Evening star., 1926-05-30

Jonah" inquired the Kid.
Sure Jonah was the real class OF
the heavyweight division ip his day.
when YOU come right down to cases.
Don't YOU remember how old Mony
Dick, the whale, couldn't hold Jonah
even after he got him down.
.Thass right" agreed the Kid. "but
where's the base ball connecticut?
Jonah Too Tough for Whale.
"Weu, sir. the old whale couldn't
keen Jonah down even after ne got
him down. repeated the Old Timer.
And don't forget that the Griffs nave
been a real Jonah these past few years
to Miller Higgins whales: ana 10
Comics elephants, too. Both nave
had em down every now and then, out
maybe you've noticed tnat tney We
never vet been able to keep em down.
AS the intellectuals tell us, history mas
a way of repeating itself.
But don't you think the Yanks Will
COP if they keep up their present
pace?" asked the Kid.
IF" said the Old Timer. "They'd
win by fifteen games If they Kept UP
their present pace-IF'. A percentage
of $50 will be plenty good enough TO
pull down the American League nag,
I think. The coming Western trip
should slow up the Yanks consloer-
ably. They've been favored a bit by
playing at home long enough to get
line on the stands: their sluggers have
done the rest Out in the wide open
spaces. l rather expect to see them
playing 500 ball" :.
DO YOU figure on their pitchers
breaking" inquired the Kid.
THAT looks like the weak point,
said the Old Timer. "Huggins has no
Fred Marberry and has to use ms
regulars for relief work; at least ne
has done that Il lot this season SO
far, apparently not having connoence
in his youngsters to cneck raiies'
That stunt broke the Macks last year,
T believe. and if a young and husky
bunch like Rommel. Gray, HarrlsS ana
Grove could not stand working as re-
lief men, what will happen to Jones.
Shavkey. Pennock and Shockef
around August IT,
Ruth Yanks' Real Punch.
"But the hitting will carry the
team declared the Kid.
"Nebbe SO and mebbe not" com.
,nented the Old Timer. Ruth is the
real element of strength, and II ne
Seeps going can almost carry the team
hy himself. That fact really is strik-
ing illustration of how good the Bape
is, for as great as Cobb and Sisler are,
they never have been able to lift their
teams by their individual power ana
inspiration. Substitute an Ordinary
$50 hitter for Ruth. and the YANKEES
would be no better extensively tnan
four other teams in the league. De
fensively the team is just fair. l
think. and there always is the pros
pect the kid infield will blow. Youll
have to look a long way through the
records to find a kid infield' that held
I'D all during it's first season..
well" said the Kid. "if the Griffs
do lose outI I'd rather like to see the
Yankees cop just to put one over on
those buzzards who have been PAN
ming Miller Higgins. Those guys
ought to take a day off and look up
his record; he's been q successful man.
ager always
Can't Fool the Buzzards.
"And he was great player, too.
added the Old Timer. But you VIII
lose out on both your wishes. The
Griffs aren't going to finish anywhere
but first, and even if the Yanks were
awarded the pennant by Ban Johnson
because they represent larger city,
The buZZardS, as you so good naturediy
term them, would not realize that any
I0lnS lldu UGSIt put ONCl vi tiiCAii' Va
the contrary, they would claim all the
credit for the victory. In fact. they
already are beginning to "let 1t be
known (confidentially. of course) that
they knew all along that the Yankees
were the greatest team in the history
Of base ball and Huggins the smartest-
manager They merely panned them.
YOU understand, in order to encour-
age them to do their best work. Get
me?"
Say, believe you're right at that"
admitted the Kid. II forgot that they
don't have many sporting writer's on
the Great White Way; they just use
leftover humorists. Most of those
guys should be getting out daily comic
strips instead of base ba Y dope"
That's what they t4te doing" as
serted the Old Timer with emphasis,
''only they don't realize it,.