Show YANKEES FACE TOUGH OPPOSITION IN WEST I I By Dr GEORGE ICI D Correspondent C of The lIC rd I Copyright 1926 19 Consolidated I II Press Association NEW TEV YORK July 10 Miller 10 L Huggins the he sagacious ai man man- manager manager seer man ager or of o th New York Yankees Is apprehensive lIe H says he has haa hasa hasa a right to be and u as t a matter or of fact he h really ought to be bo at least leasta a bit fidgety Huggins says fRYS ny the present series with the th western teems teams tc m of ot the th Am- Am American Am league leafu at Yank Yankee eo stadium may well determine which club will III win the lh pennant nt this year yer When ho he nado 10 that statement this week his bludgeon boys right eight ht panics games ahead head of ot tho the remain remainder der dec or of o the league leogue Then as s It if to tack lack an n exclamation point on his remarks the tho Cleveland team open open- opened opened ed cd the critical series cries by pasting the Yanks Yank for tor an nil Initial setback Hue has the altun- altun situa situation tion knows know about how far 1113 are likely to go and so and the they Are re not going oln r quite as s fast rast as they did and earler and he Is con con- con convinced vinced that It if there hero Is any dis- dis disposItion dis disposition position on tho the part p lt of ot the Yanks to yield to the th persistent attack made against them It Is quite sUr sure ur-to ur to manifest Itself Iselt In the tho latter par pu ot of July aid aul early In August SERIES After Afler th thi Cleveland series In Inthis Inthis Inthis this round on the th Yanks own field neld Detroit St Louts Loul anti and Chi Chi- Chicago Chi Chi-c cao cago ro will appear In succession Yanks will w take lake the road and visit th the western cities Its It's a 11 mighty tough lou Job for a a team tean In the tho ho lead to withstand the sue sue- attack of ot four Clubs club like those ot of the ho American league leacue e west t on the home ground and then away from Irom home It Its It's th the tho f tough tough- st t Job that has h confronted the Yankees this year yer It U they hAve hav taken herd medicine from PhiladelphIa which has ha licked them two to one thus tar far t r how will they thy feel fed t el after facing the Iho western clubs twice In rapId fire fir order It U the tho th YAnks are r as IlS wen well well well-ofton off on August lOlls 10 as they are r at pres pres- present present ent ent they will be a 11 moro more InK lag InK team than they have havo been at ot any ny moment In itt this year year ot of sur- sur surprises ur It IC Is within reason that their lead may ho bo cut to a mere mere thread and It I is Li possible they will fall fail out of the ho he lead They have been saggIng dangerously ou ly the th past pa month On I the he first visit ot of Detroit to e 2 New York tho th west rn team won two and lost lo t on one From Clove Clove- land Clove land the tho Yankees won three In succession lon From ChIcago thc they won three In succession They tackled St Louis ouia and won four fourSome Some Somo record to live IIvo up to 10 when things are ro beginning to break hard r for or tho the Yankees The Tho pitchers pitcher ot of o other teams are throwing the tho ball bali a lot 1 better lIer now than they did about a month ayo aro and the tho th Yanks Yank will find It harder to smash h the opposition The Athletics have ha hav won because they have pitchers whose whoso curves are not relished by the tha New Vork batters It Is also alio Ill o true truo that tho ho Yanks have havo played a spotty field field Ing game came against iho sho Athletics That and Lefty Grovo are the tho com corn combination by which 1 th the tho Yanks hav have won only vo games came out of o th the fifteen the th team has hav played Pretty bad record for tor a team that has not lost more snore than titan five cameto to any other learn cain of ot the tho Amen Amerl can league It 1 Is In the st that that the th race actually lly enters centers now now-It now It Is th tho corn com west for tor a II month against the solitary tary New York team a lit litHo tb let-down let In tho the powerful ba ba tint ting ot of o tho the Tonics and they ma see eo their lead lend until at t thc end of ot a fortnight Instead of ot run running ning wild with tho the pennant the will wilt ho bo lighting to retain a II hold on 01 the top perch It i Is a tough touch stunt and Millet 1 Huggins I Is a prophet when herny rny nays that the tho right to hold bol 1 a 0 ot of bunting In 1327 1927 for lor a them won In 1926 Is most ap to be settled In tho the tail tall end 01 o July and nd the begInning b bc- bc of ot do days das ATHLETICS STRONG It If the Yanks can be boat beat down downto to a meager menger lead ot or two or throe games the tha Athletics may put on the tho finishing touche touches and Jolt them out of ot the race even ven It the th AlIl are r unable to win 1 It s elves and have hav to stand tand tand by n see tho the pennant go either cither to ChI cago or Cleveland Detroit ml bo be put In to mako make It three It if the tho Tigers were less Inclined to wab ble when they take an airing Hug Is right when he h pre pre- predicts diets a 0 ticklish time HIs Ill team either must show that It Is o of th tb human super human kind or make malo pace pac Into S over a trill trait that IJ I greased wll with lard a 0 hope you lose loso from all nil the remainder of otho the tho American league leacue |