Show COMPARES WITH BABE RUTH Browns Brooms T Versatile Star r Well Weli ell Up in Many l Departments Dc- Dc ts The only player In major leagues who may be compared favorably fa with Babe Ruth In re regard ard to ability to cover expertly more than one position In the thc field Is Geor George c of the Browns yet yel last season the famous star tar of or th thO Mound city aggregation failed to lea lead the thc league In more than one department depart depart- ment meat of play Though he ho wa was absent sent from irom the Browns Drowns up line-up In eight games sames during the 1 1919 19 campaign n only three players In iii the circuit crac cracked cd out moro hits than tItan George c. The They were Cobb Cobl Veach an and Jackson Cobb Cobh and Veach each made safe afe wallops au and Jackson manufactured only one more titan than the tile extraordinary St Louis pla player er was third i in the number num num- her ber of or total bases with 71 to his credit Babe Babo Ruth was first with I and Veach next newt with made an attempt to lo crack r ck out moro more three-base three hits than an any other player payer In Ban Johnsons Johnson's circuit but hut at atthe atthe the close of oC tho season ho he had to share the honors with Barr Harry Hellmann of oC tho the Tigers each making fifteen three- three As everybody knows Babe Ruth trotted of off with the home run wallops with twenty nine to his cre credit credit- lt The next greatest number of home runs made h by an Individual played was tf ten n nand and there were three players in the league who compiled that total Thc They were Slider Dal Baker er and C. C Walker It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is noted that tho combined number of or four tour base hits bits ma made e b by the Ule trio of or orI I sluggers gers was only one ono more than Ruth made malle The Browns' Browns remarkable able player Is 19 Isone isone one of or the tho fastest men In the league uc an and although he ho pilfered twenty twenty- eight ht bases the total was as not nol enough to give ghe him an nn advantage so over every oth other r rival 11 Eddie Collins of or the tho Whito Sox won the honors In that de department department do- do having ha stolen three thirty-three times limes twenty eight steals stells were enough h to give gi him second place No other pa player er crossed the tho plate plato with withas as ns many runs as did Babe Ruth who Tc registered I terel times Next on the list listIs listIs Is who with only ten home runs to help him along alon- croe crossed tho plato six ninety times excelled his rivals only In the matter of or assists credited to a a. first ba baseman eman In the 1 2 games In which t he lie guarded the first stop GeOr George was credited with assists and wa was the only first sacker to reach the century mark mork With a n fielding percentage of oC l I 91 ho was tied for COT third place with Wally P pp and Risberg the latter however played In only two twenty games amell at first base for the tho White Sox and th therefore reCo-c reCo Is not considered cred a regular res GILBERT UlD aD S Sew New ew York March larch 27 Word Vor Word of ot the death of or Gilbert Ward Yard one of oC tho four Cour Ward ard brothers whose rowing features earned them International fame tame a half century ago aso was received here today Ho lie died In Passaic alc X N. J J. at tho the ago age of j Alexander Ward Vard of Philadelphia Is hOW tho the sole survivor sUT of or tho crow crew |