A display of an enlarged copy of the 1919 history-making contract selling Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees at a preview of a sports memorabilia sale at Sotheby's in New York on Friday. George Herman Ruth, known as ``The Babe,'' was a young pitcher who went on to become baseball's first great slugger. The estimate for the Ruth contract at the sale scheduled for next Friday is US$500,000.Jun 05, 2005

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