New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02
MCGraW Heads Team That Hits
Hard, and Easily Holds Lead
Over Texas Combination.
THORPE A LUSTY HITTER
With Two Safe Bunts and Long
Two Dagger Indian Makes
Strong Bid for Place
Among Regulars.

From a staff Correspondent OF The Tribune
Dallas. Tex. March John J. Nc
Graw personally led his string of FESTIVE
colts heer to-day TO play the first exhibit
ton game of the season. They lost no
time I'm showing the results of a week and
a half of work at Marlin by romping away
with victory over the Dallas nine by a
score of 3 to I.
Under the able twring of Goulait and
Fred Smith the FIRST contest for the won
column was ushered in. 1t was a cold day.
ami the attendance was measre. yet the
men profted by the work. and the little
Napoleon was able to get fair idea of
the ability of his miniOns. The Dallas
club has been in arms only about week,
so that il is no great feather i'm the caps
of the recruits that they were Triumphant.
The trip from Marlin was made during
the night. 1t is only about three hours
away as the crow flies. but the railroads
down here 10 not take after the crow in
the slightest way. BY leaving the train
ing camp at If 80 O'Clock last night, the
team was able to arrive here at about ,
o'clock this morning.
At the Oriental Hotel waiting TO receive
the youngsters were the regulars from the
East. who were due TO report in Marlin
to-day. In the crowd were Wilson. Merkle,
HerzOg. Crandall. Fletcher. Devore and
Murray They tried to keep straight
face and tell McGraw that the missed con-
nections. The manager allowed them to
stay over tonight.
Shafer left Los Angeles for Marlin to-
day, and will arrive early in the week.
while Snodgrass is excused to defend a
lawsuit and will trail along about the
10th of the month All are now accounted
for with the exception of Marquard ana
Perryman. the young pitcher.
Only twelve players were brought 10
Dallas by McGraw. the rest remaining
behind for daily duty under the dlrec-
ton of Robinson. Schupp was so WHO
in the practice session yesterday that
the manager ordered hi INTO stay nome
until he got over this fault and Demaree
was brought along In his place.
AS might be expected. all eyes were
directed 10 Jim Thorpe. and every one
was anxious to see how he behaved
himself in a New York baseball uni
form Jim gave a fine account or MINI
self in the game. He had no puzzlinS
situations to confront in the field. so IL
was plain sailing there. At pat ne
made three hits. leading the team IN
this respect Two Of his safeues were
hunts that he beat out, while the thiro
was long two-bagger to left Whlch
might easily have been turned into
triple had not Larry Doyle stopped MN
at second. Jim unbuckled his drive at
= timely moment as Burns had opened
the frame with a two-base hit The
Indian kept up rally when nhaiis
Melted four runs and put the game
on ice.
While he was in the fray Thorpe took
occasion to steal two bases. but in TINS
regard he was only doing the same as
everybody else McGraw struck the
KEYNOTE of the coming race by squirting
his minions on to twelve successrui
steals. six of them accruing from the
double pilfer combination.
The Giants faced three pitchers, one OF
them a southpaw, and hit the ball freely
for eleven safeties. Foster. who appeared
in the last three innings brought out
SPARKLING curve WHICH Hc NphNiNAiN "'''
difficulty, but. nevertheless, it stood the
Giants on their heads. even Larry Doyle
and Hartley treating the new arrival
with respect. 1t was ludicrous to see
Thorpe bend and twist to escape Deihe
hit by a ball that broke right over the
plate. None Of the players have battec
against curves yet and this partially ex'
,,loinc fheir weakness
George Burns was in excellent form
getting TO first five times on two doupies
a pass and two errors, and scoring three
runs. Cooper, the promising young out
fielder, contributed a single and a double
as well as TWO stolen bases. His two
base drive was hit so hard that 1t rolled
through the legs of the left fielder anc
q the youngster got HON on the error
Goulait pitched the first five innings fo'
the Giants and did not show great deal
Fred Smith. who finished the game
brought out surprisingly beautiful
curve. over which ne seems TO have eX
cellent control.
The score follows:
NEW YORK GIANTS. DALLAS:
abr DO a 9 abr 20
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