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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Crucial Series May Prove
Fatal to League-L Lead
ling Pirates.
CARDS ALSO MENACE
New Workers Have Six Easy
Games Ahead.

Another loss today to the Giants
would have reduced the Pirates
margin in the National League over
the second place New Workers. to
a game and half and would have
increased the pennant chances of
the latter enough to shatter the re-
cent concession that Pittsburgh
was 'in."
The outlook for the Giants is
made brighter by the fact they have
six easy games ahead with the Phils
and Dodgers, while the Pirates
have to play four games with the
Cubs, who have recently demon
strated the mid-season proficiency
which kept them at the head Of the
league Tor month.
st. Louis, only half a game be-
hind the Giants, also has proved a
menace.
The Giants triumphed over Pitts
burgh Friday, 6 to S, through Lind
strom's triple to center, the deciding
factor in scoring two runs in the
ninth. The Pirates scored four in
the first and one in the third, but
could not hit thereafter. The Giants
got four in the seventh.
A home run by Fournier in the
ninth and the steady pitching of
Genewich, forced the Cardinals
from second to third place as Bos-
ton won, to 2. Fournier's hit came
in the ninth after the Braves had
equaled the two Cardinal runs,
scored in the first, with single tallies
in the first and fifth.
Seventeen hits and ten runs was
the levy made on the Phils by the
Cubs, while Carlson limited his for
mer team mates to seven hits and
scored a shut-out.
Ray Moss, a Memphis Southern
League pitcher, recently obtained by
Brooklyn, was credited with a VIC
tory over the Reds, although he
was taken out when, he was in dan
ger in the eighth. He pitched score
less ball for the first six innings in
the, second game of a double header.
The score was Dodgers, 4; Reds, 8.
Cincinnati won the first game,
to 3, by hitting Elliott for four runs
in the fifth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
WINNIE ACCEPTS OFFER

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Vincent
Richards, former Davis cup player
who turned professional at the close
of the 1926 season, has accepted an
invitation from a Japanese news
paper to visit Japan and stimulate
interest in tennis by coaching some
of the promising Japanese young
sters and giving demonstrations.
Richards, accompanied by Mrs.
Richards, will leave New York for
San Francisco Saturday, and will
sail aboard the steamship President
Mckinley, Oct. 4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Circuit Feature
Won by Outsider

LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. "a
Racing in a brilliantly contested
Grand Circuit battle at the thirty
ninth renewal of the Pennsylvania
Stake, Kahla Dillon, owned by Col.
Jacob Lang, of Buffalo, won with
best time 2:021s. The winner was
an outsider in the betting and paid
S76.40 for each So ticket in the
opening heat.
Hollywood Jacqueline in straight
heats won the Tennessee for Swear
old PAGERS. Widow Hal won the
2:14 pace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
GEHRIG SMASHES MARK

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 24-Lou
Gehrig smashed one of Babe Ruth's
marks Thursday. He established a
new record for runs driven in when
he tripled in the first inning against
the Tigers, scoring Combs.
He later added another run to his
credit when he singled in the third,
scoring Koenig. 1t was the 172nd
run credited to Gehrig this season.
The best previous mark was ITO, set
by Ruth in 1921.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

Raw Robertson and Bill Sargent are
holding the Robertson Coal team up while
the famous Shott family are busy break
ing in their new balls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
TODAY'S SELECTIONS


