New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
o;solays Wounded Talon
D't n Manager Wild Bill
and Scribes.
NuRY COMING ALONG
FINE, HIS REPORT
o,s shawkey Predicts Trappe
Farmer Will Begin Pounding
Ball Right Away.
Pa GRANTLAND RICE

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49,, Ga March After a years
.ss on the farm in close COM
',,, with nature and such John
S..,tlip Baker resumed his original
.,,;o, shortly before midnight
49, i 10 say that John Franklin
' his Atlanta connection for the
Ice camp and was forced into
,'-,.bour delay before displaying his
'~.5s5 talon 20 the gaze Of Manager
rS.oTsn ard cluster OF waiting
rross. -. 20 TINA in
.!s-;ng Donovan from Atlanta. HOW
p'tA lad hand? ." asked Bill. Com
E '.t dne." was John Frankln's re-
y. Which should indicate that he
III bs ready TO carry the old ash
w., -;, :, M TO the plate and bust one
a M worry about Baker not get
~ sbsne soon" said Bob Shawkey'
~, ,ls ,oomnate. a year ago he re-
..,,sS two weeks late All that tiIne
4. ri,ebers were getting IN me shape
.A pstsr hadn't hit q ball all winter.
.. e. got 10 camp az y o'clock, and al ;
-, m, at third IN q uniform Ano
'rsongb ne hadn't swung at Dali ~
So, eve months and hadn't been on
pc .,s;r three hours, he stepped OUT
~. = single and o double and then
.-.ln5sS The days performance ny
e-.,-u enc over the centre field
!E;s' do +Lis and
a -, aaing II IS a welcome addition
= ann. even if he gets IN AFTER mo
,.,s. with a hard and fairy damp
a I-., What the years lsy-off will do
q, Johr Franklin will not be known
y. " later ON. But he will get some
AZ. elass pitching TO lace IN the wa!
d an early test.
-bs,s was a knock at the door, so
80 "Cone IN" The door opened
az sender. well dressed young EEL
Law VIC looked 70 be about twenty
two entered. At first glance we
though, he was q sophomore from
yercer University But he wasn't ne
rs, prominent peach grower nom
,ors seventv-fve miles upstate, VINO
la 'us, completed final Inspection
4 NJ peach orchard before Leaving
E'rs ,.u,
Ora bit. For ne was also some one
80 You might call him the Jncas OF
bsvbau Uneas, as we recall him, nav
1 ,f bssn the last OF the Mohicans. 5ut
us a. first glance would have taken
ii, sim, young looking citizen as the
AS Of the Old Cub guard, the one 10
Errs under the old STANDARD when
Cane, Evers, Tinker, Holman, Sheck-
| ", S,e.nfeldt. etc. had left -.
lie name was Frank VI. Schultz, OF
wen you may have heard. de was on
! lis way 10 Tampa 20 start his thir-
rr.h campaign as d Cub. Schultz is
,sv .hirty-four years old, but looking
q bin to-day you would be wiling 10
al any man liar who said he was
ciy over twenty-five.
Shuttle has q battle on 70 hold his
pace, but he isn't worrying the slight
~ Maybe that Is why he is still a
l-s, with most OF the others missing
non the playing ranks. Franks PM
loso7hy ia still intact. "lll give EN-
ne best hsve," he said, "and II that
MI enough, there are still a lot Of
ps'sls who Ike peaches and are Will
nlm pay the market price"
S,slie reports that his orchard will
,o', Be IN the pink and white OF coadi-
N@' With record crop threatened Il
70 internal complication sets in
ne complete mastery maintained By
sas ncuncsmen here is beginning 10
.sas Curves and speed developed by
We liehers through an early start are
lO sSing 10 rule here forever. There
~ 20 many good batting eyes around
io' ne Tanks 10 hold their ancient hit
.sH s'ais for many days. Signs Of the
s9ehg outbreak were developed this
.t'hoon, when In g three-inning con
~ Lutte Boone hammered one out
us park, MeGovern poled a three
aye and no less than seven tallies
s.it scored
.hs iannlgans were leading. 5 20 2,
sslolga the batting OF McGovern and
.V0ne, when combination rainstorm,
~. .aooh and dust carnival interrupted
~. y. parry and dispersed all hands 20
r'Ni The Vans peppered Dairy
v sass slth gusto, also with bats, while
~ ooiiop held the regulars in cheek.
- ruHor that GilhOOley has d
.ose wing has been p trife exag--
.~o. AZ one stage Of the brief
50, VIA runner on second, sin
's"ec INTO deep right. Gilhooley's
~. 'eS peg whizzed Do on line over
-. 1skers head; and while the run
~ ,so'ea, i was not through any arm
,.hes, but through too much
lss Gilhooley has a weak arm
- - Bryan has a weak voice.
,he y. Nunamaker thumped a
- INTO left, and was then LETT
saeo a. third after a hard sprint.
.s wise athlete. Mr.. Nunamaker
p. Mapped out his batting programme
~, -.e next time up lie will hit ons
80, 49, ne fence and walk around. Prett Z
s'sc gs,sm.
~, ~ e.r write 81 down that Caldwell.
~ Heating, ShSwkey, Cullop and
r,,.egs will be retained a. pitching
,.,h Dan Aarkle looks 20 be the
AZ. ehoiee, leaving one gap. And
Ns as argument begins as % whether
P,,oh the stat will be Russell,
n,s.I Love or stlu another. We'd
~ Tine give the answer.
reiers Law 70 the Box.
Y.,-~,n. Afoor. Mich. March T. Charles
it.isss,h' pitcher Of the Philadelphia
"a. ~, VII not Join Connie Mack's
rr,~,,...sH ,ssson. but will continue 20
% AN a. Wayne, ". Va, according
VII, .Isf be wrote % n friend here
sy.s MADE public to-day. Wayne