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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1911.
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DOESN’T LOOK LIKE BASEBALL WAR JUST NOW
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EDITED BY
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The palm for puerile, performances should go to the Amer
ican league for its recent'“resolutions.”
Apparently the magnates of the younger league were peev-
ed because Charley Murphy dared to' poke fun at Ban John
son. and they likewise wished to do something to make it ap
pear that they considered the National league the only offend
er in the matter of ticket scalping.
Boiled down to plain conversation, the American league’s
belligerent "resolutions” amounted to an expression of exactly
the sai:’. ■ feeling that prompts a little child to utter that resolu
tion of childhood: ‘‘I ain’t going to speak to you again, so
there.” - ■ - '
Somebody ought to spank the whole bunch.
The National league seems to be in favor - of granting the
American association, .the International league and the Pacific
f'oast league the now classification they are asking for. But
they have suggested a few possible modifications. Here is the
list of recommendations the league made when they empower
ed President Lynch tp act for them in the matter:
That major league cniba hot he allowed to play fir minor league territory,
and vice veraa, either before or after the playing aeaaon.
deduction of the drafting aeaaon to five daya, beginning September IS.
I'rafting of umpire*.
An amendment requiring the major league to Increase the salaries ot the
drafted player*'ISO a month over their minor league salaries.
The adoption of salary limits by minor leagues.
Restriction of player " ~ 1 ■ " -
35 during the olt season.
The retention of players In the highest class league In which they are pur
chased. so far as possible.
Drafting prices of 13,500 irf Class AA, 51.250 In Class A, 51,000 In Class B,
All of which means that when the time finally comes for
giving the three near-big leagues their new classification there
will be a world of arguing over the terms of the deal.
There is grave likelihood that the Southern league, at its
coming meeting, may try to slip something over on the teams
that use playing managers. The bench managers will be in a
majority this coming season in the South, and that means that
the moguls who favor discrimination in favor of bench man
agers will be in a majority. Keep your eye on the moguls or
they may put something across at .this session.
WAR CLOUD IS GONE NOW;
BIG LEAGUE ROW IS OFF
Ban Johnson Admits That the American League’s Childish
Resolutions Were Adopted for Moral Effect and Because
Murphy Waxed Sarcastic at Johnson’s Expense.
MORAN CHARGED WITH
ROUGH-RIDING TACTICS
Brocco Claims That Moran Sp illed Him Purposely and Insist.'
That the Champion Be Put Out of the Six-Day Race.
Mild Riots and Sprints Keep Things Lively.
fair riding were today ma<
Moran, of the Kramer-Moran “eham
plonshfp team,” In the six-day bicycle
rae* at Madison Hquare garden by
Brocco, of the Georgot-Brocco pair,
after the latter had figured In an ugly
spill. In which he narrowly escaped
serious Injury’.
Brocco demanded that Moran be or
dered from the track, but the officials
couldn't see It that way, and the cham
pions whirled on.
Brocco charged Moran with delib
erately attempting to cause ah acci-
I dent which would put the strong Geor-
I get-Brocco team out of the running.
Brocco made a hard fight duHng the
early morning hours to overcome the
lap which his team lost earlier In the
race, and his persistent spurts seemed
to anger Moran.
The accident occurred shortly before
6 o'clock. Hill, of the Hill-Bedell team,
und Brocco had taken turns In forging
aheud. In one of 'his spifrts Hill suy-
ceedod In getting about 40 yards ahead
of the other racers. Brocco attempted
a similar feat, and In so doing worked
his way ahead of Moran. The two
wheels touched, and both Brocco and
Moran were thrown. 'Broccp escaped
with a few bruises, but Moran received
a cut on the right 1 leg.
The private police met with another
show of resistance early’ today when
they attempted to oust the "night
hawks.” who are using the garden for
sleeping purposes during the rfee.
There was some thrilling sprinting
during the early hours today, and by
8 a. m. the leaders had pulled up to a
mark that gave them a new record for
the time by a distance of eight laps.
The second team to pull out of the
big race was the Qalvin-WUey combi
nation, which withdrew shortly after
midnight because Wiley's knee had be
come so swollen from several falls that ,
it was deemed dangerous to permit him
to continue to ride.
