The Washington times., 1934-07-09
RUTH CLOU rs
HIS So 99IT H
HOME RUN

Back in the halcyon days when
Ruth was Ruth, Dempsey was
Dempsey, and the Superlative the
customary they used to tell you
the mighty home run potentate
could be depended upon to steal
the spotlight when the occasion
was sufficiently important OF
dramatic. This peculiar talent
the scepter Of true champions
was Ruth's to a high degree. Re
member him in the world series
Of 1882 against the Cubs? Or
against the Cardinals in 1928?
Now that Babe is distinctly in
the twilight of his glorious career,
it is encouraging to learn that he
can still ascend the heights when
the occasion or the moment war
rants it. Take yesterday for ex'
ample.
The day was the twentieth an
niversary of Babes sale to the
Boston Red Sox by the Baltimore
Orioles, of the international
League, and the big fellow, rightly
enough, felt he should do some
thing to commemorate the occa'
sion. SO what? So he hits his
699th four Dagger and his thir'
teenth of the season to give the
New York Yankees a 6 to 3 vic
tory over the washington Sena'
tors at Yankee Stadium, New
York. The Babes homers are be
coming fewer and fewer as his last
season moves on, but this one was
a typical Ruthian sock high up
into the rightfield bleachers
Monte Weaver was the pitcher
who had the misfortune to face
the Babe this time.
Foxx CIOuts Two
At Boston, that other home run
s1ugger par excellence. Jimmy
Foxx, hit his twenty-fifth and
twenty7sixth four-base wallops Of
the season, but they didn't prevent
the Philadelphia Athletics from
dropping a double-header to the
Boston Red Sox, "a and -
Henry johnson and Fred Oster
mueller were the .hurlerS who
turned back the AS.
Excellent pitching by Willis
Hudlin and Monte Pearson en-
abled the Cleveland Indians to
take two games from the Chicago
White Sox and climb back into
the first division. Hudlin pitched
the opener; Pearson the night
cap. The scores were 81
and 1o-5.
A last minute rally and two
errors by Oscar Melillo enabled
the Detroit Tigers to defeat the
st. Louis Browns, S to 4, in the
other American League game.
Giants Blank Dodgers
In the senior loop the New
York Giants strengthened their
hold on the top of the process
sion by banking the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 2 to 0. Fat Freddy FitZ.
simmons applied the coat Of
kalsomine, holding the Stengel-iteE
to three scattered hits.
Fuel Moore, rookie Indian
hurler, recently with Baltimore,
won his first start for the Phil.
lies against the Boston Braves,
5.to-3. Moore allowed ten hits,
but was well supported by his
teammates.
In Chicago the weather was
excellent and the attraction
tempting and 47,138 fans turned
out to see the Cubs and the
Pittsburgh Pirates divide a dou-
ble-header. The Pirates won the
opener, ii to 4, batting four Cub
hurlers to all corners Of the lot,
but the ChicagoanS came back
in the nightcap to win going
away, as they say at the race
track, IL to 8. Five Pirate pitch
erS were unable to muzzle the
Cubs bite.
Dizzy Dean was his old, invinci-
BILE self at st. Louis and the
Cardinals took q game from the
Cincinnati Reds, 6 to I, but later
in the afternoon the Rhinelanders
wreaked a terrific revenge on
that other member of the Dean
family, Paul, driving him from
the mound with a six!run ATTACK
to win, 8 to 4.