fifty miles an hour on a thoroughfare.

Fifty-five to be exact, officer.

I know it's terrible but..

...It'll be terrible if we don't get to Yankee Stadium in 15.

It'll be terrible if you miss the start of the game.

It will be terrible if Louie misses the start of the game.

You know he hasn't missed a game since he joined the Yankees.

Who'd you say?

Lou Gehrig.

- Hello, Mr. Gehrig. - Hi, officers.

- This is Mrs. Gehrig. - How do you do?

This is our 10th wedding anniversary.

We've been married 10 minutes.

- You just got married. - What do you know about that?

Pardon me officer, but the game starts in exactly 14 minutes.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Do you want to get pinched for holding up traffic?

- Who you got there, Joe? - Lou Gehrig.

He's late for the game.

It's Lou Gehrig, come on.

That's the way to go in here.

What you doing, Lou? Knocking the rice off of your spikes?

Alright, pitch to me now.

That was a thank you for marrying me.

What?

That was a thank you for marrying me.

What?

He says that was thank you for marrying him. We thank you too.

You're welcome.

Not so bad for a guy who nobody was going to remember.

- One more kissing the bride. - Okay.

Aww, that's terrific. Hold it.

What about the one where the bride kisses the groom?

Yeah.

I never knew you were such a hound for publicity Mr. Gehrig.

Publicity? I don't even care if there's no film in the cameras.

Alright, here we go.

Hold it.

Okay.

A girl's got to breathe.

- The best of luck to you, Lou. - Thanks, Babe.

You'll get a great play on these pictures.

The day that Lou won all three american championships.

Batting average, home runs--

He's got it wrong. This is the day I got married.

- Come on, let's get this. - Oh that's a good one.

You've got to forgive me honey. I was held up.

The boss had a brainstorm. He gabbled for two hours.

Finally I said, "look, boss, this is Lou Gehrig's birthday."

"I'm master of ceremonies, so good-bye."

How are you anyway?

- I suppose Lou is sore at me? - I wouldn't know.

What's going on here? Where is Lou?

I was hoping he was with you.

With me? Did he say...

Well I did see him after the game, he..

What time was that?

Well it was kinda late. You see, we hung around for a while.

What did he say, when he telephoned?

He didn't telephone.

Well he... He was probably detained somewhere.

- Maybe something important. - No doubt.

Now Ellie, don't be like that.

You don't know how lucky you are.

Most women, when their husband's late they gotta to worry.

They're either drunk or run into a dame or something.

But you and Lou, all you got to do is sit pretty and smile.

I'll bet this is the first time he's late since he's married.

This is the fourth time, Sam.

Well that's nothing. Four times in 10 weeks.

That's perfectly understandable.

Have you tried calling up anywhere?

I don't have to call up. I know where he is.

Don't talk like that. You know Lou is true-blue.

- That's what you think. - Don't get hysterical.

- Things like this happen all-- - I'm not hysterical.

I'm perfectly controlled. I've just learned to face the facts.

- Well where you going? - I'm going to get him.

- Well you can't do that. - Yes, I can.

Ellie I tell you, you're wrong.

There's some explanation that doesn't appear on the surface.

- You know where he is? - Yes.

- You sure? - Yes.

- How'd you find out? - I caught him.

I don't believe it. I can't believe it.

You got to go back. You can't walk in on him like this.

You can't make a scandal. Think about fans and they will feel.

I can't, I'm too selfish.

It almost kills my faith in human nature.

Lou Gehrig.

A guy with a wife like you. Oh pal or no pal

I'm going to take a baseball bat and bust his skull wide open.

I'm gonna make him wish he was never born.

I'm gonna hound that guy for the rest of his life.

Strike three. You're out.

Well, of all the dirty, low-down tricks.

You almost made me have a nervous breakdown.

- What's the score, Lou? - 23 to 22, end of the ninth.

Three men on bases.

He'll be right along now.

Don't talk to me, you Borgia.

Dad was right.

He knew a ballplayer when he saw one.

When you said that, the Chicago rathskeller jumped in my lap.

