the 51 year old bambino babe ruth did a stint of refereeing the bout between manuel cortez 200 pound mexican from boston and leo numa 220 pounder from seattle in portland maine on april 2 1945 babe thinks he lost four pounds during the 23 minute match in the midst of the screaming of encouragement and advice from the new referees fans the wrestlers grapple as babe keeps in step with them ap photofrank c curtin 2ncw8fk.jpg from numéro View Photo