[Shoeless Moe]

I paid up for this, but have been on the hunt for it for almost 20 years. Oddly they just do not come up on Ebay. (These old phone books are EXTREMELY rare as people just did not save them, like us you get the new one, you pitched the old one, what was the point of holding onto an old one). And the ones that do come up NEVER have Ruth or Gehrig in it. Finally....I have found one that did. Well the Babe that is, the hunt for the Gehrig family continues.

1916 Baltimore.

What's extremely neat is that not only does it list his dad's tavern (cafe), George H Ruth. and his dads other business selling Lightning Rods, but it lists Babe Ruth Billiards. Who knew the Babe owned a pool room?!!! Also, at his dad's location.

Also, amazing, or ironic, or what have you, is that in the book obviously Babe and his dad are listed at the end of the "R" section, being "RUth", well when you open to that page they are on, on the opposite page starts the "S" listing, and there is a listing for St. Mary's Industrial School. So on the same spread is Babe Ruth and his former St Mary's Industrial School.

They then are listed in the book 3 more times!!!!, under Billiards, under Lightning Rods, and under Cafes, Restaurants & Taverns.

Also is a listing for Baltimore native John "Jack" Dunn, the person crediting with discovering Ruth, and giving him the nickname "Babe", and then selling him off to the Red Sox, and the rest is history.