The score for the 107th hour at 11
a. m. .was:
Kramer and Moran. Fogler and
Clark, Halsted and Orobach, Py* and
Collins, Cameron and Magtn, DeMara
and Lawrence, Palmer and. Wells, and
Lorens and siandow, 2,062 miles 1 laps;
Thomas arid Stein, L. Qeorget and j
Brocco. and Hill and Bedell, 2,062 miles*
1 lap; Luplse and Van Houwaerti 2,062
miles no laps.
The record Is 2,068 miles and 5 laps,
made by Miller and Waller In 1809.
JOHN PETER WAGNER,
Otherwise known as "Hans” Wagner,
Is still the monarch of the National
league batsmen. Altho he Is listed
third In the official batting averages of
the major organization for 1911,Wagner
Is the virtual leader, for he participated
In more than three times the number
of games Klrke and Jackson, of the
Boston team, played In. Wagner’s
average Is .334.
PETER POWELL RHODES.
The new* captain of the Navy foot
ball team, who was elected to succeed
Johnny Dalton, after having played
brilliantly all season at the fullback po
sition. He is a native of Kentucky.
United States. The gigantic youngster,
who played tackle on the DeWItt Clin
ton High school team of New York. Is
six feet six Inches tall and weighs
pounds. White, In addition to being a
stellar football player, Is a member of
the school baseball, swimming, box
ing. buaket ball and track teams, and
one of the best men In the school in
each of these sports.
MURPHY BUYS GANDIL.
New York, Dec. 15.—“Chick'' Gandll,
first baseman of the Montreal Internation
al league team, has been bought by the
Chicago Cubs for 15,000 and two players.
One Is Pitcher Klabnlcka and the other Is
believed to pe Victor Hater, utility man.
The Meridian (Miss.) club of the
Cotton States league has signed as
manager for 1912 R. B. Kennedy, the
well known minor league player-man
ager.
ALL ABOARD FOR FISTIANA; j
FIRST BOUTS COME FRIDAY j
I
•Manager Staten will offer good card—Star bout boys both j
hove odd histories—Both were Russians, both were brought to :
America same year by exiled parents, both settled in South, i
both sold papers for living,' both started boxing two years ago j
and neither has ever been knocked out. j
Chicago. Dec. 15.—Poggibllittes of a
baseball war beyond a verbal stage faded
away like a morning’s mist upon the re
turn of President Ban Johnson from the
American league meeting at New York,
where the Junior organisation framed up
a resolution severing all possible official
Intercourse -with the National league.
Johnson today appeared eomewhat sub
dued when pressed for an explanation of
the sudden uprising, but nevertheless he
let It be understood that the “don't-step-
on-m3**toes” attitude of the American
magnates will not be changed In a hurry.
while Johnson refused to state just
what might develop from the break, pe
went so far as to Intimate tha* two
things In particular prompted the action.
One of these was the scalping scandal In
connection with the New York ticket salt
at the laat world series. The other was
what Is termed the belligerent and at
times sarcastic attitude ot National
league magnates. *
In brief, Johnson Intimated that the
random shot taken at the National league
was for the moral effect It might have.
Real open warfare with the accom
panying bloodshed was never dreamed of
but from what la learned the resolution
was framed and adopted with the aim of
checking magnates who have emitted
hostile statements at various times and
likewise with a view of showing the Na
tional league where to get off.
Look Out For Big Doings
In Next Tech Class Games
SIX MORE GOOD GAMES
PLAYED BY LOCAL TEAMS
STANDING OP THE LEAGUE8.
City of Atlanta.
Teams. Won. Lost. P. C.
Fifth Regiment. ... 2 0 1.000
Grant Athletics. ... 2 o 1.000
“ M. C. A 1 1 .500
Knights of Columbus t 1 1
Wesley House A. IV . . 0 2
Wesley Memorial . 0 2
Fulton County.
Teams. Won. Loat. P. C.
There will be two Interesting 3ames of
football, played at Tech flats Saturday
■tternoon.
