San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-22
New York Americans Have
Fought Down Others
With 1922 Team.
CLUB LOOKS STRONGER
Foster Sees This as Some
thing to Throw Light
on Big Series.
BY John B. FOSTER.

New York. Aug. 22.-When a base
ball team gets the lead that the Yam
KEGS have in the American League q
different kind of lead than the ordin
airy because it is lead over sever
clubs and not a runaway from one
or two TO give it the pennant. it is
time TO analyze it to see what hap
pened that was different from the
year before.
Team to team. the Yanks have
fought down everything in the Ameri.
can League except Cleveland and
Philadelphia with the identical team
they had in 1922 except for the add
ton of successful left-hand pitcher
Cleveland. Detroit, st. Leuis-un'
ill the news of Sisters retirement
came out-and Chicago were figured
on as being big four strong enough
to wreck the Yanks even il the East
ern side could not help much in the
dyrlmiting.
Last season Detroit won III games
from the Nanks and the latte" won II
::'om the Tisrrs. Already the New
Norks have woI ten games from De
tfoit. That's at east plus five in the
tnan inat. it is mighty uneXp" tod.
Better Off Against SOx.
The Nanks won IL games from Chi
cago last season. This year they have
won with two more series to play
They are better off against the White
Sox this season because they. have a
chance to increase their total of vic
tories.
Fifteen victories were scored against
Cleveland last season. 1t is different
this year because the Yanks have wor
Z and Cleveland has won s. There is
battle. showing that the Ianks car
be stopped if the strength is matched
against them TO do it, plus the deter
lands against New York is the mos
significant of the baseball season In
the American League and yet the
Clevelands. with all the fine ball they
have played against the champions
cannot summon much more than .J5O
per cent. winning which would not
corral Il championship in a month OF
Sundays.
The YanIs won II games from ST.
Louis last season. That was one OF
the principal reasons the Browns were
thrashed for the pennant. This year
the Yanks have won their IA and
there are more to play.
Passing to the East. the Ianks have
already won as many games from
Boston as they won all last season.
They have only TO win two more to
have as many from Washington as
they had in 1922.
Athletics Did Better.
The Athletics have made far bet
ter showing against the New Works
than they did last year. The Ianks
must have seven more victories to tie
their 1922 record against Philadel-
phia. There are opportunities enough
coming for the New York team TO dc
il hut the chances are they will not.
The Yankees have two big plus
scores in the West. one fair plus and
one minus score. They are plus with
Washington and Boston and may he
plus with PHILADELPHIA. There is the
story of the race in different way
perhaps from the actual tales of games
in the field but in n way which is
worth thinking about when the 1anks
get into the worlds series.
If the Yanks' team strength is 20
much greater against five clubs than
it was. will any of the strength be
demonstrated when they play the rival
National League club this this fall:
1t is a mighty interesting problem 10
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