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Show 4- RUTH KEEPS WILLIAMS IN SHADE i f One man can be so big In baseball do such remarkable things that he completely overshadows the feats of other players. That is what the American league batters have been up against for three or four years in the person of Babe Ruth With Ruth the hitting of home runs was Btich an easy task that he took awa some of the premium I hat tan-dom tan-dom has always placed on a swat for tho circuit. Ruth hit so many home runs during the past three years that when some other player made a home run it re ceived little more than passing mention. men-tion. GOOD SEASON AT BAT. La6t season I hit .347 In the American Ameri-can league. I made 31 two-base hits, seven three-base hits and 21 home runs, ordinarily that would be consul ered a mighty good season at the bat Ruth, however, with 44 two-baggers, 16 thre baggers and ."9 home runs, had all the rest of U6 stopped cold. Once upon a time not su many years back the making of 84 home runs in the American bsiKtie would have made a player a nationally discussed figure Yet last season my home-run record meant nothing to the fans. Only a fow really knew I made 24 Ruth was the dominating figure of the American league When players are keenly interested in the doings of some star It gives you some Idea of his Importance. Ball players as a rule look on any great feat as all In the day's work. ALL WATCHING RUTH. For the last two years, howpver, every big league player would on turning to the sport sheet look at the j New York score the very first thing to see if Ruth had hit any homers. That is one reason why my showing has created such a stir in the early weeks of the season. I am sure a lot of people wondered how I ever started making home runs. Few of the fans know I was the runncnip in 1921, simply sim-ply bl CC.UI 1 Icntli had so far eclipsed the rest of us we were In Uio also ran class. |