Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1917 — YANKEES ARE FEARED [ARTICLE]

YANKEES ARE FEARED

Manager of White Sox Says They Are Most Formidable Team. [ 4 Young and Peppery Team Representing New York Will Cause Leaders More Trouble Than Any of Others In Pennant Race. Clarence Rowland declares the New York Yankees appear to him to be the most .formidable team the American league holds—aside from the White Sox. He believes that if his team gets away to a league champloriship this year It will be done with the Yankees trailing them into the home stretch. Strangely, Rowland does not count the Red Sox formidable in the least. The early season ride they had at the top of the American league, he holds, was merely a flash. He shares the opinion of other managers in the American league in declaring that when double-headers begin to tear into the Red Sox the pitching staff of the Hub representatives will begin to falter* The loss of Bill Carrigan is also going to have an effect, Rowland believes, and he declares a change in ownership can’t possibly have improved the team’s chances. Carrigan, he maintains, while not the best catcher in the world, was the one man who coulcT get sterling results out of Dutch Leonard’s work and do it consistently. He has plenty of praise for Jack Barry as a but inclines to the belief that a baseball club,at its best always must have associatlons with its manager several years as a manager before things can run exactly right. The team that represents New York in the American league, young and peppy, Rowland declares, will cause more trouble than any of the others. Bill Donovan’s young pitchers, mixed in with plenty of excellent veterans, added to the fire and spirit of a young outfield and infield, is going to get results. The hitting of Frank Baker and Wally Pipp, he points out, is exceeded by only a few clubs and will cause the loss of more than one ball game for the opposition clubs.