The sun., 1919-03-30
M'GRAW STILL HOLDS
OLD PITCHERS BACK
Uses Only Youngsters in Stiff
Practice Games, but They
Show Up Well.
ZIMM IN HITTING BEE
Helps Regulars Squash Rock
les in Seven Innings by
Score Of 4 to 1.
ZIMM IN HITTING BEE
By FREDERICK G. LIED.
HDeridl Dssoafrh IN T4p RrN

GAINESVILLE, Fla, March Up. The
Giants celebrated the anniversary Of
their first week In Gainesville to-day by
taking another fall out of the chesty
Yann!gans. The kiddy Giants couldn't
mould their hits into runs. while Heinie
Zimmerman went on a hitting rampage
for the regulars. Zimm's hit helped
squash the rockies in a seven inning tiff
by a score OF 4 to /.
The regulars made only four hits and
Bronx Heinrich drew three Of them. He
started of with a single In the second
inning. increased the volume to double
in the fifth and wound UP his days toll
with a triple In the seventh.
McGraw still held to his former pro-
cedure OF using only young pitchers.
Wilbur Hubbel, the hefty lad from
Idaho, and George Terhune. Heinie Zim-
merman's protege. pitched for the VIC
tors while Howard Cleary and Frank
Noel. both collegians. divided the work
for the Yannigans.
Clenry From Cornell.
Cieary really did the best pitching Of
the quartet He was supposed to be a
lad of mystery. but he no longer Is try
a former student at Cornell and served
with an artillery regiment in France.
getting his discharge from the army
few days before the Giants came South.
He used a good fast ball to-day and
Zimmerman was the only New York
regular who hit him safely in the four
innings he pitched. Two errors in the
first inning helped the regulars to score
their only run on him.
Things broke badly for Noel. for
mer University of West Virginia pitcher,
as the Giants scored twice on him on
two rather flukey hits and a wild throw
by Sticking. The youngsters made their
errors at the worst moments. while the
three blunders OF the regulars did no
especial harm
Big Hubbel used quite bit of speed
against the kids. According to the
catchers he ie letting out moro than
any OF the pitchers. Tho Yannigans
pulled three straight hits Off on him
at the start OF the fourth inning. but
poor base running spoiled their chance
for a score
Terhune. Zimmerman's left handler.
did nicely until the seventh, when he
started of wild and passed two men.
But Heinie carefully coached him out
OF the difficulty and he escaped with
only one unearned run.
Pretty Play in the First.
The regulars started scoring in the
first inning, when they landed a run
that hardly would pass the pure food
tests Burns walked and Young got
a life at first when Miller failed to
keep his foot on the base on Sticking s
throw. Chase hit to Rabbit Gillespie,
who tagged third. forcing out Burns,
IIaI ArC4 chi
pretty play Young took second on the
play and made a dash for third on a
short wild pitch. ONeill threw into
| left field, trying to head him Off, and
Burns scored.
Noel. a side arm pitcher, took ovei
| Clearys assignment In the NTH. and
| Immediately things began to break bac
for him. Zimms bounder to short tooF
| a high hop just as 1t reached sicHine
and hoped over the shortstops heac
for a double Fletcher hunted to Noel
who was undecided which bag to thro"
to and eventually threw to first too late
to get Fletcher, Zlmm taking third.
| Sticking Throws Ball wild.
Smith popped out to Sticking. and on 8
double steal Sticking threw the ball will
to the plate, Zimmerman scoring ant
Fletcher pulling up at third. Ternun'
sent Arthur home with sacrifice fly.
Kauff scored in the sixth. when M
walked and came home on zimmerman
triple, the longest hit OF the training
season. The Yannigans sidestepped many
scoring chances, but finally put over
run in the seventh. Terhune startec
wild and walked O'Neill and Noel. Gil
lespie famed. and McGraw coached
Young to drop Baird's fly and try for G
double play But II didn't work. a.
every one was safe and the bases fuli
Bair sent O'Neill home with a sacrifice
fly to Burns. Thorpe. who had hit
single and double. also lined to Burni
for the exit out.
The lineup
Yannig ans-Gillespie. third base: Pitt. lief
field: Baird second base; Thorpe, right held
Ter, frst base; o'Neill, catcher: Cleary ant
Noel, pitchers: Bull. pinch hitter for Clcary
ReFulars-Burns, left field; Young. nigh
field: Chase, first base: Kauh. centre neld
Fletcher. shortstop; Smith. catcher: Hubble
A"O '' ' RI. E
Ysnnigans........... Il
Regulars ....,....... Il
Runs-Young Kaufi. Zimmerman, Fletcher
Three base hit-Zimmerman, Stolen bases
Zimmerman. Fletcher. Double pays-Gile'
pie and Miller: Miller. Baird Sticking an
Gillespie. Bases ON balls-oh Cleary, 2; o.
Cleary. 2; by Terhune. 3. Hts-otf cleary
in 4 innings: off Noel In innings: o.
Hubbel, 4 In innings of Terhune, in
inntnEs, Wild pitch-Clesry. Umpires-
Matbewson and Mccarthy.
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