New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-24

ing Doole, inc nauGhtY ana lmpul-
sive Signor Pizzolas returned to the
team quite as abruptly as he left it..
Miller Higgins was sitting at the Polo
Grounds yesterday afternoon biting
nails and pensvely throwing the pieces
INTO the field.
''"Who will play centerfeld?" he
asked in a stage whisper.
"A rotund shadow obscured the sun
for an instant. 81 will" said voice
The Midget Manager looked up
startled. 1t was Ping Bodie, the cham
pion riveter of Hog Island. The
Midget manager did not rush out to
embrace him or anything like that,
nor did he dash into the establishment
of Harry Stevens to order veal sand
witch for the Prodigal Ping.
But at the same time Higgins was
ne at all displeased to see the form
gency. They had long talk and Ping
declared that he had enough Of the
husks and other fodder they eat in
Jersey and that he was ready to play
ball. He looked it, so once more the
Yankee fans will see Signor Pizzola
swinging earnestly, if not always eff
fectively, at the ball.
Colonies Moody but Game
At the Yankee Offices the Colonels
and their staff are bit moody but not
at all respondent. 1t looks as though
the Yankeejinx fad broken loose agaic,
but they point suit that it is better to
have the jinx start early in the season
and do its durnedest than to have it
get in its deadly work after the ath-
letes are off TO a good start.
The situation recalls the days when
Wild Bill Donovan, the former man
ager of the Yanks, was carting around
more invalids than players and Just
after they had made a dash that
looked like a pennant squirt, too. The
Yankee list OF casualties to date in
cludes Babe Ruth with a strained mus
Gle, Chick Fewster with fractured
skull and Aaron Ward with water on
the knee.
The chances are that these players
will be back at work in about ten
days: Even with these three players
out the Yanks figure to be doing bet
Ter than they have shown. 1t is a
slow and powerful machine and it GER
tainly is slow to get started. Re-
t,' s." alter of starting, the
same would apply to the Giants.
Inc ImpulsNe Signor Pizzola GER
amy viii fill the gap in centerfield
much better than Young Gleich. This
rookie may be a big league center
fielder in a couple Of years but at
present all that he can do is make
happens to be playing right field
Clamor for O'Doul
In the meantime the Midget Man
agef is getting plenty of advice-all
OF it unsolicited. Experts have picked
Young Lefty ODoul the native son
tor an outfielder and they are clamor-
20 ~,
while the trying out is good. But the
Midget Manager insists that he will
De southpaw pitcher and nothing
else. O'Doul will not - his chance
IN the garden unless the Yankee ink
works overtime and knocks down all
the other candidates.
Shortly after he joined the Yankees
colonies Rupert and Huston took the
precaution Of insuring Ruth for $780,
ooo' put they cannot recover anything
on this accident. The insurance COW
cred injuries off the ball field only, so
that the Babes idleness will mean a
dead loss. Nobody ever would believe
that a husky person like the Babe
could hurt himself swinging at the
atmosphere, but he took one swing too
many at space. and there he is.
Grantland Rice, who used to follow
the fortunes and misfortunes Of the
cleveland CluD, recalls tne Gays when
that team had the most brittle athletes
in the world. Every time a player
would join the Indians something
would happen to him. Finally they got
player who combined baseball with
football and had record Of never
having time taken out for injuries. He
Joined the Cleveland club and on the
very first day broke his collarbone
sliding to base.
The Apathetics will remain with us
to-day and Sunday, and despite the
casualty list Higgins is figuring on q
couple of games on the good side The
Apathetics showed couple of fairly
promising youngsters on their first
day, but on the whole they looked like
candidates for the cellar again this
year.