Evening journal., 1920-06-16
RUTH WHIFFS,BUT
HE DOESN'T CARE
Famed Thrice in Early Sea-
son, But Look at Him
Now
CICOTTE PUTS
BABE ON GATE

Babe Ruth, on the second day Of
the shson. Thursday. April 10, in
Philadelphia. went out and did some
thing he didn't do all last season.
That was TO strike out three times
in a game. The whifis came con-
Secutiyely. arriving in the sixth,
eighth and ninth.
Roleine c.. Naylor. rirhi-hander,
put thh X sign on the oolorful Babe
once. Walter W. Kinney, left~hander,
tacked IL on him twice
The southpaw Of the Macks appar-
entity had a little something on Babe,
for last year, inside Of eight days. ne
whitfield the man for whom the New
York colonels-Ruppcrt and Huston
paid a small fortune four Times
twice in The game Of August % and
twice in the game OF September 6.
On two occasions last year Ruth,
in one afternoon. retreated three
times to the bench aftr swinging at
and missing the third one, but on
each Of these occasions the Red SoX
were playing two games. on August
.. in a twin hill with the White SoX,
Ruth was famed once In the opener
by Eddie Cio0tte and twice in The
afterpiece by Claude Williams.
on September n Boston and Wash
inglon met in a bargain bill and in
the nrst section thereof Jordan and
Erickson each struck out the Babe
once and in the second Courtney
turned the trick
Eddie Cicotte, Of the White Sox
was the American League pitcher
who rot Ruth most frequently as a
shdkeout victim In 1919 with Claude
Williams. OF The same combination
ranking second IN this respect. The
Sox right-handr famed the Babe
seven times. the SoX left-handei
treated him IN this manner five times
Kinney didn't start whiting Ruth
until August 29. setting him down
on strikes twice mat day and makine
carbon copy @ ho performance OF
Sepiembr 6.
The pitchers Who struck Ruth ou
threo times were Hubert Leonard. o
Detroit. Harry Harper, Of Washing
ton. and Allan Sothwon. Of ST. Louis
Those who turned the trick twic'
were Urban Shockcr. Of tine Browns
Allan Russell and Bob Shawkey, O
The Yanks. and Robertson, OF IN
Nationals.
And these were the men who fanne'
Ruth once during 1919,
Chicago-nanforth Faher, Kerr an
Wilkinson
cleveland Covleskie. Jasper, MOI
ton. Myers and Uhle
Detroit ~ Cunningham, kallio an
New York-Mogfddge and Thormal
len.
Phnadelphia - Gearv. Perry ar
81 Louis-Davnport. Gallia ar
Liefeld.
Washington ourtney Erickson
Johnson Jordan and Thompson.
Further dope on tha Babes whin
Of last year were that 3 came
April. 8 in Ma Z In June. n
July. "a in August and in Septen
her. The Sox pitchers rlnifd II
strike0uts on the worlds create.
hitter: the Nationals. 80. lh Browns
8: the Athletics. z: the Tigers,
the Yankees, 6. and the Indians, B.
a total OF 5S.
In Inc game at Philadelphia nj
year. In which Ruth made a ne'
record for himself, he was at N
plate 1ve times He came up in u
second with The sacks empty an
raised a ily 30 Clarence Walker
center. and in the fourth. with Pin
on second. Croundld uNt first
pitcher Then George Herman st0pp,
hitting for the afternoon Pipp.
the sixth. with one delunct, slamm,
a triple 10 deep center, and Nayll
then famed Ruth, repeating on Lew
a moment later.
Kinney became the Athletic
moundsman in the eighth. and Ru
was The first man he pitched
Kinney famed him.
The stage was an set for the Bal
In The ninth. three men being
and no one being thrown out wh
he batied He whitfield