New-York tribune., 1920-09-16
Yankees Lose
To Ex-Ciant's
Team I'm Tenth
Dubuc's Single Wins for
To'edos Leaders Have
Hard Road to Travel
By w. O. Mcclellan

TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 15.-Wi,h thir-
teen games to play, the Yankees are
sitting pretty on the top of the league
tonight. Tomorrow comes the next
of the many "croocial" series through
which the ianks pass into the stretch
! of the race. On the last drive they
have taken FIVE out of six games and
the lead
The Ianks are interested in the
! yarns to the effect, that the White Sox
pitchers have begun to flon, but they
are not convinced as to their authen-
tlclty. 1t is highly probable that Carl
Mays will start the first game against
the Sox. Thormahlen, the left t-hander
Who pitched such a great game in
/ Cleveland, is still limping from the
spiking he cot. but he will be ready to
go in for one game against the Sox.
The series in Chicago will determine
whether it will be the Sox or the Yanks
that will go under the wire with the
Indians.
The Yanks will have to get back to
New York with a good lead and then
they will have to hold it in the series
mish with Mr.. McGil!icuddy's Athletics.
The Indians finish with four games
with Detroit, and there are no more
teeth in the TIGERS. They gave the
Yanks the best fight that they could put
up and the Yanks took the series.
What happens in these three games
in the shadow of the stock yards viii
decide whether or not the worlds
series will. concern only the two ends
of Brooklyn Bridge or not. If the
! Tanks toss the series to the Sox the
| Polo Grounds will be vacant during
| the period of the series.
The morale Of the team at the cur
rent writing is better than it has been
unless it should skid at Com; skey
Park. The pastimers are beginning to
smell the worlds series dough, and the
winners end Of it at that. This al
ways inspires the athletes.
Should the Yanks take ten out OF the
thirteen games that are to come they
will practically have the pennant
eanched to one of those mathematical
ccrtainties while Cleveland is still play
| ing the schedule out. That would mean
the taking of the majority of the games
! in three series and sweep of the flnal
three with the Athletics. But if the
! Yanks flop badly in any one of the
series then the two Colonels will spend
the winter doping out how that pen
nant was lost in the stretch.
! ne TANKS arrived III lHlS lo"l VA
/ the opening day of the squirrel season:
/ About 10000 of the local nuts escaped
the fatalities of the day and saw the
/ local Toledo Mud Hens beat the Yanks
in an exhibition game. 1t went for ten
innings to final score Of to 7.
Babe Ruth cavorted at first base and
! got two home runs during the exRibi-
ton. The first homer came at his first
time up and cleared the fence. The
second came in the third inning. 1t
struck the top of the fence ard bound
ing outside and continued to travel.
The two homcrs netted six runs.
/ Ferguson. who started in the box for
! the Yanks showed the same sort of stuff
that he showed at Pittsburgh, but
/ Byrd, new recruit, was not so much.
Jean Dcbuc, who is now managing the
Mud Hens. won the game for Toledo
in the tenth with a timely single. Mon
sicuer Jean used to heave for the
Giants some time back.
The score by innings:
New York;. 3 0 q o. IL 3
| Tole 10 ...... . 0 0 9 1--S is 3
/ BatterI"s--Fcrguaon Byrd and Hoffman,
/ Meade, Nelson. Dubuc and Woodall.