New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-19
YANKEES PLAN
THEIR INVASION
OF DIXIELAND
First Squad to Start for
Training Camp Will Be
Led by Wild Bill.
BY LEE ARMS.

1t rained yesterday. The first robin
probably was seen In Hoboken. The
plan OF the Yankees march on Dixie
land was officially announced. 1t Is
spring.
Calendrical evidence to the contrary,
meme will gainsay it is the ball players
srring. The South is calling-the
South, with its iodine, liniment and
bum cooking.
The first squad Of Yankees, under
the wing Of Manager Bill Donovan. en-
trains tomorrow afternoon. leaving
the Pennsylvania Station at ABS p. m.
T. is the battery corps. II will reach
Macon, Ga, Monday night The ami
vcrsary OF the birth OF Mr. George
Washington, who is known to baseball
by that trite aphorism. First in war,
FIRST in peace and last in the Ameri-
can League will be celebrated by
slow warm-ups, with no curves. En-
phatically no curves.
BY and large, it is cosmopolite as
semblage Of young ball tossers BIZ
Donovan will have with him in Macon.
Harry Sparrow's vest pocket blog-
raphies Of the Yank players show that
the country has been whipped from
San Francisco on the West, New Haven
ON the East, Superior, Wis, on the
North. and Havana on the South, IN
the effort 20 give New York fans some
thing they can speak about above
whispers.
Al Walters comes from San Fran
cisco. and was with Waco IN the Texas
Lcggue. lie is unknown and unsung,
and is catcher Who knows but that
he may be the Hank Gowdy Of 1915
worlds series fray? Angel Aragon
comes from Havana. much as his name
might suggest an erstwhile connection
with the Federal League. What GIT
Angel will be- II he cannot throw a
ball over a trolley car he VIII be use
ful in that he undoubtedly Will be a
repository for all the intricate kno"i-
edge Of the Spanish language when
every big league ball player mas ac-
CURED from Armada Marsans, Mique
Gonzales and other swarthy athletes
who have fingered in big league circles
Walters and Aragon are only two
OF more IMAM my hNAA l'-+
will sooner or later pass before Dono-
van in review NJ the Macon camp. Inc
squad which leaves New York to.mor--
row afternoon will consist Of Wild Bill
Donovan, Ray Heating, George Mog-
ridge. John Pieh, Plus Schwert Gil-
man Gay, Harry Smith, James McGov-
ern. Leslie Nunamaker. Coach Charles
Farrell and James Duggan, trainer
Ford Meadows and Cliff Markle, pitch-
ers. will Join the encourage az " ASH
ineton. and Allen Russell and George
Finn. two other freshman hurlers, VIII
hoard the train at Baltimore.
I'm the squad which Will 20 directly
from their homes 20 the Macon camp
are Thomas Blodgett, Irving, Kan;
William Percy. FL Monte, Cal; Urban
Shocke-. Detroit; Daniel Triple, Rock
ford. nj; Alfred Walters. san iran
cisco: Harold Gable, Toledo; Waiter
Alexander, Dallas, Tex; Germany
Schaefer. Havana, Cuba; Neal Brady.
Ludlow. Ky; +. II. Love, Memphis;
Samuel Ross, Jackson, Tenn; a. T..
Vance. Hastings, Neb, Nick Cullop,
Chilhowie. Va; Don Brown, beatrice'
Neb.; Charles Mullen, Seattle, and Joe
Gedeon, Sacramento, Cal.
The second squad is scheduled 10
reach Macon on mar" 90" -
posed largely Of the regular pitchers
on the Yankees. Ray Caldwell and Ray
Fisher start from New York, while
Gene Layden. Fred Maisel, Lutte Boone
and Bob Shawkcy will be picked up at
various points between New York and
Macon.
Those who will join the second squad
from their homes will be J. Franklin
Baker, Trappe, Nd; Roger Peckir-
paurh. Cleveland; Angel Aragon. Ha-
yans. Cuba; Charles Baumann. Indian
apolis; Luther Cook, Lynnville,, Tenn;
Frank Gilhooley, Toledo; Roy Hartzeel !.
Denver; Timothy HendryX, New "
Magee. Cincinnati; Elmer Miller, Su,
perior. Wis. and Walter Pipp, Grarl
Rapids, Mich.
It is announced that Captain Huston
will 20 South with the first squad OF
ball players.