The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-10
GIANTS NEXT WEEK
NEW YORK BASEBALL TEAM WILL
BE HERE
FOR preliminary PRACTICE.
TEAM STRENGTHENED BY ADDI-
TION OF DELEHANTY AND
GLEASON.

The Great Left Fielder and Second
Baseman, DeIehanty, Now in New
Orleans and Expected Here To-
day or TO-nOrrOyv-ROster of the
Regular Team Besides Number
of Youngsters Coming for Trying
Out-Catcher Bresnahan, Now
Here, Preparing Bolton street
Grounds for the Teams Use-LocaI
Players Invited to Organize and
Get in the Game With the Pro-
fessiOnaIs-Interesti Exhibition
Games VIII be the Result.
This day next week the New York
giants baseball team of the National
League, twenty-five or more members
strong will be in this city, and from
then on for the next three weeks the
toss of the sphere and whack of the
bat will be prevalent twice daily at
the Bolton Street Park in preliminary
practice previous to beginning the sea-
sons schedule of league plays.
In fact the coming of the Giants"
will practically be the beginning of
play uclll III ociN do Tic lONdl
fans will then wake up and think about
getting at the game themselves, and as
is the custom the local men will be re-
quested to organize a team and get in
the practice with the professionals.
This will not only give the New Yorks
practice, but it will aid the local men
in getting in shape for future games.
A Strong Aggregation.
The New Yorks this year have one of
the strongest aggregations that has rep
resented Gotham in several seasons,
and the knowing ones" predict that
the team will be near the top perch of
the pennant ladder at the close of the
season. Two material changes or adj
ditions to the team have been made in
the last few days that have greatly
strengthened the club. One is the Sc
curing of Ed Delehanty, the great left
fielder. about whom a controversy has
been on for some time with Washing
ton, and the other the trading of George
Smith, the second baseman, to Detroit
for kid Gleason, the great second
baseman and former Giant"
By the securing of these two men the
only weak points in the team have been
made as strong as it is possible to make
them. Delehanty is now in New Or
leans and is expected here to-day or to-
morrow, while Gleason will join the
team in Washington on the night of the
14th and come South with the other
players. arriving here on the night of
the 18th or morning of the 18th.
Roster of the Team.
The other regular players who will
be with the team are Jack Warner;
~, Dol, md a
catChers; Mathewson, McGinnity, Gro
hin, Taylor and Miller. pitchers: Nc
Gam, first base; McGraw and Gleason,
alternating at second: Lauder or
Babb third; Gilbert, shortstop; Dele
hanty and Mertes, left field; Van Hal
tran. center field, and Brown right
field. A number of youngsters, most
ly pitchers, will also be along with the
team for trial purposes, and as they
are ali promising ball players 1t IS
likely the most of them will be kept
actively on the team or "farmed."
After leaving here the New Yorks
will make a circuit of Birmingham,
Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Angus
ia, indianapolis and Columbus play
ing games with local teams and other
league clubs. and reaching home in
time to play a game with Manhattan
College, April 8, and with Columbia
College the day following.
Preparing the Grounds.
Catcher Bresnahan, who has been
in the city the past two weeks, is
busily engaged in preparing the
grounds for the use of his associates.
He has had the ground ditched so as
to carry off the water. and during the
remaining days this week will have
clay put on the bases and along the
base lines. The ground is not what
can be called good. at any time, and
Bresnahan is fearful that a rainy sea-
son will be encountered, which may
interfere with the play, though he will
do everything possible to keep it dry
under all conditions.
Mr. Bresnahan requests that the To-
cal ball players get together and come
out for practice, thus getting them
selves in condition to play exhibitions
with the New Yorks while here, and
thereby making the sport both inter-
esting and profitable to them.