The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
BY HARRY GRAYSON

New York, oct. 22-It is only fitting that pitcher, Dizzy Dean, steps in as America's baseball hero as Babe Ruth, greatest home run hitter of all time, bows out.
 While the Dean brothers were putting on their splendid show in Detroit and St Louis, Ruth, who was head man in 10 world series, had to issue a typewritten an- louncement of his definite retire. ment as a player to attract what little attention was paid him.
 Ruth's influence made life mis- erable for pitchers and infielders. The Bam's bat revolutionized base ball-took the inside out of it.
 It required pitcher with the ability and diamond presence of Dean to swing the pedultim the other way.
 As the ball was hopped up for Ruth and the synthetic Ruths it created, you may next season look for 1t to be dsadened to increase the ;, effectiveness of the Deans, Rowe, Gomez, Schumacher, Hub bel, Warneke, Edges, Harder and some more who helped bring back the old style game. As a matter of fact, the ball wasn't nearly as live ly and the. seams were raised dur ing the last two months of the 1894 grind. The preponderance of low,hit games is undeniable proof
 Change Coming
 Home runs will be more genuine in 1885, and consequently worthy of more than yawn. Batsmen will have to do something else beside swing from Vladivostok. They'll have to be able to hit behind run ners, drag the ball, and bunt. The art of base stealing is to be revived and the sign for the squeeze and other plays that once delighted the fam again will be hung out.
 Many baseball men have been clamoring for tn ereturn of this for a decade, but it remained for the amazing Dean to bring it back.
 More than that, old Dig re-estab- lished the old-time fight. It was the Oklahoman's burning ambition to win--to shut the other fellow out, if possible-that inspired the Cardinals to tn 4 A
 Cardinals in their hell-for-leather, spike flashing drive down the stretch and through the world ser- les.
 The success of the three incred- ible hicks-the Deans and Rowe, will fire the imagination of the youngsters of the land. As they picked up bats and started swing ing for long ones with the advent of Ruth, they now will grab gloves and practice sharpening up that round-house curve.
 For Dizzy Dean has brought baseball back to normalcy-back to something more like 1t was from Cy Young's day to Alex's adoles- cence, when Waddell, Donovan, Joss. Matty, Brown, Walsh, Bend CT, Plank, and Coombs, Wood, Marquard, and Johnson hand cuffed the opposition. and during which period J. Franklin Baker was called Home Run" for add ing two. in the world series to seasons total of nine.
 Big Business
 Ruth's big stick and personality made him the most magnetic at- traction in the history of the bus mess. The crowd wanted to see mates wanted to please the crowd,
 
 ter were unobtainable, so the owners manufactured spurious sluggers by stimulating the sphere to such an extent that pitchers and inflelders needed ramparts. Fences were moved in. Stringent pitching regulations were enforced. The powerhouse department was given every possible break.
 But g vast change took place during the season just closed, what with Rowe tying the American League record with 16 straight, and the Deans supplying the fore most brother act in the annals of the dodge.
 Row rified his fast ball by let tered shirts and spun his curve be- fore almost 100000 persons in five starts on the Detroit clubs last eastern trip.
 He has it ali, this raw-boned chap from the cotton fields. His is innate ehowmanship. He has the knack of doing the unusual, the gift of gab, and flair for pub iicity, and what is more important, competitive instinct, cunning, and the finest pitching arm extant with which to make good his good-na- tssraH t.aa afa