New Britain herald., 1927-08-20
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your ball CluD or 1ulure years Wlln Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lag zeri, Wiley Moore. Earle Combs, George Pipgras and Mark koenig on it? Neither are the Yankee owners. These men, mostly young ones at that, are stars now and will be stars for few more seasons. They are seven good reasons (and there are still other young reasons drawing pay from Colonel Ruppert) why the Yankees are a good ball club today and will be next year and no telling how many more years after that.
 For years, National league clubs raved and ranted over the way John McGraw and his New York Giants dominated that organization.
 That feeling was first aroused back in 1911 when McGraw started a three-year championship regime. It became more pronounced when he won four pennants in a row from starting with 1921 and ending with 1924.
 However. 1t takes more than mere conversation to beat ball clubs man. aged by John McGraw. Other Ma tional league clubs realized action in developing players was the only way to terminate his reign.
 For over 20 years the showing of the New York entry in the American league was just the opposite. AL though the club several times had threatened, it always faltered in the stretch.
 Then, along came Miller Huggins to put the Yankees on the map. win over New York prestige to the American league, and cause rival club owners and managers to set LID the same vail that for years was heard in the National about the su- premacy of McGraw and the Giants.
 Taking charge of the New York club in 1918, Miller Huggins finished fourth in his first year Fe fol- lowed this up by being third twice. in 1921 he put over his first pen nant and proceeded to win three in row. Washington stopped his run of successes in 1924, the Tanks being good second.
 Then came the collapse of the Yankee machine. Tn one short year. a pennant contender in 1924, dropped to seventh place in 1925. Higgins saw the handwriting on the wall and in the middle of that year set about to rebuild his fence. with Babe Ruth as his outstanding star.
 Higgins tempted fate and invited criticism by making over his inf,eld Three of his veteran stars, Pipp at first, Ward at second and Scott at short, were replaced by Gehrig, Lag zerl and koenig. Dugan alone re- mains of the old pennant winning combination and Huggins has two capable substitutes for him in Vera and Gazella.
 Through the addition of young blood, Higgins pulled a stunt that is without parallel in the majors He took the seventh place club of 1925 and proceeded to win 3, pen nant with it the following year He is practically assured of another championship this season.
 It is up to the rival club owners and managers who are decrving the almost perpetual success ct the Yankees in winning pennants to do more than spread conversation. It takes action to stop New York Other clubs must turn loose the money bags and develop for the future.
 Now that he has 9 greet ball club, Higgins isn't sitting still, idling his time, as the Yankees win ball games with almost monotonous regularity. He is once again building for the future.
 Having repaired his infeld fences. Huggins is now giving much thought to his battery men. Realizing his veteran pitchers cannot 20 on for ever, he is concentrating on pitch ing. Already it is apparent he has added two star rockies to his staff.
 George Pipgras, carried by the Yankees for several seasons as a promising prospect, has definitely arrived. Pipgras is a stylist Of the front rank. His pitching is the poetry of motion and he has a de- ceptive repertoire back of his style He should be big winner next sea- son.
 In Wiley Moore, Huggins has picked up the best relief pitcher