The New York herald., 1921-03-01
MORE GIANTS HIT
TRAIL FOR SOUTH
Squad en- Route From New
York Is Reinforced at
st. Louis.
ny DANIEL.

ST. LOUIS, MO-. REQ. Zo.--lt was q
warm reception. and yet cool one.
which st. Louis gave to the Giants when
they stopped here for nearly five hours
this afternoon. before entraining for San
Antonio. The warm part came from the
weather. which struck roo gait in the
Spring League and made snow covered
streets seem thousands and thousands of
miles away. Az for the coolness Of the
welcome. 1t came from the fans They
do not like the Giants here and they
make no secret of It.
Them Is he guys which Is trying to
steal Hornsby from u.s." sneered taxi
driver at the stat1on-and there you
have the main req soS for the st. Louis
antipathy toward thc New Yorks. The
Giants never were prime favorites here.
even In the old days. 1t was at Cardinal
Field that they reaped their biggest
harvest OF pop bottles. But since the
offer of $250.000 for Hornsby the
Giants are about as well liked IN the
Mound City as Is weasel In a hem
nery
However. the Giants main division
stopped here not to pay their respects
to the fans OF this city but to pick up
certain additions from the midwest.
They We're reinforced BY Walter Hen
line. the new catcher from Indianapolis
Roy Grimes, the second baseman from
Bridgeport Lee King. the centre fielder;
Vernon Spencer. Benny Kauff's rival,
and Ed Brown, the giant outfielder who
was with San Antonio last season.
Twelve in Main Division.
The schedule called for taking on ten
players in this city. but four went d.
rect from their homes to San Antonio.
and n fifth-Kauff--wentt to New York.
Benney has been called to the big city to
straighten out the legal tangie into
which he got himself more than year
ago. Art Nehf, Slim Sallee and Olin
Voight. the young left handler from the
Three-I League. decided to get to the
training ground ahead OF schedule, and
are already busy on Henry Fabian's
well groomed diamond. Pat Shea.
pitcher purchased from Toronto. aiso is
at San Antonio.
The main division now consists OF a
dozen players and Jess Burkett. There
will be no additions until the bunch gets
into San Antonio tomorrow night.
IT is a little too early to begin scoring
for the gastronomic title. but one cham
pionship may be awarded right now. To
King. who halls from Monongah. w. Va,
must be given the Beau Brumnel
honors. The outfielder greeted his team
mates to-day clad in neat shepherd $
plaid, with checks about as large as they
come on a checker board. He wore no
spatts because you cannot buy those
things down in Monongah, but this
deficiency will be taken care Of before
the train leaves for aexas. II King
hits as well In the National League as
he does in the dress circle Hornsby will
be eclipsed like a piccolo player in a
brass band.
Spencer. who was acquired by the
Giants last season. Is making his first
training trip with a major league club.
He has big farm at Wixom, Mich. but
has his heart set on making good as a
big league outfelder. The former fiier
did not do so we'll with the bat last sea-
son, but Burkett hopes to eradicate at
least one glaring fault in the way he
meets the ball Spencer is going to do
lot better this year II he does as we
want him to-" remarked Burkett this
afternoon.
CRtchers Aplenty.
Henline. who cost the Giants some
thing like $4,000. appreciates that he
has Joined q club with a lot OF star
catchers, and that ii will be doubly hard
for him to stick with the Giants. How
ever, IL Henline does not remain with
the New Yorks he is quite certain to stay
in the league for every other club in the
circuit could use him. With Smith.
Snyder. Gonzales. CASTOR and Henline
| tho Giants VIII have the biggest and
most ca pable catching staff in the major
lear'ies.
Lee Dixon, the young catcher from
Rockford, who was slated to go to San
Antonio in order that McGraw might
look him over, has been told not to re-
port. The club released him to india
napols some time ago, but McGraw
thought that he might be able to use
him in camp. However. there VIII be
moro catchers at San Antonio than Mac
will know what to do with.