New Britain herald., 1920-03-02
SIXTEEN YANKEES
 IN FIRST WORKOUT
Six Others, Including Rutb, Work
 on Coll Links

Iacksonvillei Fla, March Zone party of the Yankees went Solfing Ncs- terday and another went To basCball practice. That is the way the spring work of those New York American leasuers who arrived in training camp began. some ot the players thought it was too cold to take chances with baseball practice. and those in charge of the squad pending the arrival Of Manager Huggins rescinded the order for a workout They didn't insist on anybody's going to the bail park who didn't want to.
 Nevertheless, nippins though the air was, most of the players were eager. to get into baseball suits and all but half Q, dozen went out for base ball practice. Babe Ruth, Bob Shaw key, Del Pratt. Herbert Thormahlen. George Mogrfdge and Ernest Shore went golfng. Ruth, Shawkey and Pratt played golf and the others serv- ed as caddies.
 Tfere are - players here, as fol- lowA
 Pifchers-Quinn. Shore, Shawl1ey Thorma hlen, Smallwood Dc Vitalis. Ralph Miller. Biemiller, Mogridge. McGraW. Chester Murphy and Carl Mays.
 Catchers-D J. Murphy and Fred Hoffman.
 nieldcrs-Pratt, Fewster. Ward and Rice.
 Outf7eiders-Ruth. Geiser Bodie and Gleich.
 Joe Kelley and Bob Connery. the scouts who arc bossins the work until Huggins arrives, also arc here, as is Charlie O'LearN. the coach. ConnerN and O'LearN ran things yesterday aft ar in, ,,si., 1,i cold, biting wind which made every body bundle up.
 Sixteen in First Workout
 There were $ players on the field. and the first thing on the program was bunting and the fielding of bunts, which goes with it. ConnerN next knocked flies to the outfield. which was made up principally of pitchers, roaming around to keep warm and Timber up muscles. Benny Geiser. outfield recruit from the ship wards. was out there. also Hoffman, the catcher who speared a fly ball on the run and in a manner so Sensation- al as to earn the applause of his fcl- low players
 While Connery was hitting to the constantly changing outfield. O'Leary batted to an infeld composed of Dan Murphy on first. Gleich on second. young Rice. Shawkey's proteSe, at short and Iofmann at third, an in- field considera ply makeshift and con- siGerabN callow. Fice was a lively member of it though. third base is this youngsters position.
 SmallwOod. who isn't long over the flu. warmed up, but did no pitching for batting practice. Ralph Miller, q tall young pitcher of southpaN- per oSiCp oI C a fetching, style, which the others ad- mired and pronounced of proper tech nique. Ping Bodie and Jack Quinn pitched for hitting practice. which was extensive for a first day. Quinn. who has been south ail winter, had more stuff than the others thought he was wise in using under such wealth CT conditions, and they cautioned him to go slow. Quinn is an old hand. and it was surprising to see him cut them through the way he did
 The most joyous hitter in the crowd was Mays, late storm center. Mays. who has been living in the Ozark woods all winter and hunting is in rare condition. He is big and strong and he had the outfielders racing 10 the fences. De NitalS who was a tackle and d pitcher at DroWn, laid against the ball right Justify, too. He is stra ppine lad.
 Ruth As d Golfer.
 M Meanwhile Ruth, the headlincr of the Yankee troupe, was cXpcnding his energy out on the Flolida. Golf club links. He was out there in white fall HannelS and a silk shirt. while the others wore sweaters. Ruth has a real golf swing. though it has certain indi- Nidua1 carmar!lS which are notice able in his baseball swing. There is the same twist of the legs and spin of the shoulders in his follow through as when he is com mpletinS his ba ball swing at the golf ball, for all that.
 There arc. however,, better golfers and longer drivers in baseball. for the