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Show ' l . ' employment mployment employrr4ent Problem Solv Solved d ; "Babe Babe " " Finds Job 1 I \.ji.fh ji.fh .ji.fh jifh \ . . - , 'llJBy llJBy ' % By WILLIAM C UTLEY UTLEYK UTLEYr k UTLEYk ' be alarmed anrmed ] That K r ( fON'T fONT 0 N T " H ( ) "whoosh whoosh " 1 t ' " you juct just ju : t heird he'lrd helrd heard ' andfelt andfelt and of ofd ofI oft'a of1 not the beginning beglfinlng [ felt " was as d I . t'a ta fr ' a,11lrl"lnd a \ whirlwind \,11lrl"lnd ,11lrl"lnd 11lrllnd whlrlwlnd , " It " was "as as just the theUve the"live ther therMve r be " "live live Mve Uve sigh of ot relief reUef of about 100 1 ) people For ror tor the nation's nations nntion's nntions ' roost most mostc1 mosth . " unemplo unemployment ment problem probiem h\c h c his hisit In ' \ , ' . c\1 c 1 c1lag \ In lag | ng I it itoIved Solved toved to oIved ved : Babe Ruth his b'lS blS ' found a ab asoy abi b soy Vhat Nlmat bnt was to become of Babe 11\s 11 s iris 11sf 11sas irisas hisns ' \ f | as much consternition consterD'l11on consterDl11on consternation ' as wbat what whatppen whatjippcn ppen to the NRA NRAi 1 i tmlghty rmighty [ mighty Sultin Sult'ln Sultln Sultan ' of Swat , who left4rrthe left leftryjhe 4rrthe 477 < ryjhe , Use laud land to become Uncle S'lro Slro Simsdal Sims Simslal ' s slal lal dal ambassidol ambnss'ldol ambnssldol nmbassidor ' to Jipin J"Ip'ln JIpln Japin " ' and creF6 ere cre erenore o F6 F6iore iore nore nore good , will ,111 111 In a few weeks weeksntesmcn weeks6u weeksStatesmen 6utatesmen \ntesmcn ntesmcn \ tatesmen have hn\e hn e \ in years enrs , returned returnedto returnedt 6u t .tto tto . ( to find himself on the outsider outsideQtg outside r ) ' hg Qtg g ! In n lie had declired c1echred declared he wouldIz would woud wouldtcome ] Iz Izeome tcome come eome again an acU active ve pIn plaver player ' er forew for forcw 'ew ew ( ' cw ew York Yorle Yan Yankees ] ces , " who "ho ho boughtt boughtthhen bought t ' thhen hcn hen he wis w\s w s ' \ a voung young oung pitcher wHh with withBoston withBoston Boston bston Red Sox Sos and thou then hid h\d h d had ' \ to tothe toItti'the tot'the Itti'the Ittithe : /the the t'the tthe . / ' world's worlds word's words ] ' ] laigest algest largest baseball st'l'l stnm stnlio sti st'l stl stn ' 'l l m ' 'lI ' Iko lio I o hold the enormous numbers of of18most ofhmost 18most most fanatic fanntIc of all n11 Idol worshIpbe worship - ' ' be le ne basebill baseb\H baseb H baseball ' \ ! ' fins 'lns lns , who wanted toF toF to F : Jm . tibino % Tibino blno , , who answered to the n'lme nlme nime n'lmeforge nimeverge mmeForge ' forge verge Herman , " when "hen hen they caned called canedall calledall calledoil all for tor soup In 1n St . . Marv Mnr Mary s orphf orpht orph f t three decades ago , " wanted "anted anted aIlter's ager's a ager's n then Ilter's Ilters ! ger's gers ' job When he lIe left on the the4lorming theforming 4lorming tormlng tour which whldi " hlch found hIml him himIble Ible Ible ble to piste p'lste plste ' the old pellet higher higher"Mt higherMt l 11pMt higher11pMt " "Mt Mt ' " " rujlymmYL FUJI rujl } ami nm'l nml ' and farther thanJ than J ] t-s t