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Show GEHRIG GETS HIGHJALARY Larruping Lou Signs for Dole Of $33,000; Ruth Wants Manager Job By LAYTON CARVER United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (U.RI Lou Gehrig boasted a new one-year one-year contract for $33,000 today as Babe Ruth returned home from Europe to be among the first to congratulate his Yankee teammate team-mate who succeeds him as the highest salaried player in baseball. The "Iron Horse" first baseman, base-man, leader of both leagues in luting lut-ing last season, signed yesterday after a conference with Col. Jacob Ruppert, Yankee owner. The United Press learned that a compromise was reached at $33,-000. $33,-000. The club had offered $27,000. Gehrig asked $35,000 which would have matched the Babe's figure !ast season. The terms agreed upon, establishing estab-lishing Gehrig as the top-salaried star, exclusive of player-managers gives him an increase of $8,000 over his previous best, $25,000 in 1931. In Top Class ' While it is less than half of the Babe's all-time top of $80,000 for a single year, it still places Gehrig among the best salaried players past and present Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Rogers Horns-by, Horns-by, Hack Wilson and All Simmons the Chicago White Sox slugger who will rank second next season at $27,000. After the settlement had been reached with Gehrig, Col. Ruppert said: "We had no trouble in signing Gehrig. He merited a, raise in salary on the strength of his wonderful won-derful record last year. He is satisfied sat-isfied and so is the. club." "They treated me fine," Lou said, joining Ruppert and business manager Ed Barrow in declining to reveal terms . |