New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

The examining board pulled the un-
expected on Mr.. Kauff when = an
nounced that little Beniam;n,s r;nh+
arm was. two inches shorter than Bic
le1o. 1t has been understood here ha.
ore oy Benny that his underdeyeloned
am was but one inch and one-half
:norter than his sturdy left. Accord
ing 70 MafNn measurements. the dis
parity IN length is two inches
Mr.. kauff still insists that the rirht
Am. Am never has handicapped him from
t,n,hI t,,n. -, room to baseball diamond. and
."as ehere ls no reason for Uncle Sam
nAiaAing rlght-handed war out of the
American reception that 10 he;,o ~
ten [r up for the benefit of the K,;so, co.,
He says further that his fat font a,set net
.I outstanding, he is willing to wager
t1 .'.at ne can get over the TOP as fast 90
.He next one, and that the said, f,at
;n Mmeei VIII not prevent him from max
ing nook slide into the first Garm,an
tfench which he encounters. mail
me day being of more or 1ess ~,
pon.ahce, ta, Mr.. Kauff made a few sar-
~ ~ 'ai changes before he called unop
t tme examining board. He wore a bra,yn
c"lIau sun hehotrope silk shirt, with
SCAT ~ H. 'match, and green silken
ssari' lie was withal everything that
any one could ask and nronnri,, '.a'
thlessed the Marlin examining hoard
enat ~ was dealing with an ind;v;dnai
no ihconsequential CONSEQUENCE
~ IS certain that Benny is moro co..,
sIaane Ia OF going into service than the
.eaos or the Giants are that ba ,,.n,
set there. They are inclined ~ ~
.leIe % ms understood arm and eo,i".,
,.ain ra;aa+ On ms foot will be sufficient 70
e'' T., nam Tor immediate service.
loca, dny event, it is now up to the
eide eide what,e yoara at Pomeroy, Ohio, to de-
mediately, later or not " a. ealied I'M
until util that time he should hai, AL, ano a1
o'ants win ball game or 50 '' '"e
Ye fortunately this is a health rasox.
-, ~ were not there is no telling wbat
in'ehI happen, for at present thera as n..s
nan dozen ball PLAYERS ana no,us
psper men who are suffering from rssa caso.
tbesa sa'p, anat seems to be epidemic in
;r Captain sp Arthur Fletcher was miss
Zimn M ,o.m erm,an practice to-day, as was Heinie
ss.,lght fever and other grip svnndon,s ior"s
i';, rou, newspaper men are laid mp v;tl
.l nlilo cases of the disease. Whit ,v;th
.ne sore JOINTS of the ball pIavcrs "',n ~,hn
wen. through their first practice vos "mo
teroay, and the leading Texas 80
i,latlcs .,. who visit here each spring tba
Arlington AR, Hotel has taken on the lont ,
ana some of the aroma of an on,o UvA
gency hospital. " di ehler-
Inc mineral baths are being taken
ua'ly oy the invalids. and they now an.
OF gas attack. soi'uieS
IN spite of the absence of Fletcher
ana ana zimmerman, McGraw nut tbe
HiaHts through two stiff workouts. Tho
li,inelders and outfielders went out ~
.ne framing grounds proper, while the
Te'Gfah Datterymen reported st Cr;n,oc
rarK, small, cigarette box affair that
onsis better opportunity for thawinp
on ont some OF the ancient ligaments mon
Wnlcn rest SO much of the hopes Of The
-<sw NV ork Giants this season
nc Giants are always distinctive
aggregation, no matter what mart of
the country they may be in. and tha
iact that they have two parks in vub;ch
20 traln IS further evidence of tb.t
individual touch. u 'ha1
The great secret in maintain;n,
championship team, as we understand
1T, is to plug whatever vacancies nau
occur with men ripe for major leapue
uniforms: That being so, it is The
op1h'on IN these parts that McGraw
GdIs Glil iose littie II anything in his out
Young, the little Rochester outfieider
continues e1 to show the form he dis
played during the fall of last season
ana winch he now is exhibiting daily
at the Giants training ground.
Young is unusually fast, and in hat
ting practice to-day he met the bali
cleanly, sending one drive whist)ine to to
the distant right-feld fence. He fol-
lows fyball like hawk, and seems
to have an arm which is decidedly ac-
curate and reasonably strong. More
oyer, he has the dash in the execution
OF the simplest plays which must have
attracted McGraw to him.
Burns, Kauff and Young are so short
Of stature that McGraw will have what
might be termed pony outfieId
though there should be nothing under,
sized about its efforts
Tomorrow is st. Patricks Day. as
Larry Doyle, John McGraw and few
OF the boys we'll know. 1t is the first
St. Patrick's Day in eleven years Of
training in the South that the Giants
have not had game scheduled.
Msee Rs.,~~Ala D1