s t:1's t1s - : . , ' s imperlillstic Imperl'lllstIc ImperllllstIc imperlilistlc ' ambitions , he lit1'rubted lit litinb 1'rubted 1rubted ' mbted inb ed thit th\t th t that ' \ there , " would "ould ould be e a n sttft'4cy suf sttf t'4cy t4cy ' cy'ot cyot y yof of ' of such posts awilting a'lltlug awiitiug a\\ a ' \ 'lltlug lltlug ' his reBaseb'lll re1 reBaseball re- re reBasebill - - - 1 ' Basebill Baseb'lll Baseblll Baseball ' 0\\ 0 owed 0ed ' \ ed It to himthere hImB him himB1 B- B , . Bthere B1 - there were none Basebal1 Baseball Baseballri , - the Babe's Babes ' w " wigon 'lgon lgon igon ' tongue bat at had'ftrom hadfrom had hadffrom - It--1 It 1 6f 'ftrom ftrom ' ffrom from just a swell game to a n giantk giant k try 'try ' , hid h'ld hld had ' no place pace ] for him Even Evenawn wn awn ) Yinkees Y\nl.ees Ynl.ees Y nl.ees nlees Yanl.ees Yanlees ' \ . didn dldn t want him'would him 'would would ' ) ' would woud ] have hit hlied hired ed him , ves yes es beit be it 9 9there ' \ } there would have been bloodyatlon bloody bloodyNation at1on atlon in Manhattan if they negJ1 negI neg -I I - - 4 him ent1rel cntlreb entirely But thev they didn dldn thim t1 t -J1 J1 -1 1 - 1him | him That was apparent apparent.I apparentI . . Iris hurt urt art the Bambino Bambmo , of ot course ButIs ButIs But Is ' his 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n tiult f1ult fault The Babe Is m.e me like like1 . 6 . shiggy sh"lggy shlggy shaggy " , playful phlJful dog tliat that Is ai- ai al- al aidoing aldoing al alldoing - l-doing l doing - doing something sometbmg sometbmgute , - cute -ute ute He senses senses'he sensesthe sensesyhe [ \'he 'he he the ' \ " ' his h\s h s ' \ done somethino something somethln ; that'ed tint th"lt thlt that tintcd " fed th"ltfed 'ed ed ' cd you very much , gets pretty pretty14T prettyv prettyI I 14T 14Tabout o , ! about It , pioceeds ploceeds proceeds to jump up upu upiStou ou u , gets his dirty paws on your yourclean yourclean yourjjSclean clean shirt and has to be sp'lnhed splnhed spanked sp'lnhedlort spankedrort spinLed'port spinLedport ' ' lort rort , , , he lacks lacls , d1plomicsthe diplomici dlplom'lc dlplomlc d1plomics ' , } - "the the " the close of ot the 1934 1034 playing plnylng se\ se sea seawith sefwIth seiJwlth ' \ _ fwIth ! with his batting bnttmg average a\"erage a "erage erage \ " h'l hl hi\ing hi ing hung hiingDk ' \ ' mg ak hungak nk mgnk Dk to . .288 288 .2S3 2S3 . , his home run tota total ] to tof.1nd tofind toand f.1nd f1nd . find his salary salarv to a mere $35 35 $35000"hnnum 35000hnnum $ 000 000annum " ' " annum nnum , . and his 1115 forty one 3 J y ear old oldI oldabout oldabout oldT oldTabout I about as steady as tlwe thcce these : of the the11tnbe the\table the table 11tnbe 3table 3 \ : table ] you borrowed nest next door forJday's forday's for forday's Jday's Jdays day's days ' bridge game . , the Babe nn an nn'aced aniced an'iced aniced 'aced aced ' ' iced to all and sundry sundn sundru that he was was"ugh was'ugh was'ugh wasugh "ugh ugh 'ugh ' " as llS an active nctlve paJ player placeri ] er . : ? , , His Diplomatic Way . Jth tth Way.Jth WayJth ' ill 'ill the diplomitic dlplom1tc diplomatic ! aplomb 3plomb