Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-12
BABE RUTH HOT AFTER
WRITER WHO PANS HIM
Home Run King Declares He
viii Demand Rctraclion
i'll Newspaper.
wArc"n, GAME rnoM STANDS
Turns Fan ndrr Doctors Orders.
Prniscs "Chirk" Fcwstcr. who Re-
places Hin. for Hitting Clrcutt
Wnilop la second Frame.
By nnbe Ruth.

: Especial 10 The Times Disputuh.i
foLo GROUNDS. y. Y. Oct. H.
Ehtck frwster begged for my Job
on sunday. got II ON Tuesday ana
Grove out as great "a home run as
dil all season long. II was not
what the sporting writer's have called
the longest home run" II was not
one of those things that my news-
?nrcr friends have SO often called
"Rnbe Huth's longest home run" bu,
1t did come at n time when the neryy
Kid was asked to hll my home-run
shoes In pinch. and he delivered.
with Cap Huston. Yankee owner en-
ore side "f ME and the doctor guard
nE me- from The other side h,J
about ms much chance OF getting in
t"day'S battle of home rum, ms ir
We're just an ordinary ey.ry-dav
baseball writer. And that's inst how
mitch chance have for the balance
"i the series. The doctor has sen,
me To the showers AMI To the press
stand for keeps. The only cons.l,-
ton go: out OF the boys losing the
S"h" WAS that I didn't strike oun
see by the papers that was due
|" "reak the strikc-out record
Hnr""s Fans Ench OF Yankees
i"h"S JcH BARNES struck out every
i"hkee player. while | WAS sitting
S"'"iS IN the press box. II was n,
hrst world series game eyer s,v
without baseball uniform on. |,
was the first game had secu T.,
many years. saw "A lot OF tbinrs
'nat makes me see the viewpoint nr
the rabid fan. I also did so,n.,b;,
'"'t arc not in the sporting editors
book of rules. When the Yankn.s
came to bat in the seventh inning
s"' UP and stretched. That's where
guess proved more of n fam ,,o,
'''''''' writer. As my assignment
.o""y was writing and not hitting
"''ht runs want to take full ad-
vantage OF the privilege.
Last Saturday and sunday the New
'orN newspaper announced tha, my
"," was IN such condition that /
would no longer be in the Yapk,c
lihc-up Such were the unoauIi,i.d
instructions OF the doctor. after pu,
I'M two-inch incision in nv arm
an" day night. In spite Of this. I
L" the ball park Sunday to
prise of Manager IIusgins and
boys. They threw. un,-ti,cir
in horror when | got nv nni
"."down out of the locker Hug
gins criticized me for being reckless
and stubborn
chick Fewstos'. hoping and beg
elhG Tor chance To get i'm tho linc-
up nearly cried with tisappointmcnt
when told him | would at lcas,
start the first few innings. The rest
OF the club sided with IIugsins and
! stood out against an ovcrwhclm-
ing majority. I did this realizing
that physically was not very useful
20 the Yankee team. but at the same
:ime feeling in my heart that ~. !
absence would effect their morale In
game they needed very badly. On
Top OF this | took look at the big
gest gathering of the series and only
sunday game that would he played |
! felt the fans would be disappointed |
ana despite Their nnsclnsh pleading
the Yankee players would be disheart-
ened. because OF all ihis figured I |
was big enough and strong enough to |
go ont there and take my medicine |
for couple or strenuous hours.
Eecausc did so and possibly be |
cauHe | was strong enough to knock |
out long home run, the sporting |
editor Of a New York evening news
paper sank so low in the mirc of |
personal opinion prcjudices as to
print tho following insult in his pri-
vato personal column:
Ruth possibly enjoyed the trick he |
Mayed on the fans BY going into the |
game after the report had been spread |
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