Historic 1936 Throw by Gehrig and Walter Johnson

[Hankphenom]

I've read--and written--a thousand times about WaJo's feat, but until now had never heard about Gehrig's. How can that be? And 430 feet--that strikes me as nothing less than astonishing. I'm not sure why Walter even went through with his act the next day, the whole idea being to confirm that it was possible for George Washington to have done something similar. Once Gehrig did it, you'd think that would be that, but Johnson had enormous press coverage with newsreels, many reporters, etc. Thanks for adding to the history of that famous event.