WELL, NOW FOR
DEMPSEY BOUT
WITHJHNSON
Negro's Return to United
States Starts Fight Fans
Over Country Talking
v Title Bout.
By RAY PEARSON
Boxing: fans of this country and
perhaps other countries as well have
something; new to interest them,
something that they can chew over
for the nex year cr so. It concerns
a heavyweight championship bout,
a contest that may or may not bring
tin: titleholder. Jack Dempsey, into
action. It is made possible by the
sudden return to the United States
ot the seven-year, fugitive trom
justice, Jack Johnson, who formerly
held the crown and lost it to Jess
Willard at Havana.
There are many angles to any
proposition that would result, in
Jack Dempsey a'nd Jack Johnson
squaring off in the ring. There are
perhaps quite a number of followers
of this game who believe that the
negro, at present incarcerated in
an Illinois jail awaiting the time
when he must serve out the year's
sentence handed him before he
hastily departed from America a bit
more thajfr seven years ago, has a
chance of defeating Dempsey. But
there are a lot more who don't think
that Johnson would have a "China
man's chance" against Salt Lake
Jack.
A Few Questions.
Even with it quite possible that
this fight may never take place there
are many things to be considered
wlicn one argues over this proposed
contest. Here are a few of them:
Will Champion Jack Dempsey
draw the color line and for that
reason refuse to box JohnsonT
Is there a promoter in the United
States who thinks well enough of
a contest between Dempsey and
Johnson tooffer lerms that wotild
, satisfy botlf fighters?
v'ill the boxing fans of the coun
try pay their money to watch a con
test between a white and a cblored,
man?
Is Jack Johnson, now 42 years
old, still able to get himself in con
dition for a fight against a man of
Dempsey's caliber?
Those are just a few questions that
will be argued pro and con for the
next year. Taking the first ques
tion, whether or not the champion
will fight a colored man, it cannot
be answered here, because it is a
question that Dempsey hasn't an
swered since he knocked out Jess
Willard and became the champion
.one year ago. The writer does not
believe that Dempsey would refuse
to fight Johnson or any other black
man if he found that public senti
ment demanded such a battle.
.. ' Dempsey Might Fight.
i There have been white champions
of the past who drew the color line,
partly because they were opposed to
boxing colored men; but the princi
pal reason behind such refusals was
that these titleholders feared the re
sult. With Dempsey it is different,
and any one who knows Dempsey
will agree that if Dempsey refuses
to meet Johnson it will not be be
cause he fears the negro. No chafn
pion ever was so strongly imbued
with the belief that he can whip
every other man, be he white or
Mack, as, this same Dempsey. Un-.
doubtedly Dempsey would fight
Johnson in a minute if he. found out
that it was expected of him and if
suitable terms were offered.
With that offered as a solution of
he first question, -one jumps to the
second, which concerns the pro
moters. Will the promoters find
there is a demand from the public
that would insure a "fat" gate for a
battle between Dempsey and John
son ?
Bout Long Way Off.
Since a contest cannot be defi
nitely scheduled until something
like a year has' passed, because it is
quite possible the government will
firmly insist that the negro serve
the sentence of a year which was
imposed on him when he jumped
his bond and fled from America.
Johnson will then be 43 years old,
an age far past that at which fight
ers are supposed to be able to hold
thcir own in the ring. Now, thetv.LGraw is inclined to believe that the
we ask, where is the promoter who
would match Dempsey, who will
then be 26 years old. against this
43-year-old negro? That's a tough
i one, so write yournvn answer, Mr.
Fan.
Few of those who are supposed to
know pugilism believe that Johnson
could get himself. into condition to
fight for the championship. The
negro says he is better than he ever
was, which will be doubted by near
ly everybody, for no one believes
that Johnson at 43 years could lick
Jack Dempsey.
Fans Strange People.
As for the fans attending such a
contest that's another matter again.
- Boxing fans are surely strange peo
ple. They'd probably be at the ring-
side in flocks to see Dempsey and
Johnson scrap if some promoter
managed - to get them together.,!
T hey d go just Decause u was la
beled a fight, whether or nof it was
a fight, and they'd shell out their
jackto be ringsiders. v
Olympic Track Meet to
Be Run Off7 Aug. 15-23
The Antwerp Olympic track and
field games will begin at 9 o'clock in
ihe morning and continuenntil 5 in
the afternoon August 15 to 23. The
swimming races will alo occur i.i
the afternoon, finishing with the
vater polo. In the evening in the
Zoological Garden's amphitheater
the wrestling and boxing will take
place.
