New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Huston Has Laugh
on Baseball Critics

was out. with an even break in the
luck the club might have come back
still in the lead instead of being ap-
parently out Of il. There might have
been different story, even. II Ray
Caldwell had behaved.
New York made the American
Leagues banner year possible through
assembling a club of such ability and
spirit. Had there been one saffron
faint in any quarter the sponge would
have been in the ring ere this. New
York. the best attraction now in the
whole circuit. would have been counted
out for the year-possibly for years
But tho teams grit, as well as ability
has won for il 4 host of new friends
and admirers For the first time IN
history the Yankees now are estab-
lished in the hearts and affections OF
local fandom as strongly as ever were
the Giants.
"a baseball team" McGraw once
said. ais no stronger than its substi-
tutes." There you have another answer
to Yankee success. Donovan has able
substitutes or he never could have kept
so close TO the Red Sox in the face OF
so many injuries. He may not have
the best substitutes the game has
known. But every one is willing at all
times to do his level best wherever
placed. No one should expect more.
Paddy and Charley.
In the present wonderful stand
against supposedly stronger Western
cIubs-a stand that has the Yankees
once more feared in all quarters-no
two have done more than Paddy Bau-
mann and Charley Mullen. Baumann
failed in the outfeld, but always gave
the best that was in him. He is vim
dicating himself at third base. He's
not a Home Run Baker, but he's a
Paddy Daumann, and that's pretty
nearly as good as they come.
Mullen, several times tried, disap-
pointed. But he did not allow himself
to become discouraged. He was dead
leftfeld hitter. He plugged away as
siduously until he had mastered the
trick of hitting to right field. 1t will
take some tall hustling by Joe Gedeon
TO drive that fellow off second. And
in justice to Gedeon it must be said
ne has been a very sick ball player
most of the year. Often he stuck to
hi his hs gums w4f he should have been
At the start of the season Hughie
High came into calculation only as a
substitute. The injuries to Maisel and
Gilhooley gave him his chance. High
is the best outfielder on the club to-
day and one of the very best in the
league He is 800 hitter to boot.
II is the spirit of the Yankees re-
fected in High, Mullen, Baumsnn and
the other men who were carried as sub
stitutes that has made of the club the
glory that it is in the hearts of local
fandom.
During the recent visit of Cleveland
Captain Huston and Iris Speaker did a
little tanning while engaged in game
of golf.
ITS a pity" said Speaker, "your
club was so badly crippled. Perhaps
its poor luck.cost a pennant. But do
not be discouraged. Such team spirit
as you boys possess cannot be denied.
New York is going to be heard from in
the American League for many years
to come"
A team that can struggle along in
the face of severe injury TO seven
stars; a pitching staff that can abso-
lutely ignore a man of Caldwell's
physical worth and still outclass all
rivals; a manager who can smile at
luck that would drive another to the
gas route-none of these need sym
pathy in commanding admiration.
The Yankees have arrived at last.
They have arrived to tarry in the afec-
tions of New York for many years to
come. That goes, whether or not they
are able to win the pennant this year.