New Britain herald., 1917-02-28
|lANTS' RECRUITS
/ SHOW UP Strong
ildud and Young Both Play Well
| Around Inield Positions

Marlin, Tex, Feb. 23-Pie Way was
10 first member of the Giants squad
get to work yesterday. lie grabbed
ent out on the baloncy on the sec
Id floor. where band of shrieking
ITS had gathered for a musical
+ The cats scattered as soon as they
eotted Pie, and he gave chase. Into
te hotel dashed the cats, and up and
5wn the hall they raced. with Way
! hot pursuit. The din by this time
I'D aroused several of the other play
is who had rooms on the floor and
icy gathered in their doorways to
lecr Pic on. The fun ended when
sc cats spied an open window. Al.
kndc their escape without inquiry,
Eve ono, apparently older and more
feblc than tho rest. which was ma.
| frially helped in making it's exit by
Yay's bat.
AS a result of tho episode of ths
pts all tho players were on the field
Fight and early for the morning
Pill The weather was much cooler
pan on Monday. and the men were
bit sore following their first work
ut Acting Manager McCarty rea-
y#zed that there would have to be
III little let-up. and the men took
pings easily merely loosening up
hcfr arms. In the afternoon the sun
@erced the clouds and the players
sad no trouble in getting up a per-
@,iration.
First Inficll Practice.
The feature Of the afternoons
8ra ctice was the drill given the IN
elders. For the first time ground
re were hit to the men and the ball
Eas tossed from base to base. Holke
md Kelly took turns covering first,
fhile Joe Wagner guarded second.
Che rest of the infield was made up
Il Shepner and kilduff at short and
Foung and Bars at third. The battle,
between Young and Wagner for tho
filthy infield position Rsdpises to he
Ieen. Both handled AN in mid
eason style, taxing OS sfSs Of both
he speedy hitsSsni sttis NOV teasers.
ilduff showed UP we'll w ahort as
pr as his fielding went, but does not
Ippear to be SO good d hitter rs the
Ither two. a5S
The pitchers used a little more
peed in throwing the bail to the bat
prs than on Monday, and the out
|osne was that some, OF the recruits
Pund it more difficult to drive the
pail into safe territory sassIew Nc
Party gave the impression that he
Mil start the season right where he
ct off last year, when ne tied with
Efal Chase for the league leadership.
Jew maae several long hits and only
9ncc failed to send the sphere out of
lhc inheid
More Long Fouls for Benny.
Benny Kauff again exhibited his
fpecialty OF smashing fouls over the
Fence. He lost four balls this way on
Monday and four more yesterday.
much TO tho disgust of Henry Fa
bian. Who is getting worried for fear
he will notslave enough balls to last
until he can get another supply.
Benny still persists in endeavoring to
send the ball out of the lot every
time he goes TO the bat. From pres
fnt indications he will achieve hts
hmhition many times during the sea-
son.
or the veteran twirlers, Jeff Tes-
reau. Schupp and Benton did but
(Sittla pitching to the batters, most
(lof this work falling to the nevcc1u-
Hers. Tcsreau INDUCED in four games
fof han3ball, while Ruhe Benton got
! his Warming up through chasing flies
about tho outfield. He didn't get
near enough to any Of them to make
catch
Two more players joined the squad
yesterday. Hans Lobert and Jose
Rodriguez made the trip here from
Cuba. Hans organized a league on
| the island last fall and Rodriguez
played on one of the teams. Hans did
no playing, but appears to be in trim,
as result of the swimming he did
each day. According to Hans, the
revolt against the government in
Cuba came very near preventing his
departure from the island for some
time