New-York tribune., 1908-04-12
CROWD CHEERS GIANTS
W4RM WELCOME HOME.
TaIc and Y. y. A. {. Teams Beaten
IN Interesting Games.

Half hundred baseball PLAYERS entertained .
crowd Of 10 000 enthusiasts OF the national game
a tho Polo Grounds Yesterday afternoon. when
the Giants were welcomed home from their long
Southern training "trip A double header was
served I'D as the openiuE attraction Of the season.
Tho colts or Young recruits. playing the New
York Athletic Club curtain raiser ana
the real Giants lining NJ against Yale IN the
feature John McGrsw's men won both games
the first. four inning affair. by score or -
To ,. and the second which went the tulI hliie
innings ny 4 score of TO ].
Nearly every on the New York squad mao
chance 10 show his ability during the after
noon. The Colts played like veterans and seemed
good enough 10 win the pennant IN the Eastern
l.esguc They feded fast batted the ball hard
and Grew cheer after cheer from the crowd whlch
r-uafortabIv dled the grandstand and the right
field bleschers. Sammy Strang Nicklin was PROUD
er hls team OF youngsters, and he mad Tlsht 10
Ie for they performed in fine style DeVore' the
centre fielder got four safe hits, and Evans the
right fielder. was close behind him with three
hits. one Of them two bagger.
When the Giants strolled out on the field. the
crowd rose masse and shouted and cheered
the team with viii Then the players were
singled out and more cheers followed Nike
Donlln came in for lions share Of The shouts OF
approval. Fred Tenney, who is wearing New
York uniform Tor the first time, pranced around
like schooIboy. for his reception 10 this city
showed that he viii be a popular idol before the
season Is Tar advanced Al Bridwen. the for
re- Boston shortstop, playing IN Bill Dab
lens old place. got rousinE welcome as olo
also Needhau, the catcher
As soon as the preliminary game was over MccraW
sent out the men whom ne depends 10 bring
the pennant back New York this season. Every
player was full OF ginger and as brown as an
Indian They al seemed 10 be in perfect ooncilon
and ready jump into the long race for the cham
pionshp when The gong sounds Tuesday. The
sarm-up work was fast and clean The reju-
venated infeld played like perfect machine. Ten
ney at first base. Larry Doyle al The midway sta
ton. Al Bridweu al shortstop and Arthur Devlin
ar third base worked together without flaw
Doyle seemed 100 per cent better than he was year
ago. McGraw has made him a finished player, and
al the little crudites evident last year have
now disappeared. Bridwen. who led the National
League shorrstops last year. covered his position
with such sInoothnesF and speed that IL seemed no
work all OF Devn il is only necessary 10 say
he vas better than ever.
The oUtdelders-ShannOn. Donlin and Seymour
probably the best in the league were under all the
fies and all over the ourheid. During the game
McGraw used Anes, Taylor and Wntse. The Yale
team could do nothing with any Of them.
i was pleasure 10 see and hear AcGraw on the
coaching lines The fans hope he viii be there all
shis sea son With the little manager lending his
advice the players, they are entirely different
men and always alive 10 every opportunity
Yale played a gritty game and made much bet
ter showing than against Fordham a week ago.
Probably the collegians, expecting TO be beaten,
took more chances and consequently the result
InaI IheTe was more splIlt II Aieii piFes
Though MS ankle was badly sprained. Captain Tad
Jones directed his from behind the bat Fels,
ihe Blue shortstop. made particularly favorable
impression until ne forced 10 retire after IN
5uriuS his ankle sliding 10 second base
The Giants scored 10 the first inning Shannon
showed his eve was still good. going 70 first on
four wide ones. Teuney stepped TO the plate and
while the crowd cheered- Spike stole second Ten
uev got free pass After acknowledging the ao-
rlauSe Do4lin famed the ozone and had 10
retire AMID good uatured guyinE. Van Week hiT
seymour III the back and the bases were filled
Eresnahar forced out Seymour al second. but
shannon crossed the plate on q double steal, Ten
Uey scored. That ended The run getting.
YaIes lone tally IL the second inning. Feis
h5t 10 long The left fou line for two bases Philbn
ard Williams We're easy outs Fe-s reaching third
Then Peck bunted toward third and Feis scored.
Arnes oui- after three innings 5e inclined
n he 1r5f= wild. but had plenty Of speed, and
tte curves he used broke prettiy. Dummy
Tss-lor went into the box in the fourth inning he
wound up Ike q clock. and the crowd laughed with
Eiee All his otG antics We're worked of and he
z-iH has the ability 70 amuse- Taylor made the
bulldog r1n around in circles as II ne were trying
70 catch his raI. The Yale batsmen could moi
touch the ball once after Van Week had missed
tv-o vide drops. the Dummy pushed one up as il
he vas putting the shot. Van Week made mighty
swing and missed IT,
Every Giant took q crack rhe ball in the hftf
and sixth innings and seven runs We're tailed
Mike DonIn led the susgers with four bits. o
them . tvso-baFger There were sizzling plays
galore Yale showed Ep remarkably well in th'
fed
Not IN .-ars has there been such crowd at tn
Polo Grounds at preliminary game Il auguret
well for q prosperous season under Coogan's Bluff
one of the interested spectators was the graz
haired dean oI the national game. Father" Chad
wick who in the press stand and scored eact
rlsv. Another OF The dved-in-the-woo fans v-ai
Louis Mann