Meet Cecil L. Spittler, Photos and captions 12.15.22 final

(above) Cecil Spittler, whose boyhood dream was to be a big league ball player, almost reached his goal. Wearing the signature wool pinstripes, he played under contract to the NY Yankees for seven years in the minor leagues and as a probationary pitcher for the big club. His “Glory Days” moment was facing the mighty Babe Ruth in 1936 when the Babe was in the last year of his career with the
Boston Braves.