The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-21
RECENT ACTIONS
Of SWAT LEADER
BRING REBUKES
Failure to- Get Under Way
With Circuit Ciouts
Peeves Babe.
Nv LARRY

i gsfss BY LARRY
Babe Ruth Is trying to lose
7sout in public favor, he certainly
IDS ma king great progress at the
present time He seems to have
the idea that because he is a star
with a big salary and a reputation
"a or hitting the ball out of the lot
.8Ft that he can commit murder and
get away with it,
gh Thanks to Ban Johnson, Dresi-
gEdent OF the American League, the
peeVish Babe is getting rev
pointers on conduct that should
bring him down peg or two, al
til GU gil ohuson may have to slap
$3on another suspension and tine.
Two days ago Ruth got into an
s argument with Umpire Dineen
Ss during the New York-Cleveland
MI game. He called the umpire a
;99sviis name. .Dineen at once order
SS-zad him out of the game~ When
q ohnson got the umpire's report
8 set Babe back three days.
ssg Yesterday Babe wanted to whip
the umpire, and remarked that
.es next time he put him out OF
iss game he would fix him as an
umpire even if he Babe had to
give up baseball.
That kind of stuff won't go,
S and we would not; be one bit sur
prfsed to see Ruth get another
slap from johnson today or to-
8 uorrow. His remarks yesterday
should draw an additional layon
ban johnson has many enemies,
hut It must be said for him that
Che protects his umpires, and such
a. policy is vital to the life of or
iSa$ganized baseball.
The whole thing in nutshell is
'thatgRuth thinks he is bigger than
she really is He thought he
could defy Judge Lands last fall.
III Consequently he sat on the bench
ss for several weeks at the opening
sgsof the season. He thought he
ri could jump into the game after
/, his suspension and still break his
home run record. He has been
going along at slow pace All
A8this has peeyed him SO that he Is
Emaking himself nuisance in
j basebal1 at the present time.
q Outside. Of his drawing power at
1.-The gate, the Yankees seem to get
along better without him in the
lineup than they do with him play
ing And%i Ruth keeps up his
present conduct it will not be
sTsslong before his power at the gate
will be worth little. In the long
Erun the fans want good sports.
g and Ruth just at this writing is
showing himself to be anything
but good sport.
Kenneth Williams of the st.
Louis Browns who bids to soon
#supplant Ruth in the favor of the
fans as home run hitter ham
mered out his eighteenth home
run yesterday, sending the ball
over the fence after Sisler had
trip1ed.
Woman Now Owner.
According to the will of James
C.Dunn, former owner of the
cleveland Club in the American
League his widow, Mrs. Edith R.
Dunn, is the principal owner of
III the club. She is the first woman
III TO own an American League club.
She is not, however, the first wo-
man club owner in major league
8 Baseball, the ST. Louis Cardinals
~ formerly being owned by Mrs.
Hathaway Britton.
I'm: Game Tonight.
Tonight at $3.50 O'Clock the
E Middleton and Watson baseball
~ teams will clash at the Watson
s. diamond in what is expected to
She a real baseball game. The
i1lEbe out to win. Middleton has
sSche OF the fastest teams in the
s krounty, having lost but two games
far this season, the Catawba
d Norway teams being the only
es able to hand them a defeat.
* Satterfeld. the Middleton team
one of the best pitchers in the
lntys This fellow on Sunday
hned twenty Norway batters,
n = A l-c
10 he struck out twenty-one bat
3rs of Fairmont a. C. team. He
ELL be on the mound efor Mid
iteton tonight Who will pitch
lor Watson is not known but the
e>$Natson manager is trying to get a
to face the visitors as
seven of them swing from the left
side Of the plate.
Last night the Watson nine won
well played game from the
Riyesville team, the score being
70 Hartley, who was on the
mound for Watson, pitched good
bali and kept the hits we'll scat
tered, while Watson managed to
X bunch the hits obtained OF of
Morris, the Rivesville twirler. The
feature of the game was home
run drive made by Ash of Riyes
willie in the fourth inning, the ball
cleaTing the hill in deep right
cid
new grand stand has been
Sbuiit at the Watson diamond
which seats 200 people. This
VI stand was built by the ball team
and is mark OF good work. The
4 stand has a rain proof top, and
SHE fans are protected from foul
balls by a heavy wire screen.
Sunday Game.
.Ic.I,iortI,,,s Nfilfon'S Fairnont ALL