| Show JOE INCOME IS BIG invidious comparison with joe and ruth jack curley promoter of wrestling says that babe ruth may be tle tile hf highest 11 ll salaried ball player in the but what he be will get out of baseball will not make him the athlete with the greatest annual income ile he says he can name several wrestlers wrest lers any one of 0 choin earns more than a season babo babi Is the champion in tile the business of making home runs continued jack so it would not be am amiss esq to compare his salary with what joe echor Bt the champion wrestler earns annually from the mat game for several bears joe has earned about ira 1 0 a season joes case proves thebes more to be made by wrestling than playing ball and had the right dope a long time ago for he quit the diamond to make his way in the world as a wrestler steelier played ball ps ills a professional with the salt lake city club of the pacific coast league in 1917 when he covering second base he be used to ii wrestle restle the Ph chillies lIlles obtained him through tile the drafting process but joe evidently thought more about wrestling than he did of starting what might hae been a successful career in the big leagues ile he refused to report to the rh phillies illies quit baseball and started out on the road that eventually led him to the world wrestling championship had joe remained in baseball lie he never would have received anything like what ruth huth Is getting joe was a strong fellow even when he was with the salt lake bees of course in order to earn what ho he does joe must keep himself busy his season la Is just the reverse of a ball players joo joe trains in the summer months at long beach calif and starts his annual mat campaign early in tho the fall he stops a couple of 0 weeks after the baseball seasons are opened during the wrestling season he keeps himself in shape hy by giving all comers a shot at ills his title |
