【美国人物志】卢·贾里格 (3/9)

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亨利·路易士·贾里格（Henry Louis Gehrig，1903年6月19日－1941年6月2日）是美国职棒大联盟的一垒手，职棒生涯都效力于纽约洋基。
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Columbia University in New York City
Gehrig
Hartford
The New York Yankees

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The money Lou earned also helped him attend Columbia University in New York City. The university had offered him financial help if he would play baseball on the Columbia team. But, the fact that Gehrig had accepted money for playing professional baseball got him into trouble. Officials of teams in Columbia's baseball league learned that Lou had played for the professional team in Hartford. The other teams got him banned from playing for Columbia during his first year at the college. Gehrig was permitted to play during his second year, though. He often hit the ball so far that people walking in the streets near the baseball field were in danger of being hit.
Lou's mother earned money as a cook and house cleaner. But she became very sick. The family could not make their monthly payments for their home. The New York Yankees major league baseball organization came to the rescue. The Yankees offered Lou 3,500 dollars to finish the 1923 baseball season. That was a great deal of money in those days. Gehrig happily accepted the offer. His parents were sad that he was leaving Columbia. Yet his decision ended their financial problems.