East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-07
LIVE SPORTING NEWS
BABE RUTH is GREAT
BIG BOY SAYS ACTOR

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7.-U-
P)-Babe Ruth is Just a great biz
boy, according TO Wellington Cross.
vaudeville comedian now playing the
Orpheum circuit on the coast
Cross was Babe Ruths team mate
! during the Bans vaudeville tour last
winter.
Babe is the most nervous man l
have ever seen" declares Cross He
has to be doing something all the
time, He can't stand still a min
ute That's the reason he goes
through so many fortunes. MoneS
/ doesn't mean any more to him than
1t does to young high school fell
1 low. ! know of cities where Babe
\ bought boxes and boxes of cigars and
/ when We left, he left them all be-
! mind him. He just bought those ci-
! Sars to be doing something. Ruth
was getting about $2250 a week for
MS vaudeville stunt, and he must
nave spent 1t nearly all every week.
l5ape Is soft pickings. The bows
take him, He knows he's being
taken, but he keeps right on play
ing. He's an incessant poker PLAYER.
and likes it best of anything next TO
baseball, But he's no home run hit
ter in poker-as YOU might imagine
being so easy going.
Babes toughest job in vaudeville
Is learning his lines He certainly
uoeS nate the work of memorizing !
them, and when he rehearses he jus; /
mumbles through them But when
he gets on the stage he puts them
over with snap. However, although
ne threw dirst at the umpire and got
temperamental when the crowd turn
ed against him, he never seemed In
care whether he got hand in the
theater or not. 1t was all the same
TO him. | never saw him out of
sorts or temperamental
Ruths outstanding feature is his
promptness. No matter when our
act was to so on, Babe was always
mere on the dot, and this made a
olg mt with the managers, for in the
past they've found that these high
priced stars are somewhat careless
'bout showing up on time.
1T makes Babe very nervous TO
lave an appointment, and have to
yait. The longer he has to cool his
IS. Z
When we were in Washington Man
ger Rawbins of the Kieth theater
xed up an appointment for Babe
I'd several of us to meet President
arding. When Rawbins told Babe, :
e latter said:
Well, now listen. Don't make
at date before Saturday, because lee
'e got lot of things to attend to- fol
1t happened that Saturday morn re,
was the only time President 1Sl
lrding could see Ruth When we
mt to the White House Babe be-
n to get nervous, and it began to
more and more on his nerves T.
len We had to wait about ten min
es in the ante-room. Babe was \
tnkly disgusted And as a matter
fact when we finally saw Harding
be was so nervous that he wasn't
congenial as anyone would have III
ought he would be-
: I'm glad to meet you. Babe"
2 president said, Judge Landis
We you quite suspension It's sta
, bad. tor
. 'Aw,t | don't care" replied Babe, vel
THAT'S the diff" You see. the 0tl
esident had rather hit sore spot. tm
i the president wasn't overly im- sh;
essed with the conversation, as an
ght have been expected All
Ruth is just big overgrown boy Gu
used to sit and laugh for hours at IN
ne of the stuff he'd pull. Babes N
poser but unconsciously He has
'nty of ego, but he doesn't put it on tul
rposely. It's just natural with him SUI
isn't offensive in any wav . for