The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
Seven Yankees Sign
 Up For Coming Season
Manager Huggns Has Most of Veterans In Line and Fin tertains Little Fear That He Will Be Troubled
 By Holdouts Tn Ranks

New York, Dec. 31-The internal squabbles in the American League have not prevented the Yankees from getting 9. baseball club together for next season. Secretary Harry Spar row announced yesterday that seven of the regular players were already under contract for next season and that 23 contracts were sent out to the other players yesterday.
 The Tanks have more players sign ed at the present time than any other club in the major leagues. The in field is signed with the exception of Baker. The players who signed two year documents last year and are now in line for the coming campaign are Roger Peckinpaugh. Del Pratt Jack Quinn, Ernie Shore, Carl Mays, and Walter Pipn. Muddy Ruel, the young catcher, signed 8 contract be- fore he went home last fall, so Hug gins worries are not going to be as heavy as some of the other club man agers.
 The only two players on the club who may be bit backward about signing for next season are Frank Baker and Duffy Lewis. Both of these stars have said at different times
 
 However, ball players have said that same thing before, and. as these two players played good ball last year. it is more than likely that the lure of the game will call them back when the orders for spring training have been sent out. Baker did not go on the spring training trip last season, but, as the third basenan is always in good physical condition, he does not need as much exercise before the season opens as the players who take it easy all winter.
 The 23 contracts which were sent out by Secretary Sparrow yesterday include young players who have shown great promise in the minor leagues The Tanks next summer will have a Murphy battery. which may make quite 9 splash In the ma jors, if the two come up to expecta- tions
 Chester Murphy is a right-handed pitcher from Seattle. He played last season with the Winnipeg club in Canada. The Yankees have already heard from Murphy, and he has made a great impression on the club as a letter writer. The young pitcher was so sEillfuI with his pen. and told such a dramatic story about his financial wants, that he has already received advance money from the Tanks, al- though he has not as yet signed a contract. This Murphy, according to Scout Tom Connery. is a good pitcher, and the scout expects that he will make good in the majors.
 The catcher on the Murphy battery is Dan Murphy, whose home is in Taftville, Conn. Murphy played last season with Toledo, and he is highly recommended by Roger Bresnahan. If these Murphy lads make good with the Tanks they should become popu- lar in Harlem. Another pitcher of promise is Ralph Miller, a six-footer from Vinton, Iowa. This farmer boy is a Ieft-hander, and last season pitch ed for the Regina club in the Cana dian League.
 Another player who is going to be taken South by the Yankees is Benny Geiser, a fence-breaker who was a sensation with the Downey Shipyard team in Staten Island last year. Benny can catch or play in the fnf1eld or out field, and he cIouted the ball at a .413 clip.