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BABE RUTH HONORED BY GREAT CROWD OF FANS AT BOSTONPENNANT RACE FORGOTTEN AS GREAT BAMBINO SAID FAREWELL TO HUBBOSTON, Aug. 13—lt;/Py~Bab« Ruth, rounding out 20 long year* of competition left his refill*!* playing days oehind him as far as Boston was concerned today. But of all the tributes he has heard down the years, his last one here probably will ring: longest tn his earB. The New York Yankees split a doubleheader with the Red Bog yesterday, dropping 4 1-2 games behind Detroit, but even the ex* cltement of the American League pennant race was losi in vhe fare-* well Boston was saying to Ruth, who started his major league ca* rcer here 20 years ago. On hia own word the. Babe won't be a regular next year and yesterday's games were the last the Yanks play in Boston this season.So great was the feeling for the Babe In his farewell that tha greatest crowd ever to sea tha Red f?ox in tbi8 city-46,766 Maid-turned out to cheer the Babe’s every move.Unfortunately the portly Babe, who ambled on to the same field in 1(114, couldn’t rise to the great occasion as he was wont to *Io In the past.There were volleys of cheer# for him as he singled and then doubled In the first game, which Wes Ferrell won for the Sox, 6 to 4. The Babe missed a low drive off Bill Werber's bat in the eighth that meant the ball game f©r the home team, but the failure brought only groans from a crowd that for this day was putting the homo team behind its loyalty for a national hero, .!The Babe walked twice-tpjifa second game, won by the Yamra' 7 to 1, and, after grounding out once, left the game. Every person in the hall park stood and cheered in a final, thunderous ova* tion, as he trotted away with the funny shuffle that has carried him *50 miles 6r more around the bases Just running out the 703 home runs he has hit-
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Corsicana Semi Weekly Light
Corsicana, Texas, US
Tue, Aug 14, 1934
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