BABE RUTH CALLED IT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000700520001-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 15, 1988
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2000/08/11: CIA-RDP9?-00792R000700520001-3
Babe Ruth Called It
Several of the recent stories on
Wrigley Field lights have mentioned
old-time events there, among which
was the famous 1932 Babe Ruth
"called" home run. Sit still, while I tell
my version of that disputed shot.
I was a teen-ager (and a Yankee fan,
contrary to most of my Chicago-area
contemporaries) and was sitting in the
center: field bleachers a couple of
dozen seats laterally and a few rows
forward of where the Babe's shot
landed. And I'll never forget it.
My myopic eyes, uncorrect-
ed by the glasses I got a short
time later, really didn't allow me
to see the details of the action around
home plate, but all the same I have a
contribution to make to the "called
shot" discussion. It is this: my friend
Bill sitting beside me (not just another
teen-ager, but a middle-aged, knowl-
edgeable and serious fan and Yankee-
hater) hollered over the din while the
ball was still in the air: "He called it!
Did you see? He called it!"
Of course, I hadn't seen it. But
Bill's testimony at that very early
moment carries convincing weight
with me, as it should with all those
who are still arguing as to whether
the Babe really did "call" it.
I think he did. He was that kind of
guy.
D. B. EICHER
Annapolis
Approved For Release 2000/08/11: CIA-RDP96-00792R000700520001-3