Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-31
Estimated Ruth VIII
Hang Up Record of
IS HORaerS This Year
Babe Likes the Yankee Park
and Will Play Seventy
Games There.
BY JACK vEIOCK,

International News Sporting Editor.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2G.-Babe Ruth will
set a new home run record next sea-
son
This is the confident prediction Of
the Babe Ruth Boosters association, with
members in every city and village
throughout the land. And here is the
reason.
AS member Of the New York
Yankees the burly Babe will play per-
haps seventy odd games of baseball on
the Polo grounds next summer. And the
Polo grounds are made 10 order for
Ruth's pet brand of home runs. The
Baltimore Babe has a habit of hitting
the ball high and far away toward right
held stands and fences. He often hits
bali so high that it looks like a
handball to the Outhelders. And at the
Polo grounds the right wing of the big
stadium offers rangy and spacious nest
ball high he will undoubtedly put many
one into that right field wing
ESTIMATED HE'LL
REGISTER 49,
The more excitable members of the
Ruth boosters club are predicting I'M
dreamed of things Cor the star slugger.
The conservative element Is agreed that
Ruth probably will better his 1919 mark
out six more he will set the mark at
thirty five, which will be some record
for future sluggers to shoot at. 4;
Figuring that Ruth made four of his
twenty hOmers at the Polo grounds
last summer and visited the metropolis
only three times, it is easy to see where
the dopesters are getting their ideas
Roughly, the Babe hit a homer in 80
per cent of the games In which he
appeared in New\ York and he could
not have played in more than ten. There
fore, what is to be expected OF him n
seventy at-home games with the Yankees
this year in park made to order?
Nine of the Ba bes' circuit smaShes of
1919 were made of Boston. His records
In the other cities follows: New York
four. st. Louis three, Philadelphia two,
Chicago three, Cleveland two, Detroit
n TNso washington Isl R,,on one And there is no
ter these records on foreign fields. with
the exception Of Boston. Ruth's hitting
has been no flash in the pan. He has
always been sturdy wielder Of the
that he may find it difficult to hit
better than 300, his very fine average
in $50 games last season, the chance that
he will knock out more home runs than
he did last season is stronger because
Of the change in clubs.
BIGGEST CARD
IN BASEBALL.
Ruth is the brightest star and the
biggest drawing card in baseball today.
Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson,
Eddie Ccotte. Grover Alexander, George
Sisler and some others are still sclntil-
lattnR, but they are not poised in the
baseball armament with the brilliance
that is Ruth's. Harry Frazee was able
to get an unheard of price for Ruth
because of that fact. For the same rea-
son Coils Rupert and Huston were
willing to pay that unheard of price
One hundred and twenty-five thOusan.:
dollars tops the best previous price paid
for ball player by abOut270,000 ber-
ries. Some difference in Ruth at $125, 600
and Speaker at $4,000. Yet Ruth ap-
parently is worth that money 10 the
New York club. II he lives up to the ex-
pectations he will draw 1t all back to
the turnstiles next summer.
Ruth's 1919 record Is so often discussed
that the writer believes many of the
fans will be glad Of a chance to look it
over once more. Here it is
April %, off Mogridge, at New York /;
May 20, off Davenport, at st. Louis; May
80. off Perry, at Philadelphia; June I,
off Dauss, at Boston; June II, off Nor
ton, at Boston; June "a, of Robertson,
at Boston; June 80, off Shawkey, at
New York; July ., off Jing Johnson ~,
at Boston; July 10. of ShOcker. at St
Louis; July II, off Danforth, at Chicago !;
is, off Myers, at Cleveland; July q. off
Ehmke. at Detroit; July "A, off Shaw
key. at Boston; July %, off Leonard at
BOSTON; August IA. off Kerr, at Chi
cago August 16, off Mayer, at Chicago :;
August II, off Shohker, at st. Louis: Au-
"a, off Ayres, at Detroit; August "a
off Love, at Detroit; August %. off
Ayers, at Detroit; September l, off Shaw,
at Boston; September 8. off Moves at
Philadelphia; September 8, off THORN
Williams, at Boston; September "a, of
Shawkey, at New York; September 81
off Jordan, at Washington.