Babe Ruth's autograph is shown on a piece of Hotel Penn stationary owned by West Manchester Township resident Jason Showvaker in 2006. Showvaker obtained the stationery from another collector. Background posts: Story answers much about great athlete Hinkey Haines, including origin of his nickname and York turned its eyes to Joe DiMaggio and Adding to York baseball timeline: Revs ready for 'second helping'.
Jim Fickes (orioleitis@comcast.net) e-mailed to explore a claim from his father that Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played baseball at White Oak Park.
His late grandfather saw them play there.
"I saw your article which included a picture of the park from July of 1945. Was any baseball ever played there? Whatever info you could provide would be appreciated,"
he wrote.
We'll turn the question of the Babe's appearance at the White Oak Park ballfield, north of York, to any fans out there to respond.
Here's some help.
York Daily Record columnist Jim Hubley wrote an account in 1995 of the Babe's visit to Eagles Park for the game that Jim Fickes' grandfather probably recalled:
Continue reading Babe Ruth, indeed, played in York in 1928.
