The sun., 1919-03-18
OWNERS OF YANKS
STOP KOWTOWING
With Baker in Fold They Will
Make No More Concessions
to Holdouts.

Now that the New York American
League club has been assured of the re-
turn Of Frank Baker It has adopted
more Independent policy with regard to
Its hcldouts. Ernest Shore, the pitching
Ensign recently discharged from naval
service. has been invited to come to
Jacksonville and talk things over with
Miller Higgins
| But that is the extent OF the conces-
sion that the club will make. Derrill
| Pratt. second baseman. and Dutch Leon
ard. the left handed pitcher, must sign
at the last figures named by the club or
remain out
| I'VE received the contract OF Frank
ODowl. young pitcher drafted from
the Sacramento club, to-day. which
leaves only Shore, Leonard and Pratt
unsigned" said Harry Sparrow yester-
day.
THE club has invited Shore to run
over to Jacksonville from his home at
East Bend. ~ c.. to see Higgins There
10 not q great deal OF difference between
the club and Shore and we do not expect
to have any trouble IN signing him.
Leonard's Terms Exorbitnnt.
"Shore will be the only unsigned
player permitted at the camp. The 9TH
ers have our latest terms. and that is as
far as we will go with them. We shall
make no further attempt TO go after
Pratt or Leonard. II they want to play
they know where they can find u.s.
Bob Connery recently visited Leonard
on his orange farm near Fresno, but was
unable 70 bulge the left handler The
club believes that Leonard's terms are
exorbitant and the offer that Connery
made in behalf OF the club was as far
as the owners OF the team will go. They
| figure they will have quite n pitching
staff even without Leonard.
| A similar attitude Is being taken IN
the case of Pratt. His play last season
hardly came up to expectations. His
| fielding especially was poor early IN the
spring. The club believes he Is worth
| about the same as several other mem
bers OF the club, all of whom were Of
fered the same salary.
| This does not mean that the club
UNDERWRITERS either Leonard or Pratt.
Both players would DO handy members
of the team, but Col Huston said. 81
will close the doors before l let myself
be held up"
! Giants Leave Thursday.
John Foster, secretary OF the Giants.
yesterday issued his marching orders
to players now living In or around New
York. A party OF thirty will leave
Pennsylvania station on Thursday at
$3.50 p. II. The party is not scheduled
to arrive at the Gainesville training
camp until next Saturday afternoon.
The Giant regulars who will leave
here Thursday are John McGraw, mana
ger: Christy Mathewson. his new assist
ant: Hal Chase, Larry Doyle. Heinie
Zimmerman, Lew McCarty and George
Burns. The youngsters are George
, Smith, the former Columbia pitcher.
Jack Gillespie. infelder and George
Terhune, Rosey Ryan and Godfrew Bro
gan. young pitchers
Gillespie is a pint-siZed Bronx boy
who played with the Giants shiryard
workers last fall when they INDUCED in
Sunday semi-pro games at Dyckman
Oval. He coached the City College team
for several seasons, Ryan is Holy
/ Cross product who was with the club
| for spell last season. while Terhune
is A protege of Heinie Zimms. Brogan
IL a BronNonian who belongs to tho
Rochester 1nternationals.
| Others who will leave are Foster. Ar
thur Irwin. manager OF the Rochester
team, several friends OF McGraw and
about dozen newspapermen.
Rouunel and Lyons, another pair OF
| pitching youngsters, will be picked up at
Baltimore and Washington respectively.
! the other Giants have been ordered
TO report TO Gainesville direct from their
homes All players are TO be in the
camp by Sunday. March -.
Refusal OF several clubs TO waive on
| players Robertson and Lavan Temporal
! rily is blocking the Robertson Lavan-
Gonzales deal. However, both Clark
Griffith and Branch Hickey are pulling
all the wires they know to bring II about.
Griffith now offers TO make Barney Drey-
fus n present OF Bert Sho,ton, his out
fielder II the Plttsburg club will waive
OF Robertson.