Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1916 — BODIE DISLIKES BIG LEAGUE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BODIE DISLIKES BIG LEAGUE

Demon Fence Buster and Macaroni Consumer Was Kidded Out of Majors by Paragraphers. The humorous sport paragraphers never did appeal to Ping Bodie’s sense of humor. They grated on Ping’s nerves so long that they finally succeeded in driving him from the big leagues: Ping is on the coast now and doing well, and according to reports from that western extreme of the continent,

Ping wouldn’t return to the big show even if he got the opportunity. Out on the coast the demon fence buster and macaroni consumer is quoted as saying: “No more big league stuff for mine. They kidded me out of the majors and I’m through with them. I’m content to play in the minors, because here the fans are kindly in their treatment toward me. So are the players. The sticks are good enough for me.”

Ping Bodie.