What were the circumstances and what were the results of the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees by the Red Sox in 1920? : typescript, 1960 / submitted by Mervyn S. Harris. 1960.

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What were the circumstances and what were the results of the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees by the Red Sox in 1920? : typescript, 1960 / submitted by Mervyn S. Harris. 1960.

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"This paper is a study of the circumstances through which Babe Ruth was transferred from the Boston Red Sox of the American League to the New York Yankees of the same league in January, 1920"--P. 3.

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