Bingham News | 1923-09-08 | Page 6 | Ruth is Often Passed

j Ruth la Often Passed J J A baseball expert says that In his seventy-eighth game of the ' J season, played In Cleveland, Babe Ruth received his one-hun- ' t dredth base on balls. If Ruth ' is walked as frequently as that t la the second half of the season, t the Rube will receive 200 walks t t this year. That will establish a J new record for bases on balls, J t but It Is hardly a record that the t Babe cares much about. Ruth's ' t high run of passes was In 1920, ' f when he walked 148 times. That record was approached only t once in modern baseball. Jimmy ' Sbeckard, former Cub lead-off ' , man, walking 147 times In 1911. t But with Sheckard walking was J t a science. He tried to outguess J the pitcher, and when be walked J it was the result of a buttle of Wlt8. J I ...4