Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-25 | Page 23 | Libel Suits, Totaling $3,500,000, Face Author of Yankee Expose

I libel ibel Suits Totaling Face Author of Yankee Expose N NEW W YORK Oct 25 UP Libel A-Libel Libel suits seeking a total of have lave been filed by 10 New York Yankee baseball players and Lou GehrIg former Yankee against Jimmy rimmy Powers sports sports editor editor of the New few York Dally Daily News and the News Syndicate Inc Samuel L. L Sargent attorney for forthe forthe the he players said the suits are based upon an article and a cartoon which appeared in the Sunday News August August August Au Au- gust 18 The Th suits charge that Powers made libelous statements Inthe in inthe inthe the article in an attempt to explain explain ex- ex plain the reason for a slump in the teams team's playing The News later published a full- full page age article Under this banner headline The News apologizes to o Lou Gehrig and the Yankees I One suit for has been brought by Yankee Pitchers Lefty Gomez John Murphy Monte Pearson Pearson Pearson Pear Pear- son Atley Donald Oral Hildebrand Charles Ruffing and Steve Sundra Sundry Second Baseman Joe Gordon Catcher Bill Dickey and Third Baseman Red Rolfe The other suit for has been brought by GehrIg who re retired retired retired re- re tired from the Yankees in June 1939 when his ailment was described described described de de- de- de scribed by the Mayo Brothers clinic at Rochester Minn as lateral sclerosis a form of chronic poliomyelitis infantile paralysis Gehrig established the greatest endurance record in the history of baseball baseball 2130 2130 consecutive games played from 1925 on