The Washington times., 1924-07-28

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season home-Ttin mark Of fifty-n
The Babe wants to lead the
eeasonthis season, If possible.
Having succeeded in that, the B
WpEthwhile distinction in baseball.
Ruth has a good chance to top
the American League batters CHS
YEAR. Tss
He has been among the first five
bat Nieldefs most Of the year and
y showing the way for the rest Of
the field at the present writing.
Ruth WIS designated the great.
est player in baseball last season.
This writer sees no reason why he
should not be accorded the honor
again ftlis year.
Though the Yankees Hoped
for time, staggered and STUN
bIed and slipped, Ruth did not
share i'm the form reversal. He
played HIS game, hitting, field
Ing, making RUNS. IA day.tO-day
study Of the records disclOses no
Onther player In either league
who has been as consistently
brilliant as the Babe.
There are but three batters IN
the American League and one in
the National whose lifetime hitting
averages are better than Ruth's
mark of BAT.
Cobb has All; Sisler, s61; Horns.
BY, .S51, and Speaker, .S48.
These figures do. not include this
years averages. 1t is quite possir
) bic that the Babe will pass Speaker
in the grand averages. but there Is
little hope Of his catching Hornsby,
Judging from the way the Cardinal
second basernan Is seeking the PHI
Just now.
Ruth is going to win pulled up
iii the scramble to reach the 4Vu.
run mark for the season. :,
The end Of the present Week
should find him there and with
two months to 80 ne - naDie "
surpass his mark OF III maue ~
1921.
Ruth has done something that
none az the other greatest play
ers has been able to accomplish
ha has followed up his starring
season BY. playing the same sort
az baseball in the worlds series.
Sis,er. of course, has not hadysa
chance to see what he; could DO IN
: series. Cobb had, and was some
thing of 4 flop at it.
Cohb has had three chances to
shine in world series, twice againsS
the Cubs and once against tne
Pirates.
The Georgian, about 70 hang up
hia spikes forever, IS maklpgs Ene
earnest sort Of a try to norm MS
way--and his club's--into one more
baseball classic.
Ruth has had two more world
series appearances than Cobb. He
was in two with the Red Sox, and
the Yankees. since he joined them,
have been in three
In.-compIeting the Ruth worlds
series record itmust be mentioned
that ne was herIAaps the greatest
ssbust,s of all time in the dS2S
clash with the Giants and one OF
Che greatest Of the stars in the
1928 affair. !.
Add to this the fact that he was
q pitching hero Of the worlds series
II. 1916 and 1918 when he held his
/. opponents, the Dodgers and the
Cubs, runless for stretches Of thir.
teen and sixteen innings totaling
twehty.nine for a record that still
stands and one gathers the idea
that the Babe has left little in the
way Of sensational achievement un.
done, and the end is not yet in
sight.
If there is anything else needed
to establish the Babes right to be
considered in a class by himself
among bali players Of any season,
his doubling as q writing person
supplies it.
This writer does not recall Cobb'a
covering a Democratic convention.
The Babe did.
IS, He doesn't. remember that Cobb
picked himself for the All Major
League team after his worst sea.
son, to follow by leaving. himself
off after his greatest year. The
Babe did ~ .s
A great man, Babe Ruth.