Show Dont Don't Belittle Babe Anybody Who Draws for Part Time Job Isn't So Bad By Br HERBERT W. W V. V BARKER BAEKER Associated Press Sport Writer NEW YORK Jan l 13 Fat 13 Fat and 40 he may be but Babe Ruths Ruth's time part job with the New York York- Yankees Yankee will net him about 35 next summer That's a drop of around 55 per percent percent percent cent from the record top of 80 he received for his labors in 1930 1030 and 1931 but it will buy a alot alot alot lot of groceries and still leaves Ruth the highest paid performer in the game The Bambino will not sign his contract until Monday but all the details were agreed to when Ruth and Colonel Jacob Ruppert went into a brief conference at the Colonels Colonel's Coland's Colonels Colo Cola nels nel's brewery yesterday Where it used to take two months to get the big fellow in line Colonel Ruppert wound up this conference in a few minutes He mentioned his price probably Quick Conference The Babe countered with a higher ante possibly Then without further argument a compromise was effected in all likelihood at although the precise sum swi wont won't be known until Monday The big slugger who appeared in games games last season although he played only a few innings in ina ina ina a good many of them had anticipated anticipated antici antic another cut and signified his willingness to accept it provided it was reasonable Never before in his 15 years with the Yankees has the former home run king signed one of his big contracts before March and never has an agreement been reached on the first bounce Although he has lost much of or his speed d and has been forced to yield his home run crown to Jimmie Jimmie Jim Jim- mie mic Foxx Ruth expects to play in at least games for the Yankees in 1934 After Alter that he may be ready to quit quiL Some close followers follow follow- ers of the game thought that the readiness with wl which ch Ruth came cameto cameto cameto to terms indicated the possibility that he might get a chance to manage the club after Joe McCarthys McCarthy's McCarthys Mc McCarthys Carthy's contract expires in 1935 Handsome Returns Including the probable figure for 1934 Babe will have earned in salary alone in his years with the Yankees and his sidelines have earned him many thousands more Specifically this tells the story 1 1620 20 signed In Cal 1921 1921 signed in New York 25 1922 26 1922 signed in Hot Springs Ark 29 1927 29 1927 signed in St St. Petersburg 31 1930 31 1930 signed in St St. Petersburg 1933 1933 signed in St St. Pe Pe- 1934 probably 1934 probably to be signed In N New ew York The contract Ruth signed In his first year with the thc Yankees represented just twice vice as as much money as he had received In 1919 19 9 in his sixth season with the Boston Red Sox Sax |