New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
King George May Suspect
Bomb in WaMe Pipp's Hit
Dill Last Seen on Paul
Revere" Headed for
Merrie England
By ". o. MCCLELLAN

By ". q. MCCLELLAN
r.,o, Ca March 10 Practice to-
IS confined 20 the batting depart
The remarkable discrepancy be
=, the batting and the pitching OF
mad IS SO much on the side Of the
80, that 10 has intensified the wild
-. Of Bit Donovan So he has OF.
s.,,s smuggling practice until the hit
-. ,omes nearer 20 being on a par
nth the pitching.
t.;s comfortable 70 have an eAicien;
,..,sipg stat. Of course. Wild VIII
IN Donovan Is not wild because his
.,,ssrssre displaying remarkable early
.,oseiency. but he holds, with more or
h. logic. tina, baseball games are not
ron BY pitching alone. Three hits for
~ inning game will not gather any
.,,,iserable number Of pennants. and
via william demands some more.
keal IllNnins ioi ba'tNiH
IN training As batters Donovan in-
,t, TIA, they work against some real
,.,bnc. He Is we'll aware that a
.,,,er gathers ~ proficiency by hoist
=, EASY lobs out Of the lot. He in
,,.fs that they nit against the res
hing; consequently the casualty list
from this camp doss not show eight OF
,.n home runs and three-baggers pei
practice,
The only long mt achieved to-day
zoe, 10 the o.eG.- Of WalIie Pipp, the
,,s,-ing frs, baseman of the Yankees
rTv turn out 10 be the longest hi
A. record. because it is by no means
lrshsd ye,
thappene6 in the most commonplace
fashion. Slim Love. the Memphis Mas
,,son was trying a new kind OF
t,resle ball which he calls the Tybe'
Twist t was breaking like shrap
,J shell 10 all directions, and d
seemed TO have the Yankee sluggert
p.rged a. the start.
Last year Sim had no more curve
nan goat. But under the tutelage o
DIX, Farrell he developed one tina
lad his team mates winging. partl.
i-,n sheer amazement. but mostly be
as.s OF the efficiency o. the break.
WalHe Pipp Hits One
lnsr nearly every Yank in the out
s,d made several Intellectual swipes a
ne Tybce Twist. Walle Pipp went ID
% ~ his luck. By this time the Mem
phs Msstodon was wearing a wide grii
o. ,runpa which bisected his rounC
face into two sunburned semi-spheres
Pm swung az the first one offered
and he hoisted t over the right field
fsrse. The ball dipped gracefully
through the door of freight car at
taehed 10 a trsir heading south. There
is no Wsr % re- the exact distance OF
ne hit without the cooperation o. the
Southern Railway heads for the bal
is still travelling. u rs rumOred that
the car held cotton cons gned 70 Eng
land r. this re- the case. the ball may
travel from Macon Ca. 70 Birmng-
ham. England
L is suDerfuous 20 add that the hit
would have beer good for four bases m
anybodv's lot. unless one OF the parks
has ground rules which forbid freight
car bit from going for more than TWO
bases.
The swat. coming as 10 did toward
ne end Of the days work. furnished
dramatic and sat- factory climax toi
1s first weeks practice with the iui
squad. u was almost as impressive as
re improvement .1 slim Loves work
I he Memphis Ma-todOn can keep Up
~ kind Of curirr he showed this
sftsrn0on. ne viii be- one left handei
vho viii not d~ar many laughs this
ssso1 Duke Farrell the demon in-
iirueior. who achieved this miracle
VII Sim, IS urd.rc the streets of
Aaeor with proud and stately step
Il q 10 had r -to days when he was
'',Es.op Cor --c Boston champions.
Yankees Fine Military Troop
re Yankees have shown considerable
u 'ngress IN their drill They have adj
no Inc, and are considerably proud
ne achievement. Sergeant Gibson
sl' inat the Yankee are the most IN
gent recruits frat ever tackled me
n7i'sres Of tde hayfoot-strawfoot
s,oo.. The baseball troopers are
'-'a.ng.y proud OF the compliment.