Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-14 | Page 7 | Ruppert Gives Baseball Value

RUPPERT GIVES BASEBALL VALUE Majol league Holdings ings Placed Place At Millions YanI Owner NEW EW YORK March 1 BY 14 14 B The Associated Pre The Thc s The value of ot major league leacu baseball dubs clubs club Is I In the th opinion of Col Co Jacob Ru Rupert pert owner of ot the New NewYork NewYork York Yankee Golf was as supposed to have taken tan fans away away from th the bal ball bali ballparks parks he be h said Yet Tet I think In reality golf colt has haj Increased interest In baseball I r suppose you OU might mith call It the th sporting the athletic complex The Tho American Idea u used ed to be beto beto to work early carlY and late The bus bus- Incas mal ma man u used ed to lo start his task at S 8 a m en or earlier and quit at 6 t Now he ho starts at 9 Ii In the th mornIng and quits quit earlier in the thi afternoon With Colonel L T Huston fuston Rup Rup- Ruppert Rup- Rup Ruppert pert bought the Yankees for tor In 1916 1915 l lt when the tb club was wasby wasby by no means the lowest quoted on the th baseball exchange The Tho Tb value alue of ot none nono of o the th seven even organ organ- organIzations In the American league at the tho tim time wa was U over h he thought The National league values value were slightly higher hither No Now the American league clubs are worth a total of ot Ruppert Huppert said ald and the tb National has the same value Babe Bab Ruth alone will vIli represent an Investment In In- In Investment vestment of by th the Ya- Ya Yan- Yan kee management when completed his hi year three contract calling for tor annual pay of 70 70 iO- iO The Ruth figure fleur Included purchase price pric and salary alary pay pay- payments payments payments ments he said laid Baseball has attracted a ter bet bet- better bettee Ruppert tee ter class of ot players says ays There Ther are r not many JOany rough roughnecks roughnecks roughnecks necks left lett In the big bis leagues The average Intelligence Is greater Cleaner baseball ba has hadon done much to Increase aso ase the cro ds and especially th the Interest among women The Th called so-called n scandal al Involving Cobb and Speaker proved that baseball cannot afford to be any any- anything anything any thing but honest and It Is hon han honest hanest hon honest est right to th the core 00 00