That wasn't yesterday, was it, tanglefoot?

No.

I sure didn't know what I was walking into that day.

Mr. Gehrig, meet Miss Twitchell.

And I left my little world behind me.

Your world? What do you mean?

Baseball life is so different. Sort of a world all by itself.

You play it in the spring, summer, and fall.

And talk about it in the winter.

You really eat, drink, and sleep it.

Yes, you have had a dish of it.

Here it is, spring again.

Some spring.

Spring for a ballplayer. Florida next week again.

Look, how's this?

Suppose..

These training trips must be dull for you.

How about... You passing up Florida this spring?

You know, take a little vacation for yourself.

Alright, Lou.

Been a long time since you've.

Palled around with the team.

Give you a little vacation, too.

We have seen a lot of each other.

Yes, it's an idea.

Yes, it is.

Lou, you don't want to go without me, do you?

- No. - No.

- You don't? - No.

Got ya. Got ya.

The winner!

You just handed me.

My next story on a silver platter.

"How I beat my wife by Lou Gehrig."

Nix.

- It's a Piparoo. - Over my dead body.

- It'll kill 'em. - Lay off our private life.

- Then, what'll I write about? - About half a column.

Say, if I was in middle of the Sahara desert.

Dying of thirst, you'd bring me vinegar.

I'll see you at the ballpark.

Hey.

That's dirty pool.

Lou, why didn't you want Sam to write about your private life?

Because..

Because that's something that belongs to just the two of us.

It's been a pretty good, little old private life.

At that, hasn't it?

Even though we never had a honeymoon?

We've never had anything else.

Hey. What's the idea? You want a bust in the nose?

Just trying to clean up some of that.

Poison pen stuff of yours, that's all.

Look at that, "Gehrig's accidental home run yesterday."

I'm only putting down what Babe Ruth thinks.

You don't need paper for that.

You can write what Babe thought on confetti.

Oh..

That was pretty brainy, I suppose.

You are having Gehrig call Ruth "The ex-king of swat."

That's facts. Gehrig's writing facts.

Okay. Ruth will show you some facts in his column tomorrow.

Well, any facts Ruth dreams up will be topped by Lou Gehrig.

Without borrowing your opium pipe.

Come in.

- These just came, Mrs. Gehrig. - Oh, thank you.

Mmm. Just like the kind mom used to try to make.

It's mom's recipe, as if you didn't know it.

Anybody at home?

- Hello, pop. - Hey. Hello, Ellie.

- Hey, Lou. - hi, pop.

- Hello, Lou. - Mom.

See you've ate breakfast?

Yes, Lou's been raving about your flapjack recipe, mom.

Don't let him eat too many, Ellie, he'll get fat.

What if I do? Then I can quit baseball.

- What? - Quit baseball?

Louie, are you crazy?

I've always wanted to do engineering.

You know that, mom.

Engineering.

The best ballplayer in the world should waste his time like that.

But Lou always told me his uncle Otto--

Uncle Otto, schmotto.

Digging ditches, that's all he ever did.

The world is full of Otto's.

But how many Lou Gehrigs are there?

Look at him, eating flapjacks on the most important day.

- Of his life. - Important?

Don't tell me you have forgotten what day this is?

My birthday? No.

Ellie, I haven't forgotten?

No. It's not my birthday, either.

Or mom's or pop's.

And it's not our wedding anniversary.

I'm surprised at you, Ellie.

Today is the day Lou Gehrig is playing

his 2,000th consecutive baseball game.

- So what? - What?

Look at him pretending he don't care.

I've got an idea.

What do you say you miss today's game?

- You've gone crazy maybe. - No, don't you see?

It's no news when Lou's in the lineup..

...The real news is if he misses a game.

- Man bites dog. Hmm? - That's right.

Stop joking and come on, get a wiggle on you.

The ballpark will be crowded..

...And the fans will give you an automobile.

Why an automobile? Maybe they will give him a yacht.

Sure. An automobile or a yacht, or the Statue of Liberty.

I'd better go, Ellie.

