South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-20
LANDS WILL ACT
TODAY IN RUTH'S
SUSPENSION CASE
Baseball Gar Expected TO Re
instate Him-Fans to jam
Polo Grounds.
MEssAGE NOT RECENED.

dis. commissioner Of baseball. re-
tired late tonight without having
received a message from Babe
Ruth, home run king of the New
York Americans. asking reinstate-
ment. While word came from
New York that Ruth had sent a
telegram from there at midnight.
addressed 10 Commissioners Lands
and asking reinstatement Leslie
O'Connor. Commissioner lands
secretary, indicated it would not
be considered before morning.
CHICAGO, May 19-Kenesaw NJ.
lands. baseball commissioner. Fri
day night declared he would give
immediate attention to Babe Ruth's
application fo- Reinstatement when
ii is received Saturday but refused
to say definitely what action he
would take.
The judge returned from Louis
vile today and found "a month
work, as he expressed it, waiting
He had little chance TO do any hard
work. however, for he was kept busy
all day answering queries about Babe
Ruth.
A moving picture concern wanted
him TO pose writing a telegram TO
Ruth reinstating him - or denying
reinstatement.-whi newspaper re
porters and baseball followers kept
the commissioner Office crowded
and his telephone jingling in their
efforts TO find out whether Babe Will
have an opportunity TO knock home
runs on the polo grounds tomorrow.
RESERVED SEATS SOLD OUT.
NEW YORK. May 19.-Baseball
fans all over the city,-perhaps all
over the counrry-weTe talking Fri
day about the scheduled return OF
Babe Ruth from exile 10 the Polo
grounds Saturday afternoon.
Reserved seats for the game have
all been sold. Some of the bleacher
bugs are likely 10 line up outside
the gates before dawn as they do
for the worlds series.
Not All Set Yet.
There's one little Formally that
must be carried out over night, since
the Babes suspension is not auto
matically lifted tomorrow. His
bosses must sepd a polite telegram
to Commissioner Lands inQuiring if
il viii be all right for their favorite
employe to 60 hack TO work. A re-
ply must come. from the commission
er before Babe can take his place in
the lineup
The sight Of him swinging the
devastated bat that clouted 50 home
runs last year is just one of three
extraordinary attractions that to-
norrow's battle between the Yanks
and the St. Louis Browns has to Of
fer. Two other home run swatters
will make their 1922 bow TO New
York fans at the same time as the
Babe.
one of them is this Kenneth val
uams fellow who is doing just about
as well in the four base hit produc-
ton line as Ruth was a year ago.
Already he has II Of them 10 his
credit This time last season Babe
had only u homers on the slate.
Doesn't Fear Removal.
But Ruth rretends a cool indiner-
ence to the 1valloping by Williams
"Oh. he'll quit is the Yankee maui
er's comment when YOU ask him
what he thinks about this St Louis
chap. HE hits homers in St. Louis,
Ruth adds.
Williams is reported to have said
that he is not straining TO top the
Bambino's record and that he'd just
as soon place a short drive where
there is nobody TO catch IL as always
10 be swinging for a home run or
nothing But his manager, Lee
Fohl, takes a crack at what Ruth
says about Williams.
II don't want 10 take any credit
away from Ruth" Mr.. Foil eau
tiously begins. 'rbut it is my honest
opinion that f Williams could play
~ games ar the Polo grounds this
year with that short right field stand
as target he would make IS
homers."
Meusel Also Back.
The third debut Saturday viii be
that OF Bob Meusel. banished from
the game with Ruth for the first 3S
DAYS Of the season because they went
transforming last fall after Com
missioner lands told them not to-
Nuesel knows a thing or two about
hitting himself. Last year he got
"a homers.