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Show I . : - Vif- , . . 'I (X'1'' . : 'if ; j : - - ' 1 THE KING IS DEAD . . . Babe Ruth, a legend while he lived, has become an American epio after his death. He was all the guys in tbe world who ever pulled out of obscurity to become big leaguers. The Babe grew up to become the biggest, best, hardest hitting, most colorful baseball player on earth. His unforgettable diamond career began with the Baltimore Orioles when he was still an open-faced, overgrown over-grown boy (inset). He reached the climax of his baseball life In the third game of the Yankee-Cubs world series on October 1, 1932. With two strikes on him and the Chicago crowd heckling him, the Babe pointed to the center field wall. Then he hit the next pitch past the flagpole. This picture, from Esquire magazine's "Great Moments in Sports" series, captures the simple but dramatic (aith in himself that made Babe Rath an American Idol. |