The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-25
Chill AND MUD PUT
CHECK ON YANKEES
Trot 10 Racctrack. Around 1t
and Back TO Hotel All That
Players Try.
DONOVAN NOT TALkATlVE
~ WILLIAM d. HANNA.

MACON. Ca. Feb. ga rainy night.
,hen a chilly and windy day reduced
he ,,linins Of the Yankees to little
better than a period Of idleness to-day.
The field was muddy. or there would
have been a short practice notwith-
standing disagreeable weather, but as
It vas IN" players trained on Kelley
pool in the morning and a Jog out TO
N. bail pa,k and around the racetrack
N the afternoon. They we're out an
aouf. and that was the extent OF the
framing Some of them ambled twice
around the mile track and the best man
foot Of the lot was Cy Pieh.
The training season IL 80 little ad.
yanced that Donovan didn't feel he was
losing much in losing "a day. He hardly
has begun to get any idea OF what his
.ytrui,s can do. With twenty-five men
TO keep an eye on. IL Is a hard lob 10
some to a satisfactory conclusion in the
whole training season. to say nothing
9. two days,
Not only that says Bill. but some
pitchers are wise and don't show YOU
az, thins until they have to. while
others turn on everything they have / n
the first week and so delude you into
TIE belief that they are wonders. Mays,
the Red Sox pitcher. was with me when
/ had thu Providence club. In practice
be didn't show anything and l had an
entirely WRONG impression of his ability
uatli We played a game in Washington.
Then h" showed what he had, the
washinetons couldn't do anything with
HIM., and | knew for the first time that
ae Was a pitcher
Therefore little can he said Of the new
pttA,rs now here. Mogridge n Vance
10Th showed enough pitching talent at
lie Polo Grounds last fail to warrant
heir being held and their chances are
better for that than of the newer men.
although Nick cullop. the former Fed
southpoN, on his reputation alone Is a
strong probability ~ a MOUND corps
regular. A. Il fielding pitcher he seems
: BE- especially gifted. and he is u hard
working, eNuberant chap: apparently
ra,s bail as much for the fun Of it as
.o- IN" remuneration.
Donovan says Vance has the actions
sri curves OF Il first class pitcher and
ne'.'S chiefly confidence. Catcher Alex
anaer. from his acquaintance on the coast
with BIZ Piercy, a youthful pitching re-
riii. holds the opinion that the Young
SER j. due for big league honors in time.
The sorting and selecting of the team
as 4 wlole will be. in the lighting upon
he strongest combination. A yexatious
r'chlcm for Donovan. The Pacific coas,
cement among 'ile recruits here all speak
hgilN OF iedcon ami say he was the
hest player in the Coast League las, year.
= he does come through IL will solve the
e,o1i base question for Donovan. for
With Baker and GIDEON in the lnfield and
N4.S,l in tho npss.ll tha 40, mould
ave NJ 1t can stand to advantage, a
more liberal %sprinkling of right handed
oi'iers.
Many combinations are possible con-
-si ns that Lee Magce can be trans
erred to the inhefi II advisable and
sat Htumann and Mullen are no out of
Ne rIuuing.
Cap. Huston Of the Yanks has gone
% Dover Hall, Ga, TO look over his
'un,.ns and fishing preserve there. lie
Went with George Stallings, who also Is
Interested in the plant.