John Ross, advocate for blind, dies.(NEWS)(Obituary)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: October 30, 1998| Author: Shah, Allie | Copyright information

As a boy, budding sportswriter and baseball aficionado John D. Ross met Babe Ruth at an exhibition game and threw out a few questions. It was one of the last interviews Ruth gave before he died. Some say it was the last one.

Those who knew Ross aren't surprised. They say he was a competitor even then.

From wrestling to golf to water-skiing, the Minneapolis native participated in and mastered every game. And he did it while preaching what he was practicing: th...

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