The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-14
YOUNG YANKEE HAS
NEW KNUCKLE BALL
Piercy's Wares Take Fancy
Ducks as They shoot Past
the Batter.
BAKER 4 PINCH HITTER

MACON. Ga. March i3.-william
Percy. one of the many candidates fof
a position as pitcher on the Yankee
team. entertained a small but select
circle OF observers to-day with a knuckle
ball which pol 'incy ducks and swerves
as II gyrated from him TO the backstor
who was receiving. This knuckle ball OF
the tall and youthful Californian was an
interesting development of the morning
practice and il looked like a hal with
which its thrower could do a great deal
OF telling service II he could control II.
Il had "A lot of speed, KEEP; the re-
place FOR 1T and sailed away from the
batter ut a downward obliquc, with a
sharp detour as II eft a straight line.
after the manner Of the cmer. bail.
The practice game of the Yanks this
afternoon a poorly played and
dragged. although The weother was fine
for baseball, TIL regulars were beaten,
s TO 3. and were wabbly at the bat and
In the field.
They could not do anything with Gull
iop or Shocker. the former IA left handler.
the other "A sp.tloli specialist. n rot
much more with slim Love. the lengthy
%sou,hpaw who pitched for Team Is tho
last three inning.. and II II hadn't been
for Team rs error, the regulars wouldn't
have scored At all.
For that matter, all OF Team BIS runs.
punched In one inning. were ,raceable
10 errors. Team Il couldn't do anything
At all with S~hiwkey o. Blodget;. but
accumulated xix ruus on Russell. the
side arm spi'b,iler. in TIE seventh in
ming. With gJod support not a run would
have been made OF Russell, but he was
unsteady. nevertheless. and three hard
hit balls were mixed in with poor plays
by Mage. Gedeou and Peckinpaugh.
Layden made a two Dagger In this Inning
and Angel Aragon from the Antilles
banged out q trip. and Il single during
the run laden round.
:. Franklin Baker took part in the
ARRAY. lie was In only for a minute
however. His hand won't permit Of
his doing any fielding yet. but he served
Ia the capacity Of pinch hitter In the
e0venth. With two on bases Donovan
atnt him 10 the plate and he took a
crack at the first ball pitched by RUS
sell. He liitel a long fly to Masee.
aIni the two base runners advanced.
Nagee's THROWN not being the best in
the world.
Hartzell and Maisel. late cripples.
PANE back ready for business. Maisel
played centre for the regulars. but did
not shine either a. "A fielde or "A hitter.
Giliiooley made his daily hi;. and others
vino batte1 safely Tor Team \ were
Herdryx. Peck. with two singles. and
Walters. I.ayden made two hits for
Team b. Miller one, .\ragon two and
Cullop one.
Donovan had his second shift Of out
ielders on Team b. these being Brown.
LXyden and Miller. instead Of High.
hendryx and Cook. lie has three sets
Of outfielders and works different sets
on Team Il on alternate days.
The score by innings;
Team P......... o o o o : q o. i 3
Team A........ o 90 ! y q q = Ga : I
Batteries - Iullup. Shocker. Love.
echwert and Alexander; ~Shawkey, Bod
Gett. Russell. Ws,t,rs and Nunamak.r.
The National Security Lea-ue has
N.ied to Capt. Huston from New York
asking for the view OF tne New York
players on preparedness for national de-
fence. The club has replied that Il is
strong for preparedness, favorirg in
creases Ia the army. navy, aviation and
ocast defences.
Robert Quinn. the Columbus baseball
Inan. was here and sought out Messrs.
Huston and Donovan. He wants play
tng talent.