Hoyish Boy, Darco, Landslip.
The Ally. Parchesie, Valentine.
Purr. Greentree entry Mclean cntry.
McCaw, Prince Of Wales. Island Farm
WShiskery. valcrous. Mike Hall.
Edith Cavell. Canter, Rejuvenation.
Tazewcll. Fleetwood, Typecutter.
Redcline. Old Dutch. Nusakan.
Noisamas. PATRON, Brantome.
McAuliffe. Martha Martin, Pheasant.
Henrietta. Wildair. .Daunt. Effie.
Florian. Atol. Overlooked.
49,. - ,DufSeri9 Rark,
Venizelos Shasta Butte. Wandering
Hot gsppes; Miss Carey Double s,s sh s2,;,.
Ropes End. Senior. Prince Direct.
Turnberry Rural Gossip. Hecate.
Atwood, Brevet. r pa nike
Delhi Boy, Sweet Money, Men.
Eddie, Rickenbacker. Quin Chin. Bristol
Patricia J, Lady Marie. Queen Towton.
: Gay Partisan, Van Patrick. Forehead.
Flaherty. Great Rock. Horologe.
Muldoon. Supsrfrank, Florida Gold.
Billy Culbertson. Keith, Fannie J.
Genial Host. Hayward. Fannie j..
Msdo MIST RS nes Rq Toed Sucking
oh Susanna. Mount Beacon. Dinner
Dance.
Midnight Rose. Hilary, Sea Drift.
Paramount Park
White Foot, Doctor Rankin BOWMAN.
War Salam, Rajah. Miss Omaha.
The Seer. Harass. Flpttery.
Spanish Star. Ruth Gold, Ramble.
Brown silk, My Destiny. Gay Hollie.
Jubal Early, Rankin, Drama.
Hawthorne
Thee Fay. Colonel Schooler. Basha.
Seventeen Sixty. Dixie Prince. Carriage.
Sixty. Amilcar, Colonel Steward.
Flat Iron, Mix Up. Chicago.
Big Sweep. Golden Mac. Rob Rogers.
McComas. Miss Meise. Cartoon.
Croatan. Prince Til Til. Freya.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
WORLD SERIES TO START
IN NATIONAL CITY OCT. S
Lands Announces Dates for Title Battles Games 8, and
at Yankee Stadium.

If Pittsburgh wins the National
League pennant, the third game of
the series will be played In New
York, Oct. Z. If st. Louis wins, it
will be Oct. 8.
Games will start at 1870 p. M,
standard time of the city where they
are played, except for the Sunday
game in New York, which viii start
at 2:01 p. m.
Prices will be the same as last
year-$6.60 for boxes, $3.50, $3.50
and $1.10 for other seats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

But thirteen pins separated the
Universal No. and Optimists in
their three game session, still the
Universal boys won three games.
This, we believe, is league record
for the season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-The worlds
series will start Oct. in the home
city of the winner of the National
League pennant. the office Of Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, baseball
commissioner, announced Friday.
Two games will be played there,
three games in New York, which
already has won the American
League pennaht, and the remaining
one or two games if needed to decide
the series, in the National League
city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

When Ruth reached the hall
century mark, il made New York's
home run total of the 1927 season
I41, one better than the mark Oh
the Chicago Nationals in 1884.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
National Pennant Chase 7Ightens Up Giant Hopes Shine
Grid Card Today for
State Colleges.

Butler VS.. Muncie Normal at In
dianapOlis Irwin Field, 2:30). ~
Franklin VS.. Indiana Central at
Franklin.
Wabash VS.. Danville Central Nor
NAL at Charlottesville.
Hanover VS.. Miami University at
Oxford. Ohio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
JASPER COLLEGE GRID

BIZ Timts Special
JASPER, Ind, Sept. 24.-Jasper
College will open its football season
today at Evansville, where the
local eleven will play the Bosse High
School team. The locals expected a
hard fight. Nine games have been
scheduled for Jasper. The schedule:
Sept. "a, Bosse (Eyansville) there; Oct.
trail (Evansville). here: Oct. is. Blooming
ton, here; Oct. %. Spencerian College
(Louisville). here; Oct. 20. Kentucky Mill
tary Academy, there; Nov. 5, Reitz Evans
ville). there; Nov. II. Petersburg, there;
Nov. ~. st. Xavier Uouisvillel. there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

RI INCE the center starts ma
IN jority of the plays in football
he is of necessity very i'm
portant figure despite the fact he
seldom breaks into the headlines.
The center plays a big part in the
offenSe.
The center puts the ball into play
by pass. The end-over-end direct
pass is seldom. if ever, used any
more. The direct pass must be
spiral; it is much easier for the
backs to handle and reaches them
more quickly. The indirect pass is
actually handed by the snapper-back
to the field general.
Proper passing of the ball is most
important for the successful execu-
ton of an intended play. Contrary
to the general belief, the back is not
Supposed to adjust himself to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Improve Game!

