New Britain herald., 1923-08-11
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 Babe Ruth seeks to attain severa
 pasepali honors this year. Babe, ambition Is no longer merely confined 10 the making of home runs.
 Ruins greatest goal this year is to lead the American league in batting Bape wants to prove to the world that ne Is something more as bats- man than merely slugger
 rms year, instead of swinging for nome run every time he came to pat Ruth has mixed 'em up on the opposition. He has laid down and beat out many a bunt.
 When pitchers have insisted in slowing up on him and making him nit ball on the outside, the Babe has choked up on his bat and dropped many Texas leaguer into left field.
 At other times he has taken the old-time healthy cut that caused him to drive out 59 home runs during the 1921 season, one of the most re- markable records ever compiled in baseball
 Ruth has slowly but surely cut down the commanding lead once held by Harry Heilman of Detroit and feels sure that he will top all the American league batters at the finish
 Ruth also feels that he will win back his home run crown. It looked for time as if Cy, Williams of the Phillies had a walkaway, but the Babe has cut down the big lead to mere nothing.
 Battertng Babe also feels positive that if the pitchers continue to walk him with reckless abandon he will hang up base on balls record that , will never be todched.
 Incidentally Babe yearns for an- bther chance to deliver in world yeries, and the way the Yankees are going it looks as if he was certain to get it.
 Truly this is a big year for the Babe.
 The Stronghearts of this city have reorganized under the name of the New Britain Tigers and now are anxious for games with the Senators, the Dublins and the Tigers of Plain- vile. For games call 51S-14. .g -
 o. W. Wagner, Marathon cyclist of Terre Haute, Ind, left Venice, Cal, yesterday for New York in an attempt to set a record for coast to coast bicycle ride. He carried credentials from officials of Venice and Los An geles and planned to present them to Mayor Hylan upon his arrival in New York.
 Billy Bagwell of the Boston Nation- al league baseball team has been re- leased to the Worcester club of the Eastern league. He left Cincinnati tor the east last night. Frank Miller, one of the veterans of the Braves, also was released and now Is a free agent Miller formerly was with Pittsburgh.
 Lester Luck Howe, star twirler for Waterbury in the Eastern league, was sold to the Boston Red Sox to- day, according to Herman J. Weis- man president of the Waterbury | club.
 The Walnut A. c. ought to prove a good attraction at St. Mary's field tomorrow when they clash with the B. l.. nine.
 Dudack will pitch and Lew Carpen- ter will catch for the locals. -.-
 Everything but the dates now seem settled in the post series games be- tween Corbin Red Sox and the Besse- Leland nine.
 There has been lots of speculation all season as to which is the better nine. Opinions differ and the only way to find out is to have them play It out"
 At the park this afternoon there are four City league games of which he Fafnirs and Falcons at p. m. should be the humdinger of them all.
 After today there will be but one team leading the City league, unless darkness stops this game in tie.
 PROTESTS TO RUSSIA
 Moscow, Aug. 11.-In note to the Bulgarian government Foreign Minis ;er Tchitcherin protests against the persecution of the Russian Red Cross md of Russians subject to repatria- ion. The note demands apology and for alleged excesses committed against Russian emigrants md adds that unless Bulgaria gives that Soviet government will be compelled to authorize repri- als against Bulgarian citizens in Rus ia.