HIGHEST PAID ATHLETE.
Vancouver, March 7. “Babe’’ Ruth, who, it was reported yesterday, had entered into a fiveyear baseball contract at the salary of a railway president, with a bonus of £IOO for each home run, is the highest-paid athlete in the world. His salary exceeds £15,000 a year.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4550, 27 March 1922, Page 2
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49HIGHEST PAID ATHLETE. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4550, 27 March 1922, Page 2
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