Pride of the Yankees Page #4

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It's really quite simple.

Ball three.

I'll bet Twitchell misses you, too.

Pardon me. Well, Miss Twitchell.

- Hello, Mr. Blake. With us again?

- Back again.

Is your father around?

One of the boys is very anxious to see him.

- Who?

- Lou Gehrig.

Yes. He's talked an awful lot

about your father.

- He's practically talked about nothing else.

- Really?

Gehrig. Snap out of it, will you?

Hey, Tanglefoot.

What's the matter? Are you asleep?

You did it again, mister. Here's your doll.

Would you go away?

Would you please go away?

You're next.

See if you can be as lucky as he was.

How am I doin'?

I guess that does it. Shall we eat?

Don't you want to see me shoot?

All right, gents, it's only a nickel.

He wins a prize. Here you are, sir.

That's how easy it is.

- That little fellow must be awful strong.

- Yeah.

Try it again, just to prove

that wasn't a fluke.

Go on, try it. There, now watch him.

Here he goes.

He did it before, he'll do it again.

He did it again.

I've never tried that.

I'll ring the bell once for you.

- How about eating?

- I'll just smack it once.

There you are, sir, you're next.

All right, now.

- He's a big fellow. Bet he'll break the bell.

- Yeah.

Watch him. He looks like a strong fella.

He might break the machine.

Watch him. Step back.

Here you are. Win a prize.

Let's eat.

Why, aren't you going

to ring the bell for me?

- What would you like to eat?

- I'm not so hungry. Go ahead and try it.

All this time,

you were saying how hungry you are.

I must have waited too long,

because I'm not hungry now.

You, mister. The little lady wants

to see how strong you are.

Don't disappoint the little lady.

Come right over, step right up.

Ring the bell, win a prize.

That's all you have to do.

Don't disappoint the little lady.

There you are.

Test your strength, that's all there is to it.

Ring the bell and win a prize.

Watch him, folks. Step right up, a nickel.

That's too bad. Try again, mister.

If at first you don't succeed, you know.

Just as easy as rolling off a log.

Wait a minute, mister. Hold this. Look.

You gotta get your wrists into it.

In anything athletic,

you got to get the wrists in. Watch me.

Watch him, folks.

Here he goes, watch him, here he goes.

- He did it again.

- See?

- Here, try it.

- That's all there is to it.

- Like this?

- Yeah, that's it.

Ring the bell and win a prize. That's all...

Here. Beat it, brother.

- Now we eat.

- Boy.

- What would you like to eat?

- Hot dogs and champagne?

Good!

"I'll be loving you"

"always"

"With a love that's true"

"always"

"When the things you've planned"

"Need a helping hand"

"I will understand, always"

"Always"

"Days may not be fair, always"

"That's when I'll be there, always"

"Not for just an hour"

"Not for just a day"

"Not for just a year"

"but always"

- To your first World Series.

- Don't say that, not yet.

We've got six more cities waiting for us,

and anything can happen.

Did you realize, this is my last night

in Chicago this season?

And this is good-bye?

What a lot of 'em.

Six more to go. Six more good-byes.

Six more what?

You play in seven cities

when you're on the road.

You must have a girl in every city.

A ballplayer is a lot like a sailor, isn't he?

A girl in every port.

What's Miss Boston's name?

I never said I had a girl in Boston.

Haven't you? What about Philadelphia?

St. Louis? Cleveland? Detroit?

Washington? New York?

You forgot Chicago.

Chicago? Who?

Aren't you my girl?

I don't know what you mean by "your girl."

Your best girl, is that what you mean?

I guess that's what I mean.

I guess I thought you were.

Whatever gave you that idea?

I've seen you four days in a row.

And you're out with me here tonight.

Isn't that what best girls do?

Is it? I wonder if I'm going to miss you.

- Can't you find out before I go?

- Nope. Isn't that too bad?

Why is it like that?

I have no idea.

Seems silly, doesn't it?

I like that tune, don't you?

Dance with me?

Lou, if I do miss you,

I wish I knew how much I were going to.

I wish you knew before I left.

Shall I try?

How?

Shall I...

- Where do you go from here?

- Detroit.

All right.

Close my eyes,

and pretend it's tomorrow night...

...and I'm dancing with someone else.

- Yeah, I get the idea.

- All right, ready?

Are you in Detroit?

Yep. I'm sitting in the lobby

of the Statler Hotel.

Who am I dancing with?

Let me see. Who do I know?

Harold Chandler, Bill Talbot...

...Jim Johnson, Jack Austin...

...Bill Church, Sam Price...

Hey.

- What?

- You've got a ball club of your own.

I'm tired of this game. I don't like it.

I'm back from Detroit.

And I'm laughing again.

"Not for just an hour"

"Not for just a day"

"Not for just a year"

"but always"

- All right, Babe.

- Hold it. That's it, still.

Hand the ball to the kid.

That's it, Babe. Give us a big smile, Billy.

- Can you sit up a little, son?

- Hold it!

- There you are, kid.

- Let's have one with your arm around him.

- Can you look up at Mr. Ruth, sonny?

- Hold it.

That's it.

- Just one more.

- Right. Go right ahead.

Page one, on every rag from coast to coast,

or I go back to the copy desk.

That's enough, boys.

And what's more, Billy, I'm going to hit

a home run for you this afternoon...

...and what's more,

you can pick your own field...

...left, center or right.

What did you say? Center field? Okay.

- Hey, Babe.

- Yes.

- I wonder if you'd autograph this for me?

- I will.

- Would you autograph mine, too, please?

- Absolutely.

Keep your chin up, Billy.

Mr. Gehrig, will you put

your name on it, too?

Sure.

- You're quite a fan, aren't you?

- I haven't missed a game this season.

Yeah.

Thanks.

I like to play baseball.

You'll play again.

You know there isn't anything you can't do,

if you try hard enough.

- You think so?

- Sure.

Could you knock a home run

for me this afternoon?

But you've already been promised one

by Babe Ruth.

Could you?

That's a pretty tall order.

Okay.

Could you knock two homers?

Two homers, in a World Series?

You said that you could do anything

if you tried hard enough.

That's what you said.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll hit two homers for you,

if you hit one for me.

Me?

You've got to promise me that...

...one of these days, you're going to get

out of bed and go home on your own power.

But how?

If you want to do something hard enough,

you can do it.

We can both do it, can't we?

Okay.

- So long, Billy.

- So long, Mr. Gehrig.

- Lou.

- Lou.

It's been announced

that all threat of rain has disappeared.

The World Series between

New York and St. Louis...

...will be resumed this

afternoon as scheduled.

Good afternoon.

This is Bill Stern,

from Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

This is a World Series that'll make history,

go down in history, be history.

The Babe has just stepped up to the plate.

The Babe's going to try for a home run,

but it's not for the crowd.

I'll tell you what the crowd doesn't know.

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