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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.
Ruth was a delinquent boy still, but he was in every way a great ball player who was out to win the game and occasionally risked a cracked bone to do it.
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 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.

Ruth and first
But now, for the first time since Lou Gehrig ( with 47 home runs ) spurred Ruth on in 1927, two men playing for the same team have zeroed in on 60.
His first generation of students included Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie, Edward Sapir and Ruth Benedict, who each produced richly detailed studies of indigenous North American cultures.
* 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ruth retired in 1935 after a short stint with the Boston Braves, and the following year, he became one of the first five players to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
In 1983, the building became the official museum of the Baltimore Orioles, which signed Ruth to his first professional contract.
Boaz states he is willing to " redeem " Ruth via marriage, but informs Ruth that there is another male relative who has the first right of redemption.
The kinsman, who Boaz meets at the city gate, first says he will purchase the land, but, upon hearing he must also take Ruth as his wife, withdraws his offer.
His first wife was chorus girl Ruth Johnson.
American historian and author Ruth Edna Kelley of Massachusetts wrote the first book length history of the holiday in the U. S ; The Book of Hallowe ' en ( 1919 ), and references souling in the chapter " Hallowe ' en in America ";
Citizen Kane launched the film careers of the Mercury Players, including Agnes Moorehead ( who played Kane's mother ), Ruth Warrick ( Kane's first wife ), and Ray Collins ( Kane's political opponent ).
He married his first wife Patsy Ruth in 1943.
In February 1948 with Ruth Adams, Harry Ayres and Mick Sullivan, Hillary made the first ascent of the South Ridge to the Low Peak In order to celebrate the life of Hillary the South Ridge was renamed as Hillary Ridge in August 2011.
" Meet the Mets " is the Mets ' signature song, written in 1961, one year before the first season, by Bill Katz and Ruth Roberts.
The ENIAC programming team, consisting of Kay McNulty, Betty Jennings, Betty Snyder, Marlyn Wescoff, Fran Bilas and Ruth Lichterman were the first regularly working programmers.
As close friend Margaret Mead explained, " Anthropology made the first ‘ sense ’ that any ordered approach to life had ever made to Ruth Benedict " After working with Goldenweiser for a year, he sent her to work as a graduate student with Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1921.
* 1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
American historian and author Ruth Edna Kelley of Massachusetts wrote the first book length history of the holiday in the US ; The Book of Hallowe ' en ( 1919 ), and references souling in the chapter " Hallowe ' en in America ";
Williams was also second to Ruth in career slugging percentage, where he remains today, and first in on-base percentage.
When Ruth returns to Sheffield, she goes first to the Kemps ' house and finds Mrs. Kemp's body in their shelter.
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* May 6 – Babe Ruth hits his first career home run off of Jack Warhop.

Ruth and player
Mazeroski, whose homer beat the Yankees in the final series game, will receive the Babe Ruth Award as the outstanding player in the 1960 world series.
* 1979 – Ruth Riley, American basketball player
* The Babe Ruth Award is an annual award given to the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player with the best performance in the World Series.
* 1895 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player ( d. 1948 )
He hit 58 home runs in 1938, equaling Jimmie Foxx's mark for the most home runs in one season by any player between 1927 ( when Babe Ruth set a record of 60 ) and 1961 ( when Roger Maris surpassed it ).
On August 15, Thome hit 599th and 600th homerun at Comerica Park to become the eighth player in Major League history to hit 600 homeruns, joining Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez.
Saul was one of his mother's four brothers, as well as a former semi-pro baseball player who had pitched against Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe Gordon in an exhibition game.
On July 17,, Williams became the fifth player ever to hit 400 home runs, following Mel Ott in 1941, Jimmie Foxx in 1938, Lou Gehrig in 1936, and Babe Ruth in 1927.
* August 16 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player ( b. 1895 )
* The major sport was baseball and the most famous player was Babe Ruth.
* October 1 – Baseball player Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits his 61st home run in the last game of the season, against the Boston Red Sox, beating the 34-year-old record held by Babe Ruth.
** Ruth Richard, American female professional baseball player
* January 1 – Babe Ruth is traded by the Red Sox for $ 125, 000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time.
* February 6 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player ( d. 1948 )
** Ruth Lessing, American female professional baseball player ( d. 2000 )
This popularity continues long after his death, as Mantle-related items far outsell those of any other player except possibly Babe Ruth, whose items, due to the distance of years, now exist in far smaller quantities.
* Ruth Riley-Basketball player with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, formerly of the University of Notre Dame.

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