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Show RUTH KNOCKS FIRST HOMER Ball rS:ti3s Over Fence Around Yankee Field in New Orleans NEW YORK. Marc 3 7. Somewhere Some-where out3ide the lence enclosing the Yunkee baseball team'H practice field at New Orleuns there was today a bruised ami battered sphere. It reached Us locution and oondlllon 1 -omlng In context with Babe Kulh s bat Thursday ufternoon, but U had the distinction of being the first ball Eabe has "busted" this year when the bases wore ciogged with runners yearning to reach 1 lie home plate McMillan's batting on Tucsda; earned ):lm a trial In the outfield In Thursday's tilt with the New Orleans Or-leans team, and the boy who last -u-got off the .ar.; when tlicy reached Uochcster. N. V.. pulled the crowd right off tho seats by making a stellar stel-lar grab of a liner that looked like a irivlc when It started. The othr. foaturc of tho day was the pitching of Jcimcs Jc'.lcy. who held the tCoJ Orleans team to six hits and no Clin fiurlng hfs five Inning tenure In the box. Under the eye of Judge Landis, the Brooklyn Dodger played a snappy practice game at Jacltsopvtlle, I'ln.. Thursday, the pitching of Bishop and Mama'j?: being high Class, ivy ol-rin. who It scconri basing this year, led the Hold in hilling. John McGraw has divided th -,lnp from the gu. i ai the .;iant camp at Sau Ahtbnip; Texas preparatory pre-paratory to starHhg the two teams northward on their barnstorming tour. Mughcy J.-nniiigs is tho latest Giant to fall victim to sunburn. He was put 10 bed Thursday by th- ;ub doctor, who ordered him to remain In tho shade for a couple of days. |