http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/03/chattanooga-woman-strikes-out-babe-ruth.html Stories, quotes and anecdotes. Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/03/chattanooga-woman-strikes-out-babe-ruth.html#comment-863183 Dan O'Brien Thu, 31 May 2012 17:31:33 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2008/04/chattanooga-woman-strikes-out-babe-ruth/#comment-863183 I have found nothing in contemporary newspapers indicating Commissioner Landis voided Jackie Mitchell’s contract or made such a statement. To the contrary, reports from the time indicate Joe Engel kept her under contract and loaned her to other teams for exhibitions. Furthermore, the Commissioner’s office has no evidence of such a ruling by Landis. Years later, on several occasions, Engel admitted it was a ruse. Ruth and Gehrig went along with the stunt but Mitchell may have been unaware and truly believed it was legit.

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