HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE.
INCOME OF £15,000 A YEAR. Vancouver, March 7. “Babe” Ruth, who, it was reported yesterday, had entered into a five-year baseball contract at the salary of a railway president, with a bonus of £lOO for each home run, is the highest-paid athlete in the world. His salary exceeds .£15,000 a year.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1922, Page 5
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53HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE. Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1922, Page 5
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