New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
Yankee Manager Wants fl
Keep Men in South
Until Last Minute.
GARRISON IN THROES
OF BASEBALL FEVFp
Jack WARRIOR Extends Greeting,
and Best Wishes to His
Seventh Boss.
BY HAYWOOD BROUN

The settlement Of the relative ns,...
of the Yankees and the Superbas "a.
have to be delayed until the worIT,
series, or perhaps even longer. Pr,5L
Farrell signed an agreement Wiz
Charles II. Ebbets last season fer
term Of years, but it is probabl. H.,
the new management will try no ~.
this arrangement nullifed.
IL Is known that Bill Donova, q,
anxious TO keep his men in the Sou,s
until the last possible minute. AecorS
ing TO his plans, so far as Formulate
rot more than one or two game, wiIi
be played on the way home from n.
camp. II the series with the Broo.lv,
club is not abandoned IL will mean H.,
the Yankees will be compelled 10 com.
up from the South and lost their tr,i,.
ing edge before the season begins
The series last year did not prov.
much Of a drawing card. and yet !,
served TO dull the regular o2enins
Moreover, it was productive Of injuri.,
for the players.
Brooklyn and the Yankees would IA
we'll to curb their impatienes 70, !,
trial of skill until everybody Is con.
WINGED that they have skill to try, I.
may be, as We said, long time bstor.
they will meet.
Bill Donovan has only 10 exam,,.
his mail these days 20 realize that 4.
is regular big league manager
Among the communications which h.
received yesterday was one from Wal.
ter Clarkson, the former Harvard
pitcher, who broke in with the Yankee,
under Clark Griffin in 1904. Clark,or
wished Donovan every success in hls
new job, and added: Il understand I
am still on the reserve list Of n.
Yankees. Do you want me 10 r.por,
for spring practice ,"
Clarkson, although a wonderful
pitcher in the college ranks. never
made much of a reputation for himself
as a professional. He was sent 70
Cleveland in 1907, and soon drif,sd
out of the game. The Cleveland club
attempted to turn him back 10 the
Yankees. II is not likely that he would
be of any use to the club now. Dono.
van, however. did not say whether h,
would take Clarkson TO the South.
Jack Warhop wrote a letter which
began, "To Ny Seventh Manager, NJ
William Donovan" Z.
81 hope" the little pitcher added.
chat you have better success than the
other six | served under"
Another correspondent wa. Hal
Chase. Hal did not ask for permission
to go South or anything like that, b..
wrote 70 recommend a man for the job
Of trainer Of the Yankees.
Poker and baseball are our national
games. but the Yankees may not play
the one and they can not play the
ether.
81 understand" said John McGraw.
that Bill Donovan is around telling
people that his nickname Wild is only
a Joke and that as a matter OF feet he
had as good control as any pitcher
That doesn't go for me. remember
mighty we'll the last time Bill pitched
20 ne. He gave me four bases on balls
end then hit me in the back
EYES," said the manager OF the
Giants. that was-well, several years
ago, but the sore spot is still there
Christian Nelson. Of Brooklyn, was
eliminated in the first round CT the
American Checker Association tourns-
ment. Brooklyn's best chance OF &
championship is gone.
There will be no lack Of officers IN
the ranks of the Yankees. William
Fleischmann yesterday was appointec
assistant president of the club. Mr.
Fleischmann did much to promote the
deal for the Yankees and Captain
Huston and Colonel Rupert are e'i'
IDENTIFY determined that he shall rot e.
cape scott free. The business mans
ger and the assistant business manager
will be announced in few days.
"The suit we have brought in en-.
cago is for the protection OF baseball
announced Robert r. Ward YESTERDAY
when he returned from an executive
meeting of the league in Buffalo. Let's
see. didn't Dr.. Dernburg say that the
Germans loved the Belgians!
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