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Last month George Herman ("Babe") Ruth resigned from the Boston Braves, calling its owner, Judge Emil Fuchs, a "double-crosser" (TIME, June 10). Last week Judge Fuchs lost another player, Second Baseman Edward Moriarity who had just graduated from Holy Cross College. On its championship team he had been captain and second baseman, with a batting average of .486. In a week of play for the Braves, Moriarity batted .324, showed promise as a fielder. Then he abruptly resigned. Calling no names, Batter Moriarity announced he hoped to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood...
...contract last February to perform as baseball player, assistant manager and vice president. His reasons: personal differences with the Braves' president, Judge Emil Fuchs, climaxed by Judge Fuchs's refusal to allow him to attend a party on board the S.S. Normandie (see p. 20) which Babe Ruth thought would be "a great thing for baseball." Judge Fuchs's reply: an unconditional release for Ruth, an offer to sell the team which he, says has cost...
...miss the zest and blood-tingling thrill of phrases saturated with double meanings. Gone are the days when men were men and jokes were jokes. The inexorable censor has done his work. Within a few short weeks he has changed vivacious "Lampy" into reading matter fit for the suckling babe, has transformed the flirtatious courtesan into the demure virgin. Thus we lament the decease of a spirit which filled our hearts with glee and our minds with filth. Death to the censors! Ormond L. Trimble...
...Pittsburgh Pirates: 11 runs to 7; a baseball game against the Boston Braves, despite the efforts of aging Babe Ruth who, equaling a feat he has accomplished only three times before in his career, made three homeruns...
Beaumont's Babe...