New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Army Planes
Daily Visiting
Giants Camp
Players Develop New Com
plants of Neck Watch
ing Fliers
By Louis Lee Arms


MARLIN, Tex, March 1s-"Where
it it?-
81 hear it,
$50 do l."
"It's over there. Look"
The foregoing is an authentic dia-
loguo between two Giant ball players
who are supposed to be working in
the batting cage
They look up. Far to the ives. Mill
tary aeroplane, buzzing like an angry
wasp sweeps toward Emerson Field,
where the Giants practise Now there
arc two of them, now three and some
times four.
Mile high against the Texas sky they
glide Hks flies on wall. Behind them
there is gay aerial confusion Giant
buZzards have dived ou. of their way
and smaller passengers of the air raise
n shrill protest The airplanes wheel
in uncertain, hesitant circles and sput-
ter again over their nebulous routes,
still vibrant with the thunder of high
powered motors
Ed Mackall, the dusky trainer of the
Giants, knows a "Charlie" horse from
one end to the other, or from the mid
die out and he is well acquainted with
He can discourse with enthusiasm and
intelligence on anything from q mashed
thumb TO a floating carthage He can
trace the history of the sprained ankle
doUn through the middle ages and Off
hand he can name the early ancestors
of the barked shin But we overheard
this son Of Ham complaining to-day if
the military aeroplanes continued to fly
over Emerson Field he would have to
make a special study Of the neck.
Visit Camp Daily
The military planes are daily visi-
tors and in fine weather such gs to-day
they make the most of their practice
spins The result is lot Of soreness
between the collar buttons on the New
York club, and Ed Mackall and his
corps of African trainers are massag-
ing regions they never were called
upon to explore before.
Everything is going swimmingly with
the Giants The regulars hit against
the entire corps of pitchers to-day,
and the word 'fhit" is used in its
soundest sense. Benny Kauff creacked
one over the distant right field fence
and Laughing Larry Doyle pulled a
long foul onto passing freight train.
The engineer waived his compliments
to Larry, but forgot to toss out a cigar.
If George Burns were not such an
incompatible lead-of man he would be
pushed for that honor station by "Pep"
Young. In practice to-day Young led
the regulars to the bat, but inasmuch
as Burns is and always has been one
of the best lead-off men in the United
States, batting well up and scoring a
large number Of more or less important
runs, it is safe to say he will not be
dislodged by the dashing youngster,
who will be talked about considerably
this summer on Broadway.
All down the line the regulars were
hitting, Eolke and Jack Onslow par
spite of the incongruous crouch af-
fected by the lank front doorkeeper
he certainly can bang the old apple.
Holke sailed one to the tennis courts
in deep left and Onslow stood the
outfeld against the fence on several
occasions
OF the pitchers, Jess Barnes. the
Bostonese, seemed to show the most
stuff. and at no time did he show
more of it than when he was pitching
to the venerable Mr.: McGraw himself
childlike confidence in his pitchers. He
steps into the box and bats in his
turn, no matter how wild the shooting
may be- And. naturally, when a young
pitcher sees McGraw batting he at
tempts to show the little Napoleon
greater pitching than he ever has seen
in his career.
McGrav Doesn't Run
Thus far tho Giants manager Is In
perfect health. but it often seems as
though he is going to lose lot OF
that comm odity when he steps to the
plate The little Napoleon does not
run out his hits, and, strange as it
may SEEM no one has said anything
to him about it
Mike Finn, q noble ivory hunter from
Chattanooga, blew into Marlin this
morning looking for some of McGraw's
excess talent Mike didn't look ex-
actly natural as at the last moment he
failed to pack his blue goggles and his
pink whiskers- He was, so to speak,
au natural and sat through the sumptu-
out breakfast served here without boot
ing dish Mike always was a good
natured c1iss.
Roy Johnson, a pitcher from st.
bears the distinction of being the only
ballplayer drafted by the Giants last
season He has red hair and until the
boys learned he was right-handed there
was great agitation in these parts.
This viii De readily appreciated by
students of the great national game.
iohnson's arrival completes the
Giants roster, there being thirty five
players in camp now. Some of them
will be here such short time we fear
we shall never get properly acquainted
with them II there is a tougher team
for youngster to bust into than the
Giants this season we know not Of it,
John Foster was in conference with
the Marlin Board of Trade to-day, and
it is believed John nicked 'em for the
expenses of the bail team Of the 106th
Artillery from Fort Worth. They arc
to come to Marlin Saturday to battle
the Giants, and the receipts will be
turned over to the Red Cross. This
game will set the spring fashions in
box scores. and il the Giants hit the
way they did to-day something yo-gcou,
ought TO be turned out.
1neYe is animated talk of a snine
hunt to be held in the near future. anf
a great Bronx nimrod, known to tho
world as Harry Fink. it is understood
WIZ iead the activities against the lives
OF the poor snipe. II seems Fink ha,
never hunted snipe before. but he l.
Wiling TO be instructed on the fine
points Of the game.
Judge Defeats Tomkins
In Team Squash Tourney