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Show Babe Herman Says He'll Ask $100,000 Salary Floyd G. (Babe) Herman, Brooklyn slugger, leading National league slugger, slug-ger, baa made It known that be la 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 bis next season's stipend why cant bet 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 wltb his prosperous Tankees can, , This Babe, however, suffers from ' no Inferiority complexes. He Is prepared pre-pared to point out that he will outhtt the Babe 60 polnta any year, that be can hit a ball as far as well as often-er, often-er, and that the only reason he doesn't vi, aim miui iuo uuij reasuu uv uucsu l make aa many home runs Is because he hits slashing liners to left and center cen-ter Instead of pulling pop flies Into nearby right-Held stands. 1 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 tbe Brooklyn Babe in his contention conten-tion that if Lon la worth that kind of money to the Tankees he Is worth t least aa much to the Robins. |