The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-16
NEW YORKS ARE HERE
,,ceRAW AND NINE MEN ARRIVED
YESTERDAY
FOR A STAY OF TEN DAYS
IN PRELIMINARY PRACTICE FOR
SEASONS BASEBALL WORK.

they. With Bresnahan, Mathewson
and McGann. Make Twelve Play
ers Who VIII start the Sphere
Going To-day-Stay VIII be short
on Account of a Lengthy Tour of
the south-OnIy Light Work win
be Done and Probably Exhibition
Games PIayed-Other Players Will
Arrive This Week-MeGrax Says
Has n Good Team.
!. !. McGraw. manager of the New
York Baseball Club Of the National
League, with nine men arrived in Sa-
va1nah yesterday at noon from Wash
tngton, where they assembled Saturday
NIGHT and are Quartered at the Pulaski.
The men are Warner, Cronin. Miller,
Gilbert. Dun, Brown, Ba.bb and Tay-
lo-. who with Bresnahan, Mathewson
and Mccain, already here. make
twelve men who viii begin practice
at the Bolton street park this morn
.ng at 9 O'Clock and keep the ball again
twice a day for the next ten days.
Manager McGraw, when seen by a
Morning News reporter, said that the
stay of the team here will be much
shorter than in previous years for, the
reason that the club has quite a
lengthy schedule ahead of it on the
circuit planned before getting back
home. April S. I'VE will stay here
but ten days" said Manager McGraw.
as on the 26th we leave for Atlanta
for a game with the local or profess
sional team preparing there, the fol-
lowing day. From Atlanta We go TO
birmingham, Memphis, Nashville. In
d.anapolis, Columbus and Baltimore,
arriving home on the Sth of April.
where We play Manhattan College that
afternoon
When asked about the prospects of
his team the coming season MI. Nc
Graw replied that il is too early to
say 4 think however. that We will
have a strong team and will give a
god account of ourselves. The most
Of The players were with the team last
season, and the improvements I have
made, or expect 10 make, will be in
positions that were weak. l will de-
vote the most of the work here 10 linz
berlng up the pitchers and in harden
LIE Il4GSN4CS O4 Inc pa. DA DdL-
ting running, etc, though We may
play some exhibition games If enough
local players can be secured to fill out
! have on a game with the army team
al Fort Screven. but l don't know yet
what date il viii take place. We will
60 TO Tybee for the game. We will
gel enough practice in team work when
on the road home, and 1 intend that
the most of our exercising here shall
BE- as above stated, in limbering up
the boys who have been without suf-
dcient exercise for some time"
Manager McGraw is accompanied by
his wife who with Mrs Mathewson
and Mrs. Bresnahan already here.
makes three Ladies' in the party, and
who will accom- pany their husbands
and the team on its trip through the
South. McGraw brought along the
uniforms Of every man besides an
abundance of balls, bats, etc, neces-
sary for thorough practice.
Frank Bowerman. catcher; George
NanHaltran. center fielder; Sam
Mertes, left fielder; Billy Kid Glea-
son, second base; VIM. Lauder. an
infelder and Jas. McGinnity, pitcher,
viii join the team during the week.
Van Haltran and Mertes come from
California and Lauder from the Indian
Territory. The other three are in the
East ana are expected here either TO-
DAY or tomorrow.
Of those who arrived yesterday and
mention of whom has not previously
been made. Dunn is an all-round man
who can play any position on the dia-
m0nd. Gilbert is an infelder of ability,
while Brown and Babb are outhelders.
They are all a likely looking and gen.
tlemanly crowd of men and think that
the short stay here, with the games
afterwards on the road, will be suf-
tclent to put them in good condition
for the opening of the season in April
No admission viii be charged TO the
practices, but when exhibition games
are played a nominal entrance fee
viii be asked. The ground is in fair
y good condition and was inspected
yesterday afternoon by the most of
the players. The headquarters of the
New Yorks viii be the Pulaski House.
where they have always made their
headquarters in Savannah and which
is the popular quarters for nearly ev-
cry baseball team that has visited Sa-
Vaunah in wears.