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Doan Offers Ruth Berth on BaseballTeam Next SeasonRav L. Doan, Muscatine’s sports! promoter. Thursday afternoon wired George Herman ‘'Babe” Ruth ■an offer of $35,000 to play with Doan's House of David baseball team during the 1935 season. ■ Ruth at present is on the steam-1 ship Empress of Japan with Con- ■ nie Mack’s All Star baseball team; which is to tour the Orient. ;| Doan believes the former Sultan of Swat would be a big drawing card with his House of David baseball chib. The offar. of course, was made on cordition that Ruth would be able to cut loose from the Yankees.
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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 02, 1934
Page 15
Full Page
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Michael W.
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