These youngsters ganged Babe Ruth in Newark and held him up for autographs during one of his games before he retired from baseball.(Originally published by the Daily News on June 3, 1935. This story was written by George Dixon.)
BOSTON, June 2. - Calling Judge Emil Fuchs a “double-crosser” and a “liar,” Babe Ruth today severed his connection with the Boston Braves, and, at the same time, announced his voluntary retirement from baseball. The Ruth announcement, delivered in the clubhouse after a game in which the Braves beat the Giants, 2 to 0, produced consternation. The Bam, cursing and swearing in rage, declared that if he had to work “for a man like Fuchs” he would never lift another bat…
