| Show I P I By By GRANTLAND RICE Copi right 1244 iii r rv Nev v York Trl- Trl Tri Tri-j bune bun Inc Trademark Regis Regis- Registered i U S Patent Office Babe Bab abe Ruth 52 a R year I cash doubles the best t be l money ever paId to 10 a ball la er who ho wasu t tI taIo I alo aIo al o m the th club It is 18 i along a long lone long lone jump from the th Jay flay ay when I Id Dd and premIer hitter of that time Ume heldI held I lout i out for tor 2400 from Philadelphia and e turned down That was wasa wasa as asa a trifle os 0 o er cr t tw enty fis e rs e ago apo Both were ere up around two to of the greatest greatt t ot of the th game eanie et Ct theIr bid for tor 2400 a 0 icar ear was lS looked Upon with chilly or dl or fa and re- re regarded re regarded regarded as a hold up T four ent four I I hundred dollars nola now no Is la about the 1 amount Ruth Kuth recedes es each playIng I II w eek I 1 1 et ct Ruth Is well v vi i back back of ot D Demp- Demp Dempey Dempsey sey ey and Leonard and other cham cham- champlon champion pion plon boxer boers two Fifty-two I dollars mati ma mo seem Beem eem to be b Important money until It Is stacked stocked up against I Demps a s collection for or 1 two 10 0 tights fights Shelby and ond the th Polo Grounds turned over to I Dempsey and Kearns Kearn of ot which I Dempsey's share I Is Ic supposed to be lie H should do better than that this thi season But It wasn't bad for tor a II quiet year The Tho Th differ differ- difference ence I lii not nol so o great grent as a thia Ihla thi represents represent sent Dempsey Dempsy s a ring earnings for three lear var eara and In those thos three years Ruth s ability had hai rung up Including a II few n So Demp Demp- Dempsey Dempey sey ey ey hasn't euch such a II amat test mat bull bulge on the famous slugger slun-ier from another game If It he fIghts tight t twice talc Ice again thi thiea i ea on the th markin mackin will be In- In increased Increased creased with a barrel or so 80 o of bullion to spar spore While Ruth Is I 1 collecting bi his 52 this thi season Dempsei Dempse mil may be b picking up HOO for tor hIs end nd Two T battle will hung bring him In that much with Kearns Kearn taking tl an equal amount That means mean nearly eight elichi ht seasons pa pai for tor or Ruth and Ruth will Ill hardly hl bon b II n headliner eight year from now V It II may m- look as It if I Was getting n ft lot of easy mon money mo ei said Mid Demp Demp- soy ey ey some somo som time lime tim ago aco Perhaps I Iam Iam am At least I am getting It a lot lo easier eler ea ler than a lot of ot others other But Bu BuIt It Isn l n t quito quite as soft ott as It II looks look to t bo be tobo tobe b And If It I 1 am making easy mono how about Baby Peggy P and Jackie Jackle Coogan They hate hale It 1 ove over m me and neither hn baa ha to take tak one on on the tb be chin And neither one on had h d to take tak the tho th hard road rOl I had h to 10 take tak before betor I landed Every Every- EverythinG thing la I comparative In this thi game which la Ia merely merly a matter mattor of how hov much ou on can on draw In at the gete It If lean I can I t draw drw In the th money I 1 wont won't get ft It long Neither will Baby nor Jackie Coogan All of which is u tru true trite enough I Money Is lq reasonable w hen It gets let down to a matter of ot cold har hard haril l justice It Is a e of gate receipts and of Ing pow pow- power powen power er en but not a me or tion to civilization ch Yet there al sie e practically no human being who would refuse to accept the th pa checks of Da Dab b Peg Tackle Coogan and Jack Dempsey Dempley It If they coul could l collect the tho same In itt a legal fashion Ills It Is all out of ot proportion of coue cour Something Is I wrong wrone In Inthe inthe Inthe the which n makes kes It possible It Is oven even von ridIculous when ou ponder It a trifle But thoa tho e who are getting the tho th mone money mcney RM eve It doing e the th same ame anyone any one on else el In Inthe Inthe Inthe the same ime position would do It Is hal their busIness tn wh or to brood over It so long Ions a as the turnstiles continue t to click at atso atso atso so much per click In the th way of financial returns return boxing cornea comes first and baseball with Hh McGraw Ruth Buth Cobb Speaker Me- Me Mc-Graw Mc Craw Graw and others other comes cm second hat hot sport might be b ranked r d In third place as a a n money getter for forthe the tho follower Golf Golt lunt isn't far tar away ball roo coache rarely get let moro more mor than 10 10 a a year ye r Few got rot that tat hut and through mon money y exhibitions exhibition and anil salaries have been ben knocking off ott bet between n and 80 a season ca nn Wit V know of o eral e se eral golf coif In pios os who get between and 18 a year vear from salaries and the tho th sale sal of o A good gOlfer who iq 10 a fine tin Instructor AnI ini who ho know l now something of course coura upkeep should have no treat great trouble In making makini 16 a sear or more from the tho thoI th various po al ot hind which I Include LullIn the sale ot of ebb dob and ball In fact tact there ther are ar not so 10 m many ny 1 I I all all- players all players who ho beat this amount Very Vory few So the financial ranking should be b boxing b and Golf colt with golf crowding crowlIng baseball ll up to the th hilt In fact it lb the OO bet best paid I golf Bolt professionals professIonal were matched against the OO major leaguer leac now in the tho th t two 0 main leagues there thare s a i strong tron chance chanc that the th golf folt pros pro would dollar lead leod with Ith a n number of ot dol- dol dol lara lace lar to spare pre Ther Thelo to are ome- ome thing like 2500 golf pro pros In the and at least or of these thee thes Il Mera re high as money mony makers There Thero figure Is none non to reach Ruth s q rig rig- fig ure tire but Ruth Is an exception The Th golf colt who ho sticks tick pro to the tho job can pick up tip 18 31 or 20 a day thay ay from Instruction In- In alone as many of them themar are aro working full time tim beh between een April and No ember with Ith winter jobs on n Ih the sIde In Tn addition to this they thy ha ha e e and the profit from front the sale ial of clubs and ball Eten Een El E en the boxer boxen won on wont t come dose cloe to a up with Ith bell ll and anu golfers fIe fl e o 0 boxer nuke mako good money roone mone but only the er ero ens collect And there ther are ar not many not headliners not many mony Outride of oth I the champions and the tb the others other ho have hav ve their al liar re of ot hard day days Even the th championship high high- highway highway way Is none non too sott soft ott at times timed Demp DempsY went two t years without coll collecting Bonny Benny Leonard Is 1 I ro ready ady to start tart but there l un In n t much I In Insight sight to start tarl a not against not not for tor an- an arother an gate A good light light- lightweight ll weight ma mati step tep alonG alone upon hort notIce but the th picking picking- at present In this division I Is not extremely large Iorg The Th challengers er have hav been blowing blo U up with too many nony resonant In th lat last Tw row month months to Ipie plesie an cha champion who ho gnows that at t twenty eight onty oni a few te brief s seasons are ar left lett In which to harvest th the fragrant kale kal Sport I Is paying p out Its It millions to a good rood many thousands In a greater number than anyone any one thought twenty t-enty 3 ears ear ago aco Mid And with the th gro growing Ing lote est the th field will ill otter offer stIll greater later plater on for tor those willingto willing to Klie gie h e their but best to the th profession the they may adopt adol |
