New-York tribune., 1912-03-09
Suit Game to the Weather and
Play Football for Change.
DAY PASSES WITHOUT RAIN
Field, However, Is So Wet That
McGraw Restricts Players
to Light Practice.
LRy Telegranh % The Tribune.

Marlin. Tex, March S.-FootbaIl under
catch-as-catch-can rules on 4 restricted
grIdiron in front OF the Arlington Hotel
formed part o. the practice OF the Giants
to-day in their final workout before the ex'
hlbiuon games at Dallas and Fort Worth
tomorrow. II was just the right sort OF a
day for football. as the temperature ranged
between 10 and 30. with a dull gray sky
overhead. Conditions were about the same
one might expect IN New York late in No
venber, but not a drop of rain fell the
entire day. and the ball players were enx-
ious 70 set some exercise.
The heavy rains this week foodcd ard
softened the field at Emerson Park. and as
there has been no sunshine in Marlin for
seven or ten days the mud was thick
everywhere except on Main street and on
the highway in front OF the hotel. both OF
which are paved. Therefore. the Giants
took their constitut!onals on hard pave
ment and the yielding turf OF the hotel
lawn. After the football game the lawn
locked as though q herd OF steers had
stampeded over IL
For about two hours this morning the
players worked out in front OF the hotel.
while Marlin citizens draped themselves on
the sidewalk The athletes wore their
heavy Macklnaws al first, but later peeled
down 10 their knickerbockers and houses.
All OF the pitchers tried their erIns. and
Larry Doyle organized a bunting game
along the smooth concrete. The work was
brisk enough 70 bring out the pcrsp!rauon.
and that. with tho hot baths and massage.
relieved cramped muscles
Early in the afternoon Harry Mccormick
brought out huge medicine ball Weighing
about fifteen pounds and put II into play as
a football. The gridiron was space about
30 by 100 feet. and there were eleven men
more or less on z side. Mccormick, who
is an old college guard, captained one
team, and Jacobsen, the giant Swede from
Rock Island. led the other. Signals were
perfected, but the play was simply one con-
tinuous scrlmmage
Only the big men got into the thick fray,
and II IS a wonder some OF them we're not
hurt in the fierce downs. The gamS ragged
for three-quarters Of an hour. and at the
finish the players were hemmed in by a
large crowd. Nobody could tell the score,
and the end came rather suddenly when
some jokers heaved the contents Of water
pitcher from a balcony OF the hotel and
drowned out the pastime.
4 mixed crowd Of youngsters and vet
Grams numbering about thirty left az mid
night for Dallas on two special cars. On
the same train were two other sleepers.
loaded with Chicago White Sox. on their
way 70 South Texas. Eight OF the cham
pions who got a month Of training in Cuba
before the holidays are on the active list
tomorrow and Sunday. Seven OF them
will play with the regulars. and one. Pau
lette. will catch for the colts These men
are in much better condition than those
who laid of after the worlds series.
Maxwell, Tesreau and Pierce will pitch
for the regulars tomorrow in Fort Worth
and Sunday in Dallas. Fullenwider. Nun
sell and Terrell will divide the pitching for
the colts