The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
To-day's Sport
 Parade
By HENRY McLEMoRE
United Press Stan Correspondent) )

by hENnx McLEMO1tE ] United Press Stan Correspondent) New York. May 24.--(UP)-A
 full, complete, thorough and im-
 polling realization that he was no
 Babe Ruth is the reason advanced
 by Jimmy Foxx. Philadelphia Ath-
 letics third baseman, for his tre-
 mendous zatting spree this sea-
 son. @
 "Yessir." the cherub-faced
 slugger said, Tt took me long
 time to realize wasn't any Ruth
 and had no business trying to use
 the same sort of 40 ounce bat he
 does. sorta had a feeling 40-
 ouncer was too heavy for me as
 far back as two years ago, but
 everybody kept insisting that any guy us big and strong as me should
 be able to swing as heavy 0 stick
 as the next one.
 "Well, this yaer decided to
 make @ change and see what hap
 pened. So I ordered myself a mess | of 37-ouncers and q couple of 3D.
 ouncers. It made me Q new man
 in no time. I started hitting like
 I never hit before. Why? Well, guess it's because can swing
 lem harder and faster, and because |, the fact that l can swing 'em fast
 CT gives me more time to look the
 balls over. There's s only one trou-
 bic with the light bats. They don't stand up very well. After you sAA A thAU ha. gin to weaken" 2, Was the change in bats the only
 reason for his rejuvenation at the plate?
 Nav, there's another thing. I've the hole, Last year when the count was three and one or some- thing like that I'd let one pass. | But thls year I'm hitting at every- thing that comes across that plate. Most of the pitchers. know this now, and they've quit throwing
 ';crippies" across. And Knowing that I'm going to take Q cut at all the good ones they throw, makes the pitchers bear down all the time. Lots of times this results
 in them trying too much stuff and
 l get 0 pass. .i. Jimmy was asked If, his success in hitting homers this year had put any thoughts in his head about beating the Babes record.
 "Sure, I think about beating 1t.
 And might do 1t, too. Maybe not this year, maybe not next year.
 But you see I'm only 24, so I've got plenty of time. never will
 break 1t, however. if they deaden the ball anymore. Neither will
 anybody else. But figure they'll
 keep the ball about like 1t is now. don't see why now. for it's just live enough to give the fans who like hitting q run for their money. and Just dead enough to enable the pitchers to come through with
 those tight games that Q lot of people go for in big way"
 Was there any one pitcher who
 gave him more trouble than the
 "Yeh, that Blaehoider fellow
 with tho St Louis Browns. He
 throws q ball---a slider think it's called--that Is the meanest
 thing to hit ever saw. It's sort of a cross between a fast ball, 6 curve, a fadeaway and Q public nuisance. Every time I see 1t I wonder how guy can be expect ed to smack 1t. I'm glad don't
 have to try and hit that slider
 thing very often.
 And. to make the interview com piete and authentic, we popped the oldest of oldies---who Is going to win the American pennant.
 "rhe Athletics or the Tanks, I can't see Washington up there in September. And whether Ats us | or the Tanks rests on the pitching. Every champions look like chumps
 when their pitchers aren't going"