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Show Gleason Defends llurlers Who Pass Home-Run Star By Bozeman Bulger m lf you wtr a ha ae ball manager, aaked Ktd (ileaaon th other day. "and ther were two men on ke.ee and Bab Ruth at the bat, which had you rather do glv tha liab a chanr to eork a horn run or try and save Ui gam for your own eluk?" I." evral of ua gummarftd -why-hy i d M "You'd glv Mm a baa an bait, that' what you'd da," aald th Kid. "Any other awnaibla man would. Do you think It poor aportmanehlp t try and ara th money that la paid you to manage a ball lub? la It bad sportsmanship for a anaruLger to try and hold hie Job?" That c nohow, atarted the gang thinking. Mayb. after all, there la anotho aid to thlt terrible thing of giving til Bab a walk In A pinch. Before proceeding along that 11 n let it preaent th real aid. Uve Bab Ruth aide our aide. The gam between th Tanks and Browne hd gon Into egtra Inning. On run by New York meant th Earn. Witt and Hoyt were on the aea with two ouu Vp cam th Babe. Aa Van Older, th pitcher, stood with th hell poised, th rettrher turned to the bench. He noddt-d ht head. Indicating that he understood Orders that cam from the dugout. Van flilder toaaed the ball wide of I th plate. Bath Jumped on th other I side as If to bat right hnnded. Again i Van GHder pltrhed th ball far to on I sMte ojt of reach. "Boo-o-o-o." stormed th crowd. Thn It oleeed. I "Burn sport rMtea raw glv p'm a chance Boo-a-o-o." kept up the turmoil aa a third nail wa pitched wide. The fourth followed. Babe angrily tossed Ms bet toward the durout. From th has h derided Van OtloVr. This fulcd th base. Vevoal struck out. So run scored. That, fellow clttxer. Is the usual scene when the Ms.be la walked. It la what New Yorkers have com to took upon as rh Iwweat form of sports I manihlp rooat eutmgeou. Mind you, Joat prior to thla tragedy th Hebe had hit two home runs. In a later Inning th same situation arose exactly tb a me. Thla time, though, lieu eel came through With a ajngie and won th game. Aftr th av.m ther waa a meeting of a moat Tndimant few. foregathered foregath-ered to celebrate i'oJonel lako -.upper la fifty-first birthday. "Isn't It aftful?' aaked on outraged out-raged person, "isn't ther something that can be don te prevent tbi pur. poaefui passing of batter? If not th feme la ruined. Tho fan woa't at aad or H!" Thre's n war Ta" wggtfl Miller Huggina "If tha Bab should lose hla batting y you'd never hear a word about th rul again " Then waa rooalled Kid Cttaaon'a kuggaatton. "The trouble fa. tanld a St. Lou 14 man, "yrtu fellows only hav one angle. You want to ae Bab Ruth hit homers. But we din't want to ae h Brown lo. Did you ever stop te think, that If tha Brown fall to finish iWond or third it will coet each-man from 600 to SUOOT Would you under thoe circumstances glv Bab a chanc to break up th gam? It means nothing t" you nut a thirst for gore. To each Ft. Louis player It means a tot of mony.M Yea." apok up a big 1aguo manager, man-ager, "what would th playera think of a manager who p'yed to the fan In tkf etar.d Inateal of using evarv lgal and atrategt,l mean a of making his club win? Yad think him a -retty poor duh. I "You forget that A base ball manager man-ager a success deoonda upon th , f ame that he win. He must work : oi his club. Babe Ruth' home rvir.j i do not lnterat him. And. besides. If everv manager gav Bab a chan?e j to hit every tlm he went to th bat' hi rooord wouldn't amouat to anything. any-thing. "If fans would think this over. Would put themselves In th visiting n.anager's plc, thy would not boo. In fact, tf all hands had been good sporta. Van Glider would hav cheered for hla tratMry that bkxkaid tha Yanka and sent the gams on into eitra. inning a Did ou vr th ak of thatr "Still, argued a Kw York; man. there ought to be a rnb-ty." "Well," laughed tho manager. "Mon t yo think tt waa A penalty wfcen fft. Louis allowed th base to be filled o that an error, a bao em balls, a hit or anything )ik a hit would cor tha winning run? How eft en hav you seen Bab Butfe score a f ter betng purpoaely put on base ? You may nav aen It many tlm. There plenty of penalty, all right. Van tsulder took a prwtty big gamble gam-ble " "Ws-n. anyway, wae wisely eng-geeted. eng-geeted. Mh-re s to the On-one I's flfty-ftret flfty-ftret blrthdav. and tha bop that a Uea to be 100. "I certainly wor.) bar Itked to see i Bab get that other hmr, though, " a'arted til Colonel. "SUii wcU, her s how." , 1 1 I |