Yah Expects Huge Vrowd v
For Harvard Gi id Game
Yale expects to seat 68C0O for its
pridiron battle with Harvard in the
New Haven bowl-Saturday, Novem
ber 20.
Are Going Fishing.
C. D. Glover. E. W. Bedford.
Junes Lyons, all realtcrs, and their
wives, with Mr. and Mrs. George
Thompson will leave August for
a fishiro frip to the xMinncota
, t'.,v expect to be gone aboit
American Girls to Swim in Olympic
Games for First Time in History
v'.'Wrs'...-
For the first time in the history of
the OJympic games American
women swimmers will compete in
the games. When the American
Olympic team arrives at Antwerp
for the 1920 Olympiad 14 of Amer
ica's champion women- swimmers
ana divers will be among-'em.
Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey of Brook
lyn, N. Y., i hailed as the greatest
water woman the world has ever
seen, heads the" delegation of nymphs
that will atrive for honors in Bel
gium. Commencing competition
about two years ago. this Flatbush
girl has left a trail of shattered rec
ords behind her wherever she has
entered in aquatic events.
. She has never been beaten n a
scratch race, in which she actually
hnished. And in the last year she
has won the national SO, 100, 220 and
500-yard, half-mile and mile cham
pionships in the backstroke. With
such a record there was not the
slightest hesitation on the part of
the committee as to Miss Bleibtrey's
nomination and acceptance. The
Brooklyn" girl has shattered world's
records and substituted ones of her
own making at 100 meters and at
.WO meters, and from all indications
her record-breaking streak is going
is healthily as the slugging streak
of Babe Ruth, showing no signs of
SWAT MALADY
IS ENIGMA TO
LEAGUE HEADS
McGraw, Prexy John and
Others Puzzled Over Epi
demic of Terrific Hit
ting This Year. -
What is the secret of the epidem
ic of terrific hitting that has swept
over the major leagues this year?
Is. it the result of the new pitching
rules, or have the manufacturers
turned out a livelier ball than has
ever before been used?
.. The question has been argued pro
and con by baseball men, but it is
not definitely settled, for no one has
advanced a satisfactory solution to
it. As a matter of fact, the season is
not quite old enough to blame the
hitting epidemic on the new pitch
ing ruies, for with the coming of tor
rid weather the heavies will get bet
ter control and will put more stuff
on-the spheroid.
Heydler Puzzled.
President John Heydler, of the Na
tional league, and Prexy Ban John
son of the American, both agree that
the ball seems livelier. John Mc-
abolition of the use of resin, which
gave pitchjers a better grip on the
ball in past years, is the secret.
Thomas Shibe, vice president of the
Athletics and a member of a firm
that manufacturers 6ase balls,
strings along with McGraw.
According to Shibe, the specifica
tions under which the official base
ball used in the American league
have been manufactured this year are
the same as have been in use for
some time. The same cork center,
wool, rubber and horsehide are being
put into the ball.
A few oldtimers who have per
formed autopsic? on baseballs hit
into the stands declare there is more
rubber in the 1920 ball, but others
are inclined to believe that the raw
I materials are merely of better quai-
, T I. , 1 . . I, ...
uy, wnicn lenr.p ine new Dan more
resiliency.
McGraw Explains.
v In upholding his contention that
the new pitchitig rules are to blame
John McGraw points out that the
best pitchers in both leagues are
getting treated roughly week in and
week out.
"The new pitching rules are too
drastic," said McGraw recently. "In
my opinion the rule which prevents
'.he pitchers from using resin on
heir fingers in order to remove thj
gloss from the cover of the ball is
l.irgely responsible for the fact that
they are not getting as much stuff
on it, and the strict enforcement of
the rule has been a big handicap.
I've alwavs likd good hitting and
-always will, but personally I do. not
believe that the average baseball Ian
wants to see slugging that results
in scores running into double'figurei
on both sides. So far this season
'here has been too much slugging
Joo many home runs. And the fan
who enjoys the scientific game is
being denied the chance to witness
it because of a sort of 'go as you
please' style of Haying. I think the
rules should be amended immedi
ately." An. Hawaiian irrigation project,
when completed, will penertate five
mountain ranges and deliver 5C
1(00 000 r-"ons of- water daily to
plantations.
abating. She has proven invincible
in all her contests and has not even
had dangerous competition from
anyone save her . teammate, Miss
Boyle.
