Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-15 | Page 10 | Ruth More Valuable This Season than Ever Before

Ruth More Valuable This Season Than Ever Before Home Run King Hat Chance to Become Batting Bat-ting Leader i By Henry L. Farrell United Press ftperte Editor. NTW YORK. Aug. lg By V. P.r Babe Buth got euch a bad deal this year from pitchers who refused to give him something good to cut at that be was deprived of tho chance to seta Mian a new home-run record. No on contends that pitchers shoukf lay them In the Babe's groove for the mere purpose of letting him kill tho ball, but It 1 maintained that some thing should be done to place restrictions restric-tions an tho Intentional paaa. Several years ago, when tho fane, who paid money to see the Babe ereeh 'em. complained that the opposing pitchers were not giving him a chance i to do hi stuff, th lawmakers of the game sought moans to eurb th abuse 1 of the intentional paaa, but no reined rein-ed they have tried baa boon euceese-fuL euceese-fuL a la a tlaht gam It la but the part of managerial atrategy to let a danger-oue danger-oue batter go down and the practise of paaa lrg a heavy hitter In a pinch was ta vogde long before th Babe oame Into prominence. It hae become be-come a custom, however, einee Ruth started to change the style ef play la th big leagues. LoToh lost his ya as manager of the Cleveland Indians because he per- j mitted a pitcher to pitch to Buth la a pineh several year ago 4 aome other managerial heads might be rut off If tho same thing were done, now wltb a lot at stske on on game, but when a team is hopelessly beaten. It Is not strategy to psss the Be be when even a clout for the four baaee would net have a vital effect oa th gam. Pitcher, when there Is not toe much at etake, should try to get th Babe, Instead of taking the easy way out of t aad giving him a pass. Many pitchers, pitch-ers, no doubt, would like to do It. It doesn't make a gam pitcher feel very eeurageou to admit hi Inferiority by letting blm go down on four wide net, but moot of them bav to do what, the beach dictates. a o e Ruth has laurels enough to Mve on. and Instead of decreasing hie video as a player and a drawing card, tha prae-tlao prae-tlao of making ft hard for him has only served to make the Babe bigger than ever and a batter baiipiayer thaa he ever waa. Tha Babe changed bis styls this see son. with ths reeult that he ha a s fine chance to lead the American league la batting. He still trie to knock horn. rs. hut only en the first two strikes. When ho gets two en him h ehokee his bat and tries for just a common, ordinary hit. and ho has become very urceeaful at tt. Figuring that he still hae two out of three chances to do his stuff every time he Is at the bat his new system sys-tem Is sound, practically and, mathematically. mathe-matically. ' V - SACCO ASD gEaOIAX DRAW. BVKHBTT. Wash. Aue It Jimmy Sarro of Boston and Solly neen of Beatle, Waah.. Junior ilshtweLcht chsm-plea chsm-plea of the Pacific coast, boied stt reaad to a draw. BBLAXBT 1 MATCH BD. OKLAHOMA CtTT. Aug. li Jimmy : Delesey of St. Paul and Tom Leuehrea of Philadelphia, havo been matched for twe It -round declatoa bout ta OklA- homa City oa Labor day.