Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
Objects to Race by Frazee and
Says You Can't Pay Land
lord With Smiles.
ny BABE RUTn.
tCnpyrinh 10 -. ..-.d NcwS.)
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49, VI az ~ LEI
eemed such a big order that in my
Widest dreams OF being n homc-run
hampton | never expected To be put
ing them over tho fence as an al
most daily stunt. Realizing that
most Of my swats We're going very
Icep into right, the opposition right
elders began playing deep fors inc.
What l shoul have done was to put
more drive in my bat and sail h
its over their heads. even though
hey played back against the fcnccx
instead, however. l tried TO hit to
and right. OF course his
my NATURE way. rs IL re-
luired me TO delay my swing until
he ball was almost past the. The
'csult was l knocked Il lot of long
lies and struck out more often than
( l had batted in nv old way. 1t
GEMS likely hat l would have had.
half n dozen more homers
{ l hadn't been bunkcd by this new
dea.
becomes Home Run Champ.
Anyhow. fall time came along and
found myself the Eomc-run champ.
when they weighed me against
he old-time w~hiskered babies who
ised TO sock at ~undcrhand pitching
were considered some bears.
After the close of tho 1919 season
began to think over my future
n the game. l was tied up TO the
Red Sox with Il contract which GER
-atnly did not call for tho snlary
hat n mar with Il home-run record
IF twenty nine in Il season deserved.
tTicd 10 pen III. uca! for u raisc.
couldn't get Harry Frazee to see
ny side of il. In that case. there
vas only one thing TO do-hoid out
,ecause | knew that two such sports
IS Colonel RUPERT II Colonel IIus-
on, of the Yankees, would he after
no matter wnat they mad 40 y4y
race 10 let me 20 Min Mrs.
Ruth / went out TO Los Angeles for
he winte TO keep il condition by
mild training. So l wouldn't lose
ny batting eye l stuck pretty close
q golf and was on the course every
IhinSs began tn pop in the East.
snd there were rumors OF all sores.
me day Frazee wouldn't sell me. and
he next day I'd hear that he wanted
90 much money. To an outsider it
nay have seemed that I was going to
'c KEEP. out of the game, or forced to
Ycnrned for a little jack"
At last the sale was reported at Il
rice which figured more than my
in gold. OF course this was n
mighty fine compliment TO me. but
When try To a my rent to III
landlord in compliments upon his
handsome red nose or something. he
me the raZZ. not Il receipt. |
TO say Frazee was getting this
purchase price. not J., inc l ycarned
IL little jack myself.
The Yanks agreed with me. When
iiuggins came out to Los An
10 sign me up. | was out on The
golf curse. Hug didn't know me
well and he knew just enough
bout soif to wait for me at the
nineteenth hole instead of butting in
~ my Sa:1c though I'm not any
hr:e ;emptra mental at the old Scot
ish pastime than | am al. the bat. we
ioon settled matters at the extra dry
nineteenth over a couple OF stems Of
Ruth became a Yank.
We drank to the success Of my new
Tub in tru prohibition style.
Full of Eggs. not Ego.
Harry Frazee had said that ! was
90 fun OF ego. or something like that.
o be an asset any longer to the Red
;ox. He may be right, because a
.tuckuD man is the last one TO realize
lis ailment, but | honestly don't think
ma; was Fia2ce'S objection. i've
lever been a prlma donna with any
,all club. The fellows are all my
'riendS and nobody ever feels il,
necessary to give way to me because
m upstage, or anything like that.
,sason with a ball club. If they gave
I, conceited guy the Brown Derby in
of thousands OF fans. he'd never
get over it. But | got one in Philly
and IL WAS about the greatest
.oke ever put across on me-. I'll tell
all about tina later.
Here was the RECORD for 1919 that
he Yankees bought along with their
10 pounds OF Ruth: 100 games. 1872
ines at bat. 1919 hits. rs cxtra-base
lits, % home runs, "a two-baggers. 10
hrec-baggcrs. scored more runs than
my other player in the ieague-loS:
struck out more times thar any other
in the leagues times: made
40 p%ut-outs. 2 errors and % as
'ists as an outhelder for a fielding
'verage or .992. My throwing arm
lad shown up as n OF the hes, on
no whole circuit OF clubs. enabling
me to get moro assists than any
outer gardener In the American
" don't write OF those things in a
spirit. but Just TO give you
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