New-York tribune., 1920-03-09

Art Fletcher, captain and shortstop Of
the Giants, arrived this morning, and
after four hours siesta hoped into
his uniform and went to work. Fletcher
looks we'll, considering the fact that
he has recently become father, and
McGraw was glad to see him.
You can recite to Sweeney the tales
that McGraw was trying to trade
Fletcher. Not only is Fletcher about
as handy a shortstop as there is in
the game, but his aggressiveness on
eff it add to the morale of any outfit.
He surely would be needed to hold a
new intield together. Fletcher prob
ably will be with the Giants until the
old players home gets him, and that
will be some long time from now.
One of the amazing feats of the
practice game was the throwing out Of
Lee King from right field by Ross
Young. King made safe hit on any
the bag when Young scooped up the
ball and shot it to first before the ar
rival of King, who is still mute with
amazement at what occurred.
Inhabitants Are Astounded
Young does this sort of thing fre-
quently in practice games. and one of
these days he is going to pull the same
In regular game. just to demonstrate
that he has the whip to do it. The feat
astounded the inhabitants, and there
ought to be quite piece about it in
the papers here tomorrow.
There was some long and hard past
ing done by the Enchilladas. Bates
and Meyer got themselves three base
hits. Artie White, who is supposed to
be recent incarnation of Joe Tinker,
got double. Snyder was the only one
OF the veteran players to hit for more
than one base. He got double.
The lineup:
Armaal.l l.los-statz, IT,; Young, rf.;
Sticking. ss.; White, 2b.; Snyder, c.;
Ryan and Johnson, .. Enchilladas2
Bowen. cf.; KMsella, IT,; Armstrong,
sb.; King, rf.; Meyer, ss.; Bates 2b.;
Horie, lb.; McQuade. c.; Stryker, D,
The score by innings:
E9ehIIads. a5gadi5Gs; 90 5-s d-s 3 3
The entertainment was staged par
ticularly in order to give McGraw |
chance to look over the candidates for |
the lnfleld or second string infield |
places. White and Armstrong were
under the microscope most of the time
ana both OF these prospects shaped up
we'll. 1t begins to look more and more |
as though Frisch had been destined to
replace Heinie the Zim.
The first string pitchers are still un-
coiling slowly. The drop in the tenn
perature is retarding their work con-
ssiderahly; McGraw believes that he
has the best collection OF "soupbone"
IN the National League in Toney.
douglas, Barnes, Nehf and Benton. All |
OF the pitchers reported in fine con-
dltlon, particularly "Shuffiin'" Phil
and Fred Toney, who are slim and
sylphlike, compared to what they were
an md season of last year.
Gonzales Only Absentee
The only missing member of the
squad at the current writing is Miguel +
Gonzales, the melancholy Cuban, who
is slated to report at the barracks in
fhe morning. Miguel has been tarry
round. eN
The tentative inheld Of the Giants
seems to be Kelly at first, Doyle at
second, Fletcher at short and Frisch at
thlrd. 1t Will remain that wav until
McGraw can make some dickers, if
there are any dickers to be made in
1nese days of the high cost Of athletes.
That intield may not look like big
money at the current writing. and some
Nisitlng critics are of the opinion that
1T Is not much of an infield at all.
But that's the story so far, and we
have to stick to it.
Fletcher Was out In uniform, but did |
not participate in the internal strife
between the Armadillos and the Enchil-
ladas. las Larry Doyle, Svho is starting
smoke of the imbroglio from the side
lines