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...Players. George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, as all baseball fans well know, was once a high-grade pitcher. Many managers last week considered new places for old players. Most remarkable is the case of Mark Koenig, last year shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. This year he will probably be a pitcher. John Watwood, Chicago White Sox left fielder, may shift to first base. Lindstrom, the Giants' third baseman will try the outfield. Rogers Hornsby, new manager of the Chicago Cubs, may transfer from second base to first, moved famed Hack Wilson from centre field to right...
Last fortnight at St. Petersburg bewhiskered Pitcher Swaney held the Yankees hitless for four innings, but could not save his House of David teammates from a 5-to-0 defeat. Handicapped by a flowing false beard, Babe Ruth whammed no homeruns...
Girl. In Chattanooga, Tenn., Ruth was informed that the Chattanooga Look-outs had a female pitcher, Virne Beatrice ("Jackie") Mitchell. "How big is she?" he enquired. Told that Pitcher Mitchell was 5 ft. 8 in., slim, left-handed and 17 years old, Babe Ruth yawned. Said he: "I don't know what's going to happen. . . . I don't know what things are coming...
...pitches, then demanded that the ball be inspected by the umpire. Then he allowed a third strike to go past without swinging at it. Heavy-hitting Lou Gehrig also "struck out." Presently Pitcher Mitchell walked a batter, was taken out of the game. Said she, "I did not know Babe Ruth had a weakness, but ... I have . . . wonderful control ... I am the happiest girl in the world...
...Empress is 28) by Western reckoning; but Japanese hold that everyone is a year old at birth. Japanese think it queer that, since everyone has unquestionably been alive for some time before birth, Westerners cling to the obvious absurdity of reckoning a newborn babe as of zero...