The sun., 1916-08-20
YANKEES LAST
TO JOIN MAJOR
LEAGUE FOLD
Placing of Club Here Es-
# tablished Power Of John.
sons Organization.
GRIFFITH R TO
MANAGE H~IGHLANDERS
~ @. LrEB.

oIn IanNees. I'M career OF the New
lvIk Siuo IN tne american League Is
Soms.nihs IKE that OF Jean Valjean In
Mo't everythins that possibly can hap.
70 the Yanke..--v,,h ,hs .yc.r,ior ,ha,
they never won a pennant,
They ha va had MANY inns ana do~,n,-
mostly downs-since Ran Johnson Are,
conceived tic idea OF nutt,nr New yorl,
en- his man in 1908. hui after an nd.
venturous fourteen war career ,hs
Yankee. are frmer {ntren Nbea in ths
hearts of Tho Nav yorh san. ,han ave,
before. The crowds watch attended
Yankee games This snring ana eariv
summer were far ahovs any natronagc
a. team had aver anioyad 4, mi, c,,v
In fact .avora, vsoCs .ro ,n n,taSi.
July. the recein,s ~ the YANKEES ~
home n sssed the agures for On. .r,,r.
lSi5 season.
The Now yorl A,r.rio.r r..c,. c,,,h
Is the baby among the s,Yteen b,e League
teams. az tho Yanks were he ',st
American Lear,s club n no vranted a
franchise. When Ban .Jo,,nson ,nd
Charley Comiskey hrst started 20 dream
Of q second major league in 1900 the
only big league CITY they invaded WAS
Chicago. though teams were cn,e,ed In
Detroit. CLEVELAND Inalanono,is Kan.as
(,ity and N-,tivaukee ali ~ which mi
h. en- represented in the National I..vuc
AZ some time mr. other
American arm cxp..a..
In 1901 tie reAl American. '''r"" w'r
etarted. The National League refused
permission 10 the White So< 10 locate IN
chicago IN 1900. but they went In any
way. Out there were no open hostilities
until the Following winter. when the
american League voted to expand. and
cimhing the Mountains
placed rival teams in Boston and Phiia-
tory in Washington and Baltimore. left
sssa"' oS ,ne .>a.,ona' Tongue wnen u
. ~ '"e'e W a." ''s"' e'U'
.. " c
ese,,no". nno"s, .onn e1'
"au oeSe" sea- ,a'o,.ee pa'.',
49," "" 80 N''""s',o"s "
49, io'' !" 'o'o, W" .".nsoI.r
r 49, m"" W "."ase w n,nx..
]snei'cans' anu uuI.ns lne ear's p%'
y. tne war Sohh Joseph was one OF 'ne
r'.Iuies' te".'s inc .,a,i"na's nnu W
C"i'"h', az ne Suveeeue" III sna'.ns A."
w VI proIn'neh! payers 'or AIS pa''''
"sre a'ne.,.s" Leasutls. 49,.
innings u.u 10. 20 cry we" ~ naI..-
moIe ~ I9oS. INJURIES heps '"eN,rs~s
SUITS from ke..ins mo me ~,"nI ns
cciunln' me cro"os were poo, anu JON
vas pre,.y naru W ,ne u"np'r'r-."us"
haroer thah ne Is to-aa!' Jonn 1,s Pep-
psry temper did nor )'oe very wen WI
.hhsons 'aea as 20 Ho" inc u".ps
shouia De trsated anu 'nere was CON-
t'nuai str'ie etwce 'he pa,t.
pu'ihs one vi I"oSe pL'ou" " one"
ru'tion M'hriw WIZ oN"r w III. w"
ORR Na.'ona,s. I'M sH,',in,re Amer,-
cans Hao 10 De ca'iIe" D we 'eas1''
anu ,neh oonhSon P'anue" ~ 80 'e.e"ee
on M .Na'Iona1 He"sue w P"N'"s "
s'uo !" 'e" iof"
..x... Lv.s.
or course. New York right along hao
been the objective point Of the American
League, as johnson knew he had 20 get
into this city before his league could
stand on an equal footing with the Ma
tional. But Johnson was waiting for the
right time. He wanted to he sure OF his
strength. n long before the poor con-
ditions In Baltimore, II was known that
II the war lasted either the Washington
or Baltimore franchise would In time be
moved to the metropolis.
In fact. 1t may be news to the fans
that johnson originally had planned TO
put McGraw In charge OF the New York
Americans. and the two had had con-
ferences to that effect.
The National League econed At the
Idea OF the Americans getting a footho!d
In Manhattan, and insisted there was not
a place on the island which they could
procure for a ball park. Ban Johnson
heard hat Frank Farrell. then a prom
inent racing n an. would not he averse
10 trying the Gotham enterprise. The
Not only did Farrell have his own in
800" ' .u Nv
mo"e! ."'e,es's -" sisa'er S,n'. NC
n"t u III "Sar po"e. ~" NH sSo o
po',!c"I pome' " " az opposl'Ioh s"op
~ ~ '.anLs, W" s,,I were o""eo ny
VIC 'a'e Hn"re" rTeeoNnah.
vac nor SHOWN az tne time that
W,,I'am . DeVer!, better Known as
DIE Din. io'n'er snlei OF poiics' was
M ~ o.sses. s.o,Nho'ucr III me new cruz.
nne NANTES " DUN rarre.I ana neVery
ws' nept !" tne o,ehsrouhu' as Joseph
wt ~. VIM ""u oeen connected
NJ lne niah's at one time' was tne
nj. lres'1eht VI the cIup ana ala is
aiming Horaoh was a popular man
alounu Ne" Iork NJ the time ana really
%nn ing q pea'er 70 put me IAN
ne.S On .ne map, Anu '"eTe was much
"ytn.u 20 uvhe'
~ 'he 1--WE season John T.
D.us"' "ho va" eha'rHah OF the Ma
.,ohai Leasues war committee. pur-
onaseu 'he niah's, ana 'ae darkness was
Sizes. Jus' before 'he DAWN Brush
Tpposeu me an erican League to the
as,, anu me american League Fought
n.aan' wnV nan lried 10 wreck The junior
Is " ,h ps vuy'ns ou. the majority stock