If that's the way you feel about it.

But I warn you, all you'll get is a horseshoe of roses.

Don't be so cynical, Ellie.

"Good luck, Lou Gehrig," on a ribbon.

You don't appreciate Lou's importance, Ellie.

They'll give him an automobile at least.

I say a yacht.

See, you don't appreciate my importance.

I'm going to get an automobile--

Alright, alright, if you insist.

But you'll come home with a horseshoe of roses!

Safe!

Why don't he bunt? What's the matter with him?

Bunt. Three runs behind, and you want to bunt.

The unexpected, mom.

- Get onto yourself. - He should wait him out.

The pitcher has been missing the corners.

Since the sixth inning.

If that's true, why don't you tell McCarthy.

How to run his job?

Shut up, mom.

McCarthy is doing great today.

He has pulled three boners I know of.

And how would you like to shut up yourself?

Say, why don't you both shut up?

Strike three. You're out!

Hmm.

What, no automobile?

No yacht?

I was lucky to get away. Struck out three times.

Last time, in the ninth, with the bases full.

If I had my way, darling, I'd give you the Yankee Stadium.

But I wanted to knock a home run for you today.

Maybe I tried too hard.

"Good luck, Lou Gehrig." hmph. Good luck.

If they only knew what I know.

If they only realized what lies back of those 2,000 games.

You've played.

This for the time in Chicago you got beaned.

- This for having brown eyes. - Hey!

That's for playing 12 innings in St. Louis with a broken toe.

Here's for being the greatest fan a man ever had.

That's for when you had 103 fever.

And played a double-header.

Here's for sitting up all night and curing me.

Here's for when you had the flu and wouldn't quit.

Here's for not letting me quit.

This is for all the times you've had broken fingers.

And not told me about it.

Here's for putting up with me all these years!

Oh!

I've won! I've won. Fair and square, I've won.

Don't try to pretend..

What is it, Lou?

I-I must have sprained my shoulder or something.

It felt stiff at the game. Maybe that's why I struck out.

I'll get the liniment.

That's the one, there.

Here we go.

On the hustle. Come on, Babe.

That's the one.

Those kids don't know what to do with their speed.

Lucky you got out of the way so quick.

Yeah.

- Hey, move. - come on.

Bill.

What's the matter with Lou?

You're out.

I certainly came down here like an old ice wagon.

That should have been a hit, easy.

Ah, they can't all be hits.

Lou, maybe you're trying too hard.

- You can't try too hard. - Why don't you hit the shower.

And take the rest of the day off?

No. I need a lot of work.

Well, the old man made it, six times around.

It's worse than being a golf widow..

...Waiting for your husband to run around a ballpark.

I'm sorry to be so long.

- So, I'm slowing up, huh? - Oh, sure.

I'll get a wheelchair and push you around.

What an exhibition. You call that baseball?

Gehrig booted the game. Threw it right down the drain.

That's a batting champion for you.

Did you see him swing like an old lady?

They ought to give you your money back on a game like that.

That game was just booted away.

There's support than that in the bush leagues.

Ah, shut up.

Well, I can't pitch and play first base, too.

That old man on first ought ta have crutches.

To get around with.

What goes on here?

He just talked out of turn.

Save the fight for the field, boys.

You watch, Gehrig will come back.

He always does.

Every ballplayer has a slump eventually

but in Gehrig's case, it isn't just a slump.

It's obviously a breakdown.

- That's a lie. - Yeah, a dirty lie.

No, sir, he ain't through.

I tell you, Mr. Gehrig can't be through.

Gehrig I'll come back. He's made of iron.

You wait and see.

Fifteen years, then all of a sudden, he goes sour.

What's the answer?

Gehrig must be having trouble with his teeth.

Get back. Get back.

Oh! Clobbered.

Strike two.

Strike three.

Joe.

You'd better send someone in for me.

I... I can't make it anymore.

You sure you want it that way?

Yup.

Dahlgren, get in there at first.

- Good luck. - Thanks, Lou.

Your attention, please.

Dahlgren..