ofpuppy of ofnippy puppy ( nippy uppy doge dog ' \ we \\e e have mentioned , . he he'straightway heItt'stralghtway heIttstralghtway stratght\\ay stratght ay 'straightway straightway ' ? ' \ to Col Jake Jale , Ruppert Ituppert , manages to find time between histo hisfoundry his his"foundry tmanages ' , to tofoundry "foundry foundry " and his vacht yacht acht to run the thers -rs rs - rs of theetv the .New New \etv etv \ . e\v e v \ lork Iork AmerIcan Americanae ; ae e ball Lall club The colonel colonels s ese e . } e efs es fs ? s lifted in mute surprise surpnse , noat no not at < t , t , because the time was hardlyIitor hardlyfor hardly hardlyfor Iitor for the curtain to rise on tlie the an anmelodrama an\ an anmelodrama \ 1 ( 1melodrama melodrama that these two t\\o t o trio ' \ se'l sel sea sead sei'd seid ' ' d Thespians are " wont ont to enact for fordJenefit forbenefit dJenefit benefit { of the press each sear year . } ear , besIgning be.1 be- be besigning - - .1 1 . .1slgning . signing slgning to gl gi\e gi e glue \ ' e our hero more more1y morey morefey 1y y tor for circling clrcHng the bases ba50s than the1dent thedent the theIdent -Ident Ident -dent dent 1dent - - gets for running aroun around tbe the tbeocratlc theocratic thejocratic , ocratlc ocratic platformire platform platformire platformre ire ire re iou 30U you satIsOed satisfied with your man 7 ? ? " asked asl.ed asled . the Bibe B\be B be ' \ , making mahlng no ef- ef efwhateuer et-'whatever et 'whatever whatever - " ' whate\ whate whatecr whateuer : \ cr to I keep eep the question se sefrom sepfrom from the press and the public publicnel publicel publicmet nel el Ruppert replied repUed that he "as as was "asrd wasrd " wasgkrd rd G . Barrow , general man1ger manager man1gere mamgerife 1 1e e club , further e\ e evidenced eIdenced euldenced \ Idenced comp complete ) ste , . / .ctlon ctlon eHon . with Manager Joe Mc Mcas Mer . as not Dot the first e experience perlence of its itsor itsor itsOr or the Babe When Miller Hug Hugled Hugled Hugled led a . few years ago , Bibe Ihbe lithe asked asked10 askedc askede c e job The Yanks have never neverered neverered neverered ered Ruth of ot manigerlal mnn'lgerla mnnlgerla ' ] timber timberIdn't timberIdn't timberdidn't timberdidnt Idn't Idnt ' ' then tIlen They m'ue mue mide m'tde mtde ' ] Bob Bobey Bobey Bobcey ey manager ; \ when hen he failed tn in tn's inP in's inr's inrs P ' 's s ' trial they Imported Joe Mc Mcfrom Mcfrom Mer from the National NationaJ leigue le'lgue lelgue league ' BabewayS Babeways Babe Babeways ways been petulant about this thislice thistice thisitice lice tice " and In consequence there ; therelwavs therelwa3 therelwayg lwayg lwa3 c ; been a coldness codness ] between betweennd betweenad betweenind nd ad McCarthy ISIcCarthy . b Ruth publlciv publicI publicly v declired dechred to be be.McCarthy's be.McCarthys beMcCarthys . McCarth beMcCarth beMcCarthy's McCarthy's McCarthys nndI andl . } 'It It ' , job , thennh the Unks \nnh nnh lnnks \ ! ) > nnd and andfel I l lluppert Huppert iluppert " were "ere ere on the spot spotjifelt spotalt alt obliged obllged to rctiln rct'lln rctlln retain ' the Bihe B'lhe Blhe ' Bihehe B'lhehe he resign