Gunnison Valley News | 1929-10-03 | Page 2 | Babe Herman Says He'll Ask $100,000 Salary

Babe Herman Says He'll Ask $100,000 Salary Floyd C. (Babe) Herman, Brooklyn slugger, leading National league slugger, slug-ger, has made It known that he is prepared to ask the Robins' management manage-ment for $100,000 for his next season's work. The illustrious .400 hitter has it figured fig-ured this way: If Babe Ruth can ask a hundred grand for his next season's stipend why can't he7 If a member of a Bronx team can expect that much compensation, why not a representative representa-tive of Flatbush?" The answer seems to be that the McKeever-Ebbets interests can't begin be-gin to pay what Colonel Ruppert with his prosperous Yankees can. This Babe, however, suffers from no Inferiority complexes. He is prepared pre-pared to point out that he will outhit the Babe 50 points any year, that he can hit a ball as far as well as often-er, often-er, and that the only reason he doesn't make as many home runs Is because he hits slashing liners to left and center cen-ter instead of pulling pop flies Into nearby right-field stands. Nevertheless, the belief prevails that Herman will be lucky to get a quarter of what he plans to demand. It Is reported that Lou Gehrig gets $25,000 a year and no one will gainsay gain-say the Brooklyn Babe in his contention conten-tion that if Lou is worth that kind of money, to the Yankees he Is worth at least as much to the Robins.