New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Sobs From the
Yankee Club
OF fmcurabLes
By Louis Lee Arms

We Yankee followers are not too
much disappointed over the events in
Chicago. The dear old Yankees didn'.
do as well as We expected, but TO tell
the truth we never expected they would
That sort of statement would not be
permitted in any one not a member of
the Yankee Incursbles. But those who
appreciate the strange influence the
dear old Yanks have on a man will
know what we mean.
You can always tell the difference
between a Ysnk and a Giant fan. "Th'
Joints! Sure dey1l win. Wotinhell"
says the follower of the clan of Mr..
McGraw. eyes, think the Yanks will
win says the Yankee Tncurable; that
is, if they don't loae," he adds apollo
getically. The feeting years have
taught the follower Of the Yanks the
value of qualification. 1t gets into the
system of the Yankee Incurable. When
a Childs' waitress says, "Tea or coffee ?"
the Yankee fan takes both. That team
sort of leads man to state Of great
and constant mental indecision.
Rupert Goes West
We observed by the papers that
Colonel Jacob Rupert went West to
put over a Colossal" deal. That was
last Tuesday. The ordinary baseball
fan would literally believe the ordinary
baseball writer and figure that Colonel
Jacob Rupert went West TO put over
a Colossal deal. But not the Yankee
Incurablc! All, no, not wei
We, of the Yankee Incurables, would
grant you that Colonel Jacob Rupert
went West. That was provablc. But
they couldn't fool US with any of that
Colossal deal stuff. Where do they
think we've been for the last ten years?
We. of the Yankee Incurables. will
grant you that Colonel Rupert may
have gone West with the intention or
putting over colossal deal. We
would no more dispute that than an
assertion that the Yanks start each In
tending TO win the American League
pennant. But the papers we observed
said Colonel Jacob Rupert went West
70 put over Colossal" deal. IL SAID
nothing about intentions. IL IS re-
markable how little our public prints
know about the Yankees.
To begin with we. Of the Yankee In
curables, after reading this expert opin,
ion. didn't believe the distinguishes
Colonel would put over any deal at all,
say nothing of a colossal one. II ne
did put over deal we knew it wouldn't
be who put it over. Our only anxiety
was that some ore would trade the dis
tinguished Colonel loose from his eye
teeth. They didn't do that-not yet!
Connie Mack, of the Athletics.
didn't 20 West to put over colossal"
deal. Nor did Clark Griffith, of the
Senator'S; Phil Ball, Of the Browns, or
Harry Frazee, of the Red Sox. They |
weren't going TO put over and deals at
all That was one reason we of the I.
Yankee lncurables suspected them.
Now that Fridays returns arc in /
(this is written Friday, and Il would /
be Just like the dear old Yanks TO up |
and bust it ALL. we are permitted TO /
hgain view the Yanks in their custom /
airy role of holding the bag We gain |
new confidence that they will continue /
TO do things in their highly personal |
way. +
Everybody Was Trading
II seems that everybody in Chicago
was trading ball players-that Is,
everybody except Colonel Jacob Rup-
pert, who went West. We of the Yam
kee Incurables know that it was rank
imposition, and they were probably
making all these trades behind the
colonels back. That's the way the
Ysnks are generally taken at dis
advantage.
Could the Yankee Incurables have
seen the edfying spectacle, what famil-
lar sensations it would have aroused
They were trading ball players be
tween the legs of the colonePs finely
creased trousers, over his shoulders
and through his hat-just the way
Waiter Johnson pitches TO the dear old
Yanks-snd what did the colonel DO?
Yes; what did the Colonel do? Well,
what do the Yanks do?
But let it never be said thG. Colonel
Jacob Rupert, OF the Ysnks, did not
go West. We Of the Yankee Iueursbles
ran prove that. q