Outstanding vintage pearl-finish 7.5 x 9.5 Burke photo of Ruth posing in his Yankee uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Win Schuster from Babe Ruth, August 15, 1933.” Schuster owned the East Douglas baseball team in the Blackstone Valley Baseball League, a team where future Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg got his start. Before Greenberg signed a professional contract with the Detroit Tigers, he played for the East Douglas team, hitting a home run his first time at bat. Schuster, who owned the East Douglas team, the woolen mill and just about everything else in town was so impressed with this feat and so desperately wanted to make sure that Greenberg would continue to play for his team that he gave the teenager $175 on the spot, an amount equal to two months’ wages for the average working man at the time. Archivally matted and framed to an overall size of 13 x 15.5. In fine condition, with a couple lightly trimmed edges, signature and portion of inscription a couple shades light, but completely legible and photo affixed to an identical size mount from prior framing. COA Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
