BABE RUTH RETOLD 5

Babe Ruth started his baseball career in Boston with the Boston Red Sox and ended his career in Boston with the Boston Braves. His life has been chronicled in hundreds of books and articles. His glory years were with the NY Yankees where old Yankee Stadium was known as the “House that Ruth Built.” His life was filled with wild parties and debauchery and didn’t settle down until his girlfriend and later wife Claire Hodgson took control. He became a family man in 1929 with his new wife and 2 daughters. Dorothy was a biological child and Julia an adopted daughter that was Claire’s child.

Claire was partial to her own daughter and treated her with better clothing and schooling. Lou Gherig’s mother noticed the difference and commented to people about it. It caused a rift between the two players that lasted until Gherig retired after contracting ALS disease. Ruth died from throat cancer in 1948 at the age of 53 just 13 years from leaving baseball. His second wife Claire died in 1976 defending Ruth against slandering references to his life until her death.

 Dorothy married twice and had several children. She died in 1989 at 67. Julia is still alive approaching the age of 100. She is a Red Sox fan and spends half the year in Sun City, Arizona and the other in North Conway, NH.

That is Dorothy on the left and julia on the right.