New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-30
World Champions
Here for 4-Came
Series With Yanks
Speaker May Be Missing
From Lineup; Shawkey
Due to Twill for ssHug'
BY Charles A. TAYLOR

The world champion Cleveland In
dians will open four-game series at
the Polo Ground this afternoon The
outcome of these contests will give a
pretty strong indication as to where
the American League pennant is to
float The Yankees are only two
games behind the pace settlers from
the Elm City, and by making a clean
sweep Of the four games the Hugmen
may assume the lead.
Unfortunately for the champions
they may be minus the services OF
their versatile playing manager, iris
Speaker, in some, if not all, of these
all-important battles. The great iris
strained a. ligament in his right ankle
during the series with the Boston Red
Sox, and it is not expected he will be
able to resume his post in center field
before Monday or Tuesday ct the EARL
est. But Iris may appear in the role
of pinch hitter it the occasion demands.
50 far this season these two leading
teams have played twelve games, of
which the Yankees have won seven.
Coveleskie, the Cleveland pitching ace,
has been especially easy for the New
Workers all the year. while Bagby and
Mails also have afforded fine picking
for Babe" Ruth and his band. Cald-
well, Uhle and Sothoron have beaten
the Yanks, and it is likely that two
of these so-called second stringers"
will be called upon to repeat during
is MT for duty.
AS for the Yankee pitching staff, it
is inS about the best condition it has
attained this season. Mays requires
q couple of days more rest perhaps, fol-
lowing his drubbing at the hands of
the Browns on Wednesday, but Bob
Shawkey is in the finest of fenle to
open the conflict this afternoon, with
rip" Collins also ready for action.
Waite Hoyt, who made such an excel
lent showing against ST. Louis in
thursdays game, will probably be the
selection of Higgins for the fourth
and final contest on Tuesday.
The Yankees and Browns had just
finished their warming up practice
yesterday when a deluge of rain swept
over Coogans Bluff. Umpire Con-
molly waited a few minutes and then
waded out to the catcher's hailiwick,
where he DOTTED his hat and announced
that hostilities had been suspended
So only two games of the scheduled
three-game series were played, each
team winning one. Perhaps If the
Yanks had known this was going to
happen they would have performed
differently on Wednesday and SO Sc
cured clean sweep.
Rumors are still flying about that
Jim Vaughn or Rube Benton, south
paw pitchers, and Elmer Millera oats
helder, are due to join the Yanlm IN
the near future, but there is no officia!
word on the matter.
"Babe" Ruth is now barely ahead
Of his last years home-run record,
He has made thirty-six so far this
season, whereas at this time last year
he had made thirty-fve.
The Giants have scored four straigh.
victories, winning three games in a
row from Pittsburgh and yesterday g
game with the Reds. The McGraw men
are to play four more games with Pat
Moran's men, two to-day and two to-
morrow. 1t is possible that this con-
eestion of double headers will al
Walter link, the Amherst College Boy,
a chance to start game on the