Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
NEW record AS
RUTH HITS HOMER
Bambino Slams Ball Into the
Grand Stand and Bleachers,
but 1t Means Nothing
DEFIEs DOCTORS ORDERS
BY GRANrIA%D RucE

foothills. heavy with the graveyard od'"
Of cypress 1nd the ghost flower that
lured Sam Houston from the white m"
TO the red. the Ginnts bludgconed the.
way to an even break in the aerioH ve
terday just as they wore in the net ~
sinking for the third time. Score:
.. For sixteen innings Carl Nav
kleage and centurion Of the OZarki'
guard, held them in the hollow of
hand big enough 30 palm one of IN
watermeons some excited painter send
each year to the President.
Starting as far back as last W"dnrs,,
day, and running through tie scyenth
inning of Sundays exciting test, Nav.
had not only held the bnmed Giants
runless but helpless and hopeless as
we'll. Leading, 1 to 0, ut the start of
the eighth INNING, with his big foot
upon their brOnd. red necks. Tar2an
Of the Ozarks was just IN n" act or
emitting victorious. anthropoidal
gurgle when Emil Mcuscl, Of the
Giants. slipped up hehi@1 and soaked
him on the head with long triple by
left. This smashing blow, acclaimed by
the gl".''~l crowd of the series.
knocked Carl, heart from its ancient
moorings between the fifth and seventh
ribs.
For after this intercostnl iab Carl Of
the Ozarks was no longer in the same
frame of mind. His goat was blcnting
far from home as Giant after Giant
stepped up with toehold and took
running slam at his waning stuff. u
was bing bling BAN with Shutting Phil
Douglas. of Tennessee, proudly ro-
claiming tho superior contours of the
Blue Ridge Mountains to ANYTHING the
Ozarks had to offer. For Shifting Phil.
with his slight stoop and his whil ling
splitter, was on the crest Of CT 'nquer-
ing wave. He had everything hut
kind word from Miller IIuggns and the
Yanks as he whitfield eight of the enemy
and held them in easy check.
Ruth Defles Doctors
1t is at this point that the big heart
interest dr1na of the series steps in
and crowds out the salient facts. Short
~ after high noon there was n terrific
uproar in certain sanatorium as n
burly figure overpowercd four doctors
and five guards, tore the big iron door
from it's hinges and bolted in the direc-
tion of the Polo Grounds. stone
walls do not q prison make nor iron
bars cage" Not with the great Man
DARN Of Maui hearing from far away
TIE plaintivc cal Of his can crying
aloud in the Wilderness for the Big
Mace to report.
And so it came about that shortly
| before game time there went UP from
| packed stands the rolling thunder of
10000 human voices. believing, bark
| ing, bounding from pillar to post, as
! the Mandarin, with his right elbow
swathed in tape and rubber. staked
upon the field.
You guessed It, In defiance OF al
orders Babe Ruth had returned 10 his
people for one Of the greatest ovations
that ever Numbered ITS tribute over
moved his head, his vast torso would
still, in the act of falling. nave turned
and whired in the direction of the
game that to him is 100 per cent of all
existence. And having tr0ken bondage
and arrived, it then fell - Ruth lot
in the final inning to establish record
that has never been approached. You
have heard before Of sluggcrs hitting
home runs to the left field blPachrrs.
the center field hIeach"rs, the right field
! blCuchers or over the fence.
Hits Grandstand and EIeachers
But Ruth Is the only man in baseball
that ever hit SiuBl" home run into
both grandstand and NlCaChors, cover
! ing two sectors through III" tremcn
dOus power Of his blow. The Giants
were leading. + to /, through their clos
ing rallies against Mays, with one out
in the ninth, as the Bambino sauntercd
up. Douglas cut low curve oyer the
plate and, in spite Of his hundagcd
elbow and its twO-inch Slit. the Babe
let fly with everything he had. The
ball winging its way to right center,
! struck the far right field tier of the