New-York tribune., 1920-06-22
Mogridge Out
For a Month:
Ruth i'm Shape
Southpaw's Ankle Is Badly
Sprained; Yankees Shat
ter Attendance Record
By w. O. Mcclellan

ST. LOUIS, June 21. - thunder
shower spilled most of the Upper Mis-
sissippi into Sportsman Park to-day
lust before game time and washed out
about $4,000 customers Consequently
the game was postponed.
The sound of the hail pattering on
the head of Ping Bodie, the Wonderful
Wop, made a hollow sound in compe-
tition with the thunder. that fright
days of baseball before the Yanks head
back TO the Polish Grounds. after trip
that has been fairly successful from
financial point of view and not so bad
from baseball point of view.
George Mogr:dge, who sprained his
ankle in Chicago, reported today, but
was shipped back to New York. 1t
probably will be a month before he will
. be able to play again. The "shanty"
over the eye of Babe Ruth has been
reduced and the Infant is in playing
condition once more.
Break Attendance Record
If to-day's game had been played the
attendance would have brought the
total of the trip to the 100000 mark
which is pretty close to record for
a Western trip for any club in any
league Attendance records for single
games were broken here and at Cleve
land
Carl Mays was to have pitched
against Allan Sothoron. They prob
ably will meet Tomorrow wind and
weather permitting. Mays has just re-
turned from a short visit to his home
that they have stopped the rambunc-
tious Browns for the rest of the series.
The entire Western circuit seems to
be baseball crazy and lot of this
mania is due to Babe Ruth. The In
fant heads a procession whenever he
walks abroad They bring their babies
to the park to point him out aid the
hand that shook the hand Of Babe Ruth
is looked upon with quite as much awe
Is the hand that shook the hand John
L. Sullivan used to be.
Wait on Weather Man.
Rain prevented the Giants and the
Cubs from playing their opening game
of the series at the Polo Grounds yes
terday, but the two clubs will get
under way this afternoon, weather per
mitting. The postponed contest will
be played early in August, when the
Windy City aggregation makes its next
Eastern trip. Rube Benton and Lefty
Tyler will probably oppose each other
on the mound to-day.
A"S SNltf va. ftSt SnOulQ prove
a great benefit to the Giants, as it
Will probably enable Frank Frisch to
play his first full game since his opr-
alton for appndiaitis lat in April
The Polo Grounders are now marking
time until the sensational youngster
reaches his top form, and then they
hope to launch drive which should
carry them into the first division. The
Fordham Flash is fast rounding into
shape and already is beginning to show
some of his former brilliancy
McGraw intends to retain his new
batting order for the time being OF
least. The shift in the lineup worked
very we'll on Sunday, when the Giants
swamped the Pirates. Long George
Kelly has apparently hit his batting
stride and is meeting the ball hard and
often. The New York pitchers also
are fast reaching their best form.
The Dodgers were also forced to call
OF their game with the Pirates at
Ebbets Field. AS Thursday is an open
date for both teams, the contest has
been scheduled for that day. Wilbur
cooper. Gibson's star southpaw, and
Leon Cadore will probably be the pitch
ing nominees to-day.