Home Run King's Just A Homebody Now-- The greatest figure of baseball's modern age, Babe Ruth, has given up hope of ever returning to the game in which he was the brightest star during two decades. Lounging in a smoking jacket, the Bambino said, "Yeh, I guess I'm out of it. I've got a comfortable home here and no worries."

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Title:
Home Run King's Just A Homebody Now-- The greatest figure of baseball's modern age, Babe Ruth, has given up hope of ever returning to the game in which he was the brightest star during two decades. Lounging in a smoking jacket, the Bambino said, "Yeh, I guess I'm out of it. I've got a comfortable home here and no worries."
Title (alt.):
Babe Ruth.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Ruth, Babe- Baseball
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. January 1940]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Baseball
Baseball players
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 269 x 193 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kd17gx78c
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000503_0024
Barcode:
39999088103575