davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Huggegins e Calls
Squad to First
Practice To-day
Seven Players Unsigned;
Mite Manager Enters
Denial of Baker Deal
By r. T.. Kelly

SHREVEPORT, La, Feb. 27.-The
Yankees will lose little time in start
ing preparations for the coming cam
palgn, for soon after the advance
squad arrived here tonight Manager
Miller Huggins issued orders for two
practice sessions tomorrow, one in
the morning and the other in the after
noon. Huggins reached here this
morning from his home in Cincinnati
TO take active command of the outfit
The squad at present consists of
fourteen rockies, in addition to Hug
gins and Scout Bob Conner. Besides
the party that came through from New
York and vicinity there were six other
payers who arrived at the spring
training camp earlier in the day. These
are pitchers Jess Doyle, Earl johnson
and Thomas Sheehan, catcher Al De-
vormer, infelder N. A. Mcmillan. and
outfielder A. H. Wingo.
-, None of the regulars have reached
the training quarters, but some OF
them are due to arrive within the next
lew days and in week or so it is ex-
pected that the complete squad of forty
six players will be on hand. Babe Ruth,
Harry Harper, Waite Hoyt and Carl
Mays are still at Hot Springs and are
not due to report at camp until next
week.
Huggins denied the report from Gin
cinnati that "Home Run" Baker had
been sold to the Senators for $4,000
and said it was still uncertain that the
Trappe mauler would play with the
Yanks this season.
According to Higgins at least six of
the veterans are still unsigned. These
are Rip Collins, Roger Peckinpaugh,
Wallie Pipp, Jack Quinn, Bob Shawkey
and Wallie~ Schang. He also said that
Ping Bodie, Waite 'Hoyt, Harry Harper,
Babe Ruth and Bobby Roth had ali
fixed their respective signatures to a
contract for this year, The midget
manager is uncertain regarding the
status of the other veterans, including
Wilson Fewster and Fred Holman.
Carl Mays is also in the fold, as his
contract does not expire until the end
Of the coming season.
Makeup of Yankee Squad
Pol Perritt, veteran pitchea of the
Giants, is citizen of Shreveport and
is sharing in the oil boom in this sec
ton of the country. Pol has been in
the oil business for the past two wears.
He is preparing to leave for San An
tonic to join the club within the next
few days.
AS the present squad is constituted,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Penr, State Pitching
Ace Stars for South
To Become a Yankee

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Feb.
27.-E. T. Gramley, star hurler
on last years Penn State nine,
left here to-day for Shreveport,
La, where he will report for a
try-out with the New York
Yankees. Gramley won eleven
straight games last spring and
was undefeated. Included in his
victories were four shut-outs. He
is twenty-one years old.
Granaley was discovered" by
Dick Harley, the old Philadelphia
National League star, in 1917,
when Harley was coaching at
Penn State. Gramley was not
out for the team, but one day he
peeled off his coat and started to
"toss 'em up" to a member of the
squad. Harley spotted him and
ordered Gramley to get into uni
form.
The youngster went on the
northern trip the following week
and won three straight games be-
for" the season ended. In 19la
he was a dependable winner and
last year he was Hugo Bezdek's
ace.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Jockey Club Announces
Inaugural of New Race;
Main Events ALI Boosted

