The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-21
LANDIS MAY LET
RUTH OFF EASIER
Three Musketeers' to Go
South With Yankees,
Latest Report

NEW YORK, Dee. 2O.2Reforc
Judge Lands issues the official
order barring Babe" Ruth. NRob
Mouscl aud BIN Piercy from partici-
pating In champion games with the
Yankees until after May 20 of next
year he probably will modify 1t TO
permit the Three Musketoors" to
accompany tho team on the spring
trimming trip and to take part in eN-
hibition games before the regular
season opens.
An arrangement of this sort will
greatly relieve the present situation,
which is causing some emharrass-
mont While tho owners of the
New York club assure Lands of
their support In this, case they are
racing "A heavy loss, which may be
greatly lessened IT, the Judge win
consent TO n spring armistice.
Even then the players would lose
their worlds series money and more
Than five weeks salary, amounting
10 few thousand more hut the club
would have them trained and ready
10 go as soon as the suspensions arc
| lifted. Such compromise is no
more than fair to the club owners.
though there is littlo comfort In II
Tor the real trangrcssors.
Judge lands is not altogether ia
inlllar with conditions governing tho
control OF major league players on
tiaining trips. when no imposed
his sentence on Ruth he probably
estimated the total damage as loss
or pay from April ~ to May 90, plus
the worlds series money II Ia be-
lieVed that he will tone down the
official order by permitting the
players to condition themselves next
spring at the Ncw York clubs ex-
pense. but without any salary re-
turns.
once the Yankee coloncla can con-
vince the Judge that a spring train
ing loophole In the 1luth verdict VIII
satisfy them their task will be to
persuade the three players not to
take any legal steps toward recover
| ing their worlds series money, which
amounts to more than $4,000 and
Is now held In escrow 10y the Ma
tional commission.
Ruth, with big salary dangled
IN front of him and other induce
ments pointed out may consent to
drop MS claim to the worlds series
! prize. This money could be made
! up to him in other ways. But
! Plercy who doesn't expect to loo
with the Yankees next year any
now, aud Meusel. whose income does
not begin to approximate Ruth's,
probably viii not yield no easily
Meusel has already declared him
self Regardless OF his future I'm
baseball he will go into the courts
to collect money he has alread,
: earned
There isn't much doubt that IN,
threo players can force the com
mission TO hand over the series cash
nut such action would end theL
careers IN organized baseball
Thore are many perplexing anglet
10 the Ruth decision. For instance
suppose Judge Lands decides tn,
5 players can play ban ON a trainin,
! TRIP. WIN he Confine their bal
| playing TO mere scrub games or viii
he permit these men to participat
! In exhibition games where admission
G Is charged and the Yankees rmee
e major league opposition?
g The Nanks, after deducung heay
e expenses, cleared about $4,000 %
their training trip last year. with
out Ruth as an attraction they coul
easily lose that much A dccisio
keeping Babe out of the spring @,
= hibition games viii start the cu
off with a loss OF $4,000 before IN
remnant race begins