The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-15
YANKEES GET ALL
KINDS OF WORK ON
FIRST DAY IN CAMP
Pitchers Get Lesson In Con-
trol-Huggins Signs to
Play Series With Soldiers.

Macon, Ga, March 15.-Mil1er Hug
gins organized a formal, full-hedged
batting practice for the Yankees yes
terday. His team, with the arrival of
a few regulars, is beginning to take
real form and substance, so much so
that yesterday afternoon he sent his
pitching staff to the plateau, lined up
his catchers, full panopied, and de-
voted most of the afternoon to pitch
ing and catching and batting prac-
tice.
1t was the first time the practice has
been so ceremonious. McGraw, Love,
Thormahalen, and Monroe were the
pitchers called on. Slim Caldwell, as
usual is being allowed to train as his
Judgment directs, and is not being
hurried. He has scarcely used his
arm.
The pitching was plain and I'M
adorneld. 1t was nothing more than
trying to get the ball over, a lesson
in control. Ruel and Hannah, who
were catching, put more on the ball
when they threw to second, and Han
nah tipped two to second base which
nearly carried little Hug, who was
playing second at the time, to center
field with them.
Miller cracked the ball over the left
field fence, as did Hannah, and Pipp
ratified one over the right field para
pet. Miller has been playing baseball
and golf in New Orleans this winter
and is in trim. Pipp covered first a
while in a rafting infield drill which
preceded the batting, but as it was
only his second day out he gave way
to Lamar.
Higgins apparently is breaking La
mar in for first base substitute and
all round handy man. He is giving
him special drills on ground balls and
has had Inn at both second and first
base. He played second in the infield
practice, then went to first when Pipp
retired. This shift sent Huggins to
second. Connery, the scout, was bat
ting; he tried to make it too hut for
the pee-wee manager, but Hug shut
tied back and forth for the hot
grouniders with the enthusiasm of his
youth as long as his wind lasted.
Sam Wick, the outfielder turned his
ankle and was excused from the af-
ternoon practice. The forenoon ses-
sion was short "a high wind swept
dust and smoke across the field and
made practice largely a disagreeable
job.
There is no danger of the Yankees
not retaining Ping Bodie, Huggins
said. Higgins declares the report
that the fence breaker reverts to the
Athletics in case George Burns, the
first baseman, doesn't report to Con
ME Mack is wrong. The Yanks keel
Bodie whether or no.
The Yankees will play the CAM
Wheeler soldiers at Macon for wa,
charity. They have arranged will
John Bredemus, civilian aid in charg'
of athletics at Camp Wheeler, to pla!
the baseball teams of the camp.
The camp has two siX-club leagues
largely made up of former Southern
Sally, Dixie, and Cotton States Leagu
players. These teams have alread.
played dozen games, and the Yam
KEGS will play the leading teams o
the two leagues.
The first game will be played a
Yanks' Park in Macon on March 2;
The second at Camp Wheeler OF
March q, and the last at Macon o1
March 30. The proceeds of the game
at the Yankee Park in Macon will b
used for the purchase of smileag
books.