...Now playing first base for New York..

- What? - what?

...Replacing Gehrig.

Two thousand one hundred and thirty games.

Fourteen years.

Play ball!

Come on, get up..

Hurry up.

It's the routine, I'm tellin' ya.

In a place like this, they give you the X-Ray.

The cardiograph, the metabolism, the fluoroscope, the works.

Then, they're liable to tell you you got dandruff.

It's happened before. I had a friend come up here--

Got any chewing gum, Sam?

Hmm.

Had a talk with the doctor the other day.

He said he never ran up against a better physical specimen.

Strong as an ox, he said you were.

Had a talk with that X-rRy guy too, boy.

What a send-off he gave ya.

Heart okay, lungs okay, everything okay.

Lou, I'll bet you..

Here's the doc.

Well, how did I do, doctor?

I'm afraid you'll have to give up baseball for a while.

You see, Mr. Gehrig..

Go ahead, doc.

I... I'm a man who likes to know his batting average.

I've only made a superficial examination of the tests.

We shall need some new X-Rays.

Give it to me straight, doc. Am I through with baseball?

I'm afraid so.

Any worse than that?

You heard what the doc said, Lou.

He's got to go over the tests again.

Is it three strikes, doc?

You want it straight?

Sure I do, straight.

It's three strikes.

Doc... I've learned one thing.

All the arguing in the world can't change the decision.

Of the umpire.

How much time have I got?

Pardon me.

Yes?

Mrs. Gehrig is waiting.

Have her come up, please.

Doc... I don't want Mrs. Gehrig to know, ever.

I understand.

But the newspapers--

Sam here can take care of that.

- Can't you, Sam? - Sure. Sure, I will.

Leave it to me. I'll-I'll cook up something to cover..

Hi, Ellie.

Well, darling, the verdict's in.

I'm not such a bad ballplayer.

I've really got something, haven't I, doc?

What is it?

Well, I'd be cured by the time I could learn to pronounce it.

Can you pronounce it, doctor?

We really haven't concluded all our tests, Mrs. Gehrig.

Excuse me.

Yes?

X-Ray room is ready, doctor.

Thank you.

Just one more picture, Mr. Gehrig.

Just one more for the record, eh, doc?

Right back, Ellie.

Ellie, you'll never get all the pictures they've taken of Lou.

Into that scrapbook.

Why, you'd think he was a glamour boy.

What did the doctor tell Lou?

Eh, nothing. Nothing at all.

Some little thing with a long name.

Some kind of an "it is," I don't know.

He'll have to lay off for a while. So what?

He'll be back next season, or the season after.

Tell me the truth, Sam.

I am telling the truth, Ellie, honest.

I'd swear, I'd swear on a stack of bibles.

Eh, you heard what the doctor said.

When is Lou going to die?

Who told you?

Nobody had to tell me.

I could read it in your eyes.

All of you.

Oh, it's alright, Sam.

I'll never let him know I know.

Oh, he's so young, yet, so strong..

Ladies and gentlemen.

Lemonade, peanuts, and popcorn.

Given away free today in honor of the great Lou Gehrig.

Bulletin. Gehrig day not a farewell but a come-on.

A ballyhoo to get more money out of the Yanks.

When Gehrig comes back to the game next season.

You know what? We're gonna knock 'em dead.

When we come back, huh?

Say, do you think we can get $50,000 out of those tightwads?

Hmm. Not a cent under $100,000.

You'll be twice as good after you've had a rest.

You know..

...We've never had a honeymoon. Why shouldn't we have one now?

Sure. Better late than never.

Hey, what about Niagara falls, huh?

Sure. Then we could go up to northern Canada and go fishing.

You know what? I've been thinking.

Maybe we could take a trip around the world.

All the things we've never had time for before.

We've all the time in the world now, haven't we?

Yeah, we've got all the time in the world now.

Hey, hey, you're a scream in that moustache.

What's that?

Oh. Take it out and see.

Open it.

I had that made up of some of the hardware I collected.

Like it, Ellie?

Oh, I adore it.