The sophs play the seniors, while the
freshmen tie up with the Juniors. The
•ram* are evenly matched, and the games
xlll foretell who will be the winner of
•he school title. -i
The freshmen and seniors played a 0-0
same two weeks ago, while the sophs
linked the juniors only 5 to 0 last Sat
urday. *
The strength of these four teams Is
evident when Coach Heisman can be
Quoted as saying that they played the
”e*t Hass games he ever saw anywhere
L ~^h of these teams is being coached
veral old varsity men and they all
*m» that they will spring something
£•* Saturday. Bill Coleman and Goree
*" ‘ the senior team In charge. Bill Jen-
HE FIGHTS SOON
Sinclair. are teaching the freahmen.
These class teams have a number of men
playing that are the equal of some of the
’•T" men. Hutton, who played In every
varsity game this season, Is captain of
the sophs. McDonald, Fielder and Sta
bles. all flrst subs on the varalty, are
with the freshmen. * Boyd and Goebel,
both second varsity men. are playing with
the Juniors. The seniors have Colley and
Heard, flrst subs, Williams, a second var
sity man, and Dub HiU, the fastest man
In college. All these teams have the
right kind of fighting spirit. They come
out to practice and scrimmage In over
alls. as it takes too much time to put on
football togs.
Tl w JOHNNY COULON.
no bantam champion who has signed
Patsy Rrannfgan ten rounds
1. Johnstown, Pa., on December 18.
'he are to weigh in at 115 pounds
* 6 o’clock. This fight Is In the na-
, an exercise gallop for Coulon to
Msrisi-3. H.S. Game
Should Be Tight One
A crest deal of inters,t renter, about
the same* to be played Friday afternoon
In the Prep Qflsket Ben leecue.
Mariet meete It. II. H. on the B. H. 8.
court; Tech Hlch eehool meet, O. M.A.
at College Park, and Peacock goes against
Donald Fraaer at Decatur. Mariet college
eo far ha, loat no garnet end B. H. 8.
only one. The game between theae two
will donhtleae he a good scrap. Tech
lllfh eehool and G. II. A. are both at
.600 and both teams will play hard for
tha lead.
SMITH LANDS ELBERFELD.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Dec. IS.—Billy
ftmlth. who Is now In New York, has ob
tained an option on KM Elberfeld, which
will undoubtedly be eaerclsed. If It le
the Tabasco KM will be the second baae-
man and fleM captain of the Lookouts
for 1512. Pete Lister haa been eold to the
Utica club of the New York State leecue.
Walter S. Woods haa been engaged
ns conch for tha Dartmouth baseball
squad. During his career on the dia
mond he played with the Chicago and
Pittsburg National* and tha-laiulsvllle,
Buffalo and Troy teama.
The Haverhill (New England league)
club will probably have-to aecure naw
grounds next season, aa a Chelsea man
has obtained an option upon the prop
erty on Rlrer-at. which Includes Ath
letic park, and plana opening It up for
house lots.
Wesley Memorial
Boys Club 2
Y. M. C. A 1
Tabernacle Agogna. . . I
M. Rich & Bros. Co. . . 0
Fifth Regiment, Co. C. . a
0
1.000
1.000
.500
.500
.000
.000
THURSDAY NIGHT’S 8C0RE8.
City of Atlanta.
Fifth Regiment 36. Wesley Memorial
23. ,
Grant Athletlca At, Wesley House A.
C. 22.
Knights ot Columbus <5. Y. M. C. A.
12.
Fulton County,
Wesley Memorial 33, Fifth Regiment,
Co. C 10.
Roys Club 34, Y. M. C. A. 22.
Tabernacle Agogns IT, M. Rich &
Bros. Co. 14.
The Lynn club of the New England
league Is negotiating with Fred Lake,
of Lowell, Mass., aa msnagsr for next
season. Lake has not signed with the
.... st. Louis Browns for the coming year
up for Wagner. Burns and other and the Lynn owntrs believe they can
“•mam stars. secure his services.
By LEONARD H. GRAVES.
The games played Thursday night.In
the two local basket hall leagues ware
featured by many high scores, especial
ly In the City league. This made the
games Interesting and gave the rooters
a chance to open their lungs.
All games were more than Interest
ing and the attendance surpassed that
of last week. All teams showed butter
team work and training than In the
opening games, due to the fact that
they hare had more practice.
The predictions of the managers
officers of the leagues that much faster
basket ball would be played than last
season are being verified.
