Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — RUTH IS MAINSTAY OF BOSTON PITCHERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RUTH IS MAINSTAY OF BOSTON PITCHERS

Southpaw Twirler Who Is Keeping Red Sox Up in Race. Babe Ruth’s good left arm is doing its share to keen the crippled Boston Red Sox, holders of the world championship, from falling to pieces in the present flag campaign. The Babe rang up his third shut-out victory of the year when he tamed Fohl’s Cleveland Indians, 5 to 0, the triumph giving him a record of 8 wins in 11 starts. In thtj 102 1-3 innings he worked the Boston sidewheeler allowed 68 hits and 24 runs. Ruth started with a rush, copping four straight engagements, bowling over the Athletics twice and Washington and New York each once. Washington stopped him May 1 and Cleveland walloped him May 10, but Babe came back and won two straight from St. Louis and Detroit, then lost another to the Yanks.