The Washington times., 1929-06-11
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BY Babe Ruth

BY Babe Ruth
NEW YORK, june 11.-My
star gazing friend who saw a
lot Of bad luck in that No. 8
on my uniform is loose again.
But this time he's got better
luck to predict for the Yam
KEGS and myself-for which
I'm mighty thankful. If there S
any good luck lying around
idle we can use it.
"The switch Miller Huggins mas
, made in the batting order win
bring good luck to you, to Lou
Gehrig and to the Yankees" ne
writes. "As l wrote you before,
stlldy Of your number horoscope
shows that 4 and are your lucky
numbers. and that also is the lucky
number for the Yankee ball club.
Nov that Miller Huggins has
changed his batting order, you come
under the good influence OF both
numbers. You are batting No. 4,
and the 3 on your uniform makes up
the total of the lucky Z. The same
thing goes for Gehrig, too. II you
haven't already noticed it, you will
see that the total numbers Of the
first three hitters under the new or.
der totals Z (21.D, as well as the
total of the third and fourth hItters
who are yourself and Gehr1S.
"Tho total of the numbers
of the next two hitters Nazzeri
and Meusel makes III. which is
also a lucky number, and IL
you total the numbers Of Meu.
sci, Laxzeri and Larry together,
in the order Of their appear
ance you get IS, which Is .
diyisOr of Z.
'.Going into the thing a little
deeper / find that the battery Of
Dickey NO. 10) and Pennock No.
I'D will be the luckiest battery for
the Yankees in a tough game, for
these two total, 81, which also is
divisor of Z. When Hoyt is pitching,
Grabowski will be the luckiest re.
ceiver. for his No. 9 and Hoyt's No.
II brings the same total.
Ny good friend goes on with lot
more mathematical findings which
are interesting guess the part
of his letter I've mentioned gives
the idea. Anyhow it shows what
funny notions people get on base.
bali and proves that all the super.
stitions are not confined to the ball
players. Can you imagine a man
ager adding to all his worries the
problem Of trying 10 arrange his
- 1l1s fkASN kAn ~
lucky numbers.
OF course it's q 1augfl-but
if there's any luck in 1t we ought
to get plenty. II wearing . cer-
tain number will bring me any
more basehits Pm telling you
I'll wear a whole string of them
all the way up and down my
uniform.
1t reminds me of a story they
used to tell about Frank Chance
when he was managing the Yam
KEGS. Mrs. Chance always travelled
with Frank and one day in Boston
the boys lost a tough 10-jnning
game because. after they filled the
basses with nobody down, there
wasn't anyone who could come
through with so much as sacrifice
fly.
Frank went back to his hotel raw
Ing. This ball club Will drive me
nutty yet" he told Mrs. Chance.
She tried to cheer him up.
"Don't worry about the bali club, !"
she told him. you've still got me,
and no matter what happens I'll al.
ways be for you.'
"Yes," was his comeback. "Well,
let me tell you there was one time
this afternoon when would even
have traded you for a couple Of
basehits.'
Anyhow it's good to know that
we've finally got the numbers run
ming with us. Now if we can get a
little pitching and a few basehits
when we need 'em. maybe we can
get the ball games coming our way,
too. w.
Copyright 1929. bv the Christy
Walsh Syndcatel