Show Old Coasters Coaster Trying Hard I ITo i To Out Home a Home Run Babe iI I i iI I a it 1 HOME RUN GRIP GRIA Bob left eft and Emil right Inset Inet is Babe Ruths Ruth's grip which they are arc using to fatten their swat records I I O RUNNING OME-RUNNING runs tuns In the H family The brothers Emil of the Phillies and Bob of or the Yanks arc are both swinging on the 1 ball this spring Both grip the bat down at the knob The They are trying to out-home out run Babe Ruth Kuth Emil has never been beet known as a a. four- four base slugger until this spring COAST RECORD Bob established a name for himself aa ns aaa asa a a. home run hitter hitter h In the Coast league before coming up to the Yanks a a. year ago He lie has hili been taking lessons from Babe His ills one Ideal Is to give the king slugger slugger slug slug- ger a race for honors this year Bob Hob weighs 19 pounds One of hi his homers made this spring Is la believed to be the longest hit ever made over o the left field barriers at the tho Polo grounds LONG DRIVE Ills His drive cleared the backfield fence by about twenty feet reet lIe He made a longer hit at Detroit last year ear Bob Is Is' shooting Is-shooting at Babe Babo Ruths Ruth's poal to goal to wallop one into the center field bleachers at the Polo grounds Babe Dabe hasn't even done this yet EmU Emil weighs which is twenty pounds less than brother Bob But he takes a sweet cut at tho the ball He lie has been with the Phillies since 1918 Both Bob and Emil learned to hit the ball In the Coast league Emil is i 27 Bob is 21 24 Last st year ear Bob hit EmU batted batte 3 I LIKE HOMERS Both agree that running home-running Is the tho best way to become famous l In baseball Hitting homers is easy if you dig your toes in deep and put your our whole weight behind the swing says Bob Hob If It Bob can hit I can too says Emil So they're having a race with each other and with Babe Dabe Ruth Huth to prove that the Ruth family didn't inherit all the swatting ability of ot baseball |