The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-31
Yankees Are
 Coming Home Close Last Western Trip With a
 Victory TEAM MADE A GOOD SHOWING Badly Crippled, They Won a Majority of Games Played

St. Louis, Aug. 31-The West has seen the last of the Yankees for this season. The Hfghlanders finished
 their 1911 campaign here Tuesday af- ternoon with z to victory over the
 St. Louis Browns. After the game Chase and his men boarded train for the East. They were due to arrive in New York yesterday.
 Before the Yankees left here Chase expressed his pleasure over the team s showing made in the West this last trip. Considering the demoralized condition of the team, the New York CTS did exceptionally we'll to win nine
 games out of seventeen. At no time during the trip did Chase have his strongest team in the field, injuries from time to time having forced his stars out of the line up. With any kind of luck at all Chase. said he thought he could have won at least five more games.
 When the Yankees return to the hill- top on Friday to begin their series with Washington they will have a higher percentage than when they left New York on Aug. 10. On that date the KiltieS were in fourth place, q game and a half in the rear Of the Red Sox, the New Workers percentage being .514. To-day the Yankees per- centage is .516, and they are but one point behind Patsy Donovan's team.
 Although they gained but two points through their Western engagements, the showing, however was creditable. Since the Yankees have been away they have had many setbacks with which to contend. In spite of these they made a brave fight to try to land in third place. the position Chase is after now that there is little chance to catch up to either the Athletics or Tigers. One of the greatest blows out of the game. Cree's batting was one of the features of the Western campaign, and his loss has been felt materially. Chase's outfield became so crippled in the last week that it was necessary for Hal to recall Fitz- gerald, @ young outfielder, recently re- leased to Sioux City. Daniels, who split a finger recently, will not be able to get back into the game for some time.
 The Yankees when they return to the hilltop will be in the most crip- pied condition that they have been this year. If the Yankees hope to make a good showing on their final trip at home they will have to pull together and play the best kind of baseball. During the Washington series the Yankees will probably have to play minus the services of Cree, Sweeney and Daniels. Sweeney was spiked few days ago, and as Wal ter Blair's wife is i'll and his presence to do the backstop work.
 Williams is a youngster but he did fairly good work behind the bat in the games which he caught in this city. Whether he will be able to hold the pitchers together until Sweeney or Blair is able to return is a mat ter that has given Manager Chase showing good form now and it re- mains for Williams to hold them to their stride
 The Yankees took Tuesdays game from the Browns, because they fought fgom start to finish. Things did not appear at all encouraging for Chase and his men when the Yankees went being against them. The Browns had one run lead. It was up to the Yankees to get together in the final frame. They did. They kicked up old tricks again and brought to light one of their favorite maintaining ral- lies. When the inning ended the Yankees had secured four runs and the game was theirs. It was a game fight.
 Jim. Vaughn, who officiated for the visitors, pitched a good game, despite the seven errors the Yankees made. Those errors! However, since the Kill ties won the misplays can be excused. Really they deserved to lose. Any other team but St. Louis would have taken advantage of such loose field ing. Vaughn held the Browns to sev- en hits. Mitchell pitched until the Yankees got to him in the ninth, and then he was forced to give way to Lefty George. The Highlanders got