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            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
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