The evening world., 1921-01-21
GIANTS WILL TAKE ?.
THREE YOUNGSTERS
TO TRAINING CAMP
This Trio Survives Test of
Seventy-five Kids Who
Looked for Chance.

The result Of the kindergarten
classes in baseball conducted By
the Giants near the flag end OF last
season at the Polo Grounds was am
nounced yesterday afternoon by Jo-
seph d. O'Brien. Secretary Of the
Giants. ..
seventy-fve or more budding
youngsters OF all sizes and descrip-
tions-righthanders and portsiders,
big infielders and little inhelders and
wide outfielders and thin Ones-pracs
tlsed each morning at the Brush Sta
dium under the ewatchful eye Of. Jespe
Burkett great outhelder OF other
days, with the hopes OF making EbS
Southern trip to San Antonio, Tex,
with the Giants this year. %,
OF the Seventy-five youngsters who
responded TO roIicall each morning and
then exhibited their baseball WIRES for
the OBLIGATION OF Burkett and more than
5000 empty seats. three were chosen 70
make the trip with the team in March.
The lucky ones are Robert Q. Bar
croft OF Lawrence, Mass; Robert ".
Grody OF this city and Howard l. Bur
kett OF Worcester, Mass The signed
contracts Of all three recruits are nov
tucked away in the safe at the oftloeH
Of the New YORK Club and they VIII
leave from here with number OF other
Giant players early in March for the
training camp.
Barcroft is an outfelder and last year
played in the New England League, an
Independent organization. Fast on his
feet, a good judge Of fly balls and fair
hitter IS the report on Bancroft. Grody
local sand lots who won quite. a few
games in the semi-protesSional ranks
last season.
Giant scout II Is said that he Is q
chip Of the old block. II he can neld
with the same grace and hit the ball
as hard as his daddy could. then there
great ball player in young Burkett- II
his day. Jesse Burkett was one OF the
| best little outhelders In the big leagues.
Burkett had the distinction OF batting
over 400 for more THAI three seasons.
! AS a member OF the Cleveland team. he
led the National League In batting in
| 1895 with an average OF .425. he re-
tanned his batting honors the following
/ year by turning In an average OF .4lO.
/ Playing with the St Louis Club in
| 1899, Burkett finished the season with
an average Of 400. He won the National
keague batting hon SSS again Ia 1901
! Bancroft, Grody and Burkett will be
under the care of Hughey Jennings at
! San Antonio. II the youngsters show
| any class in the training camp they Will
| be farmed out to some miner league
team with a string attached to them
Babe Ruth, who Is now doing a little
hunting at Dover Hall, Brunswick,
Ca. Will go through boiling out proc
| ess at Hot Springs before joining tho
| Yankees at Shreveport, Ia. Ruth, Carl
Mays, Waite Hoyt, the young Brooklyn
| pitcher, and several other members OF
! the Yankees will leave from here for
/ Hot Springs on Feb. Is. The Babe b
] anxious to break his mighty home-run
| record of last season and wants TO be
in the well known pink" when the
season starts. 1t was several weeks
after the season started last year be-
fore Ruth made his first home run.
Miller Higgins wiz be with us next
week to complete arrangements for the
coming training trip. The diminutive
manager may make another trade be-
fore the team leaves for the SOuuh.
According to Garry Hermann, Presi
dent of the Reds. Heinie Groh Will mol
play with the Giants next season. 4
ldespa tch from Cincinnati yesterday said
that Garry is utterly sick OF the repeat
cd announcement that Groh Is going q
the Giants in a four ooFnered trade
This stun" Hermann Is quoted a
saying, "fatigues me fTightfully. Fol
absolutely the last time Will 6tnta
that Groh is not for sale"