Hanson, State Patrol trooper Jacob Ruppert, and Sgt. Barry Gulden of the Watonwan County Sheriff’s Office had all been placed on administrative leave while the case was investigated. The scene ...

The origins of this practice trace back to 1929 when then-owner Jacob Ruppert introduced numbers on players’ jerseys. In the ...

In 1880 Jacob Ruppert, aged 13, was owner, manager, captain and second baseman of a baseball club. Son of a well-to-do Manhattan brewer with a home on Fifth Avenue, he made his players clean the ...

Two years later, Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston purchased the team for $1.25 million. Ruppert gained sole ownership in 1939 by acquiring Huston’s shares after his passing.

The conflict deteriorated into a stalemate. Colonel Jacob Ruppert, one of the Yankee owners, told the press that he had offered DiMaggio $25,000, "a very fair salary." Ruppert would not budge on ...