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RUTH KNOCKS jslt; THREE HOMERS ATSINGSING*I’lavs First and Pitches9in Game W ith Mutual Welfare League — Autograph* Much Sought After.Tweactlarfin'hoiishThe Ha hr Rulh clrcua. which I* the Yankee*’ favorite formation for exhibition game*, operated uehalt; lar fac w ithind closed citra yntrrda) with the Mutual Welfare League nine of Stnc Sin* prison a.i the home t«ain and aboul 1.500 more or lea* permanent resident* of the institution In the stands rxcrpt when they ^U( ► were out on the field getting Yan 7 *-kee autograph* or. baseballs ^The acure wu 17 to 3. with Ruih^*°^ hitting homer* over the lofty right* 2v field wall In the second. third and 67. fifth inning* Hia third inning tlal drive, which traversed the Ion* Arr diagonal of the re«t*ngl« befure Nay making lta getaway .past the crntre- flyli Held guardhouse, waa jotted down by prison statistician* as the long-1 eat non-stop flight by any object or ^ per»on leaving Sing Sing by that , pasi route for the past handful of de-rtdf*.lluth'a long range shota were only iMhrt of hi* art Aftmr spending seven inning* exchanging witticism* with the Inside baseball fans from hi* regular rxhibltlon game position of Ilrst base. the Babe went a to the box and pitched the eighth and ninth Innings for the Yankeea.'Outside of Ruth's whacks and JL u whimsicalities, the visit of the Yan- rra, kee* here was chiefly a ball-signing j exercise. As soon a* the Yank* ap^ * peared on the Arid they were *ur-rounded by a dense prea* of auto Prr »en graph hunter*/ The Yankee* con d**’ nur tlnued signing baseball* ‘throughout n,cl on the afternoon. between Innings, and al* It s even on.the ba^ea. W^Jthe Italn h. erii Yankee*--335 012 300-17 23 1*rd ft*** S*hK__001 ^KX) 011— 3 9 0cl* Batteries -Rhode*. Nekola. Ruth Brl the and Jorgens. Bengougs; McCann thr.I Conklin and Clark. *:h ———---u----Aicultrnucbullplarbledity****, The score by inning*■tn T
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White Plains Daily Press
White Plains, New York, US
Fri, Sep 06, 1929
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