Lou Gehrig was one of		American League Most Valuable Player.
His parents thought choosing baseball		baseball's great players.
A talent scout offered him		go to spring training camp in New Orleans.
At the college his mother was a cook		a sports scholarship in college.
His parents gave him $14 to		as a career was a waste of time.
At the training camp the team		for 14 years without missing even one.
Two different times he was voted the		and Lou waited on tables to help pay his way.
Lou Gehrig was called		which causes people to become paralyzed.
Gehrig played in every game		paid him some money in advance.
In all he played over		2000 games.
In a speech he said he was the		luckiest man on the face of the earth.
He died of a disease		the "Iron Horse".