The sun., 1919-03-24
YANKS REACH CAMP
FIT FOR HARD WORK
Col. Huston Pilots Team Into
Jacksonville, but Higgins
Will BE Oh Job To-day.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. March 23-The
Ysnks are here. more are coming and
Jacksonville is all hst UP. The villagers
burst into a wonderful display OF straw
Eats this evening when the New York
delegation of Yankees got into town
after a thirty-one hour railroad journey
through the virgin bone dry territory
Of tho United States.
Judging from the weather and other
conditions here this evening IL looks like
long spell OF drought, but Ping Bodie
IL happy, nevertheless, and just aching
to get into harness. In an exclusive in
tervtew Ping confided TO us that he had
been loafing for three years and that
this was going to be his season for
bursting the apple
However. TO return 10 the arrival.
When the New York squad got into the
Burbridge II was greeted by the entire
Brooklyn Club. and Odoul. an infleder
from the Pacific coast Baldwin. n
catcher just out of the army; George
Holas. Muddy Ruel, Aaron Ward and
Jack Quinn.
Miller Higgins has not arrived yet
but he will be here before Tomorrow
morning and will direct the first practice
at Southside Park. The squad from
New York included Derrill Pratt. George
Mogridge, Alex Ferguson, young
pitcher recalled from the Eastern
League: Bodie, Bob Shawkey golf
sticks and all; Herbert Thormahlen,
Allan Russell and Frank Kane, a young
outfieldor from Providence OF the pre-
war days. who once had a narrow escape
from the Brooklyn Federals.
The squad was in command OF Col
Huston. with Mark Roth. under secre-
tary of state and transportation Pat
O'Connor, to coach and Joe Kelly, to
scout along the COW stations
Wilson Fewster was to have Joined
the party at Baltimore, but his mother
is seriously i'll and he was forced to
postpone his leaving for several days.
BY tomorrow morning It is expected
that all OF the other Yankees with the
exception OF Frank Baker. who has been
excused from the training trip in order
that he might finish building his new
house at Trappe. Nd. and Dutch Leon
ard, holdout, will be at the ball park
ready for action.
The trip South was rather uneventful.
Nobody was able TO make O cleanup at
poker, the visiting revenue officers failed
to find any booze concealed about the
players quarters. the right OF way looked
just as squalid and dirty as ever. but a
great singing duo was discovered among
the Yankees. This fellow Kane may not
turn out Ty Cobb, but when II comes
to IGNORING he Is Just ten shades better
than Sammy Strang. With Thormahlen
Ginning in with his barytone there was
some real harmony.
Kane was drafted by the Yankees
from Providence two years ago, but be-
fore he could see any service with the
club he was sent to Camp pevens and
went into the army. He was better than
a 800 hitter In the International League
and II looks count for anything should
he the real goods. Thormahleu says that
the soreness which afflicted his arm last
season has disappeared and that he looks
for a good season.
Without exception tho payers all
worked through the winter and need
very little physical conditioning to make
them At for the season.
Jack Quinn is back with the Yankees
after an absence Of six years. and he
has changed little.