Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-20

day and three on one day f. surpas,
his record Of last year.
Lands Would Be ecs,
The Babe was banishcd last fan by
Commissioner Lambs together v!.h
Bob Meuscl. another Nank whose
achievement of getting 81 home runs
last year is seldom thought If. for.
plying an exhibition game with ,be
Buffalo International League team
after the World Series had ended in,
violation of the rule that prohibits
World Series players froS Inducing
in such exhibitions.
Not only did Ruth and Ncuscl VIC.
late the rule but they did II after,
Commissioner Lands had personally
talked with Ruth and told him what
would happen in case tho rule WASH
violated. After that convcrsatjo,
Ruth expressed his determination ,oI
! fiout the Commissioner and lands
meeting tho most severe test OF his
| baseball career. forcshadowed what
his decision would be by saving;
1T will be a personal Issue he.
tween Ruth and me - dotcrrirsv
which man is bigger in baseball
With the So days suspension over ii
looks to baseball fandom as if Ian.
dis IS convinced that Lands is In
| bigger and that Ruth also is SO con-
WINGED.
AS soon as he had houtcd land,
Ruth was sorry, but he had go,ia
and done it," Full of rcmorse AM y
forebodings, Ruth hoped back 10.
New York. swore repcntcnance and
TOOK a rest. soon tho Lands dca
sion came long and Babe became,
quiet-quiet until Colonel Huston,
part owner of tho Yankees. found
him at Hot Springs and got the Rahee
TO sign fivc-year contract calling
for between $4,000 and $4,000 a,
year fiat salary.
Babe went t. tho training camp
with the club and played in tho ey-'
hlbition games en- route home and al
/ homo. but when the club opened in
Washington Ruth sat in the grand-l
stand like President Harding. Since
then he has practicod off and on, read
tho papers, travelled Il bit. played(
golf, undergone a minor operation,
and become clum and downcast, an
ticipatory and happy.
He dons his uniform again tomOr-
row. "bcttcr balanced" MS Commits.
slon"r Lands. who is now his very
good friend, would say.
His Enviable Record
Ruth, unquostionably the greatest
hitter of all times, has battcd out 1872
home runs in the last seven years. He
scored four in 1915, three IN 1916,
two in 1917, IL in 1918, - in 1913
breaking the then worlds record, "a
i'll 1920. and 50 last yeal-a total Of
l62. His home run hitting has be-
come 50 rrolific that it was g'I~~'st-
cd last season tat he ~ '...'..-
ped by being allowed only two strikes
or to bat only tn one hand.
Few expect that he will conc near
equalling last years mark. let aIone'
establish a new record, considering
that onc-fourth of his playing tine,
for the year il gone, although on'
May 20 last year, Ruth had collected
only IL circuit smashcs, appr0N-,
mately one fifth of his total in cHe-'
fourth of his time. His attempt
however, will supply interest for thet
tagging period Of dog days.
Cambridge. Mass. May 1"-lhet
crew of Choate school. WalIngforl,
Conn. won the annual liarNaLu,
school boy rowing regatta on t',,l
Charles river today. Browne aH1 :
Nichols school of Cambridge wa
second The time for the thrse
quarter mile course wGs 4 mlnuV"
% seconds. n
At Storrs, Conn.-Conn. Agcics i
Bates 0. Ei