The Washington times., 1928-04-23
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By Babe Ruth

NEW YORK, April "a, The
one man l have been most
interested N. during these first
few days Of the baseball season
hasn't been ON our own club.
He hash t even been. in our own
league.
He's Andy Cohen Of the Giants.
I'VE got q bunch that Andy Is the
most talked of ball player IN the
big leagues today. and 4 know that
nine out Of every ten ball PLAYERS
are pulling for him to make good.
IT looks as though he would 90 It.
too.
TO my mind Andy Cohen drew
the toughest assignment in base.
ball. Stepping into the shoes Of
ore of the greatest players Of all
time is never easy. In addition to
an that Cohen had a lot OF publicity
to live down. Then he's. Jewish
boy. and outside New York Jewish
bail players have to take lot "
riding and razzing. Consequently
when a fellow does all those things
and still comes through, he's. got
something.
or All the kids who came up
"a the big leagues this year
Cohen is the most talked about.
and. being talked about doesn't
make q fellows Job any easier.
Publicity II b great thing
too much of IL makes the going
pretty tough. j notice that q
lot Of newspaper stories are
written abO { high.pFfced, much
advertised kid players who come
up and then fail TO make good.
The WaysI dope It ont Is that It
was the price and the publicity
that caused thair failure.
You know when some unknown
kid comes along the fans don't
expect much of him, and anything
he does is q boost. But when one
of these advertised kids happens
by. he can't even afford to be
average. He's got to be sensational
or the fans think he's a total loss.
As I see It Tony Lazzeri is the
only kid to come along In the last
three or four seasons who was In
anything like as tough q spot as
Andy Cohen. And the fact that
both OF them made good proves
that they've got the nerve and the
spunk and the fight that it takes
70 make real ball players.
So Ear as the first ten days Of
the season Is concerned, things are
going along about as the experts
doped them. The strength is being
shown where IL was expected, and
the weak teams already are begin.
ming to slip toward the bottom.
Tia our league the Athletics
got away t0 q bad start. But
they'll come back. They're too
good 3 tiIlb to, keep on losing
ball games. THE most remark
able showing when you come to
think about IL has been made By
Washington. Buckyss crew had
been an shot to pieces with fu-
jurfes. Rice, Goslin, Harris,
Ruel. Bluege. Hadley and Lisen.
bee have all been out OF there
at once. Jt has been 20 bad
that BucIy has had 20 play
George Sisler ia the Outfield.
But stiil they win the majority
Of their ball games and when .
club can do that, they've got some.
thing. Fighting spirit If nothing
else.
Cleveland too, has had a good
start. And mark this down. Ii
the Cleveland pitchers hold up
they'll be q tough club ali season
long. don't mean that they'll
win any pennaIlts or anything like
that. They won't. But theyII
make plenty OF trouble for ali 81
rs. And I'm willing that thev
should. don't know OF any man
in the world I'd rather see make
good as a manager than Roger
Peckinpaugh, and IL he can have
one or two good years in row
he'll he set for life over there.
tcepyriyht. 1928. by the christy