The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-02

hours later he was saying to CO
baseball! drama:
81 didn't mean TO hurt you, 20
know / shouldn't have said tn
going up to the Stadium right
won't let me play today"
And Babe went. and apologized
fully and whole heartedly,' not 10
say abjectly He did not get 20
swing the most famous bat IN
baseball in yesterdays game, but
he viii return to the lineup against
the Athletics on Saturday.
Thus, the little act is nearing Ito
final curtain. Higgins is wlllin6
that 1t should end. Ruth is anxious
Cor it, too. and Rupert will be
{. pleased and relieved wnen 1t does.
1t wiz finish another chapter in
the romantic life story Of Babe
Ruth.
You can't get away from Ruth.
Suspended or playing, sick or
wen. hitting or missing, he re.
mains the great single figure In
the sporting life Of this country.
Dempsey is his only rival, eand
the heavyweight champion never
has had and never viii have the
Babes popularity.
What happened yesterday alone
proved that. There was that ride
from Albany with fans waiting all
along the line on the slim chance.
Of getting a peep at him. There
was a reception In the Grand Cen
crowded one wing of the big sta
ton to cheer him. The other re-
ception at his home in the Con-
course Plaza. And at the end, and
most revealing Of all. the seventh
inning OF the game with the RED
Sox, when the fans sspied him IN
Ruppert's box on the mezzanine.
All through the game, while the
Yanks were trailing by one run,
the fans had been yelling for the
Babe.
where's Ruth they shouted.
Bring on the Bambino. We want
q home run" and. Say, Higgins
put Ruth in to pinch hit
Then in the seventh, when they
stood up to stretch, they saw him.
Instantly. the ball. game was for
gotten. They cheered and clapped
and cheered some more. He had
TO stand up and take bow, like
an actor, and when he stood they
wanted speech.
Ruth appeals to their imagina-
ton. No matter what the fans say
about him when he is away, they
-1ail for aim again the minute he
II the way he affects you person.
ally. Like Topsy. no matter what
he does, you forgive him.
Forgive and forget. Ruth and
Rufh's friends have been doing
that ever since he became q ma
fi0nal hero. The reason Is not
Tar to seek. Nobody can hate q
I'D, or be angry with him for
long, and Ruth, at thirty, Is Just
Q kid among the kids that idoliZe
him. He win be the same If he
ives another fifty years.
No, you can't get away from The
Babe. Rupert couldn't The Col
onel was smiling before Ruth had
been closeted with him fifteen min
utee. He admitted as much after.
ward. Higgins is holding out a
little longer. But he will not hold
out long.
Rupert sent The Babe to see
Higgins, and after the arch enc
mics Of a few minutes before had
talked for about half an hour, Hug
gave out q statement in which he
said that the fine and suspension
still stood. but IL Ruth were really
repentant, and proved II, he would
be taken back again. The manager
would set no date for the happy
event. But where the heart is will.
inR an suspicious date is not hard
to find.
Ruth will get back. The fine
will no doubt be reduced or remit.
tea entirely, tthe Babe told this
writer yesterday that he had never
paid one Of those fines yeti, and
the trouble will soon be forgotten,
Until the next time.
Babe" Ruth still is enshrined as
an idol in the hearts Of New York
-fans-and his wife.
ooh. Babe! How glad am
60 see you! How happy am!
Dear Babe!'' sObbed Mrs. Ruth
rs she chung TO her staIwart
husband. kissing him unrestrain-
edty and apparently unmindfuI of
ebe group OF newspaper men who
filled the open doorway OF tho
apartment in the COncourse Plaza
Hotel in the Bronx.
And the mighty slugger's only
answer, for the. moment, was to
break down and blubber like a
gchoolboy.
Boy" he said brokenly, when
he had somewhat regained his com.
posure. this Is the happiest mo-
ment Of my life. The only thing
] miss in this sweetest home.com.
ing ] have ever known is my lit
tie Dot" tHe referred to his
daughter, Dorothy.) s'You can't
appreciate all this means to me-"
No suspicion. nothing but pride