New Britain herald., 1927-05-04
'PRUETTS RETURN
 LEAGUE SENSATION
Young Pitcher Gained Fame by Strik@utS Over Babe Ruth
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 New York, May "A young medi- cal student who fired a few ringing baseball shots five years ago. chiefly at the expense of Babe Ruth. then passed to the ob- scurity of the bushes" is back in the major league rife pits. He is Hub" Pruett, still young and left handed. whose comeback so far with the rejuvenated Phillies holds promise of providing one of the years most dramatic baseball epi- sodes.
 Hub" went to the St. Louis Browns from the University of Mis- souri campus at the age of 19, per fected screw ball." and three years later, southpawed himself to fame by striking out the mighty Babe Ruth in Il out of IS times at bat.
 But Pruett's meteoric flight was brief. The experts said he ruined his arm with the peculiar motion used for his screw ball" Hub him. self now says it was because he was worked too hard. figuring in 39 games that year, 1922. He recalls one stretch in which he did relief work i'll five straight games, then started against the Yankees in the sixth.
 It was in his contest, Hub says. that he first felt the twinge of pain in his elbow that argued trouble.
 At oo, Pruett was labelled "through' and finally sent to Oak land in the Pacific Coast league, where it wasn't until last year that he recovered his effectiveness. won 23 games and was drafted by the Phillies.
 \ "jinx" seems to be following one Of the greatest track and field teams Penn State college has ever had. Since capturing the cross country team and individual championships last fall, Nate Cartmells' pupils have had a succession of bad breaks"
 They were favorites to win the eastern indoor championships but lost out to Harvard. Last week they were contenders for all eight of the major relay titles at the Pennsyl- vania carnival but failed to capture a single one, although finishing sec- ond five times. They lost out in the quarter mile relay when pennsyl- vania's quartet equalled the worlds record, were nipped by Illinois in a four mile race and eliminated from the shuttle hurdle relay by an acci- dent after getting off to good lead in their heat.
 The Nittany Lions, nevertheless. have the strength and balance to figure as one of the casts outstand- ing hopes of repelling the far vest ern track challenge this year of Stan ford and Southern California.
 Big Bill" Tilden's come back prospects and Germany's strength for re-entry into Davis cup competi- tion both may be gauged this week end when the former American Frank Hunter, meet the Teutons at Berlin.
 The results may not be definitely conclusive, for it will be the first competition for the American pair abroad, but the outcome will be of more than ordinary interest as it marks the official resumption of German American tennis relations after a lapse of 13 years.
 Tilden rates the Germans high on the international scale. So much so that before sailing he expressed the opinion that it would ''be no shock for Hunter and me to lose the five match series in Berlin.'
 But" he added, "it wouldn't dis courage us, either. This isn't to be taken as an alibi If we're licked but, on top of the sea trip, we don't ex- pect to reach our best playing form quickly. It will be largely luck if we beat the Germans"
 Whatever happens to Tilden and his partner. no observers will accuse them of "ducking" the issue. Over a stretch of two months they will meet the best talent in each coun- try they visit or compete in cham pionship tourney in which Europe's top-flight performers will be com-