The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-09-15
WHY BABE HITS HoMERs.


nsc Ruth king o home htters. hero OF the American
diamond elected conspicuous place ~ the hall OF lame WIN
ou dissenting Not meaning OF course ha' nc = le'oa
IL present this acous occasion bu merely thai nc = 70 DC
honorcd y being made topic Of editorial discussion III one o
M ,,c daily newspapers Ahem feel better. thank yon
flow does Babe do IL That's the question and anybody can
understand that the answer should be exceedingly I'M I
especially valuable to baseball players VINO wsh % poNs Prov ~
batting averages II discover the secret OF bape MI
ting without letting the whole baseball world get next 70 T. we
MAY he able tn nut the home III position to cneh he
word series Hearing mind that there always danger a
spies from the cncmys camp are sticking around our eaue WIN
kindly regard revelations as strictly confidential ana are '" & r.
uo further than the ears the Chicks Feeling sure that a lV
percent patriots will take the hint and heed this warning we
proceed to illuminate the mystery aud spl The answer
would be easy TO step the pepSng problem involved
IN accounting for MIR Puths uneanny habit OF polling out homfs
IN such protson b saying that he magician or something
~ ,e eau and We might escape The brain las incident to
profound thinking by simply explaining that he knows now 10 MI
~ but these would be explanations which de- not explain we
must 80 10 The root o the Fortunately IN our search Tor
The answer this conmdrm have not been copehed to
rel, entirely upon our resources Scientists connected with
Columbia university rescue, rendering us very
valuable assistance in our researches
the psychological laboratory OF the great university IN New York
Civ and the scientists have given their verdict To put IT sue
cincy they have found that Babe super normal specimen
d humanity elucdate little further they have discovered
fiat in his case the Coordination OF nerves. muscle and
brains is practically perfect Not content with merely humping
bs chest looking his tongue measuring his height ETC. the
PSYCHOLOGISTS tested all his mental and physical powers her
tests showed that his function Il cent faster than those
OF the average person and that his eyes respond TO stimulus III
l60 onethosandh second whereas those OF the average
man require S0 houandhs. which means that Wche
n
Babe than puzzle the average person II was ut'e ea u
covered that Mr. Ruh seader than those 499 per-
sons ont 500 and that demonstrated b qckness ana ae
cuacy Of understanding Babe IS approximately zen per cent
above average in intelligence we could go urther III de
failing the findings OF the psychologists set forth by Hugh
Fullerton in the Popular Science Monthly but think we have
one far enough that the investigators have discovered the
real secret of Babes hitting All that any player mas to 90 10
nlcate Mr. Ruh remarkable record developed his mental
and physical the degree attained by BABE ana TO
ordinate them perfectly do hat ana the pest Pt'"e' o ~
will be easy pckin \ - -
choloes we back the point where started and nd
th answer to identical which suspected before they
made their elaborate laboratory Babe hits because ne
how and has the skill and sn that about te secret u .
succcss OF the superman Of every knd might otherwise
he summed up calling ability The man VINO writes
Best Seller poem that becomes classic the man VINO
builds great bank great industrial enterprise the man VINO
and inventona Shakespeare Gbbon Edison, Morgan
iuconis there any other answer except superior aphty
genius II YOU please which consists OF the development and CO.
ordination human powers!
If the Jewelers. had their all the BABE Kutrs Woud DC
ordinary baers all who win big rewards III tame or Tor
tune would reduced the dead level Of medocry nut ths
gross perverson Of the noble noctrne OF human equality Will
survive enough degrade mankind to the extent OF
which # IS capable flies in the face OF nature superior
talents superior skill superior character will continue to 40
uner things superior rewards 1t the Babe Kuth
home run htter rising by force Of ability above the average
who in every department Of human endeavo lift the world 70
oher planes progress open the way Wc-bee
nJ hanpness for all mankind We need Babe Rut1s III
baseball business statecratt and every other heneh We
have the ability great things and render great service
and to be an inspiration all who struggle lhe psychologists
have told Of the wonderful art OF the home run
nq and they have incidentally pointed the to high achieve
ent OF every kind Mr. Ruth has made the most OF all his powers
OF BODY and mind using them energetca ineigenty eff
GENTLY.
The Railway Labor Board has OF the hardest jobs Of any
body Of men in country There every to believe
baf the men who have the heavy responsibility OF at