In the recently-held tryouts Miss
Bleibtrey entered two. events and
shattered existing records in both.
In the 300 she set a new world's rec
ord of 4m. 31 l-5s., a mark' that
should stand for years to come. She
also set a world's mark for the 100
meters of 4 m. 12 3-Ss. that is just as
immovable.
Half way around the world came
a 15-year-old girl, Miss Helen
Moses, of the Outrigger Canoe club,
of Honolulu, to try for a place on
the Olympic team. The Hawaiian
girl is the best woman swimmer who
has ever been produced in Aloha
LLand. Although she did not win in
111.- II J Ull IJ, II,. ,WI,llSVIO VI til- ov.
lection committee were visibly im
pressed by the wonderful stroke and
endurance of the girl and, accord
ingly, have placed Ser in a position
to go another quarter way round the
globe.
Brooklyn scores again with the
selection of little 9ileen Riggin, the
selection of little Eileen Riggin, the
ing champion. Eileen has worked
harder in practice than any of her
older rivals, and her selection was
Cubs Sign Underhand
Pitcher-Hope to Have
Only One In League
, Chicago, 111., July 31. With the
signing of Pitcher Joe Jaeger, Mana
ger Mitchell of the Chicago Nation
als, hopes to have the only real
underhand pitcher in the National
league next season.
There is not a single underhand
twirler in the league, that style of
pitching having become extinct
when Erskine Mayer, formerly of
the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
lubs, passed out of the ranks.
Mitchell regards Jaeger, an over
seas veteran, who recently received
his discharge trom the army, as a
real "find." Mitchell declares he
never saw a pitcher start a ball as
slow as Jaeger. He nearly touches
the ground with his hand before he
delivers the ball. His curve ball
takes a peculiar upward shoot, like
his fast one, as he pitches with ter
rific speed.
Jaeger has not much professional
experience but . Manager Mitchell
regards hirn as the most promising
prospect in years. He is built
along the lines of Grover Alexander,
is just as tall and pitches with the
same speed as the big Nebraskan.
Before entering the army Jaeger
pitched for independent clubs around
St. Cloud, Minn., his home. He
pitched several games while over
seas.
Kelly, Amateur Scull
Champ, Thirty Years Old
Jack Kelly, amateur single sculls
champion, started his career in 1908.
He is 39 years old. stands six feet
two inches, and weighs 170 pounds.
He has always worn the colors of
the Vepper's, Philadelphia, and
wears a green cap in all his races.
His work in. the Olympic regatta
will be awaited with interest.
"Vets" of Foreign Wars
In Small Bore League
It will interest riflemen to learn
that the League of Associated Rifle
clubs, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
have united as affiliated members of
the American Small Bore league, an
organization with a membership of
250,000. t
Elgin Race August 21
Chicago, 111., July 31. The annual
250-mile automobile race over the
historic Elgin, 111., course will be
decided on August 21 this year.
Ralph De Palma, who led the field
in the " Indianapolis 500-mile race
this spring, only to Jose when his
car caught afire, has entered the El
gin event De Palma's car probably
will be the only foreign entry in
the race. k
Plan Polo Games
Holding the polo championships
on Meadow Brook club's grounds
at Cedarhurst. L. I., beginning Sep
tember 11, will in a measure aid in
the developing of plans for the chal
lenge for the international matches
with England in 1921. The cham
pionships will bring together, the
best of the junior and senior play
ers, in all 1,800 being registered.
Big Bounty Claims
Pennsylvania Jia4 paid out in the
last five years auotal of $344,014 in
bounty claims for the skins of nox
ious animals, including the, wildcat,
kfray fox. red fox, mink, ana weasels.
The monev is snppli! from fees se
cured by payment of $1 a year lor
hunti"r i'censes by sportsmeu of
that state.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY
I 1 1
pleasing to all. When she appears
:n front of the august assemblage of
the crowned heads of .Europe ,at
Antwerp there is bound to be some
laughter because of the smallness of
her stature, but when her diving ?.nd
swimming ability, is comprehended
those who came to laugh will re
main to cheer.
