The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-02-05
GUARD OF
NKSLEAVESF0R.
SOUTH IN TENDAYS
Seven Players, Including Babe
Ruth, to Sojourn at Hot
Springs Prior to Going to
Camp at Shreveport, La.
BIZ Alex SuIIiUan.
IN ten days more the advance guard
OF the Yankee baseball squad


OF the Yankee baseball squad
will start south. Seven players
will be in the party and their i'm
mediate destination is Hot SPRING.
Ark, where they will boil out pre-
paratory to going to the clubs train
ing camp at Shreveport, La.
In the group will be the renowned
worlds champion homo run hitter.
Babe Ruth, and also Outfielder Ping
Bodie, Pitchers Carl. Mays, Waite
Hoyt, Harry Harper and Jack Quinn
and Catcher Wallie Schang.
This lucky seven win stay at the
| Springs about three weeks. They
will probably not even throw a ball
around. They wiH play golf, ride
horseback, climb mountains and do a
lot Of hiking. And also take the
baths. This will put them on edge
for the start OF the real training rou-
tine.
Muller Higgins. the LnTfputian
manager Of the Yanlos, hopes TO be
able to go to the Springs for a woel
himself.
The recruits are due at the camp
on Feb. p. There win be about
twenty in all. They will be put
thrOUSh the limbering up process and
they may be working week before
the lucky seven put in their appear
ance.
These are the recruits:
Pitehers-John Clifford, Jess
Doyle, Alex Ferguson, Earl john
son, Tom SheehRn, Joseph Aul.
bach, Tom Godfrey, Ed lie Paid.
catchers-John ThOls, Ed Gras-
sick.
| Infioldors-Ray Ersneh. Nick
| Mcmillan, John MitehelL
| Outfielders-Walter ChFistoRs
sen, Nelson Hawks, Joseph Mon
son, Sid AgneNN, A. n. Win9o, -1OS
| Kelly, Camp Skinner.
Chief Scout Bob conRery and
Coaches Charley o'leary and
Frank Roth will be in charge 81
the youngsters.
Eight young twirlerS are nuR-
bered in this party and the hope OF
the management is to pick two frst
class hurlers that wfll be able to
take turn in the box now and then.
Jess Doyle looks good He won
won twenty dive games and only lost
eight for the Greenvilie Club Of the
South Atlantic League Several
clubs tried to land him on account Of
the fact that he pitched one no hit
game and several battles in which his
opponents only managed TO Squeese
out one or two bingles.
Alex Ferguson from jersey CITY Is
highly recommended by Bill Dono
van, the former Yankee manager, who
pilots the Skesters now. Bin dis
/ covered "Fergy" about four years ago
playing professional ball at Bloom
field, but he was so wild that he had
TO send him back to the minors FOR
further seasoning.
I Bill thinks that Alex is ready to de-
, liver big league goods. With such a
hopeless tailend proposition as was
. Jersey City last year he won 81 and
. lost 10 games.
Z There are a number Of other rock
r les to be taken to Shreveport whose
= records indicate that they will give the
, veterans many an anxious hour.
: Bobny Roth, the crack outfelder.
3 secured from the Senators, Is at pres
I emit at Mount Clemens convalescing
q from an operation on his throat and
o nose.
q Commissioner lands has appointed
4 Leslie NJ. O'Connor a young Chicago
Z lawyer, as his secretary. 1t win be
!. his first appearance in the big show.
n The Pirates declare that they ex-
Q pect TO secure a second basemAn. The
q deal for a Keystone star was closed.
i, they say, during the recent visit OF
President Dreyfuss and Manager
J. | George Gibson to this city.