New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19

browns. Inc reason Is Babe" Rutf
on his return from exile.
The Sultan of Swat is just yearnine
to go, and with his copartner in crime,
Bob Meusel, has been beating merry
tattoo on the Fabian fences in morn
ing workouts this past week. With
the prospect CT seeing the mighty Babe
start mis- chase for another home run
record right before the eyes Of his
chief rival. Ken Williams, TIC fans
have been besiegine the Yankees Of
fees in real worlds series fashion
Police reserves we're needed 20 keep
the fans in line.
The reserved seats for the game to-
morrow and Sunday are all gone beyond
recall, and the boxes are almost gone,
but be not dismayed. for more than
so. 900 parking places for anxious fans
will be sold right AZ t,1e hall park for
these two days. and TO where else.
Cousin Egbert' Barrow was iesirous
OF avoiding the tactical error MADE at
the start Of the October series last
year where the fans got the ieea hat
the crowd would be so great that there
would be TO way OF getting into tine
from the bank of the Harlem River to
somewhere back of second base. The
net result of this apprehension was
& gap in the unreserved section which
would have held three regiments Of
infantry and brigade OF artillery.
No Word From Lands
With regard to the "piece dc resist
tance' OF the menu, the temperance
OF the Colossus of Clout in his muir
derous assault on the slants of oppos-
ing hurlers, Colonel Tillinghast l. Hon
medieu Huston had this to say yester-
day I'VE are proceeding in this mat
ter according to Hoyle. Babe will file
his application for reinstatement by
telegraph to Judge Lands the first
thing Saturday morning. We expect
TO enjoy lunch over the good news.
However. we have no inside informa-
tion' about the matter. Colonel Rup
pert and myself have made no attempt
to influence the judgment of the com
missioner in this matter, nor have we
had any personal interview, converse
tion or spondence with the judge
on this point. It's strictly up to the
Judge"
That sounded form liable enough,
but IL will be fairly safe to wager the
contents of the Sub Treasury against
a choice bunch of Bermuda onions
that the Bambino will be batting in
third place when the roll is called to-
morrow. And by the same token, Mil
Ter Higgins went into executive ses-
sion with himself yesterday and be-
tween raindrops he doped out a new
order Of appearance for his array Of
sluggers. Babe will bat third and Bob
Meusel will fire his shots from fifth
position.
Tnat isn't all the good news either.
Col Tod hot
Bullet Joe" Bush is about ready to
Jump into the breach again, which is
pleasant bit of information for every
body except visiting teams. Bush
pitches every ball to the accompani-
ment Of resounding grunt, and when
he went on the hospital list recently it
vas said by envious tongues that it
WAS the grunt that had broken down,
not his pitching arm. Joe produced
split index finger for an alibi and gave
half dozen assorted grunts to disprove
the calumny. Both voice and finger
are now in good shape, and the speed
boy may be In there tomorrow serving
them up to the opposition.
Indians Close To-day
In the mean while there Is another
zane to-day with the Indians if the
weather man removes the wet blanket
from the diamond The battle-scarred
Tiioo has already suffered two defeats
here and is determined to resent any
further indignities. With sluggers like
Speaker, Jameson and McInnis in the
lineup they can do a lot of man-sized
resenting when they put their minds
to it.
The Indians have by no means &C.
guessed In the critical dictum that
has already counted them out of the
pennant chase. eve have Just begun
to fight" said iris. "The bird who
quoted me last spring in Texas as con-
cedlng defeat was talking through the
roof of brown derby. I'll do all nv
conceding next October" After this.
opposing teams can hardly claim that
the Indians went on the warpath with
out giving fair warning.
That Wednesday ball game was really
won by George Stallings, and thereby
hangs tale. On an off day recently
Murray and Mcmillan visited with their
former pals on the Rochester team at
Jersey City. Murray begged his former
boss for a bat which Stallings picked
out and then begged back again on the
ground that he had inadvertently given
up the best bludgeon in the bag. The
"Smiler" busted Off with his prize,
however. and that was the very bat
with which Murray pounded out the
victory.