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Show RUTH'S FINE LIGHT; IS FIRST OFFENSE Hy lntem;itional News Service. CHICAGO. July 11. President Ban Johnson of the American league todaj' answered criticism of his action in giv-incr giv-incr Babe Ruth, Red Sox star twirler, a I lipht sentence for shipping' Umpire Brick Owens. "He did not receive the full penalty pen-alty because it was his firt offense," said Bit,- Ban. "Ruth was suspended ten days and fined $L'u. His manap-sr tried to i--qu-eze him in in nine days, but Ruth was out the full ten days." |