The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-12
M'GRAW ARRIVES TO
TAKE HOLD OF GIANTS
Tour Ends Officially With His
Resumption Of Regular
Work at Marlin.
DONLIN'S OLD EYE YOUNG
First Act Hit Over Fence
Doyle and Thorpe Hammer
Ball Hard.

MARLIN, Tex. March 1i.-John Mo
Graw and his fellow collectors Of foreign
hotel labels arrived this morning from New
York and the Giants contribution to the
band OF noble athletes who lately graced
the Cois 80, the Mouski, the Honchodori.
the Boulevard des Capucines, the Strand
and other transoceanic thoroughfares
Joined their less travelled confretes and
settled down for stay In Marlin. The
gallivanting is over for a while. and
Asia. Africa. Europe and the U. s. A. will
resume the normal tenor OF their baseball
way for q spell.
In the McGraw party. which came In "a
special car, besides the manager. were
Mike Donin, Fred Merkle. Larry Doyle.
Jim Thorpe and Catcher Cotter. George
wiltse and Bunny Hearne OF the tourist
pitching department did not come with
the others. They dropped off Ell route for
visits to the folks. The total Of players
now In the Giant party numbers thirty
i've
With the latest batch Of Giants came
also mean weather. There was heavy
rain last night and to-day was cold and
windy. So McGraw was not able to re-
sumo charge with a practice game. The
feld was too muddy and the weather too
raw anyway. The controversies OF the
factions therefore were dispensed with
until sun and warmth reappear.
Nevertheless McGraw took hold with q
frm grip and got a good deal Of work
out Of his men before his first day In
camp was over. Morning practice was
cxilcd mud or no mud, and everybody
from globe g.rdler to those who previous
TO coming to Marlin never had been across
the Jersey fats was In the drill and en-
gagged with equal earnestness. In the
morning batting practice Jim Thorpe.
Mike Donlin and Larry Doyle laid against
- hal uif viz nd hn frsf htxD
Oonlin did was to crack one over the
right field fence.
In the afternoon McGraw summoned
the youngsters 20 the field first and put
them through another batting practice
before the regulars arrived. Then fol-
isWod batting FOR the regulars Rob
Boscher hit with the regulars and Jim
Thorpe went to the field to chase the
batted balls. so Jim is not yet officially a
regular. Most Of the many pitchers were
called on to pitch to the batters. None
kept the box TOR more than q short time
but all OF the younger crowd and a few
OF the veterans took turn.
While the old stagers were batting the
Dallas inheld was In position as well as
Pies and Harrison of the Quilted. and
the work wac 1u!ckened b. two practices
oeing merged in,o one. The helders not
only had to handle balls driven by the
netters but while this was going on DON
lin was hitting to the infie.d and Mar
QoArd 10 the outheld.
Asked II he was going to make any
f0etheY effort to get Shafer. McGraw re-
peeod. mo. think not. II he has made
W his mind to retire we will have to mako
the best Of It,"
McGraw confirms the reports about the
Improvement Of Jim Thorpe. Can he hit
q curve bail any better than he could p
the manager was asked.
He picks them out better was the
reply. Everybody on the trip noted his
Improvement
Thorpe and Donln brought with them
the latest in Partisan canes-malacca
sticks with silver knobs and initiated with
silver letters. quite swaggcr and strictly
big league. The Federal League has
nothing to approach them. Thorpe also
has with him n Gallo hat bought N
Paree. he said. though II may have been
= dark night when he bought It,
Reports of the money cleared on tho
world tour seem To have been exaggerated
about $4,000. McGraw says. instead oi
$4,000.