 In early December, Landis suspended Ruth, Piercy, and Meusel until May 20, 1922.Yankee management was actually relieved; they had feared Landis would suspend Ruth for the season or even longer.Both the Yankees and Ruth repeatedly asked Landis for the players' early reinstatement, which was refused, and when Landis visited the Yankees during spring training in New Orleans, he lectured Ruth for two hours on the value of obeying authority.