New-York tribune., 1919-03-21
Colonel Huston, Six Play
ers and Band of Scribes
Will Comprise the Party
By w. O. Mcclellan

10 jacksonville, Fla, will entrain at
the Pennsylvania Station tomorrow
afternoon. BY Monday morning the
entire regiment of Colonels Rupert
and Huston will be modified at the
South Side Park in the Florida base,
with the exception of J. Franklin
Baker, who will do his spring train
ing at home, and Dutch Leonard, who
is still holdout.
Latest advices from Phil Schenck.
who has been sent in advance to iron
cut the diamond, are that it is raining
and that Billy Sunday is in Jackson
vile. Phil seems to regard this as
something more than q coincidence
From the tone of his telegram he
bIames tho rain on the presence of
the evangelist.
The players who will crawl aboard
the Yankee special at the Pennsyl-
vania Station are Herbert Thormah-
len, Frank Kane, George Mogrdge,
Ping Bodie. Alex Ferguson and Der
rill Pratt, the last of whom will re-
port in person this morning. Bob
Shawkey, who was with the big com
mittee of gobs that assisted in re-
ceiving the surrender Of the German
grand fleet. will hop the rattler at
Philadelphia.
Three Bands for Kelly
At Baltimore the special will be
drawn into siding while Scout Joe
Kelly is hoisted aboard. The Society
for the Perpetual Praise of the Old
Orioles will assist in this operation.
Getting Joe Kelly aboard the Yankee
special IS an annual rite in which
most of Baltimore participates. Three
bands will play patriotic airs during
the ceremonies, which should be par
ticuarly impressive this year.
The order of march for the Yankee
parade through the Pennsylvania Sta
sion has not yet been decided upon.
The. procession probably will be
headed by Colonels Rupert and Hus-
ton. Ping Bodie. with detachment
of the shipyards riveters, will follow.
Derrill Pratt will come next, with his
signed contract carried on a caisson.
Harry NJ. Stevens will bring up the
rear with full regiment of the Madi-
son Square Grenadiers and the Polo
Grounds Light Cavalry John TONES.
with choir and orchestra from Har.
God Bless You"
The Southern headquarters of the
Yankees will be the Hotel Burbridge.
Jacksonville. They VIII be close
neighbors of the pennant hopes of
Squire Ebbets, who will be encamped
in the same burg under command of
Wlibert Robinson. The Yanks and
the Superbas will mingle in many a
practice game in many of the un-
known cities in that undiscovered
country below the Mason and Dixon
line.
The players who will not leave with
the main squad, but who will enter
Jacksonville by the most convenient
routes, include some of the old guard
and number of recruits. There are
the three catchers, Truck Hannah,
Muddy Ruel and Earl Baldwin. Muddy
viii ooze into Jacksonville from st.
ready on the road from California.
VI the pitchers, Ernie Shore is
headed from East Bend, N. c., while
Jack Quinn, barely snatched from the
eager mltts of Comiskey, will arrive
from Chicago. Frank O'Doul, the st.
Patricks Day acquisition, has started
from San Francisco. Others on their
way are Pete Schneider, Luthern Mel
son and Neal Brady.
Lewis at Hot Springs
Duffy Lewis, who has been cooking
out at Hot Springs for couple Of
weeks, VIII start from there Monday.
Sam Wick. the Millers elmer and TOM
and George Halas, outfelders, all are
packed and waiting to start from var
'ous points of the compass
Pecklnpaugh and Pipp will report on
TIME Aaron Ward and Edwin Mooers,
who banker after places III the infield,
Will be on deck. Johnny Jones. the in
neider who was signed last fall, will
get TO camp as soon as the commandant
OIL the Great Lakes Training Station
approves his application for discharge.
fltchers McGraw and Smallwood are
stlli IN France with the army of occu-
patton, but both are expected in Jack
sonyllie before the end of the training
reason
Miller Huggins will leave his home
~ cincinnati in time to be at the sta
Won TO greet his gladiators. Scout Bob
So9nery. who Is still combng the ivory
ileds. Will arrive a few days later.
Nelonel RUPERT will not leave with the
man body. but says that he will reach
camp shortly after some decision is
Issched as 70 how much alcohol beer
should have
The fact that Baker will not be ready
report until the start of the regular
scason does not annoy Miller Higgins
N tne least. The home run manufact-
urer has convinced the manager that
~ 7"opt tnlS year 10 make some
return for the Investment that the
iankee owners made to get him.
IL looks as though all aspirations
~hlcn the Yanks had for acquiring
marley Herzog are off forever. Hug.
glns is satisfied that in Pratt he has
,ust the second baseman that he wants
shd sh needs Herzog will probably be in
.ne Boston scenery or in no baseball
'ogs at all this year. The Yankee own
efs s were sweet on Herzog, but ne looked
700 expensive for what he figured in
the open market.
me Yanks stay in Jacksonville unit
april IA, when they will start to fidgct
around the South playing practice
games with the Robins. There will bs
s,.hree games between these teams if
ssaessonyillc. Practice games will be
held twice week.