New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-02
Yankees Must Be Built
Up" Is Profound Verdict
of New Manager,
READY TO START
AT THE BOTTOM
Soldiers" Suggested as New
Name for Team-MCGraW
Still After LObert.
Nv HEYWOOD BROUN.

BY HAYWOOD BROUN.
CAPTAIN Huston and Colonel Rup-
rcrt. owners Of the Yankees for two
consecutive days did the right thing
when they chose "Nlid Bill' Donovan
as their manager. Bill knows what the
Yankees need. he has discovered that
the club must be "bUiit up.
81 hate TO cross bridges before
come 90 them said Donovan a. has
home in Philadelphia Yesterday, but
ono thing is sure. and that is the lar-
KEGS need building up. About the only
way 20 get "a winning combination
would be 20 start az the bottom.
40 one can dispute the uuih OF
Donovans assertion. The lankeei
have always started 40 the bottom. and
IN years gone bv that was the spo'
where they finished.
Rut RIl has more IDEAS I'm fact he
rivals Clarence Rowland. OF the White
Sox. In his keen grasp Of baseball prob
lens. 10 was Rowland who discovered
a few DAYS ago that speed wins many
hall games Donovan can do better
than that.
There may be unlimited money be
hind a team" said "Nild Bill but
what cooo IS money IL viii not a.
ways buy good PLAYERS. and they must
be had 20 make ball team win.
Neither Captain Huston nor Colonel
Euupcrt has any idea that 10 VIII be
uosslble 10 make the Yankees pen
nant winning combination IN one sea
son. The captain IN discussing the
prospects OF the club shortly after as
suminc ownership said: "Of course,
we hope % be up there this year Just
as high up as possible, but we realize
the task Of building up machine ana
we shall be perfectly content D We are
able 10 get winner within three sea-
sons
Wanted name for the Yankees
With a change i'm ownership and man
oreucnt and the abandonment Of the
ia traditions Of the club there should
no quothc~ title for the New ORR
American League Baseball Club. Many
a. the uicknames Of the game are M
IN. erougb. but yankees" has per
laps less Justification than any other
Vbe name was derived simply from the
hAmericar" Of the league, and wa.
used alternately with "hlghIanderS
hack in the DAYS when the CLUB nad us
own hilltop grounds.
Newspapers are the makers or cluD
names for the most part. and Hlgh-
landers" gradually dropped out IN
favor Of yankees" because az plncn
tbo word "Yanks" could be used IN a
head. II has been suggested that BIZ .
Donovgn's men be called the Soldiers
In honor Of the captain and the COLO
nell The Brewers is POSSIBILITY al
,bougb il conflicts with the name OF /
tho Milwaukee team OF the American .
Association. The "Rummles, suggest .
81 nv one cartoCnist. is hardly likely R
10 meet with favor. and the hnlcker- t
Rockers is far TOO long. Perhaps me .
hest thing viii be 20 Jet the cluo go .
along and make name Tor itsel-.
Donovan was engaged I'm game Of .
billiards when he heard that he had .
been appointed manager OF the IAN p.
KEGS. which is no justification al az
fov repcating the wheeze that ms skill .
In handling the worries NAV prove use '
full
W;.b the sale Of the Yankees over, F.
basebaus only hope for continued
story rests in the prolonglng o. lhe
reqo+iations between the Giants ana I
Hans Lobert John McGraw SAID yes
terdav that he would probably see the .
third baseman from Philadelphia TO-
Oay.
Ru Carrican. manager Of the Red
Say is no longer ms own boss. lie
married Miss BCulah Bartlett OF Lew
iston. Ne. on the eve Of 1919.
Folks vino argue for LIQUOR on the
qrornd that every one needs stlmu-
Ian, ir ames Of stress and trouble
v.n have hard work IN holding that
i,rc rhon confronted by the fact that
-.. ., doris Of the Yankees and the
are tectotallers.
a.ch next Sundays Tribune for the
article by Charlie Ebbets on the De
rbtg Of Daytona" Irwin Cobb never
did anything like IT,
Whenever you have time writes
Jobn r. Foster. Of the Giants, 20 our
.norting editor. will you be KIND
enough 20 send me list Of names Tor
mo Tribune books for the season OF
1918" a man with such foresight
would actually do his Christmas shop
ping early.
Charlie Weeghman IS around boast
ing that ten Of his Chieds are resi-
dents OF Chicago. Here We were once
wont 10 excuse ourselves by saving
that all the Yankees left town a. soon
as the season ended