CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 8, 1925 

* Baseball legend Babe Ruth "The Big Bambino"
* "The Bellyache Heard 'Round the World"
* Ill from eating too many hotdogs ? soda ?
* New York Yankees spring training - MLB

The front page has a one column heading: "Babe Ruth Is Ill; Likely to Miss Opener" (see images) 
Complete with all 44 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good. 

NOTE: This issue comes with a acid-free folder (gratis) for protection.

Background: The Bellyache Heard 'Round the World in April 1925—sparked by baseball legend Babe Ruth's dramatic collapse at a train station due to an intestinal abscess and influenza—transcended a mere sports injury to become a watershed moment in American pop culture and media history. While the public eagerly embraced the enduring myth that his illness was caused by a gluttonous binge of hot dogs and soda, the frantic, global wire reports erroneously proclaiming his death exposed the unprecedented power and terrifying speed of early 20th-century mass media. The event’s true significance lay in its profound impact on both the sport and the man: it completely derailed the powerhouse New York Yankees' 1925 season, plunging them to a seventh-place finish, while serving as a harsh mortality check for the "Sultan of Swat." This near-fatal scare ultimately forced a humbled Ruth into rigorous physical conditioning, paving the way for his triumphant return and his legendary, record-shattering 60-home-run season in 1927 that permanently cemented his status as America's first modern media superstar.