Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 318, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1920 — HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID FOR BASE BALL STAR [ARTICLE]

HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID FOR BASE BALL STAR

The highest price ever paid for a baseball star was paid Monday when Colonel Jacob C. Ruppert, owner of the New York Americans, deposited a check for $125,000 to the credit of Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston American league club, for George “Baber Ruth, greatest, slugger in baseboll. ? The decision of the Boston club to dispose of its greatest star came as a result of the “Babe’s” actions in demanding a salary of $20,000 for next season, when his signed contract called for but SIO,OOO. ’. Ruth broke all home-run records in 1919 by driving out twenty-nine circuit walops, but the feat so turned his head that his demands have been unreasonable since that time.