El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-11
Giants Are Worried About Their Jobs
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Veterans and Recruits Working Hard
D. DAlION RUNYoN

4 EARLIN' Texas. March 11.-Smiles
Nj fit few and far between the
= \ camp Of the New York Giants
these days. The sound Of childish
laughter is stiIled. The once Joy
ful voice Of even John Doyle and John
Bannerman Mclean are now elum
gurgles gyrating gIoomuy through the
corridor Of the old Arlington hotel like
vocal ghosts Of mirth.
Gone is all the equine diversion or
horse play Of other spring training
times. No one has suggested a badger
fight It seems almost fuconcefva ble-
but there is even grave danger of me
season passing without the annual OBJ
servance Of this ancient athletic rite
No one has so much as thought OF
II is with shame that we confess If.
but no rooms infested by recruits have
been wrecked No defunct snakes.
IOads. mice, or other representa- ves Of
the animal, vegetable or mineral king
dom have been placed between the
sheets Of any beds. No pals Of water
have been poured on people up 70 this
writing The spirit Of gentle leyity is
quite dead
There Is no more poker. or. when
there IS, Laughless Larry Doyle re-
fuses 10 rise on a four-Ilush. Jim
Thorpe has not broken 4 single bone
IN human frame at mis- old innocent
IS rumored that some Of the players.
including Chris Nathewson, have de-
scended TO bridge
Merkle Not So MirthfuI
The other day Fred MerkIe captured
an enormous roach roach as big as
your hand-Which would have fitted
nicely into some ones shoe. or been
just the very thing TO place beneath
some ones plate; but instead Of MAJ
ing the most Of his opportunity, MerkIe
pertuncIOrily put the creature in an
envelope, sealed il up and left it in
Arthur Flethcer's mail box
The efforts Of the iron doorkeeperH
to interest himself in the proceeding
were pathetic. It goes 10 show 10
what extent jocosity has degenerated
in this camp. In other DAYS that roach
would have somehow OF other gained
permanent place in the baseball history
OF Marlin
We do not want the reader 10 gather
the impression that there is a condition
OF general woe hereabOuts, though we
may seem 10 be painting with funeral
fingers What We are trying to convey
is that training times have suddenly
changed between springs. There is an
atmosphere OF stern business about
this camp There is something that
suggests regular office hours and
work and other unpleasant subjects
one Of the largest patches of base
ball material ever taken to a big
league school might well be expected
10 develop lot Of life, and color. and
romance but this particular crowd has
now turned out to be nothing but a
bunch Of baseball players in spring
training
Somehow we feel that We will never
take another training trip. The old
game isn't what il used to be- II is
getting too much like an occupation.
CaEey Bunch Of Recruits
The explanation OF the change is
simple enough. Some have attributed
it 10 the fact that the recruits brought
by Sinister Dick' Kinsella are an TOO
cagey to provide entertainment for the
vets pointing out that the Sinister one
made serious mistake in failing 10
bring a few badger barbered boys. But
this is not the correct answer. The