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...lifetime record of 1,582 runs-batted-in is exceeded only by Babe Ruth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Immortal No. 27 | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

George Herman ("Babe") Ruth was whisked to a Manhattan hospital suffering from an "upset nervous condition." Blamed: a recent auto accident; dieting away 47 Ib. for a cinemappearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 12, 1942 | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

George Herman ("Babe") Ruth walked into Manhattan's defense-bond headquarters, asked for $100,000 worth. Informed that Treasury restrictions let him buy only $50,000 worth a year, he left a $50,000 order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Free Agent | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

...scored: twelve touchdowns (ten on passes), 20 points after touchdown and one field goal for a total of 95 points. The only pro ever to catch three touch down passes in each of four games, his football record has begun to take on the glamor of baseball's Babe Ruth's. In seven seasons, Hutson has scored 386 points - a feat unparalleled in big-league football...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Isbell-to-Hutson-to-Title? | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

...team. Son of a Chicago tailor, he worked his way through the University of Illinois, was good enough at football to be named on one of Walter Camp's All-Americas, good enough at baseball to get a job after graduation with the New York Yankees. When Babe Ruth moved into the right-field spot Halas had hoped for, Halas moved out, to become athletic director for Staley Starch Products Co. at Decatur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Good Old Halas U | 10/20/1941 | See Source »

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