The New York herald., 1921-10-12
WIVES OF PLAYERS
ENGROSSED IN GAME
Except the Steady Mrs. Ruth,
Most of Them Are Slender
and Nervous.

Looking over that solid bowl of hui
manity yesterday at the Polo Grounds,
when the Giants and the Yankees met
for their sixth battle of the series. the
animated specks seemed at first glance
to be mostly males Of the species. A
closer study, however, revealed the fact
that a greater number of women than
usual was scattered throughout the
grandstand and the bleachers, and one
could pick out the wives OF several OF
the baseball stars.
The better halves of these players.
speaking generally. are a contrast to
the build OF the men in gray flannel or
white flannel suits, representing the
visiting and the home teams. The
women are small, slim and suggest a
nervous temperament. The most pro-
nounced exception is, Of course Mrs.
Babe Ruth. who is plump, not very tall
and who looks as IL 1t would take O. lot
to ruffle her. It's hard to tell whether,
if you were the wife of a baseball
player, 1t would be more nerve racking
to stay at home and wait for the score
or to see the game and have your feel
ings torn to shreds by defeat, if 1t hap
pened to go that way.
Mrs. Mentally, wife OF the Yankees
third baseman, was noticed in the
grandstand. She is short and slender
and was dressed in dark with a close
fitting feather fringed black hat. Mrs.
Roger Peckinpaugh. whose husband is
captain and shortstop for the American
League team, beamed cheerily at the
start of the game, but this expression
gave way to one Of deep gravity later
when the Giants began to roll up I'm the
fourth inning score of to 5. Mrs.
Peckinpaugh wore a one piece dress of
dark brown and a wing trimmed hat to
match.
Another Yankee wife watching the
game was Mrs. Walter Pipp. who kept
her eyes riveted on first base when the
home team had the field. Mrs. Red
Causey is another slender and high
strung better half who sat through the
game. She had on a dark suit with furs
and black satin brimmed hat trimmed
with jet. Causey Is a pitcher for the
Giants. but was not called from the
bench. Mrs. "Slim" Sallee. whose hus-
band also is reserve pitcher for the
National Leaguers, was on hand to see
the big fight. Her dark cloth dress was
girdled with Jet and she wore a chic
dark turban.
Somebody arrived at the Brush
Stadium in red lsiddie kar and parked
1t under the grandstand.
Magistrate Francis X. McQuade's
young son is permitted to wear the
uniform of the Giants. probably because
his father Is one of the owners. The
boy must have mixed up his wardrobe
| for no appeared in the white suit OF the
home team, a role played for the third
time by the Yankees.
The feminine element Is learning Ia
pick out some Of the favorites. When
Emil (Irish) Meusel strolled across to
the Giants dugout after he had knocked
a home run into the grandstand hun
dreds Of women applauded. Irish" ac-
knowledged the attention by lifting his
| cap. One woman tossed a bunch oi
chrysanthemums In his direction.
Babe Ruth. who was out OF the game
| for the first time, and who was photo
! graphed In his cits, a costume including
brown suit and tan cap, had better
get back in the game soon or he may
find the attention of the feminine hero
worshippers being transferred to Few
| ster. VINO made @ home run and scored
the man ahead OF him. He did Jus,
what everybody had expected Ruth to do
Ruth watched the play from seat.
There is n patriotic effect In the
grandstand due to the red hats of the
women and the red caps of the ushers
the blue hated fans and the white caps
and coats of the boys who sell ice
cream cones. Both teams have re-
marked the colorful scene.