New-York tribune., 1919-04-08


For the time. Jacksonville will shell
ter few million dollars worth of
baseball talent and only Bradstreet
knows now much in magnates. The
real estate dealers are polishing their
signs and busting off their circulars.
lhe allgators are being manicured and
the ostrches are being groomed for the
visitors Colonel Rupert was met at
the station by a band and escorted to
the Burbridge. The greeting to the
colonel started effusively, but after Joe
Nelly, the expert gauger, had hefteo
the coloneps suit cases the enthusiasm
diminished. Joe uttered the cryptic
sentence, Nothing doing" and fune
raj expressions appeared on the faces of
the greeters.
For the edifcation of the Colonel and
such OF the inhabitants of the city who
Will cross the palm of the good SQUIRE
Ebbets there will be ball game at the
South Side Park between the Yankees
and the Brooklyn Lallapaloosas. Ac
corGlng TO announcement made by
Mlller Hugglns late tonight, Jack
Quinn and Allen Russell will heaye
them over. Wilson Fewster, the Balti-
more beauty, positively will grace third
base and will hold down that corner
tor the Regulars until J. Franklin
Baker, the preoccupied agriculturist OF
1rappe, Md, leaves his plough in fur
row and joins the team.
Hope for Baker Soon
1t is earnestly hoped by the two
colonels and the field marshal of their
organization that j. Franklin will Join
the team some time next week. AT least
for few days. They would like 70
ballyhoo the farmer as thew mass
through his territory. Optimism in
1he Baker matter seems to rule. and
1he prevailing opinion is that the
nome nome run and sweet potato king will
KISS his vine and fig tree goodby
much sooner than was expected.
Ihis IS the last week on the South
oloe lot at Jacksonville. On Monday
next the Yankees and the Lallapa-
loosas VIII play at Brunswick, Ga, and
from there work their arduous wav
northward. They will touch snots that
were not visited before. even hv Sber~
mans pickets and will arrive in New
YORK about week from next Sunday
Tor q rest before the seasons strife
IS opened on fhe field below Coopan,z
Bluff That is, unless Secretary Harrv
sparrow finds something to occupy
lnelr MINDS IN the meantime.
Ernie Shore had his first real work
ouI since the training season began in
u -, "oOA o game between the
Regulars and the Engineers. The man
mountain Of the Yankee pitchinr star
took 1t easy, however, only Cutting
loose once or twice. This big bird
looks all ready for a real season.
0amuel Vlck, who is coming about
as fast as they ever come at that aee
and perhaps a bit faster. is retting
ms eye on the ball and is slamming
tnem out to the delight of the ancient
Scout ROBERT GIlks, who has always
malntained that Samuel is a natural
cloutef. Vick certainly will be one of
the twenty-one Yanks this wear Thia
IS bad time to fill up on ont;n1
lsm-tor It is plentiful now-but il
nay pe that Wick will be something
more than an apprentice before the
season which is about to burst unon
US IS closed. Dutch Leonard seems IN
De closed incident as far as the Yanks
a ale concerned He is in the raisin
business IN serious way, and accord
.ns 10 george Duffy Lewis, has his
picture IN baseball uniform on each
package of raisins sent out from bis
farm. -oii "iS
There is money in raisins." re-
marked the Beau Brummel of the big
leagues: But at the same time il is
pretty hard for a guy who leaves the
game TO come back | quit to go into
lhe navy last year, and while l am as
good as ever I'm having little trouble
getting my arm around. Still, picking
ralslns isn't as hard as grooming the
old iron decks. Leonard is pitching
once IN a while on Sundays out there
keeping fit"
With the advent of Colonel Rupert
comes the announcement that Lieuten
ant Colonel Huston will be beating II
Wednesday for parts unknown. One
rumor has it that the getaway is upon
military business. Another that it is
upon secret mission of vast impor-
tance to the future OF the Yankees.
Inc game between the Regulars and
the Engineers this afternoon was set
for eight innings and produced 5 to
tie. 1t was to for the. Engineers
when the Regulars came up in the
eighth.
Derrill Pratt connected for two
bagger and Duffy Lewis sent him home
with a single. Miller Higgins decided
that there would be no large profit in
staging an extra inning, as Squire Eb-
bets wos not on the gate and it was
calledsa day.
Shore Works Well
The pleasing feature of the after
noon was the easy and industrious
manner in which Shore worked. The
Dig ieilo" quite likely Will be the main
pitching reliance of the New York
Amerlcans, and he is being nursed
along for the serious work that is vet
to come.
The Yanks and the Lallapaloosas
now have two games apiece in the cit
rus series. They play here tomorrow,
Thursday and Saturday. Some of the
Giants and Red Sox may arrive in
time to witness pars of their struggle
and to crafty their curiosity in re
gard to Halas and O'Doul The feel
ing, IN Gainesville and Tampa seems
10 be that there amt no such animals.
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