El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-02
.MATTY TAXES ROCKIES To TEXAS
THINKS SALARY WING IS RESTORED
Giant Veteran Says He Will Train Gradually With the
Youngsters to Avoid Accident and Believes He Still
Has Many Years of Baseball Before Him; "Mo-
vie" Crowd Goes Along on Marlin Trip.
BY SAM CRANE.

q who has held the position ever since
{ Harry Tuthill went to the Detroit III
gers from the Giants, accompanied the
b party with his little gripsack packed
fun of medicines and linaments with
! which he viii get very busy the first
/ few days of the training season. al
1 though by the fine physical appearance
/ Of the youngsters when they Jumped
1 on the train they gave the impression
/ that they were all hard as nails and
{ would not require the well prepared
trainer to overeXert himself in cOndi-
toning his charges.
big Crowd Saw Men OFF.
President Hampstead and secretary
! Foster were Mt the station to see the
I boys off, IS were a big crowd of Giant
rOoters and baseball fans, whose en-
thusiasm gave encouraging evidence
of the renewed interest in the game
and the home clubs that has been so
plainly manifested in local fandOm
since the Giants and Yankees have both
been apparently so strengthened by
the addition Of prominent players that
prospects are bright that both will be
factors in the respective races for the
pennant of 1916.
Matty, of course. was the greatest
attraction to the assembled enthusi-
asts, of any of the players, although
the youngsters did not lack attention.
The clean cut appearance of all the
players and their apparently splendid
physical condition caused much favor
able comment
MHtty Il Popular.
AIatty held a levee He was sur
rounded by hundreds of his admirers
and well wishers while he was wait
ing for the train to start and appeared
to be in the best Of spirits and glad to
to be in harness again.
The star pitcher said in answer to
the many anxious inquiries as to his
famous pitching wing:
L have trong hopes that I shall be
able to get into the regular lineup of
the Giants at the start Of the champion
ship season this year and play out the
string to the end I have had no pain
i'm my left shoulder, where my trouble
has been, for the past six weeks. and
as my pitching arm was solely affected
by that ailment, ] feel greatly encour-
aged.
MY physician. who has attended me
all winter, tells me he thinks I viii be
able to use my old soup bone as well as
VIII Work Gradually.
'T am going to Marlin with the first
squad. so that 1 will have plenty of
time TO do my training gradually in
stead Of waiting for the regulars as
has been my custom heretofore. when
one feels like cutting loose before one
is exactly In shape to do so.
L am particularly anxious to do well |
this season, for 1 think the Giants have
more than a fighting chance to win out
and 7 want to do my full share toward |
1t and make up for my poor showing
last year. although that was by reason /
Of illness.
Il do not consider myself a has been |
by any means. Look at Hans Wagner. |
Why. he is ten years older than I am 1
and he saws he is going TO play until |
he is sixty. I do not hope to do that, |
but ] do want to quit with colors fly |
ing and on top, too"
Movies on the Train.
A party Of movinE-p picture actresses d,
and actors boarded the train on which |
the Giants left, Just as it pulled out |
They viii go all the way through to 1
Marlin. and not only viii pictures be |
taken on the road al different stops but /
the movie troops viii figure in certain
stunts during the first week of the
season.
This is the first time that any club
has been accompanied by a movie out
tit, although the Giants have been
took" many times while in Marlin.