as a pi pl iver ryer I . } er . , but lould could louldountenauce couldountenance couldpountcnance ountenauce ountenance an open ho hostility hoctility tl1Ity bethelr betheir be . their thelr manager and cue one of hl hiss his $ 1 s , i men ? Babe was usas \ as getting old ; could he hes11 hestill hestill s11 still ] draw at the gate gates ? ' ' To draw thefans the thefanc thefang fanc fang : , New YOl Yoik ] , hns hac has ; to hnve.n hnven hn\e.n hne.n hn e.n en Iiaue.a Iiauea \ . . winner vInner , ; could coud ] the Babe stand the b feiff 6iff "lIT lIT " ? Mc McCarthy Mcearthy MeCarthy Carthy earthy " wis 1.S 1S ' . almost sure to keep leep , the theBabe theBabe theBabe Babe on the bench ; " would "ould ould the fans put putup putup putup up " with "Ith Ith It ? Now No\\ No Nouu Noto \ to change the scene for a roo mo rooment mowent moment ment went , , things tlllnriS thins \ wcie wete el e happening hnppenlng In the theto thetouun thetown touun to " n " where "here here the Bimbino D"Imblno DImblno Bambino " begin beg\n beg n ' \ his hisbig hisbig hisbig big leigue le1gue league C'll Cll cueci citeet ' eel . The Boston Draves Braves Bravessmuggling , stluggllng struggling along as n a second rate club clubfor clubfor clubfor for 3 . } sears ears , were ] losing oslng monev moneJ money Some Some- Something Something . - thing hid b'ld bld ' to be done . Sitting In n a bos box : at a R Braves Draves ' game gameone gameone gameone one afternoon aftc.rnoon aftcrnoon . were Judge Emil ruc.hs ruchs Fuchspresident . , president of ot the club , and the then thenMauor thenMavor Mauor In ' or Tnmes Tames lames A Curley , . now govelDor governor goveinorof govelDorof governorof of Missichusett 1\I'lss\chusettc 1 I'lss Ilss chusettc Missichusetts \ ' ' \ : Business was b'ld bld bid b'ldCut bidCurley bidCuiley ' Cut Curley ley convinced cOU\1Dced cOU 1Dced \ I r uchs thit th'lt thlt that ' the theBlaves theBraves theBiaves Blaves Braves must secuie seeUle secure some gicat gleat great star to tooffset tooffset tooffset offset the gate attraction of ot the Red RedSO RedSea RedSox SO Sea , whom Tom Yiwkey's Yiwkeys Y'lwkey's Ylwkeys ' ' dough had hadbuilt hadbuilt hadbuilt built into n a winner He went hlmse himselfIL himself ] ! IL : ? KS R , -f f - fy y e s . k a aQt S t6 f r rR Qt ai > ci # hQQa ' err err96t 96t 96ttt tt ttl ttPi l Pi t1d 4 4i 4ie e x 3 ; iv 5 W + f3 y a n G : rd t tsx L y7n ' sx ? 3e 9w T ) oy 3 f- f fxZT'j - xZT'j xZTj xZT'jRR ' RR R v ? ' - - - - to talk tall to Ruth on the night of Ruth's Ruths Ruth'sdeparture Ruth'sdeparture Ruth'sdeparture Ruthsdeparture ' departure for the Orient Oncnt Bibe B'lIJe BlIJe Babe ' was wasuullling waswilling uullling , . BlIng enough to go to Beanto Beantown Beantou\n Beantou n " \ n , but butthere butthere butthere there wcie wele were too many man ; obsticles obst\cles obst cles obstacles ' \ in the theay theway theway \\ay ay way ' \ and the thing wis W'lS WlS ' presumably presumablydropped presumablydropped presumablydropped dropped right nght thereBoston thereBoston there thereBoston Boston Goes Wild . When Ruth returned . , It was general generA- generA general- generAly generally ] - ly accepted thit th'lt thlt