New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-19

the White Sox pitchers gave Ping
Ping Bodie took up the vendetta al
mark of the mano nera, the dread BIZ
and it did not take fingerprint exp,
hand were made by Ping Bodie, the
The Signcr Pizzola got home run
with the bases filled in the first inning,
and in subsequent innings he pasted in
two more runs, practically winning the
game single handed. Let others beware
the deadly vendetta of Ping Bodie, the
Wonderful Wop, the broad beamed
Eagle of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco.
Home Run Record Latact
The home run record of Babe
Ruth remained intact, though the 3d.
600 customers were on edge waiting for
that event of national and interna-
tional import to occur. The Infant
Swatigy got mere double and mere
single. The suspense until the his
toricrI smash is heard is more terrible
than waiting for the wind in the yacht
to come, while the chance of breeze
for the yacht race is somewhat I'M
certain.
Ping Bodie aroused is terrible
thing. Ordinarily the Wonderful Wop
has disposition as sunny as the slopes
of Telegraph HILL San Francisco, where
as youth he used to roll rocks down
upon the heads of the Irish who live
at the foot of the Hill, rolling them
with childish glee and singing gay Ital-
ian ditties when the rocks landed in
the right place.
Given his daily hit or two, as neces-
sary to his peeee of mind as the daily
platter of spaghetti, the Wonderful Wop
Is man OF peace. But robbed of his
hits or his spaghetti Ping Bodie takes
up the vendetta. Then "look out be-
low" as&hey used to say around Tele-
graph Hill when they saw young Fran
cisco Pizzola pick up a rock and poise
it for the heaving
All Saturday night Ping Bodie
nrooded IN his lodgings, refusing all
hitherto unsullied escutcheon of the
Bodies hanging on the ancestral shanty
on Telegraph Hill had been dragged in
the dirt, kicked in the Stats and man
handled generally. The Bodies had
been robbed of their rights, hit when
others got hits,
When Ping Bodie came in from CEN
ter field after the White Sox had their
innings he scowed at Kid Gleason and
said "vendetta!" Being unacquainted
with the classic language which the
Bodies use, Kid Gleason replied pleas
antly, THE same to you, Ping, and
many of them" Little did Kid Gleason
suspect what was boiling in the round
head of the Bodie.
Ruth Gets Double
There were two out in the first
inning when Pratt got base on balls.
Ruth slapped one out to the right
field, short one, but they were play
ing so far back fer him that it went
for double and sent Pratt to third.
Meusel drew base on balls.
Vendetta" muttered Ping Bodie
the Wonderful Wop, as he walked up
into the ears of Schalk, the Chicago
catcher. "Where can you get one ?''
asked Schalk, who also was IMMERSED
in the language of the Pizzolas.
Thereupon Ping Bodie swung his
bat, uttering the war cry of the Tele-
graph Hill RockroIlers, a call that is
more dreaded in California than the
howl of the timber wolf or the growl
of the grizzly. The ball crashed into
the left field bleachers for home run,
clearing the bases and branding the
pailid hose of the White Sox with the
mark of the Black Hand.
With one out in the third inning
Ruth drew a base on balls. Meusel
cracked one close to the left field foul
line and the ball rolled into Henry
Fabian's tarpaulin. Believing that it
was foul, one of Henry"s grass mani
curists picked it up. There was a
heated argument, the umpire finally
allowing a two-bagger and sending
Ruth back to third.
Vendetta" muttered Ping Bodie,
again as he walked up to the plate, and
the puzzled Schalk inquired: els it
c{1rH of hi h
the stamp on it?" Again he was igno-
rant of what was passing in the mind
of the Wonderful Wop. Bodie doubled
to center and scored Ruth
End of the Vendetta
The Wonderful Wop also figured in
the scoring in the fifth. Pipp started
this frame with a base on balls and
was forced by Pratt. Ruth bounced a
single past short Meusel hit to CEN
ter and Pratt and Ruth scored. This
brought the vengeful Ping Bodie again
to bat with his cry of "Vendetta!'
But the rage that had been boiling
was now merely, simmering, and the
Wonderful Wop hit out mere single,
scoring Meusel. That was the end of
the vendetta of Ping Bodie, and it was
enough.
Rip Collins, who worked for the
Yanks, pitched good ball and pulled
himself out of several tight places
Lefty Williams started for the White
Sox, but was relieved for pinch
hitter.
The White Sox got two runs in the
third. Eddie Collins singled and was
forced by Weaver. Shoeless Joseph
Jackson plastered Collins for three
Dagger to right, scoring Weaver
Feisch was safe when Peckinpaugh
dropped floating fly that was hover
ing over short left and jackson scored
In the sixth inning the Sox accumu~
lated two more. John Shane Collins
hit past Ward. Risberg and Schalk
walked one after the other and packed
the bases. Williams was extracted
from the lineup and Murphy went in
as pincher, Murphy cracked single
to left and scored Risberg Eddie
Collins hoisted sacrifice fly to left
and Schalk scored.
The Yanks are to meet the Sox in
double headers to-day and tomorrow
wind and weather permitting. The
field was fairly damp yesterday before
the pastime was finished as it rainee
during the first inning