The Fulton County league, tho s
newly organised bunch, Is following In
the footsteps of the old organisation.
The referees must be given much of
the credit for the fast and clean games.
Rough tactics have been quickly pun
ished by putting the offender out of
the game. The officials keep the boys
on Iht go and as they have their eyes
open for unspokesman Ike conduct and
efTorts to delay the ;ame, the boys
play like wild Arc.
City Ltac-is.
On the Wesley Memorial court* the
Fifth Regiment lad* won from the
Wesley Memorial quintet, 36 to 23. The
game was fust and furious and the mi
litia put It over. Wesley Memorial In
good style. The particular features of
the night were the goal aborning of i
"Maggie” Stallings and Hugh Mauck.
the defensive work of Carlisle Smith of
the Fifth Regiment,.the gqsl shooting
wr Lamar WtavtP and the all-around
work of Walter DuBard, Milt Reed and
Frank Aldred. These men were all
over the floor at all times, breaking
Into plays; and altho victims, they de
serve credit for their fast and clean
work. The regiment boy* showed more
fire and team work, and Red Smith was
on ihe ball every time It neared the
Wesley goal. The line-up:
Fifth Regiment (36). Wesley (23).
Soiling*, lr (20) .. .. Aldred. If (6)
Jamison, rf. (St Battle (2)
Gravea, rf. (2)
Mauck, c. (10), DuBard. c.
Smith. Ig. (4) Reed. lg. (2)
Jarvis, rg. Weaver, rg (11)
The Knights of Columbus complete
ly smothered the Y. M. C. A. teana The
score was 68 to 12 In favor of the’
Knights. The Knights were on their
home court and hod much the advange.
It must be said that the game was a bit
harsh, but in some respect It could not
be helped. The Columbus court Is
quite small and the Y. M. C. A. boys
were pigmies compared with the'K. C.
squad. Norton and McGhee starred
for the winners, while Breen and Stem
played brilliant ball for the losers.
The line-up
Y. M. C. A. (12).
Williams, If
J. B. Step, rf. (6) .
Breen, c. (6)
Applewhite, Ig. ..
Crooke. rg.
K. of C. (68).
Malone. If. (22)
.. McGee, rf. (14)
.. . .Tnylor, c. (6)
. .. Campbell, Ig.
..Norton, rg. (22)
The Grant Athletics won over the
plucky Wesley House A. c. tenni by
the score of 41 to 22. The Athletic
lads showed much superiority In pass
work and goal shooting. The affair was
clean and fn»t fought. Abbott, of the
victorious tram, was the %tar of the
game.
Fulton County Loaguo.
The goal shooting of Ed Floyd and
Ed Thomas, of Wesley Memorial, was
too much for the Company C team and
It wont down In defeat by the score of
31 to 10. The game was exceedingly
fast and Interesting. Morris played
r :ood offensive game for the losers. The
Ine-up:
Wesley Memorial, 33. Company C, 10.
Floyd (17), Warrick, If. .. Morris (8). If.
Thomas (8), rf Webster, rf.
Allen (4). r Bohannon (2), c.
Francis (4), r* Walker, rg.
Fltxpatrlrk. Ig. Barrett, !g,
Hendell.
The Boy* club still hold* a clean rec
ord of games won. They defeated the
Y. M, C. A. squad, 34 to 22. This en
counter was very clean and flashy. For
the Y. M. C. A. Clark was the star,
while Murdock, of the Hoya club
placed best for his side. The line-up:
Y. M. C. A. Boys Club
Lamar (7). rf Murdock (121, rf.
Clark (2). If A. Freeman (8), If.
Link (fi). c Selesko (12), c.
sn, ri
Fran
Lawrence. Bailey. Ig. ..Sullivan (2), Ig
The closest game played in either
league was the encounter bet ween the
Tabernacle Agogns and the 31. Rich
team. The winning points were made
National League Has
Adopted Resolutions
New York, Dsc. 15.—The N
league haa adjourned at loat. a I
peaceful session. The American I«
olutlons” were passed- over v
ce. Resolutions were adopted
the states in which National league
teams play to make ticket scalping nun-
lahahlc by flne and imprisonment and of
fering a reward of ftOO for the convic
tion of persons gambling on baseball.
