Will the Indians crack under the
August strain? Colonel B.uppert,
president of the Yankees, recently ex
pressed the opinion that he feared
the Chicago White Sox more than he
did the Indians. It is his belief that
the White Sox veterans of many
previous seasons will wear better than
the Indians during the hot weather
of August and September.
The Colonel may be right, but I
have my doubts. Celeveland looks
like the class of the league, outside
of the Yanks. They are there with
the batting and the pitching staff
seems to be mighty dependable. The
Yanks can trim Chicago, but about
Cleveland I'm extremely doubtful.
Charley Paddock looks like the
"class" among our sprinters. His
recent feat of equalling the world's
record for the 10 meter dash is con
vincing enough proof that it will take
some mighty fast men to beat him
over that distance at the Olympic
games.
Last winter when Charlie was de
feated in the TO yard special dash at
the Millrose A. C. games at Madison
Square Garden, New York, he re
marked "Wait till I get those birds
outside." Charlie has them outside
now, and he is running rings around
most of them.
One of the chief reasons for the
recent spurt of the Chicago White
Sox is the splendid work of First
Baseman Jack Collins. Jack is be
ginning to find himself as a first
baseman. Jack is stopping most
everything that comes his way, and
in addition is walloping the ball
soundly and often.
RUTH DRIVING AT
MINOR LEAGUE MARK
"Babe" Ruth, having shattered his
own home run record, now aspires to
better the minor league mark made
by Perry Warden of the Minneapolis
club of the Western League who in
1905 amassed a total of 4 5 homers.
