Chicago – His Heroes Are Rooting For Him – Johnny Gerber, 8, a staunch Chicago Cubs fan, is thrilled as his favorite Cubs players visit him in Augustana Hospital where he is awaiting surgery for removal of a brain tumor. His heroes are (left to right): pitchers Hal Jeffcoat and Don Kaiser and third baseman Ransom Jackson. “Wait, I'll tell the kids back home,” said Johnny, who lives in Carpentersville, Ill., northwest of Chicago.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1955]

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