He was ghost writer for Babe Ruth, whose main talent for literary composition was the signing of his autograph.

Babe Ruth, of course, was everyone's hero, and everyone knew him, even though relatively few ever saw him play ball.

Other hitters bloomed with more or less vigor in the news and a few even dared to dream of matching Ruth, who was still called Jidge by all his friends, or Leo or Two-Head by those who dared to taunt him ( Leo was the name of the ball player he liked the least ) and who called most of the world `` Kid ''.

Lou Gehrig was given the nickname Buster, and he ran Ruth a close race in home runs.

But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.

In his minor way Charles Arthur Shires was perhaps more typical of his era than Ruth was, for he was but one of many young men who laid waste their talents in these Scott Fitzgerald days for the sake of earning space in the newspapers.

This was most obvious in the ' Culture and Personality ' studies carried out by younger Boasians such as Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict.

Boas had planned for Ruth Benedict to succeed him as chair of Columbia's anthropology department, but she was sidelined by Ralph Linton, and Mead was limited to her offices at the AMNH.

Arbroath Abbey was the basis for the description of the ruined monastery of St Ruth in Sir Walter Scott's The Antiquary.

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

Ruth originally entered the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he converted to a full-time right fielder.

Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season ( 1927 ), a mark first eclipsed by Roger Maris in 1961 with 61.

Ruth was mentioned in the poem " Line-Up for Yesterday " by Ogden Nash:

Another rules change that affected Ruth was the method used by umpires to judge potential home runs when the batted ball left the field near a foul pole.

The most valuable memorabilia item relating to Ruth was a 1920-era Yankees flannel jersey which sold in May 2012 for $ 4. 4 million, making it the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at public auction.

The award, created by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949, one year after Ruth's death.

* Johnny Sylvester ( 1915 – 90 ), childhood home of boy promised by Babe Ruth that he would hit a home run in the 1926 World Series.

* Johnny Sylvester ( 1915-1990 ) who as a young boy achieved national fame when Babe Ruth dedicated homeruns to him in the 1926 World Series.

Seymour and Rosina had two children ; a girl Ruth Mary ( 1867 – 1953 ) was born whilst the couple were in Tangier and a boy Harold St. Maur born in Brighton.

Notable winners and shortlisted works have inspired several well-known Australian films from original novels, including The Silver Brumby series, a collection by Elyne Mitchell which recount the life and adventures of Thowra, a Snowy Mountains brumby stallion ; Storm Boy ( 1964 ), by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican and the relationships he has with his father, the pelican, and an outcast Aboriginal man called Fingerbone ; the Sydney based Victorian era time travel adventure Playing Beatie Bow ( 1980 ) by Ruth Park ; and, for older children and mature readers, Melina Marchetta's 1993 novel about a Sydney high school girl Looking for Alibrandi.

He was subjected to racism and, during the 1958 Notting Hill race riots, was convicted of assault, while his fiancee Ruth was killed in a fire lit by Tommy Clifford who was a Teddy boy.

My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby Dragon.

Ruth himself, still owning his farm in Massachusetts and an interest in the Massachusetts cigar business that printed his round boyish face on the wrappers, had led the parade down from Fenway Park, followed by pitchers Carl Mays, Leslie `` Joe '' Bush, Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, and Sam Jones, catcher Wally Schang, third baseman Joe Dugan ( who completed the `` playboy trio '' of Ruth, Dugan, and Hoyt ), and shortstop Everett Scott.

In 1955, Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the United Kingdom, shot David Blakely as he emerged from The Magdala in South Hill Park, Hampstead, the bullet holes can still be seen in the walls outside.

" ( Ruth 2: 4 ), indicates the name was still being pronounced at the time of the redaction of the Hebrew Bible in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

With Ruth Buzzi ..." This maneuver gave Johnson star billing, but made it sound like he was still part of the ensemble cast.

Even after Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees he still wintered in Sudbury.

In six career Series starts, he was 4-2 with 32 strikeouts and a low 1. 79 earned run average, and is still remembered for striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin in their consecutive at-bats in the 1934 All-Star Game.

While still at the conservatory, Vadiz was a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera House Eastern Region Auditions, and did concerts with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra with bass Justino Diaz, and renowned singers Ruth Fernandez, Chucho Avellanet and Nydia Caro.

" Later in life, while still praising Robert Walker's performance as Bruno, she criticized the casting of Ruth Roman as Anne, Hitchcock's decision to turn Guy from an architect into a tennis player, and the fact that Guy does not murder Bruno's father as he does in the novel.

There is some suggestion in one episode that he might still be in love with his first wife, Paula ( Ruth Silveira ), though they agree that their relationship is over, and Paula marries another man ( Hamilton Camp ).

The original A. Ruth & Sohn organ still plays music for the patrons.

He was survived by his wife, actress Ruth Thornhill, and his mother, Maude Thornhill ( 81 at the time ), of Terre Haute, Indiana, still active at the time conducting choirs.

The dog runs into Tina's room as Ruth, still in the room, watches it go under the bed.

The Americans defeated the Nationals, helped in part by a home run by Babe Ruth, who was nearing the end of his career, but could still swing a mighty bat.

Along with her contemporaries Martha Graham and Katherine Dunham Humphrey was one of the second generation modern dance pioneers who followed their forerunners – including Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn – in exploring the use of breath and developing techniques still taught today.

He played in four World Series with the Cubs, winning championships in 1907 and 1908 ; and he led the league in 1911 with 121 runs and 147 walks – a major league record until broken by Babe Ruth in 1920, and still a team record.

After examining the photograph taken by Carlos Torres Morales and which still had not been made public, he wrote to Ruth Hampton, an official at the United States Department of the Interior, and stated that the photograph clearly showed that the policemen were not shooting at the uniformed Nationalists, but at a terrified crowd in full flight.

Ruth represents the symbol the Reyes brothers can still hold to Libia.

When Bill Murray's character is cleaning out the pool afterward and recognizes it as a Baby Ruth bar, he takes a bite out of it, much to the disgust of the owners of the country club ( Ted Knight and Lois Kibbee ), who still believe it to be feces.

It gradually becomes apparent that Logan, in his early life before he became a priest, had a girlfriend, Ruth ( Anne Baxter ), who has always loved him and still does, even though she is now married to someone else.

Then, the police found the property Ruth had claimed had been stolen — still in the house, but hidden.

Ó Riada and Ruth both drank regularly at a local pub which still advertises itself as his being his local.

His arm still bandaged, Ruth would play once again.