Record #:

8847

Author(s):

Stevens, Tim

Abstract:

Fayetteville's Maurice Fleishman was the Baltimore Orioles' batboy when Babe Ruth made his first professional home run in Fayetteville in 1914. That year, team owner Jack Dunn had put together a team of former Major Leaguers, including Ruth, to come to Fayetteville for spring training. Fleishman's father and a friend, Jim Johnson, paid all the bills for the team.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 7, Dec 1980, p25, 38, il

Subject(s):

Ruth, George Herman (Babe), 1895-1948