The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-04
GIANTS READY FOR
TILT WITH RED SOX
Entrain for Tampa to Tackle
Worlds Champions in Two
Day Series.
by FREDERICK @. LIED.
Special Despatch TO The sus.

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GA1NEsvrILn, Fla. April S.--This was
getaway day in Gainesville. While the
Giants return TO this snug college town
for games with tho Red Sox next Mon
day and Tuesday. to-day ended the pre-
liminary training season. The men
jumped out Of Gainesville right after
dinner tonight and now are bound for
Tampa, the Red Sox training camp.
Games will be played with the worlds
champions tomorrow and Saturday.
Beginning with tomorrow the Giants
will face major league opposition daily
until the cool days of next October. The
only exceptions will be the two games
scheduled with the Baltimore 1nterna-
tionals In Baltimore on April IL and IL,
and a few contests with amateur teams
in New York before the opening Of the
championship season.
On top of only ten days training the
Giants now are ready TO tackle one of
the most ambitious training schedules q
big league club ever has undertaken.
Seven games are scheduled with the Red
Sox. worlds champions, and seven more
with the Washington Americans, who
have Walter johnson. basebails greatest
pitche-, on the twirling stan. The team
is prsty we'll primed for its contests
with its talented American League op-
ponents The club has had perfect
weather ever since II arrived here on
March 20. and McGraw has driven the
team hard. He said he was compelled
to DO It, as this is no year to take things
easy.
Zimmerman has had Q bad arm for
over a week, but he gets the ball over to
first when he has to, and has been play
ing every day. He says there IN nothing
for him to do but to work the soreness
out
Doyle Hitting Rail- Hard.
Otherwise the club In in fine fettle.
Doyle seems TO be getting of to the
same kind of n start as he did last year.
when he hit over 400 In the first six
weeks OF the National League race.
Larry has been hitting the ball on the
nose in the practice games and he and
Fletcher are leading the team at bat
Zimmerman also has been polling them.
but Chase has not yet started to hit in
his old time form. All OF the outfelders,
Burns. Kauff and Young, have been hit
ting the ball hard.
In McCarty and Earl Smith McGraw
has one OF the best catching STATS in
baseball. Smith Is one youngster who
will need no bench experience. He will
get plenty OF work this year Just how
is the Red Sox and Washington games.
should show AS the stan now stands.
Barnes, Benton. Causey and Steele are
the topliners. with George Smith. Win
tiers and Jones to brace them.
Schupp will likely pitch In one Of the
games played with the Red Sox here
early next week. He has not gone to
Tampa. Another week should give a
line as to how McGraw's pitcher will
stand UP when the regular season gets
under way.
Practice Game In Morning.
The practice game to-day was run
OF in the morning instead OF the after
noon. Only batting and infield practice
was held IN the afternoon. The morn
Ing game was only an informal six
inning AFFAIR IN which the regulars ad-
m!nistered the daily trouncins to the
Yanigans-the old fellows won by
score OF 10 I. Only colt batteries
were used and the regulars clinched the
game in the fourth inning when they
dropped hunts all around big Hubbel
and had him chasing around the infeld
until his tongue hung out. Three runs
were scored in this inning on the big
Idahoan. The lineup OF the contest fol-
lows:
RegulAr...... f-ss II .
1anlgAns. O-1
Batteries-Brogan. Ross and Polan
Hubbsl. Lyons and ONeill.
The Giant rookie pitching class had
to get along this morning without its
mentor. George Gibson. the former New
York catcher. now manager of tho To-
ronto Internationals. left this morning
for Toronto. He will first make stops
at Jacksonville and Birmingham where
he will look over the rockies OF the
Yankees, Dodgers and Pirates respec-
lively
Gibson has been diligent worker
here this spring. McGraw gave him
full charge of his young pitchers and no
paid special attention to Winters and
Jones who are expected TO make tho
| regular New York star. Ferdle Schupp
| probably will be officer OF the day at
| the University grounds tho next two
| days. He and Eddie Sticking are tho
] only Giants OF experience who will be
left here but they will have a lot OF
| rocks for company. Sticking and Baird
both were back on the Yanigan infled
| to-day after being laid up several days
with minor injuries.
McGraw says he will take the entire
! squad north with him when tho team
leaves Gainesville next Tuesday night.
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