Babe Ruth's Steelworker Career
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•Work, fight, or play ball: when Babe Ruth paused his career and headed to the mill
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Babe Ruth played for Bethlehem Steel in Lebanon , Pennsylvania , during World War One .
Bethlehem Steel had its own baseball league and hired professional athletes for war-related jobs.
Ruth and his teammates on the Boston Red Sox had received a draft exemption thanks to playing in the 1918 World Series .
The Work-or-Fight Order sparked an exodus from the majors.
Ruth was drafted by Shoeless Joe Jackson , who had three brothers serving in France .
Jackson left the White Sox for a Bethlehem Steel subsidiary the Delaware -based Harlan & Hollingsworth Shipbuilding Company .
Ruth played just one exhibition game for Lebanon in the Bethlehem Steel League that year .
Ruth didn't deliver any blueprints while on Bethlehem Steel payroll.
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