The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-12
START TRAINING UNDER
 MILLER HUGGINS
Cold, Windy Day Fails to Balk Ardor of Men-No Pitching But Plenty of Other Exercise Manager Lectures Charges.

Macon, Ga, March 12--The cam paign of the 1918 Yankees under the guidance of the new mara ger, Miller Huggins, is under way. With littl. MT. Higgins in command, ten Yan kees have been through their first days work of the present season. Those ten Yankees are Caldwell, Love, Monroe, McGraw and Thormah- len, pitchers; Ruel, catcher; Ward, infelder; Wick, Camp and Lamar, outfielders. Assisting Huggins were Rob Connery, the scout, and Pat OConnor, coach of pitchers and man of all work.
 It was not for a cold, windy day, with g. temperature around the freez- I, ing point, to stop Huggins on his frs: day or chill his ardor or congeal his plans. He smiled cynically when told it was the frostiest day in d month, a sort of that -what-they-all say smile, but said nothing and took his men out with courage unabated ard with a mien which betokene5 strict business from now on until Oc- tnber.
 Easily, naturally, and with nothing suggesting being forced or rushed, the Yankees under Higgins, such as are here, took up and went through their first days preparation. They had to listen to a few words from the man. ager first, and then it was work for the rest of the time-work which kept them busy, but was of easy pace and fundamentals of the usual sort. frCt thing on the evils of smoking in the clubhouse and several forms of gam bling, and said he wanted none of such dissipations.
 There were morning and afternoon sessions, and the weather was not nearly as disagreeable as it promis- ed to be in the morning. There was this feature of the work which stood out. It was of a kind to keep the men engaged all the time, of a kind to permit them to slip into the grind without overdoing anything and SC varied as to keep them interested without becoming wearisome, though diamond athletes always go to it or the first day with lively interest.
 Huggins changed frequently from enc form of practice to another There was no pitching of any kind the weather was too frigid for that The pitchers had plenty to occup! them however. Huggins bunted tC them and had them pursuing fungoe in the outfield. He also sent then around the park for run.
 With Lamar at first, Camp at sec ond, and Ward at short, there wa. an infield drill of sort and later more formal one with the three nam ed in the positions named and Vicl at third. There was arm exercise il the form of throwing in this practice also for Ruel, who was behind tn bat, but in the forenoon nobody trie anything more severe than a To heave. Lamar, Wick, and Camp als constituted an outfield, and tn practice terminated with battin practice for all hands with Conner the pitcher for that particular drill.
 different infield combination wa lined up in the afternoon-the sam players, but arranged differently. La mar was at first, Wick at second Ward at short, and Camp at third three outfielders and one infielder. I the last part of this siege hot shC was poured to the makeShltt cOrdO from the bats of Higgins and Co nery, and it was speedy work fc awhile.
 Ward and Camp were especial nifty at scooping the shrapnel, an Camp buzzed the ball over to first few times with a burst of speed tn; made onlookers wonder how his ar would feel on the morrow. It W; warmer than in the morning. and u begging was much sharper.