Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-02-08 | Page 14 | Ruth's Greatest Thrill Resulted from Winning 2-1 Pitcher's Battle

kUTH'S RUTH'S RUTHS GREATEST GREATEST THRILL THRILL R RESULTED SUL TED FROM FROM WI WINNING NI G 2 1 21 PITCHERS PITCHER'S So SoB B BATTLE BAMBINO FAilS 11 TO SHOW A JY I I MOTIONS EMOTIONS Sultan of Swat N Nver ver Worries About Cracking II Out Hit in Pinch By BILLY SILLY EVANS NEW YORK Feb 7 At At thelast the tho thelast last world series I sat next to Babe Ruth In the press box at WashIngton WashIngton WashIngton Wash- Wash 1 Ington and New York I Babe Ruth has few If any emo- emo j i A ball game Is Just a ball game with the Bambino I He takes his three healthy swings I In a 0 pinch with the bases loaded In Inthe inthe inthe the same nonchalant manner as with ah the sacks sack empty empt r. r You either hit It it or you ou dont don't Is the tho Babes Babe's logic and its it's time i enough to start worrying ing when you fail to come through I In the first game of the 1924 world series you wl will l remember that Walter Johnson was beaten after efter a bitter twelve-inning twelve struggle gle Ruth the first nine in innings innings innings in- in of play in a 0 matter of fact tact manner not especially interested BABE BECAME ENTHUSED As Washington tied up up the game sending I it Into extra innings he began to perk up Apparently something had happened to stir sUn it the Babes Babe's enthusiasm When neither sIde aide scored In the tenth Inning the Babe began to hIft around In his seat In a 0 de decidedly decidedly decidedly de- de restless manner As the eleventh session wa was finIshed fin without either club breaking the tie Bahe Babe showed positive signs of being excited I was curious curIous' as asto asto asto to what it was all about At the start of ot the twelfth in inning inning inning in- in ning which proved to be the final one of the game I decided to start a conversation which would enable me to find out why Babe had suddenly suddenly cud sud denly become so interested after his laconic attitude of the early innings Its turned out to be a whale ofa of ofa a game Babe I remarked I should say It has has he replied and I 1 hope the win it in this inning At the worst I 1 hope it dont don't go over fourteen innings the idea of ot putting a time 11 limit t you must have a dinner 9 T I remarked Naw Na replied the Babe in dent disgust at my dinner crack The idea is that it will break a record that I prize more than anything anything anything any any- thing I have ever done in base base- ball I t was curious What had the Babe nabe done that he regarded as greater than making nine fifty-nine home runs in a season leading the American league In batting or any nY of his many other feats of swat Dont you remember that four- four teen inning game I pitched for Boston against Brooklyn in 1916 II I beat Sherry Smith 2 to 1 RUTHS RUTH'S GREATEST THRILL tough game for Smitty It was vas a to lose but I want to tell the world that the winning of that ball game was the biggest thrill of my baseball baseball baseball base base- ball career Seemed as if I put a whole seasons season's seasons season's seasons season's sea sea- sons son's effort Into winning that bat bat- tle tie When it was was was' over and I had won von there theo came a feeling that I imagine e a guy only gets once In a lifetime Just wonderful seethe the Nate While Babe hated to see Johnson lose particularly Welter Walter he was pleased It didn't go gp go fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen innings The Babe wants that r record cord to stand long after his swat feats are areo o only ly faint memories