I remember when you got every one of these medals.

Yeah, that's my favorite.

Batting championship I won the year we were married.

Here, Ellie.

Oh, I've got a right to cry a little.

It's such a beautiful thing.

I wanted you to have it, Ellie, because..

Because you've given me so much.

You... You've been so..

You're such--

Are you making love to me, you big ape?

You bet I am, you dope.

Gehrig day program.

Lou Gehrig.

- Stand back. - Hello, Lou, old boy.

- When are you coming back, Lou? - We sure miss you, Lou.

Oh, Mr. Gehrig, please.

Don't you remember me?

You knocked out two home runs for me one afternoon.

Oh. Sure. Sure. I remember ya.

- How are ya? - Just great.

I've been waiting here all afternoon because I..

I had to tell you something.

I just got in town today, and I had to tell you.

I did what you said.

I tried hard, and, and, I made it.

Look, I can walk.

Well, that... That's great work, kid.

That's wonderful.

- You got a ticket for the game? - Yes, sir, you bet.

- Well, so long. - So long.

62,000 people have jammed the Yankee Stadium this afternoon.

To pay tribute to a man who, for 16 years.

Has given everything that's in him.

Never in baseball has there been such a spontaneous demonstration.

Of love and affection for one man.

He's known as "Larruping Lou" and "The Iron Horse".

No matter what, he'll never be forgotten.

Nor will his great records.

They'll never forget his greatest record.

His amazing feat of playing 2,130 consecutive ball games

over a period of 16 years.

Everyone is here today to show Lou Gehrig

just what they feel in their hearts.

To say hail and farewell to the pride of the Yankees.

The emotion on all sides is tremendous.

Around home plate, all the celebrities standing there.

The beginning of the ceremony, Joe McCarthy comes forward.

Hands Lou Gehrig a plaque.

On that plague are two words. "don't quit".

Though anything in Gehrig's nature were the quitter type.

Joe McCarthy puts it back down, turns around, receives a trophy

and in turn... Gives that trophy to Lou Gehrig.

The trophy is a trophy from the New York Yankees

the teammates of Gehrig. They're tryin' to tell Lou..

Here comes the mayor of New York. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

LaGuardia addresses a few words

perhaps telling what Gehrig has meant to this city.

LaGuardia turns around, extends his hand

and shakes hands with Lou Gehrig.

Gehrig visibly impressed

with all this demonstration of affection.

Postmaster general of the United States, Jim Farley.

Farley walks over and shakes Gehrig's hand.

Gehrig again trying to manage a smile.

Now, Babe Ruth, the sultan of swat.

Praise from him who preceded Gehrig in the batting order.

No.3 and no.4.

Babe walks over putting his arms around Gehrig's shoulders.

Here they are

the heart of the murderer's row of the Yankees.

Gehrig with his eyes down.

Manager Joe McCarthy addresses some remarks

drawing applause from the boys.

McCarthy walks over to Gehrig

puts his hand affectionately on his shoulder

starts leading Gehrig over to a whole galaxy of microphones.

This whole crowd here will be hoping he'll say a few words.

Gehrig stands in front of these microphones

visibly impressed, all choked up. Listen to that crowd!

I have been walking on ball fields for 16 years..

...And I've never received anything but..

...Kindness and encouragement..

...From you fans.

I have had the great honor..

...To have played..

...With these great veteran ballplayers on my left..

...Murderer's row..

...Our championship team of 1927.

I have had the further honor of living with.

And playing with these men on my right..

...The Bronx bombers, the Yankees of today.

I have been given.

Fame and undeserved praise.

By the boys up there behind the wire in the press box..

...My friends, the sportswriters.

I have worked under the two greatest managers of all time..

...Miller Huggins and Joe McCarthy.

I have a mother and father..

...Who fought to give me health..

...And a solid background in my youth.

I have a wife..

...A companion for life..

...Who has shown me more courage than I ever knew.

People all say that I've had a bad break..

...But today..

Today, I consider myself..

...The luckiest man on the face of the earth.

Play ball!