El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-23
BABE RUTH HITS
At 80 HOME
RUN MARK
Puts His Full Volume of
Power in Stretching Rec
ord by Five TALES.
BOSTON PLAYER is
GREATEST HITTER


NEW YORK. sept. 2s.-Babe Ruth
Ms aiming for q record OF so home
runs for the season. Ruth cares little
now about singles or doubles or
triples. Anything less than a home
run appears futile and puny and sheer
waste OF his ESSENTIAL punch.
He Is concentrating the fun volume
OF his mighty poWer-the ultimate
ounce OF his explosive elergy--in
one final drive 10 build a record that
viii win him everlasting fame.
Best OF All Time.
That Ruth is the greatest batsman
Of all time-so FAR as long distance
hitting Is involved-already IS appar-
emf II there be any doubt about 1t
now Ruth VIII have obliterated every
vistise Of il before the final fade0ut
engulfs the chase
The back bay wonder boy ac-
cOmpllshed a muster feat when
he smashed Buck Freeman's
muEty record into a scarlet smear
at the Polo grounds recently.
Twenty six home runs across a
stretch OF l22 EamcE merits
something more than ran blown
auee1e.
Bat Ruth has set for himself a
loftier mark he viii be satisfied
with no less than 80 home rurs ana
IL appears certain he VIII achieve
this marx Critics who labelled the
Babe a flabby false alarm when he
began his home run rampage in the
spring are ready 70 admit they erred
Ruth has crossed them badly. From
The outset he has maintained pracli-
c5lly a continuous ombardment with
the old ash howitzer with scarcely. an
intermlssien 10 bring Up fresh muui-
lions.
Is Natural Hitter
RnHHr has hHEm accident ITrnrn
IS no stain Of luke attached TO his
record. Ee Is a natural hitter with a
shoulder driven smash Of super-poWer
and keen vision thrown in Veteran
observers recall no other batsuan
who took such an excessively healthy
poke as Ruth employees.
Two features Of the Babes rec
ord stand forth to prove HIS abii-
ity as b1tsman. IN the first
place he has scored home runs off
many Of the foremost pitchers in
the league Tie names Of such
ToEridEe. Davenport Perry
skoczer, Eh1uiSe. Sh1wkey, Kerr,
DausH ana shaw appear among
his victims with a host OF others
ssadvrfched In between
On the other hand, Ruth's hitting
has been consistent and not sporadic !
His sumn1er-long drive oeEan IN april (
when he made his first home run at
the Polo ground off George MOgridge- !
he made Two IN Nay lour IN June ]
nine IN July when pitchers began 10 4
feel the strain OF the gruelling grind; I
seven in August and three early this /
month. eliminating at the Polo
ground when he bumped Herb Thor /
u-ahlen's choice young curve into the I
right field stand for the tWenty-sixth +
home run CT the season
Al OF which seems 70 qualify the i
Babe for highest lonors in The realm
OF swat
some say Williamson.
Tor many years followers OF the
national uastime were under the I'M
preston that when Jack Freeman Of
the washington club Of the National I
league made IS home runs In 1888 he
set q record for the major circuit 4
However. when Ruth recently began (
to edge up on Freeman's mark some +
the claim that Ed Williamson, OF the 4
Chicago club. had nit - homers IN /
1858 Investigation proved that while +
Williamson had done nothing OF the I
sort In 1888 he had quite a streak OF {
home run hitting IN 1854. There Is {
some reason 10 believe that tbs "a +
nous Chicago infielder did hit 27i
homsrs IN that season, but there Is no +
official dope 10 hack that up Sew /
erzl men are checking up the news I
paper accounts Of the games in 1883 I
and they report rather discouragiug I
circumstances Il appears that the /
baseball reporters Of That period we're I
not very accurate in their summaries !
% home runs by Williamson, but the I
box scores fail 70 give him credit for I
hits Of that character.
Tenu HevEIer. president Of the