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Babe Ruth Framed Photo Framed Photo in A Crowd Of Kids.. Just four days after Ruth’s visit to Johnny he was in Lima, Ohio, for an exhibition game and before hitting two of the longest homeruns in the Lima ballpark he visited the Allen County Children’s’ Home. The visit was part of Ruth’s planned visit and a telegram to the organizers stated that the visit was “in keeping with the Babe’s well known love for children.” The reception in Lima showed that Ruth’s attraction by the youth of America had spread throughout the entire country. In 1929, in a 4,000 capacity ballpark 11,000 showed up and the kids swarmed all over Ruth when he took his position in the outfield. And in Scranton, Pennsylvania 4,000 kids mobbed him and he had to be escorted by police to a waiting car barely escaping injury.
