BASEBALL SALARIES
“BABE” RUTH’S EXAMPLE NEW YORK, Jan. 22. I’rofossiona! baseball in America is threatened with a serioug situation because players are following the example of “Babe Ruth, the game’s most brilliant “star,’’ who demanded 11 salary of LT7.CCO a year for three years, and are themselves asking for salaries ranging from RSCCO in LIO.CCO. The shining lights of baseball declare that they represent a sport that interests millions o. persons and represents more Thau £I9,OCO,CCO invested capital. They believe they are entitled to a greater pemml ago of the gate receipts. 1 ilulli. who was “bought” by the New York Yankee (Tub 10 years ago tor £25.000. defends his demand for a huge salary by ' pointing out that Dempsey got -Ptoj.cco for 1 ji single appearance, and that a cinema “star gets ,DO,COO a year. He asks only £I7,CCO a year, he'says, fofi 200 appearances. The baseball managers say they cannot pay anything approaching the salaries demanded and make a jqnsouable .profit.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 13
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163BASEBALL SALARIES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 13
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