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From the archives | Sept. 20

Babe Ruth homers in finale with Red Sox

Swat beats White Sox 4-3 as 31,000 howl madly

By James C. O’Leary

 |  Globe Staff  

  September 21, 1919

The efforts of the Roman populace were only murmurs compared with the vocal explosion when 31,000 baseball fans cheered for Ruth’s 27th home run of the season.

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