Show RUTH PLAYING STAR GAME 1 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VETERAN STAGES COMEBACK B BILLY EVANS NS h If It Babo Babe Ruth Kuth doesn't hit his of ot home runs In 1923 1223 the the arc are going to be decidedly up against It it I That was aas as the belief belleC expressed by many of ot the baseball experts prior priorI to the opening opening- of oC the season eon Toa To n a majority the h hope PO of oC the Yan Tan Yankees kees depended almost entirely on Ruths Ruth's slugging I Can Cna Ruth come conic back 1 I That proved pro as great a topic for Cor discussIon Would Bambino art r six months of ot Intensive train train- regain the tho batting eye yO iye that rid him the most feared batsman II ii r eM the history of oC the game Ruth during the first six weeks of lC play has upset the preseason dope in a great reat many ways He has Kh gisen en tho the lie to several well fined beliefs Ruth and the Now ew York club clu have ha conclusively proved that It ItI itIs I Is not necessary for Cor Babe to be hitting his dally daily home run for Cor the es to be up In the race STAGES STAG COMEBACK J JH Ic I-Ic H has also staged staled the come come- comeback comeback comeback back that a great many of the ex cx- cx s cx doubted doubled although he ho has not fence Cence busting to an no alarming I Prior to going south and during the spring training season Rutn ored as IUS hard as any rookie striving Inn ing to win a place a as a regular When the season opened he was In Inthe inthe Inthe the best condition of his baseball I However Hoever physical condi condl condition condition tion Is la not overy everything thin In baseball the lh butting batting eye eyo must also be In shape Daring the games in the south the old time Ruth swing lAcked the rhythm that was wu Once a thin thing of oC beauty beauly even when the big yellow lellow swung thrice In vain and wended his way to the tho bench for tor the cus- cus cus drink of oC water The once perfect ordination co-ordination appeared HITTING HAS BEEN TIMELY Mince the opening of oC the SeASon Ruth fluth has been constantly Improving In ing at nt tho plate A home run In inthe the first game gme that decided the ont contest gave him some of ot the needed needed mach confidence Be pral batters have hove the edge on him In the tha matter of ot home runs the bUr big fellow ta ii 1 within halll hailing balling dis- dis dis tance having nine circuit swats to his credit In a 0 number of oC cases cues his hb home home- run home run Crl e has proved the actor In the tha recent 15 Inning 1 Bin e with Chicago the longest contest In the American league to dI It was wag Ruths Ruth's home homo run that I roE roa rok up the affair Ruth ho e however er has come coma back In departments In a much more forcible manner than In the tho mere matter mater of ot hitting home runs B be because of oC his splendid I Jh Is covering more round ground in the field than tItan he eser er did Never in all his career has hasI hasho hasho hoJ ho throan throw n so well The Tho loss of oC I 30 pounds has given gisen him hint a aI afree I tree swing to hi his throws that for for- for was lacking I SI-Io SI I PLAYS I A Already this year ear 1 I have seen fluth save three ball games through it remarkable catch Likewise I 1 have seen him sa sae save e two others by byn bya bya n a great throw one of ot them cutting oft off th the run at the plate the theother other completing a 0 double play at second before the run had ha ad crossed the plate from Crom third L Last st year ear Ruth would have hove fal fallen en down on these thue remarkable plays plas that saved the day for tor the 1 ian ian- lan an- an kees Excellent physical condition tells the stor story I 1 don t 1 look 1001 for nuth to smash any run home-run rec- rec records record rec records ord but he Is still a 0 big threat In addition the Yankees are pia play play- play In log a heads up game displaying a 0 cew spirit and In general acting the great club the team really Is 18 Ruth rith and the Yankees are conclusively that Battering doesn't 11 have base 0 to be breaking run run homo records for tor or the tho club to be boright right up there thero alithe all the way |