The stakes of the Metropolitan
Jockey Club, which close March Is,
show splendid aggregate value of
S69,500 for the eighteen features which
have been formulated by Secretary w
G. Edwards. This is an increase of
Sl7,5Oo over the sum hung UP for the
spring meeting q year ago. Jamaica
has for some years inaugurated the
metropolitan season and it has earned
a popularity with the rank and file OF
racegoers.
The Excelsior Handicap, with value
OF $500, or $1,000 more than it carried
In 1920, is the leading event for three
year-olds and upward to be decided
during the meeting. 1t has always pro
duced a good race and affords the first
glimpse of the best horses in training
afteS the long winter period of recuper.
alton. The Kings County and Long
Beach handicaps, at one mile and six
teenth and mile and furlong, re.
spectively, are each up $1,000 in added
money this season and are now real
good features, totalling in net to the
winner upward of $4,000.
The Paumonok has also ben enriched
by $1,000. This is one OF the best
sprinting events of the year. 1t is
worth $4,000. The Paumonok is, like
the Toboggan Handicap run at Belmont
Park, noted for the number of fine
finishes which have been recorded in it.
New Stake Race Added
Mr.. Edwards has inaugurated new
stake for three-year- This is called
the Spring, and is handicap over the
six-furlong course. 1t carries value
OF $4,000, serving as preliminary for
the Stuyvesant and Southampton handi-
caps, at mile and mile and six.
teenth, The Stuyvesanti ia worth $4,000,
as against $4,000 a year ago. The
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Three Big Meets
To Attract Track
Stars This Week

With three important meets sched-
uled this week, athletes of the metro
politan district and those who have
come on from other sections face the
hardest stretch of the present indoor
season. The first of the contests will
take place tonight in the 18th Regi-
ment Armory, Brooklyn, where the Silk
ATHLETIC Association will hold it's an
nual games. The Samaclar A. A. will
be in convention tomorrow night, and
the New York A. C. Saturday evening.
The four-mile "Met" relay champion
ship will feature the Silk meet, with
special 660-yard invitation run as an
added attraction. The New York A. c..
Morningside A. c., Knights of st. An
tony and Brooklyn A. A. have entered
the relay, while Jack Sellers, Sid Les
lie and several other stars will start
in the $780,
Joie Ray, Hal Cutbill and ''Long
Tom" Campbell will start from scratch
in a special 1,000-yard race, which will
be the stellar event at the games of
the Samaclar A. A, in the 22d Reg-
ment Armory. There will be scratch
30o-yard run for a special trophy, in
which Loren Murchison, Ed Farrell and
Bernie Wefers, jr., will start.
r.. E. Barron, Philadelphia, Dick
Landon and a, host of other top-notch-
ers have entered the New York A. C.
games, which also will be held in the
22d Regiment Armory The usual card
of open events has been arranged
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Baker Not Sold.
Is Not for Sale,
Says Col. Huston

j. Franklin Baker has not been sold
to Washington. What is more he will
lot be sold to Washington OR to any
other club. He is going to Shreveport
La, to train with the Yankees and he
will finish his major league career as q
member of the New York American
League Club.
Ali the foregoing information was
made both plain and emphatic by Col
onel 7. L. Huston, half owner of the
Yankees, who returned yesterday from
visit to the Dover Hall Club near
Brunswick, Ga.
Il am completely at loss to under
stand how such story could originate
from Cincinnati" said the Colonel in
referring to a dispatch from that city
which said The former home run king
of Trappe, Md, had been sold to Wash
ington for $4,000.
II saw Frank Baker in Washington
last night" Colonel Huston continued
He told me that he wished to play
ball in New York and / assured him
we would not sell him or trade him.
Il consider Baker one of the very
finest specimens of manhood I have
ever met during long business
career. He is man, every inch of him
from the ground up. Baseball needs
more men Of the Baker type. He is the
best possible influence for good on a
ball club and he will be welcomed back
whenever he gets ready to report.
Furthermore Baker is in wonderful
physical condition. I do not remeu.
Der Der when ne ever looked better during
the FIVE years he has been a member
of the New York club. He says he
has never felt better and believes he
could step right into the game if the
season opened tomorrow. I hope and
season opens. His wishes will be re-
spected; he will end his career as a
Yankee"
Colonel Huston is in excellent health
He has fully recovered from his recent
operation and intends to getiright into
harness for work on the new park
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
''Long'' George Kelly,
Last Giant HoId-Out,
Signs the s'Papers''
From O STAFF Correspondent

RUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 27.-
When the Giants special ar
rived this evening Eddie Bran
nick received word from Joe
O'Brien that George Kelly, the
first baseman, had accepted
terms and that his signed con-
tract was on its way to New
York from Kelly's home in
California.
Kelly had been the lone hold-out
= of the Giants. He returned the
first contract offered to him in
January, and when the club
raised its figure and send him a
second document he sent that
back, too. He held out for a
substantial increase and evident
ly he got it.
Kelly's acceptance of terms
means that all the Giants are on
the bandwagon and that the first
sacker will be at San Antonio
on Wednesday morning ready
for work. Kelly's work was one
of the features of the Giants
showing last season after July 4.
G.. A. T.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Sixty Answer First Call
For Tiger Baseball Men

PRINCETON, N. j., Feb. 27,-The
first sign of spring appeared yester-
day, when baseball candidates reported
for practice. Both Captain Janon
Fisher and Coach Bill Clark were on
hand in the big cage to start the men
off right. About sixty were present.
The twenty battery aspirants had been
doing preliminary warming up all
week. Of the sixty men eight had
varsity sweaters, being veterans of
Coach Clark gave Nthe men a short
throwing and fielding practice and
then sent them for run around the
outdoor wooden track. Among the
veterans to report were Captain
Fisher, catcher; Cook and Hal Harvey,
first base; McPhee, Keyes and Garrity,
infeld. McIlvain, Mcnamara and
Watson are eligible for the outfeld,
while Margetts and st. John are
veteran hurlers.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Jamaica Stakes Increased
S17,5OO for Spring Meet

added money for the Southampton is
$4,000, as against $2,5o0 in 1920.
For the two-year-olds the offerings
number six, with the Youthful Stakes.
at five and half furlongs, the leading
feature. 1t has value of $1,000. while
the Colorado, which is to be run over
the flve-furlong route, is worth $4,000.
This is $1,000 more in each instance
than these features carried last season,
The best of the Juveniles should parade
for both OF them.
The Rosedale, which is worth $4,000.
ought to bring out all the good mate
rial in the flly division, while the
greenfield, Montauk and Suffolk. each
with $2,o0O added, are marked up $500
over last year.
Jockey Club and those of the Fmn;rs
CITY Racing Association due to close
this week, it is going to be busy
period Tor horsemen. Training OPERA
tions are we'll advanced, and should
there be no setback within the next six
weeks there will be no dearth of racine
material to fill the various oyerpiobt :
events on the daily programs this
spring. 'A''
Events to Close March Is
Ao.to"lHg are tAe Jamaica events
closing March Is:
For three-year-olds and upward-Excs,-
sior 81 Handicap. and 1-1sth miles, value
S.eeoo; Kings County Handicap, / and
r1ioth miles. $4,000 added; Long Beach
aandicsp. u miles, $500 added; Pau
Ratnha Tio,r1a Handicap. furlongs, value $4,000
added; Garden city Selling STAKES. SuS and
'i.aeth miles. $4,000 added Newtown Sell
nig fng stakes furlongs, $4,000 added +:
added. S"'VVV
FOR three-year- r-oids-southampton Hand
leap, and l-l6th miles S3,500 addad :,
stuy vesant Handicap ! mile, value ss00o ::
SsPring Handicap, furlongs. value 5000:
ana laghisno Selling Stakes, furlongs. Sc.
For tworyear- -olds--Youthful Stakes. sls
rur,ongs. value $1,000: Colorado stakes (
aaunrlongs. value $4,000; Rosedale Stakes ffor
sInes), fnrlongs, value SIS, 900; GreenffeId
NOUNS Montak stssss ss, s9 furiongs. $4,000 added
goo added. and Suffolk Stakes, fnrlogs.
$4,000 added to"ss'
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28

