Grantland Rice was one of the greatest sports writers of all time. Here is a small sample of his work. They just don't write like this any more.
A white streak left Babe Ruth's 52 ounce bludgeon in the third inning of yesterday's game at the Yankee Stadium. On a low line it sailed, like a silver flame, through the gray, bleak April shadows, and into the right field bleachers. And as the crash sounded, and the white flash followed, fans arose en masse.....in the greatest vocal cataclysm baseball has ever known.
- Grantland Rice, New york Tribune, April 19, 1923, describing the first home run in Yankee Stadium's inaugural game, April 18, 1923, as the Yankees defeated Boston 4-1.
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