Miss Helen Wainwright, who had
the distinction of defeating every
woman diver of note in the United
States recently at the fancyi diving
tryouts, will represent the V. S. A.
in Belgium. Little Helen is everal
months older than Eileen Higgin
and is but a few inches taller. The
pair should make a tremendous im
pression on the dignitaries on the
ether side on their spunk alone, for
both have never been known to quail
at diving from any height or into
any kind of water.
Mrs. Frances Cowells Schroth, the
Pacific coast champion, was also
placed on the team by the commit
tee. Mrs. Schroth has had a very
difficult time in the west in finding
competition. In her own words, she
loafs through races because She is
not hard-pressed. Her sudden form
reversal in the tryout was due to the
fact that for the first time she se
cured some better competition and
was entirely upset by the cjiange.
NEW YORK MECCA
FOR PUGILSTIC
STARS THIS FALL
Famous Ringsters to Be Seen
In Action in Gotham This
' Fall and Winter Fans
- Are Assured.
Professional boxing will be boom
ing in New York by next fall.
With-' the game restored to good
standing through the medium of
the Walker bill and the creation of
the state boxing commission soon
tot be accomplished by. Governor
Smith, fisticuffs will be the rage
here, along with Babe Ruth . and
Man o' War.
The metropolis, with boxing in
full swing again, will be the Mecca
for the best performers in the coun
try. Benny Leonard will soon re
turn to his native health in Harlem,
and Jack Dempsey will be seen on
Broadway pretty regularly. The
heavyweight champion recently no
tified friends here that he intended
to cross the continent on a bee line
for Gotham as soon as he could ar
range business matters on the coast.
Johnny Kilbane, Fete Herman,
J.-.ck Britton and Johnny Wilson,
the new middleweight champion,
vill be in demand' for bouts here
just as soon as licenses are issued
to clubs, and al! the topnotchers
h: the various divisions will be
clamoring for bouts over the de
cision route.
The reinstatement of boxing here
has acted as a magnet on boxers
r.cross the water, too. Joe Beckett,
who refused to meet Tom Gibbons
and Frank Moran in England, will
probably lead a procession of Eng
lish and French boxers to'this coun
try next fall. Beckett has already
completed plans to visit America,
and it is likely that Bomb Wells will
come over also.
Some of the big bouts in prospect
for Gotham fans are these:
Jack Dempsey against Georges
Carpentier or one of the likeliest
heavyweight aspirants.
Benny Leonard against Lew
Tendler.
Jack Britton against Ted Lewis.
Johnny Wilson against Mike
O'Dowd. in a return match.
Pete Herman against' Pal Moore.
Johnny Kilbane against Young
Chaney.
U. S. Should Win .
America may depend upon John
st.in and Tilden in their endeavor to
win the' Davis cut) tenuis matches af
Auckland, Australia, rex; Decen-ber.
Thev are clever double plavers, have
a'l kinds of shots and with practice
will no noubt develop and blend
their individual games with the one
composite whole so necessary to he
fine performance of the real doubles
game. With Johnston-'s magnificent
return of the service and TiWen's
reach thev might well take (fie Aus
tralian players as their model and
l lay the strikers' partner up at the
service line, thus converting the ob
solete defensive game o the receiv
ing end into a snappy offense.
Four Teams Pennantless
Club in each maior league which
liEve yet to wH a champiohin are
St. Louis In Natiorwl. and Nv
York. Washington and St. Louis in
American,
BEE: AUGUST 1, 1920.
COLLEGES SHIFT
COACHES IN HOPE
OF BIG SEASON
v
Gridiron i Director Shunted
Around to Various" Schools
Chic Harley to Stay at
Ohio State.
That a successful college athletic
year is anticipated at all universi
ties and colleges is shown by the
manner in which the coaching staffs
at the various institutions are being
strengthened. Activity will not
start until the middle Of next month,
but the members already are plan
ring for what promises to be a
busy year.
One of the most important
changes in the western conference
has taken place at Northwestern
rniversity. Charley Bachman, who
was in charge of the gridiron situa
tion last vear. has been succeeded
by Elmer McDeavitt, a former Yah
player who was assistant to Ired
Murphy when the latter guided
Purple foot ball fortunes.
Hark Back to McCornack.
A foot ball coach at Northwest
ern has been more or less of an ex
periment for years. In fact, many
believe Wallie McCornack, the old
Dartmouth coach, was the best
mkntor who ever attempted to 'de
velop an 11 at the Methodist insti
tution. McCornack was of the driv
ing type of coach who had the
taculty of putting his ideas into ex
ecution by forceful language. Dur
ing the two years he was in charge
Northwestern was represented by
powerful elevens.
