tell a simple tale of babe ruth life in his small hometown just before his rise to fame and the intertitles relate the story a it be supposedly know by an oldtimer from babe ruth birthplace of haverlock . follow the going on in the town include stuff about various local and babe life at home with his mother and foster sister ( an adorable little gal know a pigtail who sport braid that stick out on each side of her head ) and babe interest in a local woman who appear to be rather fickle . babe be see do homespun stuff like carve baseball bat out of kindle and let dog loose that have be cage by the local dog catcher and and play in a home town game and batting for the other team . this be a mildly entertaining film mainly of interest for the view of a young ( and fairly trim ) babe ruth and who play himself in this . he give a somewhat bland performance and his facial expression barely change no matter what be happen on screen . nevertheless and he have his charm and come across a a real nice guy it be certainly very interesting to see him . some humor be attempt at in this film and via the title card but it pretty much fall flat . the backwoods way of speaking a tell by the old man who narrate this come across a slightly annoy the word wuz be use over and over again and you get the idea . interesting shot of a sea of men in straw hat pour into the ball park and i agree and pigtail ( not to mention her cute little dog ) steal the film . the print of this and a see on the kino dvd and look very nice and with a good deal of contrast the music be an old fashioned organ score that suit the film . all in all and not a great film but for baseball and babe ruth fan and a must see .