The New York herald., 1921-03-19
M'GRAW DISCUSSES
GIANTS PROSPECTS
New YOrks Should Get Away
to a Flying Start In Pen
nant Race, He Says.
ny DANIEL.

dtante leave san Antonio In goou coil-
dition and with splendid prospects OF
success" said John J. McGraw tonight.
as his players broke camp and headed
for Dallas. The only untoward Incl
dent In our long stay In this city was
the accident to Frank Frisch yester-
day. We did not miss single day on
account of bad weather. and the men
showed such remarkable enthusiasm
that It was q case of restraining many
Of them.
"Frisch's injury is not serious. but
II is highly regrettatle. as he will be
unable to play in the two games with
Cleveland tomorrow and Sunday. At
frst believed he had only wrenched
his left ankle, but 1t developed later
| that the injury was sprain. Prompt
attention reduced the swelling and am
in hopes that he will be back In about
three days. In cases like that get the
| player on his feet as soon as possible,
as / have found such treatment to be
| the best.
Bancroft Is coming along In good
shape and will play as we'll as ever. II
not better. He was to have had his
tonslls removed to-day, but with Frisch
| out wanted him In the lineup against
| Cleveland. so Bancroft will have to
carry those tonsils around with him
until we get to Houston.
| The infield situation In general Is
4 pretty. satisfactory. Rapp is coming
| UP to our expectations and looks like a
mighty fine ball player. don't say
that he Is star OF the first magnitude.
but he will fill the bill. With Kelly.
| Frisch. Bancroft and Rapp we will have
| an indeld second to none in. the league.
Burkett Best OF Recruits
I'VE have number of good looking
| recruit infielders and of these Burkett
looks best. He learns fast. Is full Of
enthusiasm and has the baseball tenn
| permanent, but he Is not quite ready for
| u.s."
How about your pitching staff?" we
| asked.
well. 1t is too early to talk about
pitching FORM" McGraw replied. I'VE
have almost a month more to 20 before
| tf~ season opens and naturally some of
tie veterans are still in the primary
! s-age of development in so far as con-
dition goes. But I expect them to be
| better than last season. Ryan has
shown me lot and Shea has indicated
! that he may be colnaci on to do a
| great deal better than he has given
here. His arm is not in shape. Gar
| ton, the lefthander. also has created a
| good impression and may be ready with
another season In the minors.
\ II am SDlnB 10 give the
| plenty of work on the road. / will work
three Of them In each game against the
| Cevelands. That means that six of the
eight pitchers on the main squad Will
be, seen against the world 8 champions"
| The eight hurlers are Douglas. Nehf,
| Barnes, Toney, Ryan. Shea. Sallee and
Grody. Toney and Grody are likely to
| be the only ones not used against iris
| Speakers team,
al1N IN
| CASTOR and Henline? Are you going to
keep both? Are you going to use either
( Of these or some other catcher IN q
deai?' McGraw then YVES asked.
II want TO dispose Of that talk about
| trades first" replied the manager. Il
| want to emphasize the fact that ] have
| not a single trade in the making or
even In mind. Both CASTOR and Hen
line look like first class catchers. Cas-
| ton has been handicapped by split
| thumb. Henline has the ability 70 keep
| his team mates on their toes. He Is IN
| there talking all the time. and we Ike
| that sort of spirit"
McGraw Discusses Outneid.
| McGraw then went on to discuss the
| outfteld situation, with all emphasis on
I the candidates for centre field. While he
said nothing definite on Kauff's case, he
made IL plain that he was not counting
| on him for the opening of the season.
| Young and Burns arc playing great
BALL but centre field is giving me some lit
tie trouble" McGrav admitted. How
ever, we have = number OF able candi-
| dates. Of these like Brown best. IL
has been said that Brown hasn't the arm
essential for q first class outtfclder. lie
has had some trouble with II. but think
4 that Il is coming around. have not
asked him to do much throwing. But
what he has done has satisfied. He Is
hard hitter and fine fielder. and II looks
as II he win be the man.
walker impresscs me as great out
fielder in the making. He broke his leg
last s.ason when he was with Augusta OF
the South Atlantic Lergue, and has not
4 quite recovered. In another month he
will have got over the effects Of the
break and Will Le thei e fighting hard for
job. King. Of course. always can be
counted on against left handed pitching.
His hitting here has been quite phenome-
/ nal
/ II know nothing whatever about
| Karf's status. have heard nothing
about him since he was called to New
I York from Chicago.
we have the pitchers and the catch
ers, fine infield and first class out
field. With good fortune we ought to
get away TO flying start and show the
| league few capcrs. But / am not go
ing to predict that we will win the
| pennant."
The players had short workout this
afternoon in which they got their first
real set OF signals. which will be used
against Cleveland. Nehf. Barnes and
] Ryan are likely to face the Indians to-
morrow. Tonight at 8 80 o'clock the
/ squad entrained for Dallas. After two
games with Cleveland the Giants Will
moet the Fort Worth club OF the Texas
| League on Monday. Tuesday and
| "Wednesday they will play in Houston.
Thursday In Galveston. Friday In Lake
Charles against the Athletics. and satur-
day and Sunday IN New Orleans.
! Earl Smith, the catcher, backed O'Dowd
to best Wilson and this evening "
wiser but much sadder individual. lie
promises to get It all back the next time
1 they. meet.
| McGraw's denial that any deal b
pending ruins n perfectly good story OF
the revival OF negotiations with Brook
lyn and the opening OF trade talk with
Cincinnati