Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-19 | Page 4 | Baseball in New York

BASEBALL IN YORK NEWYORK Nothing succeeds like success success in New York If It you have your doubts doubt consider the situation In which Colonel Ruppert owner of the New York American franchise finds himself The colonel was game came to pay heavy dough dough-as dough as they express It In sporting for circles circles tora a half halt Interest in the only mildly profitable New York club He was game enough to pay Babe Ruth Rutha a fabulous salary and later when his team started winning pennants to Invest millions In la a gigantic stadIum and buyout buy out his partner Last year the New York Yan- Yan Yankees Yan Yankees kees finished In the rut and the wise boys boya were predicting that the colonel would have a hard hard time timekeeping timekeeping timekeeping keeping a paying number of ot his stadium seats tilled filled this season But the tho colonel was unruffled Game as ever he ho began to shell out money rooney for new players and this year the critics are all confounded con confounded I founded because the Yanks pick pick- picked ed Cd as a down and out club are leadIng the procession and seem destined to figure in the world series