The Washington times., 1921-05-07
BAMB|NODEN|ES
SPLIT WITH BOSS
Declares He and Huggins on
Best of Terms-Hampered
BY Charley Horses.
BY BABE RUTH.
1921, BY the christy walsh
GyndicataA


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The price of failure in professional
sport Is oblivion, and the price or
prominence is criticism. am more
and more convinced Of this every day
when tales of alleged happenings
come back to me. If the public is
any more surprised than 1 am at
hearing these tales. then 1t must have
sc me real thrills.
There is one thing / wish to cor
rect in the public mind. 1t has been
said that 1 am not on friendly terms
with Miller Huggins, manager of the
Yankees, and that he threatened to
fine me for alleged misconduct. 1t
was said, too, that Huggins informed
me that he was manager of the club.
Very interesting. but not one word OF
truth in II.
ON GOOD TERMS.
Miller Huggins and are as friend
ly as we ever were in our lives. He
did not recently threaten to fine me
for anything i did and. as a matter
OF fact. / gave him no reason to
worry about me. / have gone about
my work. playing when my wrist was
injured and when charley horses
made running painful in the extreme.
have every reason to believe that
Huggins is perfectly satisfied with
our relations.
But I don't intend to discuss affairs
OF that nature beyond the point Of
giving the fans who are Interested
at all, the real truth. so many have
asked me questions concerning these
tales In the last wv days l take II
for granted there must be some spark
of interest.
Something must have gone wrong
with the weather this year. In all
my experience as a ball player. l
never remember a spring like this. 1t
must be the result of the unusually
mild winter. 1t generally happens
that way when the winters are open,
the springs are marked by protracted
rains and cold spells. 1t is simply
knocking the spots out of our ball
club. Perhaps the other teams are
in the same boat, but we are not
worrying very much over them. In
baseball we waste little time with
the troubles OF the rivals, we have
troubles OF our own.
BABES WRIST SORE.
The Yankees are about to start on
their Western trip, and this will be
our first real test of the year. We
are going out under something of
handicap to meet the strength OF the
league for our pitchers are still out
of condition. And l don't see how
they are going to get into condition
unless the weather gets hot and we
are able to play some baseball. No
team ever gained anything by sitting
around hotel lobbies.
1 know for my part that ] need a
lot Of hot weather. / get my weight
off quicker. and am better in every
way. This cold has wrought havoc
with me. My arm has not been at
| it's best and 1 soon develop a severe
Charley horse. 1t would have been
better for me had i retired from the
wanted to go right on playing and
do everything / could to help the
team win. Ny wrist Is still sore, and
every time / swing a bat ii hurts, but
the team needs all the hitting
strength il can muster. and / am
sticking 1t out.
YANKs PROSPECTS GOOD.
The Yankees, not going as they
should, are not so terribly far out
of II as some folks would like to
have the public think. We are only
few games from the lead, with the
Indians. our most dangerous riva.,
swinging away in front. We are not
| in the least worried over this. In
fact, IL we get an even break on the
trip that starts tomorrow night we
will be in fairly good position, unless.
of course, the other Eastern clubs
suffered a complete collapse in Cleve-
| land and the Indians win a great
majority of their games.
You may imagine what is going
to happen when our siege guns get
busy, Bob Shawkey, Rip Collins and
Harry Harper will be ready by the
time we are half way through the
| trip, and these boys, working in with
the others who are in good condition,
| will give us A stan that will stand
up with the best.
| QUITE AN OFFENSIVE.
am tickled with the way Frank
| Baker has come back. The old
home run king showed in Boston that
| he has lost none of his style in the
| field and he hit the ball hard every
| time he was at the bat. He will be
| a power for our club this season. If
| Miller Huggins keeps Baker hitting
sixth, which is a fine place for him.
the way our team lines up, with
Bobby Roth leading off and a fas;
man, Peck, hard, dangerous hitter
swinging second, we have a fine
chance to get one or the other on
bases to start. They generally Civ.
me the proper incentive to shoot n
homer into the stands. Then we have
| Pipp and Meusel, two numbering
| hitters, followed by Frank Baker.
How would you like to be the
pitcher?