NY Times
Jacksonville, Fla. - Thursday - March 25, 1920. Ping Bodie, the hard-hitting, picturesque outfielder, has appeared for the last time in a Yankee uniform. Miller Huggins, manager of the club, announced tonight that he is through with Bodie, and that the Californian never will play again on the New York club.
Bodie got a telegram this afternoon about some domestic difficulty, and he asked Huggins for permission to go up to New York and adjust it. Huggins denied the permission, telling him that he did not think the matter of sufficient importance for him to leave the club at this time. Bodie left the field this afternoon and took French leave of the club. When Huggins got back to the hotel this evening after the game, he found that the outfielder already had left and was on his way to New York.
Huggins said he could not brook such insubordination, and tonight he announced that Bodie had been indefinitely suspended, adding the statement, "Bodie is through with my ball club. If his personal affairs are more important than business, I don't want him. He will never be seen in a New York uniform again."
The Yanks probably will ask waivers on Bodie, and he may be sent to some other club in a trade. The Red Sox would like to have him. Bodie was procured from the Athletics two years ago. Prior to that he played his best ball in Chicago.Bodie was in fine condition this Spring and he was one of the few Yankee ball players to do any hitting. He has mauled the ball for .400 in the Brooklyn [spring training] series.
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