The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-09
HALAS MACED FOUR
HITS OFF PREFER
DriScOll Says Higgins Made
Ten Strike i'm Landing
Navy Ensign.
AN ALL AROUND STAR
Was Selected by Walter Camp
as End on All, American
Service Team.
AN ALL AROUND STAR
ny GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.


If Ensign George Halss. u. 8. N. the
new Yankee outflelder only can play
baseball like he can play basketball,
then Miller Huggins will not hate to
worry anything about centre field
Ensign Halas played guard for TIE
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ave against .he Crescent ~. c. in
Brooklyn last week, and after Halas
had spilled some Of the New Moon stars
all over the court tho Crescent A. c..
members enthusiastically declared that
George was one of the fastest shiftiest
and sturdiest basketball men that ever
graced court
In between halves Halas had a little
opportunity to tell something about his
baseball ability, or rather his teammates
did It for him, for the big. strapping,
red haired navy ensign seemed anxious
TO talk about everything else in the
world except himself
He was willing TO say that he throws
right hand and is a switch hitter, bat
ting left or right, depending on the OPP
posing pitcher. He also blushingly
owned up that he had hit .312 on the
University of Illinois nine his first year
, on the team and topped that percentage
by more than twenty points the second
year. George was very careful to add:
But you know what facing college
pitching is, Shocks. hitting 800 in coll
lege ranks doesn't make fellow big
Lacquer by any means"
While HaIas was busy trying to hide
his light under bushel basket Paddy
Driscoll, who the Cubs have released to
ArU nd xrhn nf
Halas's mates at Great Lakes. broke in
with;
Got Four Hits on PfeHer.
Say, George may try and get YOU to
believe that he cannot hit big league
pitching. but he knows better. Why.
we had Red Faber of the White Sox
and George Cunningham of Detroit
pitching for us In batting practice. and
| George whaled them some even when
| they got mad and tried to stand him
! on his ear. Jeff Pfeffer is some twirler,
! isn't he? Well. Jeff pitched on the
! MlIr ;cipal Pier nine against US and
| George raped him for four hits
| once again the self-effacing Halas
| blushed to the roots OF his curly red
/ hair and interjected:
! All. why say anything about that.
Paddy? They were lucky little scratch
hits. Why. every one Of them was just
over the inield."
Yes. they were Just over the infeid,
answered Driscoll. -but they We're hits
! all right and sent runner along each
| time. driving one man In from third.
! And let me tell you Pfeffer is a hard
bird to connect with when men are
on basel' -
! DrLscoll says that Halas will not need
the seasoning that many rockies have 10
get. for he had the benefits OF playing
all season with big leaguers. On the
Great Lakes nine with Halas and Dris-
| coll were Joe Leonard of Washington
Ben Dyer OF Detroit. Fred Thomas. who
Connie Mac; recently bought from the
Red Sox Clements of the Browns Bill
Johnson. Phil Chouinard and Red Faber
OF the White SoX and George Cunning
ham OF Detroit.
Huggins Made Ten strike.
Dr.scoll says Halas has q wonderful
batting eye. Is fast on the paths, n
sweet" fielder and heady and quick
thinking player George Is a natural
bal, player and Huggins made ten
strike when he landed him." says Paddy
The only thing I've got against hin
Is that he turned down an offer from his
home town, Chicago and signed VI
n.
being practically assured that George
was going to the White SoX Mitchell
would have landed him with the Cubs
But Bob Connery, that pesky Yankee
scout came along and stole him right
from In under our noses.'
1t Is 70 Connery that the credit IL
Que for the landing of Halas. While
George had made no agreement witt
Charles ComislSey or Pants" Rowland
then manager of the Chicago Ameri
cans, II practically was agreed that ht
was to go to the White Sox. Halas. IT
fact, had made an appointment Will
Comiskey for the day after the nigh
Connery signed him up. The only thing
Halas could do was to go around thu
next day and break the ice gently t'
Comiskey Speaking OF Connery, Hala!
laughingly said:
That fellow is a wonder Why y,
, can talk you into anything -
4 Gridivon star.
Halas is wonderful all around ath
lcte The tail sturdy, red haired, blue
eyed chap played so corkins game OF
the Great Lakes Naval Training Station
: eleven last fall that Walter CAM
placed him end on his All American
Service Team. No one who saw Georg,
In the Great Lakes VS.. Rutgers game
at Ebbets Eeld will question Camp
u judgment ~ss~.
! The strong Rutgers backs scarcel,
could gain an inch around Halas's flank
+, George was in on every play. He stopped
, So many of the scarlet rushes that Coacl
, Foster Sanford grumbled on the side
lines:
II wonder lf that hoy thinks he's III
) whole blamed eleven!'
Halas played just as grand a gam
against the middes In the weird contes
at Annapolis in which the Great Lake
) goAs nosed out Gil Dodie's team by
soare Of TO 6. IN the big Great Lake
We Mare Island Marines game at Pasa
) dena last New Years Day Halas COY
cred himself with glory. He scored on
. touchdown and later Intercepted the ba
or his own 1S yard line and ran eight
r yards to Mare Islands yard line.
I What was that" complained tn
modest new Yankee rookie. why, afte
=, was lucky enough to plant the ball o
the two yard line they gave me tw
chances to carry the ball over and
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