Owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1916 to 1923, he sold Babe Ruth
to New York Yankees co-owner Jacob Ruppert in 1919. He eventually sold the team for $1,250,000.
Theatrical agent and producer of such Broadway shows as "No, No,
Nanette," "The Awful Truth (aka Nothing But the Truth," "My Lady
Friends," "A Pair of Sixes," and "Madame Sherry" among dozens of other
musicals and plays.