The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-24
YANKEES SETTLE
DOWN TO WORK
IN MACON CAMP
Newcomers Increase Squad to
% and All Go Through Two
Practice Sessions.
DONOVAN IS PLEASED
WITH WARM WEATHER
n, WILLIAM n. HANNA.

NAcoN. Ga. FEB. 23.-Bim Donovan's
ss,aSy OF Yankees assembled In Macon
FOR ,pr'ug training was Increased to
,ven,v.scycn to-day when four more ar
rived. They were Cliff Markic. the
o,tcher Don Brown, a big thickset chap
VINO is an outfeider by profession and
comes from Topeka; Walters. the young
catcher from Waco. and Schwert. also a
catcher and also young.
The second day Of training was more
elaborate than tho first. There were two
sessions and the weather for zach was
warm and favorable. Three or four
DAYS at the start like this" a y Dono-
VAN. will CONF IN handy. for a stretch
Of Il, means enough for the players to
r., nd Of early soreness. It's when you
have a day or two Of work and hen
nave to lay up a day or so on account
of rain that YOU are not getting much
benefit. for then you have to start all
over gain
With two more catchers the big outlay
Of pitchers was better taken care OF
than Yesterday. For that matter the
Nfltl Ubl1 Wl'thlUR t'lu ppu OcediItc
more systematic. The afternoon pitch
lug practice was long but moi exacting.
while in the morning the infield, consist
.ng Of cable at short. C;edeon at second
aud Mcoiovern at first. operated briskly
for a quarter Of an hour. Gable. who
l. short and muscular. operated In lively
style at shortfeld. lie II Of the same
build a. Bush Of the Tigers and not
much heavier
In the afternoon the practice began
with the pitchers operating in two
squads. Meadows. Finn. Triple. Ross
pieh. Brady. Cullop. Russell and ShockeI
we're IN one with Nunamaker. Schwert
and Walters doing the receiving. Percy
Narklc, Vance, B,odgett and Gay were
N the other. with Farrell. Smith and
Alexander as their c~atchers. Love and
Moeridge pitched to each other. keat.
'ngs work consisted If outHeld prac'
tee, and Ray Caldwell gave his triet
and true wing "A short unlimbering in the
morning.
Batting practice came next. the bat
,srs trotting around the bases eacl
,ine they hi, the bal. Pitchers for thil
were Vance. Blodgett. Gay. Brady
Percy, Meadows n Love, with onl!
Love making a pretence at speed
Geieon logged "A couple over the shor
eft field fence.
Nothing special in the line OF sor
AIMS was reported. though there VII
some general soreness from the exer
tons OF yesterday. Capt. Huston, tn
Yankee magnate. who attends ever,
practice session and sticks them OF
tfom first 70 last. says the club wi.
oirry only twenty-five players this yea,
hree less than the maximum limit. On
'eisln for this IL economy, another I
g; better work out of the men who ar
'e,aiued. The apportionment will! b
elgnt pitchers. three catchers, six In
ieidcrs and five outiielders, the Capital
say. which will be plenty. OF tn
ms squad of players the only absentee
now are Germany Schaefer n Charlie
Mullen.
H. the days bunting practice Mic
Cl..op entertained with more fast an
,mu>.ns fancy capers. cullop. who I
som-wlEt, Of a live wire, enjoys thi
luu''ug game business hugely and ex
l.lits activity and skill while thus en-
gagged, which indicates that he is consid
er,hls Of u fielding pitcher.