We knew what we had to do and we just kept going after them. I think we really wore them down and later on we were picking up big yards on runs.

Tim Shaw is just playing linebacker I think,

He held his own out there. He wore down toward the end, which is to be expected, but he was solid.

I don't think that playing Milwaukee ... is going to be easy. I think we knew that going in, and especially with Milwaukee because they've got guys that are capable of getting 40 points against us. We just have to be careful with them and take care of home-court.

I knew he was going to be tough. The first couple minutes, I kept at him. I think I have good endurance in these kind of matches.

Besides the Tour's importance in sport, the historical world events that unfolded with the very country in which Ruth wore this uniform which initiated the involvement of the United States into World War II with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, only added to the desirability of this piece.