| Show x Don U.S.C.'s fast stepping will be the man to watch in the Ute-Trojan grid opener on at the Los Angeles Doll is touted for Ail-American esteem by Coach Jeff Babe Ruth story above reproach By H. D. QUIGG United Press Staff Correspondent NEW 17 Babe Ruth was the bad boy hero of modern fairy There was a magic about everything he did that made him probably the greatest sports attraction in There was a quality of heart about him that endeared him to millions who never saw The big guy could pack more drama into a strike-out a louder chorus of from the stands every time he swung and missed than other sluggers could into a home His was a real rags-to-riches rose from a hungry and homeless waterfront waif to become an international When Japanese soldiers in Pacific jungles wanted to position-revealing night fire from American soldiers during the second world war long after Ruth had ended his baseball career they Ruth eats It was the greatest insult they could think His big qualities The Babe's most noticeable quality was He set the big records in He hit the most home got the biggest struck out the most batted in the most ate the biggest and had the biggest stomach When the big guy had a stomach it was a And the nation suffered with the story he felt like a snack when his training-swing train stopped at a southern He ate frankfurters and drank eight bottles of Shortly afterwards there was a great pain in his barrel-like He nearly The American public followed his illness with an anxiety they have accorded few pubic Babe Ruth changed More than any other one figure he was responsible for changing the game to a swing-from-the heels That was what started packing people into the parks and what built the Yankee Ranked with best Ruth usually was ranked along or Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner when baseball experts began arguing about the greatest player cf all Certainly he was the biggest He was one of the great left-handed pitchers of the could play a skillful game at first When he was pitching for the Boston Red Sox between 1915 and he would double as an outfielder on the days he wasn't on mound Ruth was said to have been prouder of a record he set as a pitcher than of any of the 70 all-time |
