The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Southpaw Joins Brooklyn
Squad at Hot Springs
Park.
RUTH NO GOLF CHAMPION
Eliminated From Local Tour
nament-AdipOse Tissue
Worrying Babe a Bit.
BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. 26.-The
FIRST of the Yankees of 1921 to have a
the southpaw pitcher. Babe Ruth,
Carl Mays and Waite Hoyt kept on
with their golf to-day but Harper,
who is not an addict as yet of that
game alluring, went to the ball park
with a squad of Brooklyn players, con-
sisting of Mamaux, Cadore, Miller,
Mitchell, Griffith and Pfeffer, men he'll
be opposing before the teams return
to New York.
Harper, from weight of 202 pounds
in street attire when he came to the
Spa, is down to 1941a pounds. Most
of 1t from right around here" he ex-
planned as he pulled his trousers near
the waist line. Harper rugged himself
up in Brooklyn uniform. He didn't
use his arm except to toss the ball,
but he did chase flies and bunts and
cavort generally. He and the Dodgers
came in putting and perspiring after a
lively workout Of forty-five minutes.
I'm not as wild as some people seem
to think I am" declared the portsider
my record for last year was sixty-six
bases on balls; not bad considering the
number of games 1 was in--about thirty
1t wasn't that I was wild, but that I
Just could not win ball games I'm more
apt to be wild in spring training than
any other time, but in one of the games
against the Giants last spring / gave
only two bases on balls or one thing
you may be sure, I'll try harder this
year than ever before"
No Golf Prize for Ruth.
Babe Ruth was eliminated this morn
Ing from the Washington's birthday golf
tournament, and Herewith the last Of
the Yanks receded from that competi-
ton. hard hitting and unfeeling and
annoying straight driving golfer named
Bradley beat the Babe up. That's one
prize that the Yank won't win this year
But 1t was Ruths first tournament, and
he did well for a novltiate in such line
of endeavor.
Last night there was a glove fight
here at which spectators prior to the
mill put in a good deal of time yelling
for Ruth. They..wanted to see him. but
he was not there. They insisted that
they were mistaken. The Babe is quite
oblging in these little matters. He
makes II a rule to observe them all with
proper punctiio. Hot Springs has a
woman physical culture practitioner
who has no end of faith In her ability
TO reduce the tonnage of Ruth II that
large and eminent member of the Yankee
baseball band has any misgivings that
his stay here will not accomplish 1T suf-
Aota 20 ha ic IN pIpga terms
with old Adipose Tissue not that he is
a fat person, but that there is more
flesh about his midriff than he needs or
wants for baseball purposes.
In any event the physical culturist Is
confident her system of treatment would
reduce Babe to that willowy and svelte
point he desires to reach. and the Bam-
bino to-day was apprised of It. At the
time he was stretched out on the golf
course, or a portion of II. People want
to practise all sorts of things on Ruth
and ordinarily he pays little attention to
them. but in this case he sat up with
Jerk and manifested instant interest.
How old is she?" he asked. a detail
which did not seem to be particularly
germane 10 the point at issue. or at
tissue. and then: Wants to reduce me.
oh I'll have to think that over"
Ruth declared at the end Of his morn
lngS ROlI Lnat ne nAu lOSl ten POUNDS IN
the five days he has been here. He did
not look It. but he ought to know. He
looks. though. as If he had done a hard
five days work. and he has. He has
been hard at It every day. He has done
no loafing and he says he will have ten
pounds more off in the next three days.
''Look out you don't go into a decline"
one of his hearers advised. The truth Is
Ruth and the others Of the Yankees at
Hot Springs have worked faithfully and
probably with profit since they arrived.
They have had capital weather for the
purpose. lots of sunshine and have been
able to be out every day as long as they
wanted to. Ruth, Mays. Hoyt and Har-
per all are making the most of their OPP
portunity. They have gone at II with
Eest.