New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
r,,lv Violet of Spring Is
Onion of Late Fall,
Sometimes
Nv ". q. McGEEHAN

t.s;iancv which the Yankees arc
,.,.,,,- m the matter Of starting the
".'f -, baseball season Is encouraging
.tl,r followers. In the past the
,. have been In tie habit oil
a. running start and winding w
4 a linn twill he recalled , '1 ,,'I las,
rc militant miuions Of Huston
p.ccert Knocked the best OF the
.g S,> ptcbers silly in ono game n
No. Of ten runs being reolod on II
single inning. , ..,.n
,.5 axiom with n botanical turn
60 coined for baseball IN these
n'g'. .Thc carly violet OF the
. ,r is Che onion OF the '"'' SUI"
nc" Skirmish Drill Held
.,.. vas no game at the Poe
nv. ,cstcrdav. The spring fresh
0rovs .hc MIGHT before turned Henry
ctS Q. v1rrtation into a temporary
faO'"'tp ~ 49,, rain which dampened the
beg - g. baseball could not quench
sTooI i,tsrv srdor Of the Nanks. Ihey
me H,ii.,,o,,,.r a skirmish drlN over the
wet grass, C;hsor United States
Sefs'".-1,,tod a drill and afterward
HSa'iyered a lecture on service III 'He
"a 1T is highly important 20 get ~
.o,cb with the enemy and 70 1eel NJ ~
~ explained Sergeant Glosoh' IN
80 preliminary sklrmlshes some GAG
.T,;ss NAV occur, but 1t is the DeS'
20. -e,'' s1rcst manner OF getting llhe OF
80 80 streucth Of the enemy.
w have been getting a good me on
i. orer,v in the last few days, 0o-
en ae,.sd Private Leslie Nunamaker' e
ssI', 40. mat he has got two pretty
o 800 lcft-handed pitchers among otheT
h a7!Ic imcortant thing. though con
,;,reS the sergeant, "is keeping IN
'0s sRrt when you're keeping in touch
- bi,, he touches you for six runs,
"bjs,ted Private Nunamaker. mat
O GU h. GOOD dope in the army, but 1t
S ,Ss seem TO work in baseball.
Monroe May Pitch
Wind and weather permitting. via
w;llisr Donovan may start George
Toyroe the Tennessee Turbine, TINS
.f,ernoor. Monroe Is one OF the most
Tgoiy looking acquisitions in the way
- r!tebirc recruits that have loomed
m for some time.
FWber he arrived at the Yankee train
nc canp he was good for laugh every
se1f hour Monroe is built upon the
General ,tyle Of architecture affected
F. Jess Willard. and when he accom-
,sricd two su.tcasos that seemed Ike
frritv boxes iu his long and slnewy
tsrds he looked like lot Of waste hu-
r,anitv But once on the mound, the
Tennessee Turbine began to show con-
siderable resemblance to q pitcher.
Viii Bill Donovan took liking TO
tir tfa moment he first unwound IN
the presence OF the Jury. Monroe
bowed action that was reminiscent OF
ne poetry Of pitching motion that was
Doreyav.s when ne was tWlrllng. Also
se displayed speed tnet recalled the
iuIls. delivery OF Wild Nllllam wnen
10 really was wild. Monroe continued
70 improve upon the trip North, ana
aeforo this current season comes to its
feataf close viii be heard from con-
4detal.S.
n is 0ret-v ard to get line on the
iriyirr POW of a baseball team IN
,ro games. but later on should It de-
.eIcr that the Yankee lineup lacks the
rurcr Donovan has secret plans for
some shifting about There are still
some pretty fair hitters squatting on
the Yankee bench in the landsturm
classes
The release Of knapp, the rookie
.nfel1cr. will he taken as an aftront
10 the entire Texas League. Joe Gard
ner. former owner Of the Dallas club
and @ koen-ycd baseball scout, de-
c.sres that Knapp is one of the most
promising second basemen that ever
rosmed The windy plains of Texas.
There is cutie a little side bet on the
result Of the Yaukee-Red Sox games
curing the series. Captain Tillinghast
LNommcdieu Huston. author OF the
universal service bill for ball players,
has boz Harry Frazee. new owner Of
'he SoX. that the fanks will make a
better showing than the SoX this sea-
son.
At the present writing that bet
might look like rash investment, but
he season IS still in its extreme in
fancy
Once more it is apparent that the
national pas.ime in this vicinity IS
usherod I'm too early But it is unwise
% m ,ntion this fact. Every time the
1oacr.sfor hoar p cOmDlaiDt to the eff