Bu NEA Service
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. "a
Just when should a golfer be at
his best? Bobby Jones says be-
tween the ages Of 30 and IS.
The most famous golfer in
the world explains his belief
by saying he does not think
golf collects a physical toll as
other sports do, although he
admits the strain in big meets
meets is something terrible.
One usually recuperates quick
Iy from sue stains, he adds.
All Of " hich leads one to
wonder just how good the At
Iantan viii be few years from
now-if he now is not at the
height of his game, but will
reach that peak a few years
from now.
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Al Ball Park Friday
........ 80 b
INDIANAPOLIS

Totals .............35 Q 10 '26 18 8
'Koehler out when struck by batted ball
IN ffth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
BY HENRY L. FARRELL
United Press STAFF CORRESPONDENT

CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-The most
colorfM heavyweight championship
fight of modern times today was
passing rapidly into the land Of II
remember" and with the fantastic
ballyhoo, the gaudy show and the
belated aftermath, /the greatest
money-maker and one Of the great
est fighters of them all was becom-
ing d has-been.
Jack Dempsey may appear in the
ring again, but it's improbable. He
is entitled to retire and he is miles
from the poverty which has forced
other ex-champions to attempt sue
cessful comebacks. It was generally
believed throughout the boxing
world Dempsey's battle in which he
failed to regain his title from Gene
Tunney Thursday night was his
last.
Remote Chance Passes
The remote chance that the deci-
sion giving Tunney victory might
be reversed on the ground the
champion was on the canvas more
than ten seconds during the seventh
round of the battle was almost COM
pletely removed. Although Leo
Flynn, Dempsey's canny manager,
attempted to file a protest Friday,
it was refused on the ground Flynn
had no written authority to repre-
sent the champion.
Flynn claimed in the petition he
attempted to file before the COM
mission that Tunney was on the
floor between 10 and 16 seconds. The
best unbiased opinion is he remained
there 10 seconds and that it was four
seconds before Referee Dave Barry
started to count, because Dempsey
didn't heed the rules and go to a
neutral corner.
The facts stand Dempsey was a
badly pummelled man at the end OF
the ten rounds and Tunney fresh as
daisy; that it was Dempsey's age
as much as anything else that held
him back and that he isn't getting
any younger. Tunney has beaten
Dempsey twice. Although Jack
hasn't said anything positively, IL
doesn't appear he would try it again
Plans Undecided
Tunney and Dempsey both were
in town today, their plans for the
immediate future undecided. Demp-
sey intends to go back to California
with Mrs. Dempsey within a few
days. He wasn't seriously hurt in
the eighth.
Gene had planned to 90 to Cleve-
land today to visit friends, but he
was persuaded by Mayor Thomson
to stay over until tonight or Sunday
to attend a luncheon given by the
Mayors committee which sponsored
the fight. Tunney said he would
rest for two or three months. Later
he may make another vaudeville
tour or go into the movies. ~
Tex Richard mourned the passing
of the great slugger from Utah with
mixed sentiment. He revealed he
had made 81, 100000 from Dempsey's
fights and also expressed the opinion
he might as well call it enough
that Dempsey never would fight
again before horde of people who
thought it worth $40 head to watch
him.
Tex still has Tunney under con-
tract, "but they won't pay to see
him like they did that Dempsey,
Rickard said. "Yunney is a good
mana real good one but he. cant
draw the crowds.
II haven't an idea who he'll fight
next. Wen have to look around. We
might go to London for the next big
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Friday Football

HIGH SCHOOLS
Shortridge, 20; Lebanon. 7.
Elwood, 20; Tech. 10.
Anderson, z; Portland. o.
Greenfield. is; Rushville, Q.
. Petersburg. "a: Oakland City, 0.
Logansport. o.: Huntington, 0.
COLLEGES
Rose Poly, A: Vincennes. 9.
Furman, 10: Duke. z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
TEX BEMOANS APPARENT
PASSING OF JACK DEMPSEY
ManasSa MauIer Through Critics Say, as Big Fight
Moves Into Land of Remember

fight. I don't know when It will
be, maybe not next year even."
1t will be quite a SPELL" Richard
said, before another crowd of $4,000
will pay $2,658,O0O TO see fight and
there aren't any more million dollar
purses in immediate prospect for the
performers. The Dempsey did that
and the Dempsey appears to be
through.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
BROADCAST FROM BLIMP
First Attempt to Send Human Voice
From Dirigible Planned.

