New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
Duke Farrell
Takes Charge
OfSouthpaws
But Slim Love, Of Squirrel
Squad, Resents Implied
Insult Of Kelley
BY w. o. MCCLELLAN

Macon, Ga, FEB. ~ NC
,.c,,is, feature - the second oay
,volu,ion. Of Yankees In Georgia
-. the drtn q ne left-handed r'tcn-
ar. Of the New York Americans Oy
nar,,I..s Duke Farrell, the truculen'
,rs;ner He conveyed the port sioers
.,rdsd mart of the outheld and
turned them loose. III
Tha Yankees are we'll supplied with
..s,.handers, so we'll provided that inc
.,uirrels around the country are seen
- nerk mn and show considerable IN
arrest as the squad marches out 10 inc
a.}a Thew have George Mogridge' tne
;,oohoster Rocket; Sam koss' the
.ronmsssee Turbine; Slim Love, .he
u.mnhis Mastodon, and NICK ouiiop'
No Chilhowie Chipmunk..
BEFORE turning them loose 10 ~
,,on the peaceful landscape the puno
,uade the port siders snort anu -
,,ressive address in their natlVe toHe
Mir Farrell is one Of the lew trai ne.
who speaks the language OF tne e.,
handlers fuently. Because OF . 70
he is frequently suspected Oh oeins -
lated 10 some left-hanoer, Ua 10 his
iavinq q left-hander somewhere IN ms
gar,iIv tree. He concluded with the
short command, in English: A.
@Thore is the plate. You may mtg
when YOU are ready" -,
Then he retired outside the thtee
,,;le limit. where he watched tne re-
sults of the shots through MS olnoeu-
lars The result reminded some OF .ne
'Jd.r Georqians of the celebrated VISIT
~ the late General Sherman, who
snread considerable devastation over
the same scenery.
Slim Love Scores Bulrs-Eye
Desnite the intensity of the hre,
NOS inst one serious casualty
S,,rino the Afternoon. Slim Love dld
- ard he selected as his objective
noint the venerable anatomy OF Joseph
kellev the same Joseph who was once
lie nride and boast Of the Baltimore
Orioles, team which was more OF Iess
prominent in the great American pas
.ime some years ago. s,uoc-
Joseph was gazing in another olreS
lion when Slim Love started 70 40
come fungo hitting. figuring naturaily
that Slim would not drive them on
.traight line. but, with that perverse-
onss for which left-handers are SO
snstlv famous. the Memphis Mastodon
srove one straight ahead. 1t connected
WITH the somewhat extensive oelt
v,bich encompasses the circumferentlal
middle Of Mr.. Joseph Kelley u
"OofI" remarked Joseph. suddeni!
cd sharply. That one word closed the
conversation for about ten minutes.
MIR Kelley's breath had been suddenly
srd treacherously taken away from
him. and he seated himself sharply on
The field to await its return. When he
regained it Mr.. Kelley delivered an
Grafton upon the subject OF le1t-hanoeo
u;tchers, which, for sheer eloquence,
yirility and vehemence, would nave
made the late Patrick Henry take the
gate on the run.
stark and Shaw Away Well
Young Albert Stark, semi.pro from
lie lots around New York, who joined
nc expedition as volunteer at his
,.y~n expense. numbered to-day, and
DISPLAYED considerable talent in the
positjon to which he aspires, that OF
secopd base. Another lad who likes 10
I.ce them ont is Benjamin Franklin
shaw. the pride of Macon, who is pre-
paring himself to horn in somehow
into that Yankee outfeld. He likes to
lift them out of the lot, and surely has
the fences over this field timed to per-
lection.
William Percy, the untamed and un-
tamable native son pitcher, is BENG
spotlighted whole lot, too. Will
Jams action is poem of ease and en-
cheney. He has lot of smoke and con-
spoken of frequently in the public
f,or tho rool aaoaop Onnng
Everett Bankston, the young out
fielder who was purchased from Rich
nond at considerable pains and OK.
pense, arrived to-day, but will not get
into the armor for while. His home
being at GAINESVILLE, a few miles from
here, Everett. like a dutiful lad, de-
eided to report to the folks first.
AL Walters, all the way from San
Francisco, arrived in time to partici-
pate in the morning workout. He re-
ported in excellent shape. The only
row are Slim Caldwell who is given up
for lost, and Dan Triple, a holdout.
Tim Hepdryx Moving Hay
The hardest worker at present is Tim
llendryx, who is inclined 20 pick up a
lot of extra tonnage during the resting
season. Tim is battling with the avoir-
dupois, but assembling himself at the
golf course close by and shooting about
thirty-six holes before breakfast.
Wild William Donovan himself
donned the uniform to-day and gave
the populace treat.
The military manouvres of the
Yankees will be under way in the very
near future. Captain Huston, the mill
tant and military commander of the
team, has beer trying TO arrange with
the War Department to have Sergeant
S. g. Gibson, veteran in charge of the
local recruiting station, start the
Yankees at their drill. As soon as the
fOrmalities are complied with the base.
hall plzyers will start In the school of