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Show B BE KI TH BA1 Bl If I don't hit one today 1 11 wallop one tomorrow, i r the next day 1 .Will fill Some pitcher's heart with sorrow. ime hundred and fifty-four ball games for the Yankees So far HlW season Babe Ruth has been making 8 fraction more than one home run ever;, ev-er;, three games A third of 1..4 is v bit more than 51. . . Consequently the Babe can slump just a little and still set a record of flftv homers In one season. Y hich accounts ac-counts for the smiles of joy on tlu-i tlu-i visages of the wild-eyed fanatlci i whJ wagered early in the season that i-aue would reach the half-century mark. Jnsi now the boys like to bet from dav to dav that Ruth will Or WOnf make S home. What should the "odds be" Apparently, about 3 to l Ruth adds charm and excitement to the situation by getting his home runs reguiarl about ever) third game oi course, he doesn't pick the day. This makes the belling peppy KM In doping out the odds a lot depends on the pitcher, of course nd, as the BBj season sues along It looks as though mm !the pitching tactics in the American league might affect the odds and mm s record, too. BBJ . . - BJ There si ems to be more inclination to walk the mighty Bambino It pVJ would be a shame to have a concerted: BbJ system of giving the Babe bases on BBj balls all around the circuit A great HB hero of the game wouhl be wrecked. BH About the biggest practical Joke we BBJ L in think of would be for every pitch- BbS er to walk Babe" every time he comes pHj up from now on to the end of the BBj season Would the Joke be on Ruth? BBj It would not. It would be on a coupla and "Hug." BBj I 11 Just speak my four-base piece BJ Every littls now and then BBj For If I spoke it every day BJ You'd soon tire of me Amen. BBJ So says Babe Ruth. |