New-York tribune., 1919-06-10
Yankees Fate
SadReninder
Of w aterloo
Rain Picks on the Two
Colonels the Same Way
1t Did on Napol e on
BY w. O. Mcclellan

0y W. ~. ltXCAxCCI1dI
A drizzle similar to that which an
noyed the late Napoleon Bonaparte of
Corsica and France at the field of
Waterloo yesterday caused similar an
noyance to Colonel Tillinghast
L'Hommedieu Huston, Of New York,
Cincinnati and Cuba. Under cover of
the drizzle, Kid Gleason withdrew.
taking with him the badly tattered
remnants of the White Sox. The
weather hindered Marshal Francisco
Pizzola from bringing up the neces-
sary reinforcemen in time.
But did this make Colonel Tilling-
hast L'Hommedieu Huston pack his
old black grip for St. Helena or Cuba I?
1t did not. He clamped his military
chapeau, or iron boiler, more firmly
upon his head and paced thoughtfully
before his tent at Forty-second Street.
Colonel Pacob Rupert, Duke of
Knickerbocker, waited within.
There was clatter Of taxi-cab
wheels alcng the moist pavement
Brigadier Harry Sparrow emerged
from the vehicle waving q dispatch.
The Napoleonic half-owner of the
Yanks seized it and read it breath
lessly. Quickly he consulted his maps
and schedules.
Cleveland Cossacks Complimented
1--WE are now in second place." an
nounced Colonel Tillinghast L'Hom-
medieu Huston. "And only a game
and half behind the White Sox.
McGillicuddy's Irregular Infantry has
routed the Cleveland Cossacks on the
Field of Philadelphia. We will pass
the White Sox even before Harry
Stevens can make another million"
There was a clotter of taxicab
huston continued to pace before his
tent while the Duke of Knickerbocker
consulted In tense tones with Mashal
Hugglns as to the best strategy to re-
pell threatened invasion by Hughey
Ee-yah Jennings at the plain below
Coogan's Bluff to-day.
Ban johnson, president of the Amer
lean League, tarried here again yes
terday to consult with John Heydler
as to the best arrangements for the
coming worlds series. Ban johnson
1avors giving part of the proceeds
OF the games in the series to the sec
ond best team in each league.
1t has been shown that players lose
interest toward the end of the season,
when the figures prove to them that
they have no chance of getting into
the worlds series grab bag. The plan
OF giving the teams out of the series
something to work for might mean
better games toward the finish. The
athletes are mercenary or human-de-
pending on the point of view.
The Yankees and the Tigers will form
a not unimpressive feature of Big Bill
Edwards's Boy Scout parade tomorrow.
Colonel Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Hus-
ton Will wear his imperial chapeau. or
IRON boiler, symbolic of his rank as
half owner of the Yankees. Colonel
Jacob Rupert will appear in a new
summer creation. Hughcy Jennings
Will pick grass along the route and
utter his shrill batticcry of "Ee-yah!"
as he passes each block.
Ban B. May Parade
Ban johnson has been asked to re-
main over for the affair. He will
march, if Commissioner Enright will
remove the restrictions in regard to
heavy vehicles on Fifth Avenue. Other
wise he will ride on one of the floats
The local Georgians will take advan-
tage of the presence of the Tigers to
make presentation to Ty Cobb in
recognition of the lustre he had added
to the original lustre of that state.
The Georgia Society, Mr. Charles Towns
presiding, will form a big part of the
crowd on that day.
Colonel Huston and Ban johnson
wish 1t denied that either one of them
Will lmpersonate the gigantic baseball
which will be rolled in the procession
by troupe of Boy Scouts. "Yet Big
BIZ Edwards be the ball." said Colo
mel Huston. "He is rounder and would
roll more easily"
Colonel Rupert, president of the
Yankees, announced yesterday that the
club had secured Al Wickland from the
st. Paul club. Wickland is one of the
most promising outfelders in his
league. In return the St. Paul club
Will receive Yankee player, name to
be announced later.