El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-10
BABE RUTH GETS
MANY BASES ON
BALLS FREE
Smuggling Outfielder Has
Been Issued 20 Free
Passes This Season.
TWIRLERS AFRAID
OF PROWESS AT BAT

OF PRoWESS AT BAT
BY ERNEST j. LANIGAN.
nABE RUTH. much against his
D win. Win set Up q new record for
American league pitchers in walking
this season. being due to draw more
than 100 passes. He already has been
The recipient OF 50 and almost every
Blamed one OF them was handed 10
hirn with malice aforethoughr The
gents off whom the Bostonian made
his .hemers probably wish theg had
adopted safety first tactics when they
we're pitching to him, though not all
OF George Herman's four baggers
have come in games thar were Aer
Sox triumphs-
besiered with queries rs 10 how
many times Ruth has ben pur-
poseiy walked tHis year, the
answer being easy. 1eealse
received came 10 aim because OF
lack Of aim on the part Of the
artillerisfs'
-s-1sintv mat 10 o. the bases on balls
awarded 10 Ruth during the curfei1-
campaign have ben issued ull4eI ~
strucrious- one pass tnat WASH We
thar received 1v him IRON AlH-n
Sr+rr-nr OF the Browns IN the sew
enth inning Of che game o. Anellst II. Il
The bases then were choked and the
first three balls Burke's pitching ace
served 20 a. Harrison Frazer super
sInrEsr we're e r-litt wide Of the plate
Ruth refused to bite The next -leo
csme over but serve No. z dion z tlulii
walking to first and Hooper "aiAAls
home Boston won ] 20 o.
Harry Sieboid OF the Athletlcs ana
Tom ROGERS OF the same team also
have RANKED Ruth rlls yer "Acl
there were three on put ne--lel -lss-l-
To- Fred C0umbe Of the Lndlalls ne
7ast time Lee Foil made plrcnins
uaIa-tion for them. was tod 70 keep
me ball c1t Of Ruth's reacns even
though q fun house eonlronlea lils
reiief pitcher. He didn't obey instr e-
tions the Babe mt me aeeo-o 81
pitched BY the left handler oll OF ne
ball yard. winning the co4lplt-i 80
Fohl almost Immediately Thereafter
rendered his resignation as C.iefeia-ilu
manager 10 James I1rlstolAsl = ---i--'
ORIGINALLY Of llarshalltoWn Iowa
auth. M 20 the end Of Hast
month had heen entangled in 10
controversial pAtcheE1
him In 81 Of these games md re-
fusInz 10 do so IN -. In the con-
4ra4. n which Babes name did
,o4 ffcurs on the free list, Boston
wUcCeEHLuL > LluAGaf AA-.l
eerEful >, 2 percentage OF -4to.
rh5carasz pitchers were the braV-
-er- nuuureuflTs New Aork's least
50. These were the men yfhe re-
fused 10 let Ruth reach first via
S5ieaEo. 10-Cicotte. 8: Williams
O. Wflisrns-E Kerr ShellenDack- j, IA
ber-LoWderI7ilk-Ci p ra2sL-
Kerr. ! -Dauforth, 4; LoNaer-
rniIk-1faver- Fa5er. J. White so1 won
q
Detroit e-Leonard, g. Dause- 4
Emke /. ove-Clnningh ham hz-lllo-
Boland- Ayers Cunningha l.
Ehm ke-Aysrs. l. Tigers won -FOUR o.
fsIevsIs.nd. 7-Bagby. 2; Morton, 2;
rsovelesi-ie.l lis desperately ers-Counees
q. Jasper-Ayers- faefh, J. lnalans
won OF these games
PHILADELPHIA johnson, 2; ROC
rs kinney PerrT-klnley, J.
t.ssrr- NaVler- Slebold- j. <aT-er-Set-
boId-Roeers. I. athletics won OF
these games
washington. Harper .; shaw. ,
Johnson. i shaW-Hovllk-..I onlpsof.
b Robertson Ayers. 4, Nationa-s won
Of these games.
81 Louis 6-Gallia. - Shockersli
Roob- Gallie, I; Koob-DaFenport-
sh0cier J. Brown won g Of these
View YORK. Russell. ] Mogridge-
Quinn. j; IhosInahlenl-1l ogriase,
logridge- Russell. T. Yankees won 2
Of these games
Many IN FanE Games.
or the 81 games II whten tae BAT
tering Babe mas oeen wS--el- -, ~
were against -Sew York u against
PhfladelDhia, 10 against Cleveland
10 against St LENS. against wash
iugtou. against chicago ana o
against Detroit Ruins team Eon z.
Of the passages Al arms. lost s. ana
lied one-a percentage Of $50.
George Uhle, former king OF the
Cleveland sand lots. 1aFored KUN
with three passes IN the game q
August 20 and won his contest 10
. Urban Faher. Of the White soz- on
august 9, served four bad 1a-ls 70
Ruth thee times ID succession ana
dropped his event TO = anne
schsnE coming through with q time
y thun-p after the second pass nae
been given 10 the Babe.
CoVeleal<ie Is One.
Stanley CoVelslzie o. Cleveland has
walked Ruth oflener than anyone
NE peerless Pole. IN ais first sea-
son ia the American discovered the
recipe for preventing Ruth rom
wrscking ball games-to keep the
This is R1th's record in drawing
passes this year
Passed Hufh Five Times.
Coveieskis OF CleTel,-no
El--NEu NUN 01N
Faber OF Chicago. Phillips and
Uhls OF Cleveland ShaWkey OF NeTv
York. Sothoron o. St. Louis
Passed Rutk Three Times
Cicorte Of Chicago. Myers Of Cleve-
land. Dauss OF Detroit. Shore and
Quinn Of New York Johnson and
Perry OF Philadelphia
Passed Rurk Twice.
SheIlenb back OF Chicago. Bagby o.
Cleveland. Schneider OF New York
Nsylor. Rogers and Kinney Of Phila-
deIphia Gala and Davenport Of St
Louis. Johnson, zachary and Harper
OF Washington
Pissed Huth Once
Elepfer Of Cleveland Ayers. Gun
ninEham. Ehmke End Leonard Of De-
troit Eogrldee and Thormahlen OF
New YORK Seibola and Eoyes OF
Philadelphia Leifieid. Weilman and
Shocker OF St. Louis. Robertson and
Shaw OF washington.
II Ruth wants 10 meet the man who
invented the pass that Is aWarded
with malice aforethouEht, let him cal
on John Montgomery ward. barrister,
New York