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Important 1929 St. Mary's Industrial School Letter r.e. Brother Matthias Won't Lie To Save Babe Ruth From Tax Troubles
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Remarkable content regarding Babe Ruth's ongoing tax issues. Christy Walsh's Joe Bihler has requested Ruth's legendary mentor Brother Matthias to help the Babe out with some 1923/24 tax issues. Apparently Brother Matthias "received nothing" from Ruth for the school during those years. <span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;">Typed on St. Mary’s stationary, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;">school superintendent Brother Benjamin </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;">says he </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;">is more than willing to help “Babe” out, but in the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw=='); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: inherit;">end</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;"> they need to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;">“</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;">tell the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW198316475" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: windowtext;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198316475" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: inherit;">right thing.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW198316475" data-ccp-props="{'201341983':0,'335559739':160,'335559740':259}" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 19.425px;"> </span>Comes with original envelope with Baltimore post mark. Amazing content.Brother Matthias was a father figure to the Babe and took young George H. Ruth him under his wing. Matthias was the one that introduced the young George Ruth to the game of baseball.From the estate of Joe Bihler, the right hand man of Babe Ruth's agent Christy Walsh and in turn Ruth himself.The photo of Ruth with Brother Matthias is not included in this lot.</span></p>
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