Evening star., 1923-10-22

HAS DSeH .eIlStiOpt0 III the last ten
YOURS itself.
TT Will not do" said this little
cabal, in substance. ito permit the
New York Americans to win the
Championship four years in a row.
The new stadium has been built in
New York. The National League has
been compelled to surrender it's
prestige. The series just finished has
proved that the National League has
lost its grip on New York. Now is
Its time to take the championship
away from New York, or our western
half of the league will be eating the
dry husks of the field and not the
corn that is ripe on the cob"
How They View situation.
These schemers told each other in
great detail just what the National
League had done since 1919 to turn
the public toward the younger circuit.
The Giants-so ran the argument
finished the season of 1919 riding the
crest of the wave of prosperity, rich
in receipts, popular with the fans
and the envy of all other base ball
clubs,
Then came the blunders. starting
with the change in the clubs exec
utive force, and getting worse and
worse all the time. The elimination
Of the clubs misdirected policy was
the loss of the American Laague
club from the Polo Grounds. That
ended its domination of base ball
hereabouts.
Hence, the schemers argued, the
American League need no longer fear
the rivalry of the Giants in New
York. But it does fear the soaring
Yanks. Col. Rupert, his friendly
way in the future, thanks to his re-
cent profits. without being an object
Of solicitude to his organization. On
the other hand, they fear that unless
situation some of them may be send
ing out s Q calls.
Has Chance to Repeat.
1t is conceded that Huggins has a
chance to win fourth successive
victory in the American League. and
the showing of his club in the world
series materially strengthened that
Yanks' play to indicate a probable
breakdown in any position Of i'm
portance. If Huggins should hap
pen to get better work from young
be in a strong position for the next
The Yank inieId certainly COM
pared favorably with the famed
quarter -million-d dollar infield" of the
Giants. Pipp was as good as Kelly,
If not better. Ward was less snowy
than Frinch. but quite as successful.
Scott played this world series as he
has past ones, while Bancroft did
not win so much praise for what he
did. Dugan was decidedly a better
third baseman than Groh. Behind
the bat Schang was Of far more value
to the Yanks than were Snyder and
Gowdy to the Giants. And even If
mann and Bengough.
The Yank outfield proved itself COL
lectively better than that of the
Giants, as has been predicted.
hy ri
League champions present a front
which the other teams of that circuit
must recognize as strong and dan
gerous. 1t certainly will be no easy
the league up to the point where they
will have fighting chance with the
Yanks.
Miller Huggins has equafed the
ing championship teams. and he has
gone Jennings one better by man
aging winning world series team.
Huggins has been criticized freely
by some who have axes to grind, by
others who are not expert in base
ball. and by many who follow the
noisier crowd. But the thinkers within
the ranks of the American League
know what power and skill HugginS
possesses as a manager.
When Col T. l.. Huston was part
owner of the Yanks he lacked a
proper appreciation of Higgins abil-
ltleS, que largely TO mis- listening to
criticisms by persons who have yet
to prove any satisfactory knowledge
of how to manage a ball club. Now
that Col. Huston has sold out, the
friction has ceased, and the Yanks,
under Higgins, are running like a
well oiled machine. Huggins has
proved his ability by results and now
there are lot of club owners who
are figuring how they can strengthen
their teams to give him a better fight
next year.
Most of them know what they need
But knowing what they need and get
ting what they need are two different
things. 1t will take some skirmish-
ing about to put the Yanks out in
, 1924.
fCnnyrirht. 1923