Show Yanks Touted as asIS W World orld 0 Ch Champs m ps IS by Gotham Fans r- r Jack l' l By i v. v j International News Sporting Editor I. I NEW YORK June 10 Yankee Yankee fans Cans a are e ta talking about the American league pennant and the worlds world's series of 1920 Ever since the Yanks got g gOing with the tile pitchers rs doing their share and murderers murderers mur row headed Babe by-Babe Babe y-Babe Ruth n slugging slugging slug slug- ging ging all kinds of pitching to all points of the compass have ha been Indulging in sweet dr dreams ams And not without reason Miller outfit is blessed with witha a tremendous amount amount 9 of f rugged hitting I and pitching ability In Shaw Shawkey Shawkey key MoI Mo- Mo I e Quinn Ma Ia Mays s 1 Shore and Russell have ha a staff of wigglers wig wig- i who can or should hold their own with any in the le league gle But best of or all aU allas allis is as the tie Yankee hitting than which there is no better in either league The first Western road trip of the Clan Huggins will give Yankee supporters a much better line on their favorites Ii In past years Yankee teams have often blown up on the road or suffered in injurIes injuries injuries in- in juries to players that broke Up a winning winning winning win win- ning batting order and gave the old jinx an opportunity t to get In his deadly work worl If It the Yanks can win a a. majority o otheir or of their games mes o on the first swing around the western half halt of the American league circuit and then come come home to settle down for another long iong series on the Polo grounds where they hit like demons they will sure be a thorn in the sides of s such ch teams as as Cleveland Chicago and Boston Long before the season opened opened opened-in in fact ever since Ruth became a member o othe of the team the team the Yanks were figured as sure pennant contenders contender rs Bu BuC they got away away to a rather poor start and in the first two weeks of the of-the the race they did not begin to play up to their paper I strength strength- Today however how er the Yanks ranks have apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap found themselves They have I managed to put up a pretty sweet fieldIng fielding fielding field field- ing game despite the fact that Manager Huggins has been bee for forced ed to shift the he lineup a a number of times But Frank Baker isn't gre greatly missed and while Chick Fewster lewster at his best would probably probably probably ably be he playing second base In place of ot Del Pratt the Yanks are getting by in grand shape Babe Baba Ruth has made made the te team m The Big Bambino just simply loves to play baseball and he is 95 putting everything he has into every game True he goes up there and swings for home runs runs when it might sometimes be considered better baseball to wait walt em out or play em down But theres there's no argument that thal will stand against the tile performances of such a prolific slugger and there ther you are Watch Vatch the tile Yanks from now on is s the tip that is going the time rounds And it Is a sensible tip for although no noone noone noone one expects to see New York spread spread- eagle the field in the tha home stretch toward there arc are plenty of oC folks who are willing to risk the family plate on New Yorks York chances of getting into the time 1920 worlds world's series through the medium of Clan Huggins |