White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-08-31
Pitching to
Babe Ruth
By RING LARpNER


To the Editor:
This is just few items of informa-i
ton about ball player that maybe,
you have never heard of him SO I
will tell you his name in the first
paragraph and his name is George
Ruth, but they call him Babe on acct.
of him beini over IT. tall and pretty
near as wide and he is a great left
hand pitcher that don't pitch.
Well, l day in May 1 had seen
n whole lot Of sporting events that
bores you to death and the White,
Sox from old Chi was playing in New
York City so l thought I needed a lit
tie more boreing, so went to the,
Yankees Stadium and went down to-
the bench and Mgr. Schaik was set,
ting there and he says hello to me
but l just made face at him, but
he asked me to set down minute
and boy named Thomas was going
to pitch and he was out there warm
ing up and finely he got warmed and
came into the bench and Mgr. Schalk
said:
"Come here and sit down minute,
Tommy, as I want to talk to YOU"
So Tommy set down and Mgr.
Schalk said to him:
"Say, listen Tommy. They's man
on this New York club named Ruth
and he isn't Cobb and he isn't Speak
er or Sisler or Jackson. He is bird
that if you ever throw ball where
he can reach it that ball won't be
available for tomorrow's game and
baseballs cost as much money as
other commodities now days, so If
you don't mind, why when this guy
comes up there don't pitch him any
thing. that he can lay his bat against
it, but roll the ball up there on the
ground and I'll take the conse-'
quences." So Tommy said: Eyes,
sir"
Well, they started this game in
the first inning and the White Sox
didn't do nothing, and it come the
New York's turn to get their innings
and there was 1 out and Koenig got
on list base and along came Ruth.
The next thing l seen of that 2 dol
lar ball was when it was floating
over the right field bleachers. So
when Tommy came into the bench
Mgr. Schalk says what did tell you
and Tommy says l didn't mean to
,,;+ob ~ yuhoro If won't
So the next time Babe come up all
he got was 8 base hit because
they were pitching more carefully to
him. Well, after vile it become
necessary to put in pinch hitter
for Tommy and Red Faber was sent
in to finish the game. Mgr. Schalk
didn't tell Red where to pitch to
Babe because Reds what you might
call an old timer, so Red pitched one
at this birds Adams apple and he
hit it into the right field stands for
another homer, as ! have nicknamed
them.
Now this isn't no reflection on
neither Of these pitchers witch I hope
is both friends of mine, but If was
managing ball club in the American
league, I would tell them how to
pitch to this bird. l would stand on
the mound and throw the first ball to
first base and the seco.-d ball to Sec
ond base and the third ball to third
base and then I would heave the
fourth one out in the right field,
because he couldn't be in all those
places at once and Furthermore,
they's rule that makes batter
stand in the batter's box and If a
person pitches in that direction with
this guy up why all you can say
about them is that they are sucker.
For inst. the last time the White
Sox was here certain prominent
Chicago baseball writer was setting
next to Col. Rupert that owns the
Yanks, and this Geo. Ruth comes up
and the brewery king says to him,
how much will YOU bet that he don't
crack one out of the park on this
occasion. So the baseball writer says
what's the proper odds? So Jake
says, well l don't want to cheat you
and I'll bet a pit. to at. that he
murders one. So the sucker took it
and the first ball was foul that
went into Mr.. McCurdy's it., and the
next was ball and then the old boy
took one right over the middle for
another strike and the next one
hasn't yet been located, but when
last seen 1t was soreing over a Gig
arctic sign in right center.
Another way to make him stop hit
ting home runs off of you is to refuse
to pitch when it's his turn.
The most useless thing in the world
when this guys up there to bat is
the opposeing catcher, because if you
can throw ball past Mr.. Ruth why
| 1t don't make no difference If it's
catched or not, where as if you try
and throw one over the plate it won't
never get as far as the catcher.
Once a guy came here with the
| st. Louis Browns and struck the
Babe out three times IN one after.
noon, and if he is smart he will lei
that go down into posterity, and the
next time they tell him it's his turn
to pitch VS.. the N. Y. club he will
say he has got sore arm.
"a by the Bell Syndicate. 1nc.)