Lou Gehrig essay during 20's and 30's

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Lou GehrigJustin Edwards

March 21 2004

Out of every baseball player in history no other player could possibly compare to Lou Gehrig's winning combination humility and talent. Lou Gehrig is known for his amazing, once seemingly unbeatable 2130 consecutive game streak. However, he was much more of a well-rounded baseball player, who had to play in Babe Ruth's shadow and Lou Gehrig not only played in Babe Ruth's shadow, but also thrived in it. Lou Gehrig meant a lot to people from the twenties and thirties; because, Lou Gehrig was a feel good story and he took pride in what he did.

Lou Gehrig did not come from the greatest or richest family, nevertheless his mother, Christina, strongly wanted him to get a first-class quality education. As a result, in 1921 he went to Columbia University on a football scholarship. Lou Gehrig was planning on perusing a degree in the engineering field.

Even before his first semester of college life began the New York Giants manager John Mcgraw recruited him into playing in a summer professional league. John McGraw told Lou Gehrig to play under a separate pseudonym Henry Lewis, which was common to do in the twenties and thirties. Even though it was illegal to do so and it could have severely harmed possibly eliminated Lou Gehrig's collegiate sports career (Alder).

Lou Gehrig was discovered after playing twelve games for Hartford in the Eastern League Resulting in his ban for all intercollegiate sports his freshman year at Columbia University. Lou Gehrig returned to intercollegiate sports for Columbia University his sophomore year during the 1922 football season. He played fullback for the football team then later he played first base and pitched for the "Columbia Nine" in 1923. Lou Gehrig caught people's eyes with his fantastic hitting skills and when...