Babe Ruth Fun Facts: He trained to become a tailor He spoke German He had an unusual method for keeping cool He joined the New York National Guard He was the subject of a Japanese war cry
"Although the name of the candy bar sounds like the name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland."
The theme music behind the Curse of the Bambino "Depending on whom you ask, Babe Ruth's piano could have ended up on the bottom of Willis Pond in Sudbury in one of two ways. Either the Bambino heaved the instrument in during a drunken rage, or he dragged it out onto the ice for a winter dance party and left it for the spring thaw." Divers have found what may be the veneer from an old piano.
@Hal Pollner Hal, if you had clicked on the link, you would have read: "When he played for the Red Sox, Babe Ruth -- shown here at a pump organ with his wife. Ruth -- wintered at Willis Pond in Sudbury, Massachusetts, often entertaining friends in rustic cottages nearby." The piano mentioned, was from another cabin, closer to the lake, and was moved onto the ice and ended up in the lake.