| Show ABE RUTH TELLS OF GREATEST M TH mTH THRILL m m g l iZ 2 z g I 1 HERES HERE'S REAL SURPRISE FOR LOVERS OF DIAMOND SPORT Twelve-Inning Twelve Game of 1924 World Series Topic By lIy BILLT EVA EVAS EVA'S S AT AT T THE last world series erles I Fat eat next to Babe Ruth In the tho NewYork press preas box at Washington and New ew York Babe Ruth has few If It any emo emo- emo- emo tion emotions emotion A ball game I Is Just a ball all game with the tho Bambino He lie takes his three healthy s Ings In a pinch with sith the bases loaded In the same Rome nonchalant manner as with the sacks sacka empty You You either Cither hit It or ou don t Is I the Babes Babe's logic and It 11 s a time enough to start worn worl Ing when you tall fail to come through In the first game of oC the 1924 world series ou will vili that Walter alter alter Johnson was as as beaten after Mtr a bitter 12 inning struggle Ruth Huth viewed the tho first nini in- in innings In Innings of ot play In a matter malter ot of o fact manner not especially n B HIBE tRE BE BECAME A As Washington tied up the game sending It Into extra Innings he h began to perk up Apparently something had happened to stir up the Babes Babe's enthusiasm When nell neither her side scored In the tenth Inning the Babe began to around In his Ills seat In a de- de decidedly de decidedly decidedly restless manner Aa As the eleventh session was fin f shed fin in- in without either club bale Ing Ing In Inthe the II tie Babe Bobe showed e of ot being excited e I was waa curl curl- curious curi curious ous as aa to what it wasi all about At the start of ot the twelfth lu- lu luring lu luring ring which proved to be th the final one of oC the me I decided to tart a conversation com which would enable me to find out why Bibe had III ni en 1 denly become so 00 Interested after aCter his laconic attitude altitude bt bf the early In Innings Its It s turned out to be a of a game Babes Babe Bab I J l I should ha has say gay It he replied and I hope the win In It In thi Inning At the worst I hope It don t go 0 over oer er 1 14 Innings Inning hat s a the Idea of ot n a time limit ou must have hase a r dinn date I remarked Na Naw Na replied the Babe Babo In ei- ei eident evi el evident dent disgust at my dinner crack The The Idea I Is that It will break a record that I prize more than thon an thIng I have ever done In base ba- ba- ba baseball bailI ball bail I was aa as curious What hat had bad the Babe done that he regarded as a greater than making U 59 6 home run runt In a season aason leading the AmerIcan league In batting or an any of oC his hisman hisman hisman man other teats feats of ot 5 at Don Don t lou OU remember that Inning H 24 Inning game I pitched tor for Boa Bos Boston Boston ton against Brooklyn In 1991 I I heft Sherry Smith 2 to 1 nurn S GREATEST GRE THRILL I It It was as as a tough game for Cor to lose loe but I want ant to tell the world orld that the winning vv inning of that ball game sas as the tho biggest thrill of o m tn bas base base- baseball ball ball career carr Seemed as It if I put a whole holo sea sea- seaon tea son on on s 5 effort error Into winning Inning that bat bat- battIe hat bat battle tle tIe When It a was over and I had won there came carne a feeling tha tha- I ImagIne a guy only gets gels once In lii a II lifetime C time Jut Just wonderful W bile Babe hated h ted to see the lose particularly Walter Johnson ho he was as pleased It t I go 14 in- in innings In Innings The Babe wants ant that record to stand long after aCter his a swat at Ce CeaN are aN faint memories |
