The New York herald., 1922-09-26
YANKS SET TALONS
TO GRASP PENNANT
Quest of Mathematical Ger
tainty' Close on Heels
of Success.
BY w. o. M'GEEHAN.

The Yankees will not be seen in New
York again until they have attained the
mathematical certainty in regard to
the pennant. This, according to the
predictions of Col. Tillinghast L'Hom-
medieu Huston, should be done in one
of the three games which the Yanks
will play at Boston with the Red Sox
starting Thursday.
Col. Huston arrived with the camp
followers of the Yankee Expeditionary
Forces yesterday, bit travel weary
from occupying lower berths on nearly
every railroad running east of the Rock
les. but highly pleased on the whole
with the result of his wanderings and
those OF the Yankee team. With him
came Miller Huggins, manager OF the
Yankees: Carl Mays, Waite Hoyt and
Jumping Joseph Dugan. Miller Hug
gins has been a sick man for several
weeks and is here to undergo a minor
operation before the worlds series.
Mays, Hoyt and Dugan were given per-
mission to leave the team for a few.
days.
The athletes were anxious to leave
Buffalo, where they played an exhibit
ton game yesterday. direct for New
York. but the Yankeo board of strategy
decided that 1t would be best to ship
.hem to Boston and keep them marking
lime until the mathematical certainty
Nad been reached. While there is no
ioubt that the Yankees will cinch this
oennant. gonfalon or flag. the owners
are anxious to have 1t cinched as rap
dly as possible.
As the Situation Stands.
As the situation stands the Yanks
have to win one game OF the four they
have to play or the st. Louis Browns
have but to lose one game in their three
with the White Sox to have 1t all over
and to have the tumult apd the shouting
begin In real earnest. II the Yanks
win Thursday they will have attained
their objective through their own eff
forts, and there will be no chance of the
lite Sox winning the pennant for
them.
The status quo which must exist until
Thursday at the earliest does not worry
the owners of the Yankees. excepting to
the extent that they cannot make their
actual arrangements for the world
series. 1t Is regarded as being In the
nature of jinx to make any arrange
nents for a series until the pennant is
actually cinched.
Col Jacob Rupert, president Of the
yanks, who decided to forego the rigors
of the western dash of the Yankee Ex-
Nedtionary Forces, will be in Boston
eor the triumphal procession along
Boston Common when his men reach
The mathematical certainty. Col. Tilling-
hast L'Hommedieu Huston, who went
through one of the skirmishes at st.
Louis and all of the action at Cleveland.
will also join the Yankees at Boston.
bearing the celebrated iron hat. encased.
Morale of Team Excellent.
The health and morale of the athletes
when your correspondent left them at
Cleveland was excellent, excepting for
a few minor matters. Bullet Joe Bush,
the biggest winner among the Yankee
pitchers, was suffering from a stone
bruise, the same sort of ailment that
| stopped Art Nehf, the left handed ace
of the Giants. Everett Scott, the short
stop. was suffering from slight cold.
Whitley Witt was suffering from rush
of indignation over the alibi promul-
gated by the president OF the American
League for the assault made upon him
by st. Louis bleacherite in the first
game of the Battle of st. Louis.
Otherwise the agile Albino, who
knocked the props from under the hopes
of st. Louis In return for the blow with
the bottle. is in excellent spirits. He
always will bear the scar. but, on the
other hand, a considerable portion of
the population of st. Louis will carry
with them for some time to come the
memory of Whitley Witt knocking the
pennant right out of their lot.
That the luck seems to have turned
toward the Yankees was shown on the
train coming from Cleveland. Outfielder
Jameson Of the Indians. who was given
permission to leave his club for the
season. Travelled in the car with Mays.
Hoyt and Dugan. The three New York
athletes inveigled the Cleveland player
into little game and by the time the
train reached the Grand Central station
the three New York players were in
possession of whatever loose cash
Jameson had when he left Cleveland.
Mr. Dugan had most of 1t.