Sport: Century's Game

Aged 39. fatter than he used to be and nearing the end of the most amazing career in baseball history. Babe Ruth now can be sure of performing his homerun specialty only on great occasions. Such an occasion presented itself last week in Chicago where all-star teams representing the National and American Leagues played what was advertised as "The Game of the Century." Ruth came to bat in the third inning. Pitcher Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals, wild in the second inning when the American League scored its first run. had already...

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