History of the Chicago Cubs competitively again, and won the NL pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918, where they played a part in another team's curse, Curse of the Bambino. In the 1918 World Series, the North Siders, led by pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, posted the majors' best record at 84–45 that year, and faced the Boston Red Sox. Babe Ruth won two games in the series, including a 1–0 complete-game shutout in the opener to start off what would be a six-game Boston triumph. At the time considered a star pitcher who ""just happened"" to hit 29 home runs, Ruth was sold to
Bambino (ice-cream) features a white polar bear. A version of the bambino ice cream without the wooden stick was called "Calypso". Sometimes it was served in two waffles. It was produced all over the country, but the largest supplier was the State Cold Store in Gdańsk, today known as Lodmor. On the paper, in which the calypso was wrapped, next to the manufacturer's logo, depicting a sea lion, there was also a brown profile of the head of a small Negress. Nowadays we can find their symbol in pop culture. For instance there is a song "Bambino Ice Cream" (Lody Bambino) by