The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-25

In 1SZZ the anKS staggered a.
ahead Of the st. Louis Browns. S
wiped out this season by the inn
the Philadelphia Athletics and the
OF the Sixty-six games played
with Eastern clubs last season,
the Yankees won forty-one. This
is not likely to happen this season.
The Milanmen dropped fifteen
games to the Yanks, winning but
seven. The Athletics last year took
only five, losing seventeen to the
champions. The tailend Red Sox,
strange to say, won thirteen and
lost nine tussels with the Yankees.
Having begun already with four
clean triumphs over the Red Sex,
the champions are likely to make a
much better record against Chances
tattered bunch than against the
team Hughey Duffy led.
But the margin will have to be
great to make up for what VIII
Be lost to the Athletics and Griff.
men. The Yankees this year will
hardly lose only twelve Of their
fOrty-four tussels with the Maclxs
and GriffS. not on what all three
teams have demonstrated during
the opening week Of the cam.
paign.
Always keeping in mind the fact
that the Yankees won the 1929
pennant by q margin OF a single
game. it is easy to figure out their
troubles coming to them. The
champions have added to their
ranks a left-handed pitcher, Herb
Pennock.
He will hardly make up by him.
self for the increased strength
being shown by the Mackmen,
Griffs, Indians and White Sox. In
deed, allowing for the natural wear
and tear ON ball club, the
Yankees can't be expected to show
as much strength as they did a
year ago.
Last season the Yankees won
fifteen out Of their twenty-five
games played with the Cleveland
Indians. They will be fortunate
to break even with iris Speakers
improved club this season. That
win slice off three or four games
from the winning side of the Ledger
and add them to the opposite row
81 figures.
Il the indians, Macll.len and
CSriffs all succeed in breaking
even with the cIIampions this year
and this Is q threatening pos
sibiIity-there viii be q difference
Of fourteen games. In other
words, the Yankees will have
fourteen fewer wins and CORE.
0p0ndingly more defeats.
r.
To make UP for these at the ex-
pense Of the Red Sox. the Yanks
will have to make an absolutely
clean sweep sof all twenty-five games
played, and even then they would
be one game shy.
Unless George Sisler soon swings
into action, the Yanke may make
up some at the expense OF the
Browns, though they will have to
break all records to better last
years work when they won four
teen and lost eight games played
with Fohl's team.
Thus looking over the figures OF
the 1922 campaign, it is possible to
see how difficult it is going I'd be
for the Yankees to repeat this
season. The improvement in the
Philadelphia, Washington. and
Cleveland clubs is quite likely to
take the pannant triumph away
from New York.
All three were notoriously weak
against the champions a year ago.
All three look stronger now and
have but to break even with the
Yankees to create CONSERVATION in
the hearts of all New Workers..
Three games have now been
completed in the series between
the Griffs and the YanIxs. In
no particular have the champions
looked tho better club than that
being driven at top speed BY
DOME Bush. They may improve
with warmer weather, but the
same thing is true Of every ether
club in the circuit.
The Yankees are depending al.
most wholly upon veterans, they
are new trying to release one or
two likely youngsters and finding
II a hard JOB. Other clubs, knowing
the caliber of some of these rockies
are holding up the waivers. But
the point is that Miller Higgins
means TO face the season with a
bunch of veterans. many Of whom
are almost on their last legs.
Everett Scott, Joe Bush, Carl
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