Resolutions were also adopted that 25 per
cent of the world’s series money be
turned over to the treasuries of the two
leugues. It was further decided to open
JUST JOKES
i
Umplr.e Jack 8her1dan holds the record
of having put a player not only out of n
game, but out of the major leagues.
"Tip” O’Neil was a White Hox outfielder
in 11*06, doing gooil work. To provide
against emergency the Hox bought Pat
Dougherty. The team was In Boston
when Pat Joined and Fielder Jones had
ought of playing hint regularly.
Karly In the game o'Nell was out try
Ing to steal second. He thought the de
clslon wrong, and said so.
"He never touched me,” shouted Tip.
“He did,” retorted Sheridan
"You muat be blind.”
•Perhaps, hut 1 see Dougherty on the
MAY TRADE HIM
anr] stay theifr for the rest
and Dougherty's work wse
sensations) that Jones kept him am a
regular. That tall O’Neil, who failed to
* —■- released to Mlnne-
Wlth practically every American lesgua
f n
fngness to take a chance and nerve to
burn.
Nothing worrlee Cobh inure than to be
a pitcher - , victim. Karly In hla big
league career "Doc” White was his Jinx,
He was helpless when White was pitch
ing. 1 umpired a game when he struck
out four times and Fred I'ayne, the
catcher, was substituted when Ills Itfih
turn came around, I tnlnk this the only
Instance where anotner batted for Cobb.
White was a thorn In Cobb's side for
two years. But the Southerner never sur
rendered. He studied White. It«
changed hie position at hat repeatedly.
Finally he took-his place far beck In the
hatter's box. The result was success for
Ciilib. Hlnce then he has been as success
ful against White is against others.
In tli— fall of IMS the world's series
jere shown In Ht. Louis in moving pic
tures and Harry Howell lectured before
the curtain.
No player was more prominent than
Morderai Brown, lie i " " "
time and again and he
chance to talk.
the Cub was one of the greatest pitchers
CHARLEY OOOIN,
Former manager of the Philadelphia
jin the lust moment* of play. Roth
J teams showed much Improvement. The
Iflnnl score was 17 to 14, In favor of the
Tabernacle boys.
Dick Jemlson handled the games on
the Wesley Memorial court. Innis
Brown on the Knights of Columbus
floor and Charlie Wahoo on the Armory
court. AH arbitrator* gave satlifar
Nationals. He w ill probably be traded itlon and kept the boys on the move all
by the Pbl'.Iiea. the time.
Jake Abel vs. Young Joe Grim—the
battle of the Russian newsboys. This
might easily be the title of the grim
little Queensberry playlet that will be
enacted Friday night In Horry Statens’
ling In his new boxing club Irv the
Stelner-Emery building.
To go back aways—aome eighteen
years to be exact—In 1883 or there
abouts there were exiled from Russia,
for religious reasons, as Ilk? as not,
two families. One wasn't named Grim
and the other wasn't named Abel, but
those names will do well enough. The
Grim family settled In Baltimore, the
Abel family In Chsttenoogu. In each
family there whs a small son. As these
boys got on In the world they embarked
In the paper selling game, and so ex
cellent a performer was Abel that he
was dubbed King of the Newsboys, a
title that he was ever prepared to de
fend with his fists. , Ho often was he
called on to defend It that he won a
local reputation as a handy scrapper.
When boxing opened under the state
law In Tennessee Abel was one of the
flrst to offer his, services as a prelimi
nary performer. After a half daxen
buttles he hud worked his way to the
glory of main bout scrapping. Since
then he has had numerous engage
menu, but never a defeat.