AS compared with departures of the
New York National League Club in
former years, to-day's exit was some
what of tame affair. In olden times
practically the entire squad Of Giants,
TO the number of twenty or thirty, was
wont to quit the metropolis at one
and the same time.
It was considered the proper thing
in those days for the more rapid fans
to assemble at the place of departure
to get a glimpse of such famous char
acter as Matty, McGraw, Heinie Zim
and the like. This morning nary fan
was on hand to bid the travellers god
speed.
Frisch Only Hero Aboard
Frank Frisch, of Fordham, was the
only parsonage of the hero type in
Brannick's coterie of to-day. In fact
he was the lone veteran" and he a
Giant Of only one years standing.
Other exponents of the national pas
time in the party were Alexander
Alphonse CASTOR, & catcher from Tea
neck, N. j.. secured from the Milwau-
kee Club of the American Association;
Raymond c. Bancroft, an outfielder
from Lawrence, Mass; Leo V. Kane,
an infelder from Springfield, Mass,
who played with the Hartford team of
the Eastern League last season; Robert
L. Grody, a right-handed pitcher from
the sand lots Of New York City, and
Howard Burkett, an infelder and son
of the far-famed Jesse.
Traffic Pilot Brannick is sponsor for
Mr. Grody. He discovered the lad in
the Rubber Trades League, and so good
did he look to Eddie that he kidnapped
MIN. According to Brannick, this fell
is bit shy on control. Perhaps the
combined efforts of Vice-P Presidents
Manager McGraw and Hughie Jennings
may succeed in tanning the youngster.
Kauff Joins Party To-day
Frank Fordham Frisch declined to
state whether he preferred to play
third base or to be shifted to second
in case "Goldie" Rapp comes up to
expectations as an infielder. Frank
Fordham was too busy teaching cal
phonse" CASTOR and the aforemen-
toned Grody the intricacies of the
game OF casino to discuss the national
game.
I Frisch will not be the lone veteran
of the party when Cleveland is reached
late tonight, for Benny Kauff is ex-
pected to board the Giants train in
several other oldtimers would Join at
St. Louis tomorrow afternoon, but it
appears the greater part Of them are
planning to go to San Antonio direct
rom their respective homes in the
Middle West
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Reggie Vanderbilt Heads
Horse Show Committee

reginald Vanderbilt heads the execu-
V, I'VE committee this year of the New
The show, as in previous vears r. - D.
take place on the tan bark of the Nv
land Riding Academy on the evening"
OF April 26, q, % and 20. It will be
the second event of the spring and
summer horse show season. I,donr
polo will be featured. -'i1ooi
=, Associated with Mr.. Vanderbilt on
fhe committee are John Nee, Bowman
George Clark, William Durland. John
eGefken, Robert A. Grannis, o. J. GUIDE,
samuel Keller Jacobs, Franklin r.
Jourdan, E. Won der Horst Koch. Es.
mond o'Brien, s. W. Taylor, John R.
townsend and J. Macv WilIets
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Boston Drops Squash
Title to PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.--Philadel-
phia won the intercity squash cham
pionship to-day at the Germantown
Cricket Club by defeating Boston in the
final round. Philadelphia won nine
games to Bostons seven.
The summary:
Foster D. Kellogg Boston, defeated VIII.
liam f. Harrity. Philadelphia. 15-17, l6-
IA. 10-15, Ito, 15--9
Ralph D. Powers, Boston defeated Wal.
lace r.. johnson, Philadelphia, 14--l7
1b-l2. $50, 15-s.
Francis s. White. Philadelphia, defeated
G. d. Hayward, Boston, ISIS 16-s
15-10, 15-4
W. Z. 4. Huhn jr., Philadelphia. defeated
Mark wendell, Boston, 15-1, 15-s, I5-12
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Akron Sells Baseball
Franchise to Montreal

AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 27-President
ice Thomas Of the Akron baseball club
to-day sold the International League
franchise to Montreal Frank Shaugh-
messy, representing a Montreal group,
closed the deal during visit to this
city. at a consideration of 1900.
President Thomas announced that
the purchase price would not be paid
the Akron club until the international
League approved Montreals entrance.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28

it consists of seven pitchers, three
catchers, three outfelders and onlv ons
infielder.. The twirlers are John Clit.
ford, formerly of the Rochester club:
Jess Doyle, of the Greenville club:
Alex Ferguson, of Jersey City; Earl
Johnson, of Cedartown; Edgar Leopard
and 7. H. Godfrey, semi-pros. from
New York City, and Tom Sheehan, OF
Atlanta.
The catehers are Charles Gait and
Edwin Grassick, semi-pros, and All
Devormer, of the Vernon club, of the
Pacific Coast League. The outfelders
are Sid Agnew, of Parkersburg, Pa:
A. H. Wingo, of Atlanta, and Joe Nun
son, of Raleigh, N. C. The lone infielder
is N. A. Mcmillan, of Greenville, N: c.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Southern Fives i'm Tourney

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 27.-The col
legiate basketball championship of the
South will be fought out among the
teams representing Kentucky State,
Georgia Tech, University OF Geoec;a
and Mississippi A. and NJ Kentucky
State will meet Mississippi A. and NJ.
and the two Georgia teams will face
each other tomorrow night in the
semi finals
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
stanislaus Zbyszko
To Try Comeback
In Armory Toni ght

Wrestling fans will have their inning
tonight at the list Regiment Armory,
where Jack Curley is to present a twin
feature in mat entertainment. Stan
islaus Zbyszko will meet Charles
Peters to finish in one bout. In the
other Armas Laitinen, the Finnish
champion, is to tackle John Pesek.
The elder Lbyszko is one of the most
famous grappiers before the public to-
day, as we'll as a striking example of
he virtue Of clean living. Well past
the forty-year mark, this giant of a
Pole is attempting comeback after
an enforced idleness of four years in a
Russian prison camp, where he was ill
fed and only half clothed.
When he came to this country sew
erai months ago Stanislaus Zbyszko
was nearly a hundred pounds over
weight, for he had devoted many
months of his freedom to making up
for lost time In the matter of eating
His announced intention of resnterinp
the lists caused little more than q
ripple of derision. But Zbyszko has
trained long and arduously and is once
more down to the weight of his cham
plonship days, when he first came tc
America before the World War.
Zbyszko is no experiment. He has
tried himself out with good men and
thrown them to boot. Many judges de-
clare him as good as he was ten years
ago, and that is good enough to put
MN in line for a crack at champion
Ed (Strangler) Lewis.
Pesek and Peters are unknown to
New York fans, though both are very
highly regarded in the Middle West
For many years Peters was sheriff
in Nebraska in the days when that
state was overrun with "bad" men. Both
are ambitious 10 qualify for a cham
pionship tilt.
Nat Pendleton, who won the Olympic
championship, will meet Mort Hender-
son, the MASKED Marvel" in one of
the preliminaries. This will be the
hardest match in which Pendleton has
engaged since he turned nrofnssionaI
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Whirlwinds Have Walkover

The New York Whirlwinds defeated
the Passaic Stars, otherwise known as
the Powers Brothers team, in a fast
game of basketball in the 22d Regi
ment Armory last night. The score
was SO to II. The Original Celtics,
city honors, defeated the Jersey FIVE
by margin of only 13 points. The
Stars shot only two baskets last night,
other scoring resulting from fouls.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
McCahill Is Winner
Of Larchmont Shooi

I. j. McCahill won the high scratch
prize at the traps of the Larchmont
Yacht Club. He had score of 95 out
OF a possible 100 targets, remarkably
good shooting. as nasty northeast rain
squall broke in the face of the gun
ners: The win gave McCahill the
scratch prize for February.
The handicap race ended in a tie
between c. L. Weyand and F. A. Moore
Each had SO out of a possible 100 tar
gets. The shoot-otf was postponed un.
til next Sunday.
The scores:
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Chess Tourney at a Tie

