A PAYING GAME
“BABE” RUTH AND BASEBALL. United press Association— By Electric Telegraph.—Co >yright.) NEW YORK, January 14. There is a variety of proofs that the depression has struck America. “Bahe” Ruth the famous baseball player, to-day returned unsigned a contract calling for seveinty thousand dollars payment for his baseball services for the year 1932. He said that a ten thousand dollar reduction under last year’s payment would be acceptable to him, hut he must have a two-year contract. The Baseball Club management recently declared: “Never again would there he a ‘hall’ player worth eighty thousand dollars.” An amicable adjustment, however is expected.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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103A PAYING GAME Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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