New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
McCarty's Squad G.t.
Down to Work in
Texas Sunshine !

as" "oihout on the 6elS :.
Marlin to-day The thermometer n.'
istered IS degrees during Ia. ~
session, and when the afternoon n,s'
tice started the mercury. had elimI.,
to 90 in the shade. A fairly ..,,,.
breeze, however, tempered tn. b..,
Thirty players took part in the limb.
ing-up exercises.
Lew McCarty set bad exsmpl. q.
his men on his first day as man....
by reporting half an hour late in n,
morning. When he appeared AZ a.
park, with RUDE Benton in tow, hs W..
greeted with the merry ha-ha Of ~.
early birds. The acting manager sr
planned the delay by saying that he h,S
had a lot of trouble rounding up n,
RUDE, who had oversight.
The boys tossed the ball about for =,
hour and then had light batting u,,s.
tice. McCarty lined up the r.rrui,
pitchers, who number ten, and to-
them over to a corner Of the f,l1
where he could keep an eye on thsr
Lew, Sandberg, Kocher and Kreus,,
did the receiving for the cubs. n,
warmth so appealed TO the men TIA,
several tried to cut loose bit NJ,
Carly was continually shouting wan.
ings to them to take it easy.
Promising Pitchers Present
The pitchers whose work was wsteta
with special attention by the f,a,
and soribes present were Jimmy MI.
dleton, Who created such a sensatio,
in the American Association last ss..
son; Waite Hoyt, the schoolboy star
and George Smith, the Columbia Col.
lege twirler, who was with the Giant
the latter part of 1915.
In the afternoon practically the sans
programme was adhered To, save for u,
fact that the batting practice vas
bit more strenuous, The men being re.
CURED to run out their hits. Georre
E. Kelly, whom McGraw wishes To turn
into q pitcher because Of bis wonderful
arm, was the first boxman 10 serve
them I'D to the batters. Kelly has
been playing out on the Pacific Coast
all winter, and he burned the ball
across the plate with considerable
speed. When the first fast one vhssed
across McCarty rushed ont to the boz
and gave George a call-down.
After Kelly had explained that be
had been working out for the lan
three months, Lew told him he migtl
use a little speed but not quite
much as he had put on that fn
ball. McCarty also announced that u
view of Kelly's fine condition be VA
slated to pitch the first game Of As
training season, against Dallas nsr
Saturday.
Schupp in Fine Form
Schupp, Causey, Middleton and
Harscher followed Kelly in the boz
Schupp appeared TO be in fine fem
and a Dallas business man who sat p
the press box remarked that the SOFA
paw was pitching as though Il wei,
midseason. The fan was wrong, fS
Ferdie is not going to take any chances
with that arm which set such remsri-
able record last year
Jim Thorpe had poor day with the
stick. The first pitcher he faced was
Causey. who merely tossed the ball W
to the plate, yet the Indian, batting
right-handed, made three futile sweeps
at the first three balls. Jim then turned
about and, batting lefthanded, sent
short fly over first base.
Benny Kauff took some mighty swirg'
at the ball, but his longest hits ve,
two fouls which sailed over the fena
back of first base. Braid Kocher, vf'
is not rated as a heavy hitter, made IN
longest drive of the day, when he set
the ball on line over third, the sphsn
hitting the left field fence on the hr
bound.
Young Stars at Short
Another recruit who showed up va
was Ross Young, the lniielder, VIZ
came from the Western League. foua
covered short during the battingprscta
and handled grounders like a vetsri
He is short and stocky, Of the Mig
Higgins type, and, judging from ~
exhibition to-day, stands a good ensh'
of winning the post Of utility man. an
Walter Holke displayed his verssna'
J ity as a batter by shifting from -,
right side of the plate 70 the left s.a
meeting the ball squarely from w.
positions. Holke has added about ~
pounds to his weight during ms y !.
season, and will probably retain Il =. =.
should be better than ever VIVA w
extra avoirdupois.
Rube Benton Balk
RUDE Benton baked when u cane y
running around the park at the enc -
the afternoon drill, but after asI On.
McCarty had laid down the lss
started off on a dog trot IN me I.'t Iii
the rest of the squad. he wen' 80.
| way around and then, glsneins . .
saw that Lew was directing ms s ri
ton elsewhere, so Benton turned !.
walked back over the same groanIt ~
the PLAYERS bench. McCsrty saw =" |.
lust as the RUDE was attemptmt
sneak into a group Of the men WIN '''
finished the regulation jaunt rors
81 told you TO go around a ~. :,
didn't ~ Numbered Lew. ,, sen
piled Benton, "but what's the dlnef'a -
/ went halfway aud then pses, y n 4
covered the same distance ! wou''
had kept on going, didn't ]!
! - aeid MClarbt'