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Show The popularity of a hero, a champion, cham-pion, can Increase or bo swept into oblivion by the four winds In a brief period of time At the close of the American league flag raco in 1921 Babo Ruth was an Idol with lovers Of the national gamo. His feat of crashing out 59 hOmoruns appeared almost beyond the accomplishment of any individual. Thousands of feature fea-ture yarns were cast over the country, coun-try, millions of readers making the "homerun king ' tho object of discussion discus-sion Babe Ruth's performances Were In short wonderful and the entire en-tire baseball world paid him honor. Today this self-same Ruth Is practically prac-tically an outcast In baaeball. Cheers wht. h greeted the hero last year when the uiants and Yanks clashed n the worlds "serious" were turned to hisses and hoots when these selfsame self-same clubs battled for the championship champion-ship r.f the world at the Uolo ground? only last week. On top of this Ruth vs.us able to sap out but two blngles, both singles in the 1922 scries out of 20 trips to the platter 'TIs an almost al-most cinch that the $75,000 salary together with the bonus offered for homeruns will b3 greatly reduced 11 the "Babe" Is to continue as a member mem-ber of tho 1923 Yankee aggregation. . 4 DUE FOK TRADE. David J. Walsh, sports editor of International News Service sas Rutt. will be traded before the 1923 season sea-son gets undcrwiy and that many other changes are due in the roster for the New York Americans befoi tho club starts on Its spring training trip. Other writers have predicted the minors for the ' king of swat." a With a batting average of but .100 in the series Ruth will be given another an-other chance to display his wares with the willow. His future, tiOWC .. IS like the merits of a rookie player. His may show that former flash, that former system of fence busting and! again he may be wearing another un-J iforrn In some bush loop playing outlaw out-law baseball. His record during the1 season Just closed and his Inability to star in the world's series have stamped him aa a "has-been" and' gents of this noble order verj seldom are able to put 'or in high and "come back." sea UTAIT is WEAK. Gridiron prospects at. the University Univer-sity of Utah, as bright as they may appear to some, loom up darker than over to others In the contest with the College of Idiho last Saturday Oo Crimson athletes were able to put over but a 16 to 12 victory on the lads from Idaho. Although no comparison com-parison can be made between this game and the 41 to 3 victory of the Utah Aggies over the c Y. U., experts ex-perts have already given the Aggies' the edge for the acason With Thanksgiving Thanks-giving day but a few weeks hence, the Logan backern expect to see their eleven romp home with their third successive championship Barring cripples the Aggies should be tip there buttling for the Rock". Mountain conference ra nun this season. Coach iyowell Romney ha.i a; number of new men In togs who glve promise of making bids to fill the! shoes of former stars. "Believe me, we'll carvo tho Turkey first onj Thanksgiving day " writes one of tho boosters of tho Logan eleven . GOLF POPULAR. if you don't think golf Is a popular, sport Just drop out to the ( ig.len Golf, and Country club any afternoon and count 'em on the links excha.nglngi powerful drives, brilliant mashie shot ; and mitts. With the season nearlng an end, hundreds aro taking the opportunity op-portunity dally of getting in then 1 final licks. But some of the vets at th,. club tell us that they use snow j plows of the miniature order in the I ap winter months ar.d that the small hall bounds over the snow and ice so fasl that "Gix" Von Elm could make the entire course in one stroke! Dra your own conclusions. j George Von Elm of Salt Laka hold the world's record, we are told, for ' the longest drive in the cup from any Jj tee, in ono stroke. "Gix" accomplished accom-plished this feat at Salt Lake early in the season, driving tho ball 325 yards from too to cup and in the cup In Just one "small" stroke He has l since been made a member in th 'hole-ln-one" club. |