The Grim lad, whose name wasn't
Grim at all, but that doesn't matter,
didn’t care about the paper selling
game, so when the race* were In prog
ress at Baltimore he enlisted as a sta
ble boy. One of the great pastimes
with the stable lads Is boxing, and it
did not take the Grim kid long to win
himself a track reputation. He followed
the raring, delegation Southward and
two years ago, In Jacksonville, hla
friends urged him to try a real ring
bout. He did, and made good. Since
then he has gone with a rush. Only
twice In Grim’s career haa he ever been
defeated, -and never has he been
knocked out. In fact, his boast Is that
no mnn within a ton of his weight can
knock him out. Both of Grlm’t de
feat* were at the hands of Kid Fore- j
mnn, of Peoria, tho Human Sledge
hammer, who knocked out 26 men In
one month and who has Danny Good
man, Redman and other great ones on
his "K. O." list. Yet Foreman fnllcd
to dent Grim. Toward the last ot the
second Grlm-Foreman battle the Rus
sian lad was.losing, but to show his
spirit he dropped h|s arms, stuck out
hi* chin and taunted Foreman to "Come
on. break your arm.” Yet with all his
vaunted kick, the Peorian could not
stun the former nswsie-stable boy, who
took everything coming and smiled for
more.
After the Foreman engagement Grim
sloughed off hi* family name and was
christened Young Joe Grim, In memory
of the Human Punching Bar, whom
he so closely resembles In stamina and
In ability to take on punishment.
Since then Grim ha* whipped Jimmy
Dasher twice, has downed Jack Cullen
In Jacksonville, ha* cone a flftc.n-
rnund draw with Patsy Hogan, the
former champion, and gave the laugh
to Billy Griffith, who agreed to stop
him In seven rounds, but couldn't,
And now Grim and Abel, both Rus
sians and both battling under abbre
viated or asstlmed names, will meet
for the flrst time In a local , ring.
Neither has ever even seen the other
before. Yet they were exiled from Rus
sia at.about the same time, both cams
to Arpericaand settled, both were news
boys for a while, both entered the box
ing game the same year, and both have
gone thru thus far without a bad de
feat and without-a knockout Friday
night's doings may add another chap
ter to the story. Anyhow, the lads will
go ten speedy round* before Staten s
new club In the Btetner-Emery-build
ing. Their go will be preceded by a
couple of preliminaries. The doings
will begin at 9 o’clock and boxing bugs
will And the place by going next door
to Staten's cafe, on Wall Street, be
tween Peachtree snd Brond-sts.
ALABAMA EXPECTS TO PLACE
GOOD TEAM IN FIELD IN 1912
Univtrcity, Ala., Dec. 15.—Next year
Alabama should be In the field with a
much stronger aggregation" than this
year. Both Yandegraaff*. Moody. Mc
Dowell, Heard, Finnal,.Harsh, Barnett,
Keller, Hick* and Greer will return. The
t'rlmaon and White will aorely inl*»
from the line Countea and Powell, und
Burngardner, • one of the fastest ends
Alabama ha* ever sported. Rut there
are Gibbon*. Ineligible thi* year on ac
count of having played with Maryville,
Tenn., and Jones and Joplin, two fresh
men. Jones being out of the game on
account of a lack of unite, while Joplin
waa lightly under weight. Both of tho
laat named are ends, Jone* In as fast.
If not faster, th«n "Little Vandjr,” tho
several years behind him In knowledge
of the game. Bowman, too, a freshman
this year, will make a atrong man. and
a good kicker. He Is a lineman, weigh
ing about 18.5, and was ineligible this
year on account of the necessary unit*.
Several other find* are expected during
class football, which will be played next
week and the week after.
Alabama should put In the Held next
year one of the heaviest teama It has
had.for several years.
HE’S "MENTIONED’
that ever lived. "What makes his work
more remarkable,55 be raid, "is the fart
that when a hoy he lost two fingers of
hla pitching hand."
When -'Howell waa making his exit
and
husky voice demanded:
"WhV don’t you get wise. Howell,
chop off a- couple of flngenr."
Kmest Greenwell, of Wlltr\Jngton,
Did., the southpaw twlrler of the
Springfield, Mass., team, may not pitch
again as the result of a gunning acci
dent. GreenweU’s gun exploded and he
received the full charge In the right
hand, the charge tearing a gaping
wound In the member. Whether ampu
tation will be necessary has not yet
been determined.
Fred Burchell, the Montreal south
paw, Is endeavoring to put chase the
Syracuse club.
GEORGE STALLINGS.
Manager of the Buffalo V
league club, who I* mentioned by
Went Fogel, of the Phlladeiphl
t Ional league baseball club, to t
manager in the place of Charles
whom President Fogel says can
manage the Phillies again. 8t
at one time managed the New
Yankees.