The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-01
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-They are say
~ ing that only a miracle can
save the Cubs from defeat at the
hands of the Yanks in tie world
series which swung into its third
game here on the lake front today.
When they start saying that, it
practically is ended. The under
taker can't be far away.
Indeed, most Of the boys are turn
ing to other subjects for converse
ton, conspicuous among which is
the Babe Ruth salary situation. 1t
seems that there is always a Babe
Ruth salary situation. When the
series is C>ided, the great slugger's
contract will have expired. He has
been drawing down $4,000 for six
months work.
This is more money than is paid the
president of the United States. To some
people there is nothing strange IN this
economic contrast. and to Ruth 1t is per-
fectly sound and proper.
fence w HRoys 6re ever H ae Oa
think the answer is no.
What will Ruth pull down next year?
The question is more interesting ta fba
rounds that the Yankee management has
decided 20 reduce his salary to $50 600.
This is still quite a load of sugar, but 1t
is not SIS 900. viii Ruth stand for a
Maybe he will and maybe he won't
There is the possibility. of course, that
he will not be asked to. There is moth
ing authentic as vet about the story that
his salary is to be reduced one third. But
YOU can bet all the tea in China that
his contract will not be renewed without
substantial alterations.
n a
TINE grim fact is that Ruth is no
Il longer the greatest player in
baseball. Old Man Time has finally
caught up with him. He can still
swing that big bat with magnificent
effect, but that is all You might
say that is enough, but the critics
seem to think otherwise, and what
is more important, so does the man
agement.
You hear that the management
might even be tempted to listen to
a trade involving Ruth. 1 hope this
isn't true. Ruth, more than any
other one person, made the Ameri-
can League in New York. For sem
timental reasons-and because it is
due him-Ruth should be permitted
to finish his playing days in the big
town.
There are people in Boston who are
flirting with Ruth to become identified
with the Red Sox, the team with which he
made his big league start. They want MIN
to take over the club and manage IT,.
Ruth is still a tremendous personality in
Boston The citizens would welcome him
back with vast enthusiasm.
Ruth wants to be big league manager.
For a time he had hopes Of getting the
Yankee job. After the death OF Miller
Higgins. he campaigned actively for 1t;
They tell me he was keenly disappointed
when Joe Mccarthy was brought in from
the west and signed to tWo-year con-
tract.
tional League for manager?, he roared.
Ruth is farther away from the Yankee
Job now than he ever was. Mccarthy has
established himself as a successful leader
Within the next month or so he Will be
signed to new contract, possibly for
three years. He has sold himself Sed
Edward Barrow.
IF Ruth ever manages big league
l. club, it will not be the Yankees,
and I have my doubts that it will
be the Red Sox. Ruth is a con-
firmed New Yorker now. He
wouldn't care much about living
anywhere else. The missuS is even
more emphatic against packing up
and moving along, and Boston APP
peals to her none at all.
SO what? Well, did it ever occur to you
that the National League might try to lure
the Bambino into its fold? At the present
moment. the National League is on the
ropes in New York, due to the complete
collapse of the Giants. When the Giants
can not draw more than 300 cash GUS
toners to ball game--any kind of ball
game-the outlook is forbidding indeed.
Would Ruth as manager put new life in
drawback is that Bill Terry has just signed
a two-year contract to see what he can do
about bringing the once great club back
to the peaks of its old glory. Ruth as
manager of the Giants is an exciting idea,
but it can't mean anything for at least
two years.