Just what success McDeavitt will
have remain to be seen. He has
one of the hardest schedules of any
earn in the conference. On Octo
ber 9 Northwestern will meet Min
nesota at Evanston. McDeavitt has
not much of ? line on his players,
while Coach Williams will have one
of the strongest teams .which has
represented' Minnesota in recent
years. In addition to opening with
a formidable opponent, the Purple is
slated to met Notre' Dame in the
closing combat.
Known as Line Coach.
When he' was assistant to Mur
phy, McDeavitt coached the line.
In those years the Purple forwards,
outweighed on several occasions.
held their own with opponents of
ability., Whether McDeavitt com
bines the happy faculty of coaching
the backfield and the line remains
to be seen and in his ability to do
both rests Northwestern's chance
of success.
Bachman, however, did well at
Northwestern. The breaks of the
game went against him in important
struggles, but his ability was recog
nized by the Kansas Aggies. Charley
has signed a contract to coach foot
ball at Manhattan this year and if
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Harley Assistant at Ohio.
Chick Harley, who led the Ohio
State eleven last year in a success
ful season, will be assistant to Jack
Wilce at Columbus. Although he
received several offers to handle
foot ball squads at other institutions,
Harley elected to spend a few years
with his alma mater in order to
absorb a few ideas of imparting his
foot ball knowledge to others.
The former Buckeye leader was a
smart foot ball player, but like other
well known performers may not pos
sess the faculty to teach the game.
Harley has had plenty of oppor
tunities todiscern the faults in the
men who will be eligible for this
year's team, and he should be a
great help to the head coach. In
addition to his knowledge of foot
ball, Harley will handle the kickers.
He was one of the leading punters
and field goal kickers in th west
last year, and was the unanimous
choice of critics for a backfield po
sition on the All-American team.
v Jones at Lake Forest
Ralph Jones, who has 'coached
basket ball at Illinois since 1912, has
severed his connection .with the
downstage institution to take over
the athletic directorship of Lake
LForest academy. In addition to his
knowledge of the floor game, Jones
knows foot ball and base ball. He
handled the freshman gridiron and
diamond tcams-t Illinois and was
Zrppke's leading scout in foot ball.
Jones will certainly bolster ath
letics at the academy, which has
been more or less of a lesser light in
the western prep athletic world for
years. He will have the power to
engage coaches for various branches
of sport, but will personally direct
the fortunes of the basket ball squad,
atid may take an active -part in the
development of the foot ball team.
Meanwell Back at Wisconsin.
Another important f coaching
change will take place at Wisconsin.
Dr. W. E. Meanwell, a former Badg
er mentor, who had been athletic di
rector at Missouri, will return to the
Madison institution to coach basket
ball. Dr. Meanwell is - considered
one of the best basket ball men in
the country, and during the time he
was at Wisconsin developed cham
pionship fives. In the east the most
important change has taken place at
Yale, where Tad Jones will again
take over a foot ball situation.. Dr.
Al Sharpe will continue as athletic
director, but the responsibility of
turning ouf a foot ball team will be
up to Jones.
300-Mile Endurance Race
. For Horses Oct. 11-15
The 300-mile endurance race "for
horses, from Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.,
to Camp Devens, Mass., will take
place October 11 to 15.
Hahn to Coach
Ann Arbor, Mich., July 31. Archie
Hahn, former track star at the Uni
versity of Michigan, and a member
of two American Olympic teams, is
the latest addition to Michigan's
staff of coaches. Hahn will assist
Steve Farrell, Michigan's track
oach, and will also train the foot
ball squad. While an undergrad
uate, Hahn ran the 100-yard dash
in 0:094-5. .
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Drake Grid Schedule for
1920 Is Toughest Ever
D,es Moines, la. July 31. Drake
university's foot "ball schedule for
1920, announced by Coach Mark B.
Banks, is one of the heaviest in the
Missouri valley, and perhaps the
toughest ever undertaken by Drake.
Games will be played with Illinois
rniversity, Big Ten .champions in
lWiwith Missouri university, cham
pions of the Missouri valley, as well
as with Kansas university, Grinnell,
Washington university and Okla
homa university of the Missouri
valley conference, Creighton, Morn
ingside, Simpson and Penn. The
Bulldogs will be seen in action five
times on the home gridiron, and five
teams will be met away from the
Drake stadium. The schedule fol
lows: ' '
September 25, Penn at Pes Moines.