that ' he 'would would ' woud ] sign ng'lIn nglIn again ng'lInwIth againwith ngilnwith ' wIth the Yanks Yanl.s Yanls . as a pln placer : er Colonel ColonelRuppert ColonelRuppert ColonelRuppert Ruppert refused to be left on the spot spotHe spotHe spotHe He telephoned Fuchs ruchs rucks In Boston nnd and nndasl andasked andasked asl asked ed him if he " winted usinted 'lnted lnted ' the B1be Bibe B1beruclls Biberuelis BibeFuchs ruclls ruelis responded recponded ; by catching catchmg the theerynext eery eerynext \erynext erynext \ , ery erynext next rattler rat11er tor for ManhattanOn Manhittin Mnnh\tt\n Mnnh tt n Manhattan ManhittinOn MnnhttnOn ' \ ' \ On ' February F'ebruar Februar 27 21 . , Ruth " was "as as uuas made as asslstant asslstant assistant slstant manager of the Braves Bra\es Bra es \ , , signing signinga signingn n a three 3 y car ear play pla ers ' contnct contr'lct contrlct contract ' at a figure figureu figureviriously u \ 1rIously ariously ' reported at $20 20 $20000 20000 $ 20 000 to $25000 25000 $25000a $25 25 $ 25 000 000a 000a a y vcir e'lr elr car ' . . He " was uuas as aso also ] made u \ vice Ice lce presIdent presIdentand presidentand presidentand and granted a shaie shale share in the receIpts receIptswhIch receiptswhich receiptswhich whIch should make mal.e male . his earnings from from$40000 from40000 $40000 40000 $ to $50,000 50000 $ , a vearBoston yearBoston year vear yearBoston Boston , where the fans like their theirbaseb1.11 theirbaseball theirbasebill baseb1.11 baseb111 baseball . e even , en better bctter than their nath natlue natluebeans nativebeins e ebe'Ins be'Ins beIns beans ' . , went wild Babe was toasted at atdmners atdinners atdinners dmners dinners Rosy predictions " were "ere ere made madefor madefor madefor for a revh revival revisal al of ot " winning "Inning Inning uulnning biseball 1sebalI baseball b In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Hub Numerous Inspired citizens citizense citizenseu citizenseven e eu , en offered to buy stock In the club club.which clubwhich . , which . , hlch was badly In need of or fresh c'lpl clpl capl c'lpltaL capltaL cipltak ' taL And right In the midst of all an the thec.heermg thecheering thecheering c.heermg cheermg cheering . the playful pupp puppy } . agiln ag'lln aglln again ' for for- forgot forgot forgot - got his diplomacy and got muddy feet feeton feeton feeton on the master's masters mnster's mnsters ' shIrt"I shirt"I shirt shirt"I "I I " will wlll tike t'lke tlke take ' 0\ 0 \ over 0er oser er the complete nc- nc ac- ac ncUve active ac active - - tive Uve minagement m\nagement m nagement management ' \ of or the Brl\ Brl Braves Brlas : \ as in inl In193G l 1030 3G , , " said the Babe . There had been beenan beenan beenan an undercurrent undei undel current ever since smce the news newsof newsof newsof of his signing slgnlDg thit th\t th t that ' \ the capible cap'lbe caplbe capable ' ] Bm Bill BillMcfiechnie BillMcKechnIe IcKechnIe Mcfiechnie , wily wHy Scot who managed managedthe managedthe managedthe the Braves , \ would ould get a n raw deal Pre PredIctions Predlctions Predictions dIctions dlctions were that tJlat Ruth would take takeover takeover takeover |