David Janowski, French chess cham
pion, yesterday defeated w. Malowan
IN the final game of the annual cham
pionship tournament at the Manhattan
Chess Club and thereby tied r. T..
Black for first place, each credited with
totals of 10is--11a. The two have
agreed to play off the tie in series of
three games, starting next Saturday.
ID. schapiro, of Columbia, with 10-2,
is winner Of tia third prize.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Tobin Sets Record

John Tobin of the Browns was the
one American Lacquer of 1920 to twice
rip off hits in one inning, fifteen other
individuals being credited with one
performance of this kind. None of
these men was able to set any new
records for the junior league in his
accomplishments along these lines, and
the years output OF two an inning
stunts was mot sensational, though it
was prolific.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
League Team for Jacksop

JACKSON, Mich, Feb. 27.-Jackson,s
entry into the Cotton States League
was almost assured yesterday. when a
campaign launched to sell shares of
stock to control local club netted
$500, with only small portion of
the city canvassed. 1t is expected that
the total receipts will aggregate Sc 900
or $1,000 when the full returns are
brought in. h
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Fink Lands Squash Title

Earl Fink, Of the Englewood Field
Club, won the squash tennis champion-
ship of New Jersey yesterday after
noon by defeating Felix jenkins, cham
pion of the Montclair A. c., on the
courts of the former club. Fink's vic
tory marked the third successive time
ne has won the title. He disposed of
Jenkins in, five hard fought games,
S-16, 15-6, 1b-10. 15-11
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Nippons in Exhibition

The Nippon Athletic Club, of this
city, will hold special exhibition Of
Judo Saturday night at the Engineers
Society Building, 2s West Thirty-ninth
street, New York City. The procedes
fund.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
'Ran straight.

1Ndii SIi dl gnu.
WINNERS
High scratch trophy--A. E. Ranney.
High handicap trophy--W. B. Allen.
Buermeyer cup--A. L. Ranney
WINNERS OF MONTHLY CUPS
Tourna ment-W. G.. Allen.
Byronel--A. P. Bennett.
President's--E. II. Lochateli.
Lyon-A. e. Ranney.
Dtstance--E. NJ. Alexander
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
BROOKLYN Amateurs to Box

The BROOKLYN College Club, in con-
junction with the I'd Field Artillery,
will hold its regular monthly set of
amateur bouts Wednesday and Friday
at the armory, Myrtle and Clermont
avenues, Brooklyn. Forty amateurs
have been invited, including Archie
Walker and Ben Ponteau, who will ap-
pear in the l40-pound class.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
McCra,o's Hopet1ls Set Sail
With No Fans to Say Coodby
Leave-Takng of National League Players i'm Strange
Contrast to Those of Other Days; Benny Kauff
Expected TO Join i'm Cleveland This Morning
BY Charles A. Taylor
(En route South with Giants


BUFFALO, N " Feb PA small contingent Giants comprs-
West from the Grand Central Station morning
was chaperond by Edward Brannck traffic
ball
night Monsieur Edward reported all hands taking dining
nourishment regularly greediY
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Tiger Post Quintet Defeated

The Washington Heights Post basket.
ball team defeated the Tiger Post of
the American Legion Saturday night,
20 to ~. Tom and Joe Mullaney scored
nine baskets.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
Hauser TO Referee Cue Ma,cs,

George Hauser, of New York, has
been chosen referee, and w. d. Judd
Of st. Louis, official scorer for the
4,S0o-point match at 1872 balkline bill
liards between Eduard Horemans and
Jake Schaefer, which will start this
afternoon at Daley's Billiard Academy
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28

Athletic Carnival for Newark
The annual indoor athletic carnival
of the Hahne Athletic Association will
be held March 80 in the 9Th Regiment
Armory, Newark. Gold medals set
with diamonds will be given to winners
in the open events.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28

N.ANiE4o HIM W I81IN
ednesday-Columbia at Yale.
aturday--Princeton at Columbia; Yale
at Penn.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-28

mt regularly and greedily.