New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Veteran Barnes
Accepts Terms
OF the Giants
Dependable Right : Handed
Pitcher Hopes to Improve
His Fine Record of 1919

Two veteran pitchers upon whom
John j. McGraw is banking heavily for
the coming season have just assured
the home office that they not only will
be on deck at San Antonio, Tex, with
the first squad of Giants, but that they
will be there for the grim purpose of
leading the Giants to a pennant this
year. These pitchers are Jess Barnes
and Arthur Nehf, who first earned fame
with the Boston Braves and who since
have endeared themselves to Polo
Grounds fans. Barnes is supposedly
McGraw's most dependable Highlander
and Nehf is rated one Of the best
southpaws.
Both these sterling pitchers of oppo-
site deliveries are now eligible to dig
in and tear. Barnes forwarded his
signed contract from his winter home
at Circleville, Kan. The missive reached
Secretary Joe O'Brien yesterday.
The contract was accompanied by a
very reassuring letter. Nehf's letter
from Washington, Ind, which also
reached Mr.. O'Brien yesterday, did not
contain q contract. The southpaw al
ready was in good standing, having
been held over from last season by a
term contract.
Barnes has wintered at Circleville.
Kan, and wintered we'll, according to
a letter that accompanied the signed
contract. Since the close of the last
baseball season he has spent practically
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kept in good shape by hunting during
the open season and since has been
IN hight training. He says his arm is
IN such excellent condition that trim
to Hot Springs would be useless ex-
pense.
Though in the new order of rating
pitchers (the number of earned runs
allowed per game of nine innings) Nehf
was below every one of McGraw's regu-
lars for the season of 1920, he was.
nevertheless, the Giants second rank
ing. pitcher in the percentage of vic
torres turned in. He won twenty-one
and lost twelve games for .63S' Oniv
Dig Fred Ioney surpassed him on such
IA percentage basis. Toney won twenty
one and lost eleven games for ,656
barnes reported somewhat fat last
spring and had great deal of difficulty
| getting down to weight Only occa-
Slohaliy dld he fash the class that made
h!m an idol of the Polo Grounds in
1918, his first full season as Giant
Two years ago Barnes won twentv-f five
and lost only nine games. He writes
] record. 'ii0'
If these two young men put their
mlnds seriously to their business Nc
Graws S,aIaa chief pitching problems will
al Mamaux, pitcher, the first of the
Dodgers to depart for the Sunny south
lett his home in Brooklyn last nipht
on the first leg of his journey to Hot
Springs, Ark. He will stop off al
Pittsburgh to visit his mother and will
arrive at the famous resort on Fridsv
the day on which all of the BrookI1;n'
battery men have been ordered IN ~
port at Hot Springs to start preiimi-
nary training.
Clarence Mitchell, Otto Miller and
Leon Cadcre will start for Hot SPRINGS
TO- morrow night and Walter Ruether,
Sherrod Smith and Burleigh Grimes also
are expected to leave within the next
lew days The last named is in the auto
mobile business in Cleveland and il is
possible that he may forego the ses-
sion at Hot Springs and wait until il
IS time to start the regular traininp
period at New Orleans.