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 23.-The first
experimental broadcast of the
human voice from q lighter than air
ship VIII be attempted here tonight
when Graham McNamee, WEAF an
nouncer, will talk from the cabin of
the tiny Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company. dirigible Pilgrim"
McNamee is going up under the
auspices of the Akron Times-Press.
Scripps- Howard newspaper to
feature the program Of the Akron
radib show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
DLAYING
Il The FIELD
with Billy Evans

~ RTAKING records has become
IN almost part of Babe Ruth's
= daily routine. In any game
ne ILLS to do some Of his copyright
ed hitting, he sends the fans away
disappointed
Dur'~g the greater part of the
season he has kept tandem wonder
ing Il &c void be able to shake off
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
TWO FOR TEXAS NINE

BIZ United Press
WICHITA FALLS. Texas, Sept. "a,
The local team of the Texas
League. 1927 pennant winners, de-
-feated New Orleans, Southern AS
ISOLATION flag winners, for the Sec
ond straight time in the Dixie Sc
ries Thursday, IL to l. The score
Wednesday was 2 to 0.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

This cold weather should drive Clarence
Movers out on the alleys. Clarence al
ways can be depended on to get his share
of the wood and Peoria catfish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

the challenge OF
the youthful Lou
Gehrig for the
title of Home Run
King"
AS l write, Ruth
has hfty-six circuit
swats To forty five
for Gehrig, a mar
Gin of ten home
runs. 1t appears
the Babe still is
supreme in the art
of slug"
~ Now, with the
(zelorip challenge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Local and State
Grid Notes

Belmonts will practice at 10 a. m. Sun
ed to attend: Belmonts have entered the
CITY Football League. number Of ex-
hign school stars are in the lineup.
=. Gosport desires games with fast CITY and
state teams. Following teams write or
call E. E. swain, Gosport: Connersvilie.
college Cubs. Mapletons, Belmonts, AGNES
and Charlottesville -S
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Line-Ups for Irwin
Field Fray
DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS
Chicago to Turn Back Clock at 2
A. M. Sunday.

BIZ United Press -,
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-Chicago will
return to standard time Sunday at
2 a. M, daylight saving time, clocks
will be turned BAG kto a. m, Cen
trail Standard time. Banks, financial
houses and markets will operate
Monday on the new schedule.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Remember the Day
When

the Pipers dropped in, just for
a surprise visit and found the
house in a Iness-the furniture
not busted, the Riddles toys
not picked up3
There's an easy way to avoid
that. Advertise for a school
girl to work for board and
room and whateyer wages you
feel you can afford to pay-she
can help you with the little
things-and shorten your work.
ing day by several hours. Call
Main $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
BASEBALL CALENDAR

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York .......... 900 600 402-6 ~ y
Pittsburgh ........... 4Ol 900 OOo-o IL
Grimes. Pitt. Bepton, Taylor; Hill.
Smith.
First Game)
BROOKLYN . 900 900 1923 IL l
Cincinnati ....... 010 GAO 1875 IL
Elliott. Henline; J. May. Picinich.
(Seccnd Camel
Brooklyn .......... 900 301 600 |
Cincinnati ........... 900 900 1903 IL 0
Moss, Clark. Deberry; Lucas. Hargrave.
philadelphia ...... 900 900 000-0 8
Chicago ............ 005 oil 21'-10 IL l
Ferguson. Willoughby, Wilson, O'Don-
nell: Carlson. Hartnett.
Boston .,........ 100 010 001--3 0
st. Louis ............ 200 600 000-2 o
Genewich. Gibson: Alexander. Schultz.
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IL feats:
Ruth is credited with pitching the
longest world series game ever
PLAYED, a fourteen-inning victory
over Brooklyn, by 2-1 score.
incidentally he is one OF the rev
pitchers to have scored a 10 series
shutout, beating the Chicago Cubs
by that score in 1918
The Babe has pitched the most
innings in which no runs have been
scored by the opposition, twenty
nine.
These are the outstanding feats
of Babe Ruth as slugger and
pitcher which readily show why ne
is paseball's most colorful player.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

Eddie Hofstatter wishes to remind
all bowlers that organized bowling
protects scores. The dues are out
twenty-five cents per year, so it
would seem that joining would be in
order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Toledo at INDIANAPOLIS 1.-TWO games).
Columbus at Louisville.
Sc. Paul at Milwaukee two games).
Minneapolis at Kansas City.
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SECOND GAME
Game called end of eighth;

Two-base ,hits-Cote. WarStIer. Three,
6aSe hit-Leboqrveau. Stolen .bases-Rus-
sen. GrllHes. Sacrlhce-Maguire. Double
play=,-Ma,thew to Haney. Left on bases
-Inndianapolis. 3: Toledo. 2. Bases on balls
&C 1Qn MvcCnllough; 1; off schupp. /. Struck
pires-Johnson and Goetz. Time-I:35.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
HE'S A REAL MARINE

