New Britain herald., 1922-10-11
BARROW DENIES
 SALE OF YANKEES
Business Manager Says Ringling
 Has Not Bought Club

New York, Oct, l1,--Outslde of having their ball club sold out from under them, their manager traded three different times and a half dozen leading stars put on the auc- ton block, the Yankee Colonels yes terday passed another quiet day of eonyaIescence from the late world series. "We are recovering slowly but surely read rnid-day bulletin issued from the bedside by Business Manager Ed Burrow.
 The same official made blanket denial of all runors. According to one of these. John Ringling circus man and partner of Tex liickarl in the Madison Square Garden and Boye's thirty acres enterprises, had bought the Yankee franchise from Colonel Ruppert and Huston. The rumor lasted only as long as il took Barrow to issue a formal denial. Gnly d few persons believed that tho Col onels would quit after their team had been licked for the second time by the Giants, Anyway, there is the matter of that new Yankee stadium next spring.
 Babe and Bob.
 Ruth and Bob Mousel, who are teamed up again in a transforming project, will leave for the field oi their endeavors today. No other members of the Yankees will accom- pany them on the tour, which has as it's purpose the spreading of higher baseball in the provinces Of the middle west. For fhis bit of missionary work the Babe will get s1,o00 a game, ut Meusel will have to be satisfied with a mere $500 It was denied yesterday that Ruth will lecture after each game on How l Made Those Two Hits in the 1922 World series.'
 The exhibition tour will start in Nebraska and reach other states, in- cluding Iowa, in the months of octo- Der and November Commissioner Landis has given official permission for the jaunt.
 Simple Life For Ruth
 Ruth, incidentally, declares that he is going to lead a secluded and per feet life this winter. Compared to him, says Babe, the acolyte medita- ting in his cloister will be leading riotous life of pleasure No vaude- vile tour this off-season; instead the Babe ayers that he will betake him. self to the old farm at Sudbury, Mass. and there, in the great open spaces devote himself to such rugged pur suits as hunting, hiking. fishing and chopping wood. By reducing to about 200, pounds, Ruth hopes to be ready to play baseball when the Yankees report down south next spring.
 Transforming season.
 Transforming is now the popular outdoor sport. Bill Ryan and Dave Bancroft of the Giants have joined a ocal aggre gation, along with Hank 1owdy. Bill Southworth and Horace Ford of the Braves, and the first yames will be played in Harrison, N. l., Saturday and Sunday. Carl Mays md Wally schang and Normal Me i Milan will play q few games near Ways home in the Ozarks. Whitey Witt has plans for a game or two near the old home town of Winchen- len, Mass. Some of the athletes are lilt iIlllp dtIoll O4 6piIS, lome and taking a rest.
 No records except financial ones were broken in the worlds series, but he Giants did one thing that ought 0 bring q glow to John McGraw's 8 | 1eart. They compiled team batting .verage of 309, and only one other cam ever hit 300 or over in a worlds eres. This was the Athletics, who ,nce got as high as 317 Otherwise, | he best teams of baseball history lave tried and failed to do what Me 1raw's batters accomplished against | hat Five Star" pitching staff,
 Nearly as remarkable is the fact | hat the Giants didn't do 8 thing yrong in all the five games. Not to | make a mistake in judgment in such ln important series sought to be con- idered record in itself. You can't give McGraW all the credit, No method has vet been devised whereby manager sitting on the bench can 'un bases and throw and think for his nen. It must be that the Giant play ITS have a little something beneath heir caps.