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VIII make the trip with the team and
| II the regulars have tho opportunity
for morning practice Tho two prison
ers" Will be out chasing fungoes and
batting bit But therein be no fans
on hand to see--Ruth will he IN total
eclipse.
What Suspension Means.
Suspension" means. among other
things, according 90 Husgina who
certainly has examined well into q
that Ruth must remain or the playing
field during league games and the
playing field includes the players
bench, Tho Babe. IL would reen. he's
his choice of tho Ersndstsnd. the
bleachers. or housetop. lie Ia,
chosen the first.
During tho month OF his Juggling"
Ruth will he missed by Washington,
Boston and New York fans, partcu-
larry by tho Congrcssmen. as the
before Ruth's time" il up. IL viii he
May ~ before the Official family can
SEQ Ruth IN Washington
Ruth will don Yankee uniform on
May 20, NJ his Polo Grounds home,
and be permitted TO stay on the play
Ing field to his hearts content, and. n
he Ia IN condition. Higgins will stick
him into the batting order for hi, 1929
debut II may be that Ruth will not
be I'm condition.
That's what is worrying me-" Man.
ager Higgins said yesterday. Unless
the team practices every morning
Ruth and Meusel Win get no practice,
because they emit practice by them
selves. Does anyone think they could
get the right Kind OF practice by
themselves
When Babe Starts In.
When Ruth returns 10 the game he
VIII have ID Appearances with only one
break IN New York City. and that for
4 three-day stop in Washington. On
June the team viii open long road
trip in Chicago. remaining away from
the Polo Grounds until July 2
Ruth Is universally Acknowledged
10 be the greatest figure in baseball
today. He Is paid the highest salary
OF any athlete IA the history OF COM
petition. is the most powerful magnet
at the turnstiles and judging by the
photographs Of him that deck the
streets. scamper across the movie
screen and appear regularly In the
sporting pages. he Is the most popular.
The sultan OF swat has had a career
that is especially appealing 10 smnll
boys who smoke corn silk" Ia hay
mows and play "0ne old cat" AS "A
youth he was peryerse. mischieyous.
but good natured. SO the brothers at
ST. Nary's Industrial School at Bal
timore say. He flrst played with the
school team.
Once Liability.
He was a liability with tho st. Jo-
seph's College team. knocking 20 many
balls TO oblivion that his playing be-
came costly. Jack Dunn. owner OF the
Baltimore Orioles. gave him Il chance
and shunted him 10 Providence. Bos-
ton, Of the American League, spied
him there-he was pitcher then--aBd
/ finally sold hi INTO New York. Ho
brought $4,000. a mark not surpass-
ed before nor since.
His mammoth salary came 10 him
with the flip OF a coin. At Hot Springs
Ark, on March s. he dickered with
Colonel Huston. until both reached q
last stand" Then Ruth offered "a
gamble and he won a five-year con-
tract.
Despite the piles OF petitions and
soulful pleadings that have reached
his ear. Commissioner Jandis---who IL
on the best OF terms with hts prison
ers"-has declined TO lift the suspen-
sion, and all that Ruth can do is wait
and keep down his waistline.