October t, Simpson at les Moines.
October t. Illinois at Url.apa.
October II, Kansas at Lawrence.
October S3, Missouri at Pes Moines.
October 30. Grinnell at Pea Moines.
November 6. Washington at St. Louts.
November 13, Creighton at Omaha.
November 20,' MorninKslde at Slour City.
Navember 25, Oklahoma at Pes Moines.
Australia leads Nations
In Winning of Davis Cup
Australia has won the Davis cup
six times, England five times and
America three times. No other na
tion has won the famous trophy put
up by Dwight F. Davis.
Brown to. Retire
Chicago, 111., July 31. Mordicai
Brown of three-fingered pitching
fame plans to retire from base ball.
After relinquishing the management
rf tlio Torro Hontu TnrI rtllh nf the
Three-I league, Brown was deluged
with otters, but declined tnem. ine
Omaha, club of the Western league
wanted the former star of the Chi
cago Nationals as a relief pitcher
and coach.
Cagers Form League
Managers and owners of profes
sional basketball teams of Pennsyl
vania, New York and New Jersey
plan to form a governing body to
control the players modeled after the
base ball commission. Representa
tives of prominent organizations will
meet in New York City today
to adopt plans, elect officers and
agree, upon rules and regulations.
Marshall Foch to Be Made
I Honorary Member of K. C.
. New York, Aug. 1. When Mar
shal Ferdinand Foch is made an
honorary member of the Knights of
Columbus August 21 he will be the
fourth . living celebrity to receive
that honor, the others being Car
dinal Mercier, Archbishop Hayes of
New York and King Albert of Bel
gium, Themarshal also will be the
first man to be inducted into the
K. of C. on European soil.
Supreme Knight James A. Flaher
ty of Philadelphia 'will personally
conduct the ceremony after the pre
sentation of the jeweled K. C. mar
shal's baton to the French war
chief, who will unveil te K. of C
statue of Lafayette at Metz before
250 knights from all states of the
Union and a picked honor guard di
vision of the French army.
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Bambino Has ''"Made" the
Team New Yorkers Are ",
Already Talking About
World Series There.
4
Yankee fans are talking about tfie
American league pennant and the
world's series of 1920.
Ever since the Yanks got going,
with the pitchers doing their share
and "murderers', row," headed by v
Babe Ruth," slugging all kinds of
pitching to all points of the com
pass, Gothamites have been indulg
ing in sweet dreams. And not with
out reason.
Can Certainly Hit.
Miller Huggins' outfit is blessed
with a tremendous amount of rug-
fed hitting and pitching ability. In
hawkey, Mogridge, Quinitf Mays,
Thormahlen, Shore and Russell they
have a staff of wigglers who can or
should hold their own with any in
the league. But best of all is the
Yankee hitting, than which there is
no better in either league.
In past years Yankee teams have
often blown up on the road, or suf
fered injuries to players that broke "
up a winning batting order and gave
the old jinx an opportunity to get in -his
deadly work.
Long before the season opened
in fact, ever since Ruth became a
member of the team the Yanks
were figured as sure pennant con
tenders. But they got away to a
rather poor start and in the first twG
weeks of the race they did not begin
to play up to their "paper strength."
Are Going Great.
Today, however, the Yanks have
apparently found themselves. They
have managed to put up a pretty
sweet fielding game despite the fact
that Manager Huggins has been
fftrCpH tn chift te4 1 i .1 An r, t mtml.aii
of times. But Frank Baker isn't
greatly missed, and' while Chick
Fewster at. his best would probably
be playing second bases in place of
Del Pratt, the Yanks are getting by
in grand shape.
Babe Ruth has "made" the team.
The Big Bambino just simply loves
to play baseball and he is putting
everything he has into every game.
True, he goes up there and swings
for home runs when it might some- .
times be considered better base ball
to wait 'em out or play 'em down.
But there's no argument that will
stand against the performances of
such a prolific slugger, and there
you arel
"Watch the Yanks from now on,"
is the tip that is going the rounds.
And it is a sensible tip, for although
no one expects to see New York
spread-eagle the field in the Jiome
stretch toward Pennantville, there
are plenty 'of folks who are willing
to risk the family plate on New
York's chances of getting into the .
1920 world's series through the me
dium of Clan Huggins.
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