New-York tribune., 1920-12-28

McCraw Ready
To Give Reins
To Jennings
Short Training Trip Leads to
Belief Giants Manager Is
Through as Active Pilot
Bv w. !. Macbeth

John Joseph McGraw, the willy leader
Of the New York Giants. simply must
be getting ready to step down and out
from active management Of the club
he made and has maintained famous
almost twenty years. AS much was
suspected when he engaged Hughie
Jennings, many years leader of the IA
nous Detroit Tigers. to serve as coach
and assistant manager. But nothing
more plainly speaks of Macs safety
of managerial esponsibilltleS than the
proposed spring training trip of 1921.
The Giants will reman in their spring
training camp at San Antonio. Tex, less
than three weeks - two and a half
weeks, only, to be exact. They will
mobilize along the Alamo OIL the first
Of March and they will break camp the
night of March Is. There is nothing
that even family resembles McGraw
policy here.
In the days of his greatest renown
McGraw always was a stickler for
long training season. His, invariably,
Yves the first team into the South and
one of the very last to leave for the
North. With a two-fold object he main
tanned this system, which proved a win
ming one for him, year after year. He
aways brought q team North in excel
lent physical condition: more than one
penant was won by getting the jump
on the field.
Chance to Study Rockies
The long stay South also gave him
an opportunity to study at leisure the
rockies of his outfit. Furthermore,
none in camp ever worked harder than
John J. McGraw, who seemed to take
especial delight in setting Ell example
for all his disciples.
In the days of retrenchmcnt incident
j l,%n
of the World War none objected more
strenuously against the limitations of
spring training to four weeks than did
the manager Of the Giants. He claimed
that six or seven weeks were necessary
to condition the veterans and to afford
ample time for complete study of re-
cruit material. But now. when there is
no limit to the time National League
club may spend in the South, We find
the Giants indorsing a shorter training
period than ever was prescribed in the
days of doubt.
There will be the usual number ot
recruits with the Giants next spring
but evidently McGraw has determined
to stand pat" or practically so OF
his hneeup for in less than three
weeks after going into camp will be
gin a long series Of exhibition game:
that will carry on right up to the
opening of the season.
Two Games with Indians
The Giants will leave San Antonio
on March IS for Dallas. Texas There
fcr the next two days March 10 anc
5 20) they will engage the world's
champion Cleveland Americans. The
t Giants will play Fort Worth, of the
Texas League, at Fort Worth, or
March q. March % and % will be
spent in Houston, against that city:
T
York will play Galveston on March "a
: The forces of McGraw and Jennings
will then move westward to Lake
Charles, La, for battle with Connie
Mack's Athletes on March 25. The
next two days, March 26 and 27, viii
be spent in New Orleans in combat
with the Southern Association team O.
that city.
The schedule for the week followin!
: has not been definitely arranged a
. yet. The team viii probably make it
headquarters at some other Southern
Association city awaiting a junction
with Clark Grifith's Senator'S a
Jackson, Miss, on April a. After whicl
time the teams will travel back to Ney
York in company, playing the bi
e cities en- route, as we'll as Washington
on the way.
! One often wonders what becomes o
o the rookie, not to mention the percent
/ age of such, that makes good in fas
= company In which connection it ma,
: be interesting to sift the 1920 crop tha
went to San Antonio with the Giants.
y Of the seventeen rockies that accom-
/ panied McGraw South last spring onl
/ two are sure of remaining as bi
> leaguers the coming March. These ar
Pitchers Virgil Barnes and James {
Carton Catcher w. c. White, recalle
/ from Waterbury, Conn. may go. N
less than fourteen have been scrappet
for the time at least.
Albert J. White, an infelder, ha
been released to Oakland. Calf, of tn
Pacific Coast League Pitcher Rey
. 'nolds Kelly has ben sent to st. PAT
= (American Association) on optional re