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Ruth Memory and the Great Babe Echoes in Sports Echoes
A nostalgic column recalls Ruth era memories and the fading recollections of sport writers. It notes readers and reporters misremembering names, encounters with figures like Billy Southworth and Georges Carpentier, and touches on boxing lore and equipment advances such as the Freddy Lindstrom sliding pad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Ares
Babe Ruthem
Desets
Werd
Audence
Nemes
Ion Sports and Wresting
Gividuetli
Cubs
Dodgers
Freddy Lindstrom
Nat Fleischer