New-York tribune., 1921-09-29
Hug1nen Enter
Athletic Fray
Full Of "Pep''
Confident of Success as
They Meet Foe in First of
Four Remaining Games
By Jack Lawrence

The knock-down-and-drag-ou fight
for the American League pennant will
be resumed this afternoon in Philadel-
phia and Chicago. The battlcscarrcd
Yankees go to the mat with Connie
Mack's Athletics in the city of broth
erly base hits, while iris Speakers
relentless Cleveland Indians engage in
death grapple with Kid Gleason's
White Sex in the latter's own back
yard.
If the Yanks should win and the In
dians should lose you can sit down
and mop your fevered brow with some
thing approaching feeling of secu
rity. That would just about wind UP
the race, and the Yankees would be in.
AS the situation stands to-day, on the
eve of the last laborous lap, the Yam
KEGS, in order to grab their first flag,
must win three Of the four games LETT
on their schedule in order to head off
the Indians in the event that the
Cleveland crowd captures all four of
the games to be played against the
White Sox.
The trail looks rougher for the In
dians than for the Yanks. The worlds
champs, if Kid Gleason makes good on
a statement he dropped while his club
was making things miserable for the
Yanks at the Polo Grounds a few weeks
| ago, will pitch Red Faber in two OF
the games against Speakers mep.
There is every reason to suppose that
these games will be the first and last.
There is also every reason to suppose
that Mr.. Faber, in his present form.
will stop the Indians in at least one of
these games. If he does, the Yankees
should cash in without diffic ulty."
"AIready In," Says Joe Kelly
The little word "IF" is getting a
tremendous wogkingout these days. Up
ard down the fine yesterday the filters
were standing about with pencil and
paper playing Hypothetical baseball.
They all agreed that the Yanks will
come through unless they blow up
completely. Oriole Joe Kelly says the
club is in right now, and Joe IS no
yammering optimist. The Yankee man
agement evidently believes the team IS
elected, as all arrangements are being
made to engage in the worlds series.
However, Barney Dreyfuss, down In
Pittsburgh, was laboring under SIM
liar impression a few weeks ago.
Waite Hoyt, the hurler from Era SIN s
: Hall, will probably be sent to Lhe nrlng
line Dy Ml!lef mug iAo III - a. ~
while the funeral Mr.. McGillicuddy is
expected to use Ed Romnel, box
man who has amused himself on sew
eral occasions this season by manhan-
ding our Yanks. The teams play again
tom orrow and then return here for
farewell dance at the Polo Grounds on
Saturday. On the following day the
Yankees wind up the season with
Hughey Dutfy's Red Sox.
Yesterdays layoff was appreciated ov
every one come cted with the ianks,
from Babe Ruth down to the bat boy.
| The rest should put the team back at
the top of it's game and give Hugglns
a chance to straighten out his sadly
mauled pitching staff. The boys were
run ragged in the Cleveland series and
it was undoubtedly the reaction that
was responsible for their listless show
ing against the St. Louis Browns on
| Tuesday.
Yankees Full of Pep
The Cleveland club, however, has had
a longer layoff than the. Yanks, not
having been on the diamond since their
last appearance here. They should
be full of pep when they go out to mix
matters with Kid Gleason's men this
| afternoon.
Bob shawkey and his red underwear
| will, in all probability, be hurled at
the Athletics in to- morrow's game and
Mays will be ready for Saturdays en-
counter at the Polo Grounds. This will
give Waite Hoyt a sufficient rest to be
sent against Che Red Sox on Sunday
The Yanks leave for Philadelphia
this morning full of pep and confidence.
They figure that the worst is over and