1953 Yankee of the Past: Jacob Ruppert

OCEANS OF "LOVE"
"The late Col. Jake Ruppert is the subject anecdotes. A recent one making the rounds is centered on baseball's battle with the Federal League. Harry Sinclair, one of the federal millionaires, thought he should have a one-third interest in the Yankees (owned by Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston) after the outlaw circuit had folded. He outlined his ideas to Ruppert who thoughtfully asked: 'Do you know where the Atlantic Ocean is?' Sinclair said he surely did. 'Well, then go jump in it,' answered Ruppert."

-Baseball Digest, September 1953