| Show UTH A y LOSE O CROWN 9 I BAMBINO DUE FOR W FOR a Wa TO 1 I SAYS EXPERT Yankee Star Is In Missing I the Ball Friends Back Slugger BY GEORGC E Correspondent n of Time Copyright 1924 by The ted d Press PreM Association I 2 liEW IW lORK ORK April 28 26 Babe aLo Ruth will not win In the batting I championship of ot tho the American league this scar not ear not at his pres pres- pres- pres present emit ent I late ato of ot caressing the pill II his crown as run homo home king perhaps may not sit securely Ion on his vi m brow It If he con to make bake fullie motions I conI while lUe oth others rs continue to lift the tho pitchers offerings offering Into the tho rl hl and nd left field s stands It I len Isn this I his s su swing log ing Ho lie s en I B hard as ns ever home borne times imes lie ho I II swings swing too hard thard 1 Tho The ought ht which blell his sturdy 1 shoulders ders were wont to lift tho tImo bill oCr o the tho fen fence co Is still thero but butI I the bill 1011 Isn't going very ery cry far when heo butI I Babe hits ItI It I The TIme mighty D DiSc Biho ho Is leol looking em am OVer n s n-s ever vor every baUer batter should but buthe buthe buthe he Isn't seeing em cm That Is why hy he lan isa t batting more moro runs home home runsor or running harry l arry of Detroit anti and oth others TS a neck and neck and neck race raco for tor the the percentage honors of ot the American American league The Tho secret of Ruths Ruth's run home home hitting has lIas been his ability to ordinate toco-ordinate ordinate co-ordinate Ruth when hs lie bits runs home runs at his hI best hest centers the tho ball The fhe bat and the tIle 01 old apple connect at what the m clans clans cill c the entel of ot pet Remis Remission us- us usI misI I sion slon He lie has lias got tot strength IC He HeIs HeIs Is possessed of ot sho that would make professional strong strongmen strongmen strongmen men heave hea sighs of ot But his long 8 swits resulted 1 b ha cause ba-cause cause causo ho lie caught the ball on time the bulls s eye with that long tl Cite ce arching golfer golfers goiters S swing SIngo Ingo thit should 1 knock knoell any ball bail to l kingdom oom come If the bat connected VU CIL E C the Babe Is la missing the time boll ball HIs HI eyes eves are arc l g for tor time moment He hits over men low curses rills does doca not happen in iii single isolated cases It continues to happen Tho The wise wiss Is ha haie hae e sod said his weakness was sins S I a Curio cuno In Inside id He 0 elow curves Inside in III the last s 5 when hen ho win so to hit homers thai Shat his lila he head d ached Now 0 he lie ml s em cm re He HeIs HeIs Is 0 over oser er them so far tar that It I is pal pal- pal pal-i ablo even oven from the tho stands In a n reel recent lit time it at 1 bat a a low curve came 0 over oser er Irons from a II left He lie swung at ot it full rull forc and was as wa way over 0 er It A fast one I with Ith a slant raced by straight over and nd he lie just looked at nt It and time the umpire Ho It na n v ai t l strike au and 1 It ass wa-s A curve curse In- In Inside In side followed and ho JI struck out with a II S iw swing SIng Ing that a cloud cloudo ot of sand und from from the tho battels box bob nt at athis athis his feet Another time he got a high one on 00 the tho outside corner a goo good 1 bal but it went ent hi bv as 01 the tho umpire gon gently ly murmured strike Asia A gloss one Inside anti and ho lie hit over It a ahalt holt half foot A low alow one ono outside out out-l was liS liSsel sel Cd a hint him a ball bail that could not be driven anywhere any here even It if It were ivere touched 1 unless the batter batler had better luck Tho TIme next nelt time lie he had bottei bettel luck He Ho tue tho ball hail on the tip Up of oC the the- bat nd nd hit to deep p Y t it was i t scratch hit no and 1 he went ent after atter the tho ball bait as If It ho he knew ho he were TO being tooled fooled but welo Jl and could not lIot resist the mental urbo ure ur e to lo 9 swing Ing IngI ovi oviA I A new lien on and green pitcher who hlll never nr fa Ca 1 him hInt b bt tre or of tred in two ho u Luri eur c une e foi 1 0 Lw lv 0 and then CUI vO vOon on the Inside and Babe itabi was s u oso It by Inches and u II len pitcher lied had struck struell him hint out The ero crowd erod d roared for It JI Is an lucid nt In the life of ot a tan fan when Ruth Huth c em out But Dut If It he continues to lur lurch h tit uI CUT curves curies es that ho lie can an cant t lilt hit It III cease to bo be a strikinG Incident Ho ho tin Isn t s swinging right his friends and admirers Sll sa sas Ot Of course ourse lie isn't swinging s when hen he lie mIsses the tho b bill b bv b halt a But ut no batter can b swing tight light It If ho Iso does docs not s see sec e the ball might light runs run seldom result I when the time bill ball has been boen struck from below belo til ui tipped on top Homo Home are the tho product ot of directed b bi eves th tint t lire are able to 10 see the f on tIme the head of the llio Indian an on A 1 coppel I I cent at lit a a of ot sit sic feet Ceet The ThO I final test of hitting hilling ability comes I In the tho last sl six sic feet tho bill hilt tram trl CIs before it reaches the plate Unless CIsI I the tho hatter batler mao can gauge the curve curie or or other oIlier nece s ry things at that distance ha lie cannot make moke mammoth hit hits Babe Dabe lies lias as ns much strength as e eel el But he dos does not ceo seo the lImo ball bali as aa he should and as ns he lie d i d when ho he was at al the tho top tp of ot his home eel Th Theme Thio 0 are areL I L cOoks of which he ho hoover neter r knew e Ito 14 hittIng r over cm ele almost all ilie h time time- time more moro often over than un under and under and that is why tho lie run home record and the baUn 0 are not notI I climbIng But time the he season Is young It Ne It Is y ve-y when a It battem finally begins 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