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ROOKIE BABE RUTH GETS PERHAPS HIS FIRST HEADLINE
[BASEBALL]. [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948), association]. The Newark Star. Number 2,348. Newark, April 23, 1914. 12 folio pages on large folding folio sheets. Each page approximately 597 x 460 mm. Toned, worn, chipped, paper fairly brittle. On p. 6 is an article about Baltimore Oriole Ruth, a 19-year-old pitcher and hitter in his Major League debut against the Buffalo Bisons, “Young Ruth Holds Bisons in Check at Baltimore.” THIS MAY WELL BE THE FIRST NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ABOUT BABE RUTH. What makes this perhaps more interesting is that Ruth only played half a season with the Orioles, when he was “sold” to the Boston Red Sox on July 9, 1914.