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Show Babe Ruth Meets Actor Who Once "Fanned" Him Two old pals each famous In his lino of endeavor met during tho filming film-ing of "Riders ot the Dawn," Benjamin Ben-jamin B. Hampton's new Hodklnson release, which la the attraction nt tho Lyric theatre Friday and aStur-day. aStur-day. Babe Ituth, the famous home-run home-run slugger of professional baseball , was touring tho studios of Hollywood Holly-wood and stopped to watch work on the big Zano Grey special. Ho happened hap-pened In during the big scenes ot tho capture of tho herolno, beautiful Claire Adams, by desperadoes who, had Just robbed the railroad station. , , "Some girl," said Babo apprccla-tlvoly. apprccla-tlvoly. "But who is that big stiE who slugged tho station agont acd eeems to ho bossing' things?" "Before anyono could tell him, tne disreputable lookln ''big stiff" j'.nne- ed up met tho eyes of Baboj and Jumped cleat- across a table to shao hands. "Vbu'olii horn-swagsfCu icaly wng." ho foaWdV f ' Tho' fn,f'uif'nae looked- foolf-h ' ' for a moment hnl then -ii'l.ier.ly grabbed Mm actor'- hand iui began shaking It ilgorouslv. "Fraill;' Vou dnrned ol I busbor! You Gii-i monster! mon-ster! You old lumber wagonPWhc told you you was an actor I" "Who tho that Is, who told you you could play ball?" retortod the actor. Tho actor was Frank Brown-tco, Brown-tco, tho fanious character artist who Jfclk portrays Zano Grey's story personase f Glldden, loador of tlio plunderers. "Ho used tq bp Quito, a bush loagtie ball player,' Uutfi explained. "JVo ' know each other -when tvo were playing play-ing 'back-lot basobajl Sundays and " holidays. I had qulto a rep as, a slugger then and this ugly duckling was a pitch or. Onco I had afbet wltkr; UrttU&-jhV ebnldh't, strlkotao pntf-iilhodWt1Jl',y never for- , , |
