New-York tribune., 1919-04-03

he too has been kicked by the Charlie
King Brady stopped batted ball'
with his head but was not even made
nncomfortable The spherod carromed
AGAINST the shia of Manager Iiller
Higgins. inhictng a slight but not
necessarily fatal wound. But in spite
az these minor casualties the ranks
eoucht to be able 10 line up a fornnl-
dabIe front against the Brooklyn Lalla-
psloosas.
man Bob Shawkey able seaman. other
wise known as Bob the Cob, Will start
Tor the Yanks. Ernie Shore, who looks
more like Jess Willard every day
though this should not be held against
hini-wll assist in foiling the Flatbush
contingent There is a chance, too,
that Frank O'Doul. the budding Babe
Ruth Of the New York American con-
tlngent. may hurl few across.
Huggins Bit Worried
Manager Higgins is a bit worried
over the enthusiasm of young Haias.
ard has cautioned him to save some
Of his speed for the big time. 1t would
not profit the Yankees greatly if Halas
should twist tendon trying to
stretch q tvo-bagger into a triple on
the rough paths Of this lot But Halas
g hard to restrain. He is one of those
youngsters who have 10 play for all that
is in them all the time. That perhaps
Is the very reason that he will win the
odd outicld position, and lead off III
the Yankee attacks when the aroma OF
the Stevens tirclcss Frsnkfurter cooker
is shifted in the lee of Coogan's Bluff.
The debate is still on as 20 which
side FIalas should bat from. He seems
10 be ambideXtrouS in this regard.
switching from port TO starboard with
battling case and celerity. Miller Hug
gins is of the opinion that it would be
best for him 10 keep his club or the
starboard side Right now, though, ne
seems to be doing pretty we'll from
either side.
Herbert Thormahlen. who is pretty
certain to be one of the regular
pitchers. mas taken UP the vendetta
against his own kind. the left-handers
81 love to get left-hander" gloats
Herbert 81 can't hit them, but then
again they can't hit me. ! want to get
them before they come to bat Gimme
those Red Sox with the left-handers
Most OF the afternoon was occupied
By swatsom game, in which the
Yankee platoon was divided, as usual,
into regulars and engineers. The re
suit Of this fratricidal strife was that
the regulars walloped the engineers by
score OF . to 4. King Brady and
Fete Schneider were swatted frequent
j. and yehemently.
The crowd at the last Brooklyn
Yankee game was so small as TO cause
considerable distress to the good
Squire EDbets, Of Flatbush. He has
tied tho resson-the rival attraction
Of the combination ostrich and alligator
farm across the street. Lieutenant
Grantland Rice, the artless artillery
man. was discovered ballyhooing for
the cstriches and alligators as against
me Yankees and the Lallapaloosas
Nnereupon Squire Ebbets started
sittic hallyhoo OF the bail game l.
went something like this:
Right this way. ladies and gents. to
see the peerless athletics. Why patron
lze the onerous ostrich and the assassi-
mating alligator? Come and see the
sterling giadiators who saved the ma
ton by tlocking to the shpyards and
to matrimory and other essential in
eustrles when their country was in
peril. What did the ostrich and the
s.hgator do in this great crisis? They
nssked IN the sun and consumed the
1000 tHat would have won the war
sooner. AK Hoover what the alligator
and the ostrich did"
" nos Hoover" demanded Lieuten-
fnl Rice by way Of 4 jest.
nat what ! say declared Ping
hodle. trucuIently.
hes the bird that cut down our ra-
tons. And want to ask now. how's
guy going 10 crash that old apple when
ne doesn't get enough food to nourisb
MN amt for the ostrich. and
cont 20 much on alhgators. but don't
! 80 boosting this guy Hoover. He's the
/ enemy Of the great American game,
Nevertheless the good old squire will
Oe at the gate tomorrow, lifting his
seaue Yoice in support OF the great
aneflcan .i, pastlme and decrying the
.u'gar curiosity that turns idle dollars
.a.O the bin Of ostriches and alliga-
Inc score b. innings and lineup:
s1ss1,i.srsaHalas. u: Russell r.: yick G,
:, ~, NJ. 10 Pfas,. % Lewis. L. Bode. as Ward,
y.maa ,as'assss--k are. ct. o'Doui n M1Isr. a.
tna u Ruei 81 Quina. r.: Shswk.r n
S.fN'' 70 Sslasn. e.. b-zcT. ?. Aelson D
s.,nlsrs r r
tssneer. -
tSpEes-KeiieT and connery