Show Wonder Team From the standpoint of the bal bal- balance balance ance ante of both its Us attack and defense the current New York Yankees rank with such other time all great teams as the Yanks of 1926 and 28 the Philadelphia Athletics of 1910 13 29 and 31 the New York Giants of the early and Chicago's Peer Peerless Peerless Peerless less Wonders which Frank Chance led in the early years of the century The 1938 pennant gives the Yan Yan- Yankees Yankees Yankees kees an American league record of 10 championships in their history all aU of them since 1921 Heretofore they had been deadlocked with Con Con- Connie nie Macks Mack's Athletics each with nine loop titles The crown rn also gives the Yanks the chance to do what no other club in diamond history ever has bas accomplished accomplIshed Win three world champion champion- championships championships championships ships in a row They meet the Na Na- National National league pennant winners in the lie fall Call classic The Yanks already claim the lie record of six world titles since 1923 Only twice before belore fn fh baseball his his- history history tory has a team had the opportunity to win three straight world series John McGraws McGraw's Giants went Into the 1923 world series against the Yan Yan- Yankees Yankees Yankees kees with two successive world ti titles ti ti- titles ties but were beaten Connie Macks Mack's Athletics started the 1931 world se se- series series series ries against the Cardinals with the same record but Pepper Martin went wild and led St. St Louis to the title |