Says Commandant Of United States
Corps After Genes Victory.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. >24.-"Tun-
ney is q real Marine; I'm proud OF
him." said Maj Gen. LIE Jeune, COM
mandant OF the United States
Marine Corps, Friday.
"He showed the old Marine spirit.
refusing to be licked after Dempsey
dropped him for nine count"
Tunney was a Marine sergeant
during the war and now is first
lieutenant in the Marine reserves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Baseball Big Five

Rogers Hornsby, the only mem
Der of the Big Five to see action
Friday, failed to hit safely in five
times at bat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Philadelphia at Cleveland 1.-TWO games).
st, Louis at washington.
Detroit at New York.
Chicago Mt Boston.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
ROSE POLY RUNS WILD
Terre Haute Eleven Rides to One
Sided Victory Over vincennes.

BIZ Times Special
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Sept. "a
Rose Poly chalked up a victory in
their first football game of the
season here Friday when they rode
rough-shod over Vincennes Uni
versity, 44-6,
Rose resorted to the line smashing
game and scored one touchdown in
the opening quarter and two each in
the next three periods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

WANTS GRID BERTH
Foster Sanford, Fenn's star pitch
er, wants to land a berth on the
Penn football team.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24
Fight Statistics

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-Statistics of
the championship fight are as fol-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

The H. E. Schmitt team is ou. in front
In Capitol No. / League. due largely 70
Ostheimer. John Stritt has been unable
to get his bender working consistently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

Not only does he hold these un-
usual batting records, but he goes
to the other extreme with eleven
bases IN balls in one series ana
twenty-six passes in total series.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

great number of new bowlers are
on the alleys already. and some future
stars are sure 10 be found before the
season ends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

IHItt-DdSt HIJS-MdTTIOJG, WEIGH,
Grimes. Two-base hits-Haney. Mcguire,
Barnes dTmes Stolen slb bssseMsg MSa
Double plays-Maguire to Cote to Grimes.
Holke (unassistedl. Base on balls :: OF
by Barnes. 2: by swetonic. /. Losing
pitcher-Burwell. Hits-Of Burwell, 8 in
5 innings: off Swetonic, 8 in innings.
Left on bascs-Toledo. z: Indianapolis. 8.
Umpires-Goetz and johnson. Time-1:42.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-24

The Sentinel Printing and Yum
kers won three from the American
Express and Remington Cash Reg
lister teams, while the Lyric Mems
Shop copied two out of three from
the Prest-O-Lite. Holly of the
Printers was high with q score of
228.
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answered, baseball fans are ponder
ing over Ruth's chances to break
his 1921 mark of fifty-nine home
runs.
II was rather fitting that wf1en
Ruth made his fiftieth home run
Of the present season it gave TO him
the honor of breaking record that
has stood since 1884, a matter OF
forty three years.
When Ruth reached the half
century mark, il made New York's
home run total of the 1927 season
I41. one better than the mark OF
the Chicago Nationals in 1884.
.
PLAYED IN MOST SERIES
ITO PLAYER il all the history
I'M of baseball ever carried the
~ responsibility that Ruth does
in a world series. Fandom looks Tor
him to come through with homer
or two and failure to do so makes
a lot of folks regard him as a bust"
which, of course, is very unfair.
AS / glance over Ruths record as
n world series performer, / find
some very unusual facts, not only
as to his batting proves but pitch
ing as well.
Ruth holds the record for long
times service as world series vet
eran.. When he starts the 1877 Gas
sic. it will be the eighth worlds
championship in which he mas
played.
In three of such series he has
starred as pitcher. In the others,
he has played the outfield and fea-
tured with his home run hitting.
If Ruth is fortunate in being in
hitting mood this fall, he will
have established a bunch OF rec
ords that should stand for years
to come.
SOME OF HIS FEATS
-7ERE are few of the world
III series feats that carry the
4 name of Babe Ruth.
He holds the record for most home
runs made in game, three, and the
most in a series, four. These were
made last fall against the Cardinals.
He holds the record for the most
home runs hit in world series COM
petition, eight.
He holds the individual record Tor
the most runs scored in world
series game, four; the most extra
bases on long hits in total series,
thirty; the most extra bases on long
hits, one series with twelve; the most
extra bases on long hits IN one
game, nine, which was the day Ruth
made three home runs.
Not only does he hold these un-
usual batting records, but he goes
to the other extreme with eleven
bases IN balls in one series ana
twenty-six passes in total series.