Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-25
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MORE ABOUT BABE.

MORE ABOUT BABE
why all the ado about Babe Ruths
weight
when the Bambino socked SO home
runs for a worlds record he was fal,
from being a tiny person The Babe
weighed about 225 that season.
Last year Ruth weighed about the
same but it wasn't a good weight. In
stead of the muscles being hard ana
the flesh firm, they were soft and
flabby.
Injuries and illness prevented Ruth
from getting into condition.
This winter reams have been writ
ten about the weight that Ruth has
taken off in his effort to come back,
provided he ever went away.
would be willing to wager that
Ruth weighs 220 right now. He might
tip the scales at 225, the weight at
which he did his best batting.
Ruth hasn't wasted away to moth.
ing because of his winters effort to
regain condition. He's the same old
Babe, a good sized waistline, but the
muscles once again look hard and the
flesh firm
It takes plenty of weight and real
strength to sock the ball as Ruth
did in the good old days.
FOREIGN STARS.
During the past year the supremacy
of the United States in sports has
been rudely jolted.
Charlie Hoff has been showing the
natives how to pole-vault and recent
lv lin competition with our best ath-
letes easily won the indoor all-around
championship.
Jake Schaefer has twice been de-
prived of his billiard title, once by
Horemans Of Belgium and, after he
regained it, lost to Hagenlacher of
Germany.
Then there are Nurmi, Lowe, Abra>
hams and Liddell, all world champs
at their respective distances, hailing
from the other side.
Even the great Tilden regadred as
supreme in tennis, was defeated by
Borotra of France. Helen Wills also
succumbed to Suzanne Langlen.
While there is no reason to be pes
simistic. it is mighty hard to be an
optimist after. reading the aboye.
GIFT SAFETY CURBED.
The gift safety which became al
most as obnoxious in football last year
as is the international pass in baseball,
appears to have been considerably
curbed by the new rules
In the west last fall team leading,
TO with only a short time to play,
made three intentional or gife safe
ties in order to retain the ball and
thereby not be forced to take chance.
The game ended rs, the team that
made the touchdown, winning as q
result of the rather unsportsmanlike
strategy. s,.
Under the new rules the team maxi
ing safety must put the ball in play
on the 2O-yard line instead of the 80
and must kick on the first down.
BASEBALL BUGS.
Walter Hagen, is, a baseball bug.
Willie Hoppe is in the same class.
Not only do these two, stars like to
watch the game but they prefer play
ing it.
In playing baseball there is always
great danger of injury to the hands
The 6eft putting touch of Hagen in
golf and the finesse of Hopes bill
lizard play depend largely on the con-
dition of their hands
Yet down south this spring it was
not unusual to see. Walter Hagen out
playina ball with the big leaguers'
Hoppe has the same habit.
Both Hagen and Hoppe probably
would have starred at the national
pastime had they taken it up with
the same purpose and determination
they did golf and billiards.
CURVE PITCHING.
"Unless a pitcher is blessed with ter
rifle speed, good curve ball is the
most deceptive delivery says John
McGraw.
! Woking on that theory, it is said
New York pitchers throw at least
two curves to every fast ball. Per-
haps the ratio is even more pro-
/ nounced.
McGraws pitchers are known al
! curve-ban pitchers. When opposing
teams ,face, the Giants, they know
they ca nexpect hook after hook ye
the Giants are always tough to beat
All of which seems to bear, out NC
Graw's idea as to curve-bal pitch
! ing.