The New York herald., 1921-03-06
MISCAST ROCKIES
PLAY LOOSE GAME
IN YANKEE CAMP
Fred Hofmann'S Team Is
Beaten Again by Score
Of 13 to 10.
PITCHERS ARE HARD HIT
Picrcy and Sheehan Make Lit
tie Attempt to Curve Ball
Johnny Mitchell Stars.
PITCHERS ARE HARD HIT
ny WILLIAM u. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE New YoRK HEnAtp.
SHREVEPORT. La. March 5.-The same
combination OF Huggins youngsters
won to-day that won yesterday.
Mitchell, Hawks and associates beat
the team directed by Fred Hofmann.
who Is a catcher trying TO play short
stop, by 13 runs to 10. A good solid
weeks work came TO a close with an
other loose game in which the fielding
and pitching were erratic and the bat
ting heavy. The teams were not en-
tirely the same as yesterday. Ray
French, the infieldcr from California,
arrived and was in right field for the
Hofmanns, or losers. That is one
trouble with the fielding of these
teams-numerous men are playing in
positions strange to them. Their field
ing troubles are still greater when the
ball is hit hard.
Bill Piercy and Tom Sheehan. rated
as good pitching prospects. started to-
day and neither showed much. Most of
the time they we're just putting the ball
occasions Picrcy stopped scoring rallies
by curving the ball. The work Of two
new catchers. Devormer for the losers
and Thoie, young st. Louisian. for
the other side, was clean cut and at
tractive.
The teams were as follows:
Team A--Connelly, 2b. Mitchell, ss. /;
Hawks, 1b. Wingo, II; Skinner, CT. !;
Munson. RI. Holden. Sb.; Thole. c.;
Sheehan and Ferguson. p.
Team B-Christensen. CT; Agnew.
IT,: Fewster. 2b. Hofmann. S.. De-
vormer. c.; Mcmillan. 3b. French. RI. !;
Gault, 1b Piercy and CLIFFORD, p.
The Holden in the lineup is the Bal
timore player and former Yank. The
score by innings:
Team A.. 8 a. 8 0 1--1s-14-3
Team b.. AZ - 0 3-1O- 9-S
Good Plays and Poor Ones.
While A troop was hitting Piercy
vengefully in tho first two Innings. his
support was grouping errors. Hence
nine runs in that space OF ACTON.
Johnny Mitchell led the hitting with
three shots. and has every earmark or
a first class ball player. MCMILLAN ran
to the dugout and shared foul at the
risk of an arm or leg. and Hofmann
made one fine play among a bunch a.
poor ones with a hard scoop and long
throw. Nine hits were made Oft Piercy.
five off Clifford. five off Sheehan and
four of Ferguson. and the following
did the hitting: Christensen, Fewster
CD, Hofmann, Devormer (2), MCMILLAN.
French. Gauit Connolly. Mitchell (0.
Hawkes.. Wingo (2), Skinner, Munson,
Holden t2), Thole. Ferguson t2).
Higgins had four OF his men drlll in
base running moves this morning. lie
picked out four fast ones-Conneilv,
Wingo, Mcmillan and Hawks-and gave
them instruction In sliding back to firse
base to beat the pitchers throw. Stimuli
taneously tho pitchers had practice IN
holding a runner on first base. Mitchell
is. of course. a fixture, so far as any
present plans are concerned. and the
| four named seem to have the lead
among the other recruits. They are
nearer to big league form, but there
are one or two others almost as proni-
| ising.
| Such wide range OF talent Is the
present collection OF Yankee youngsters
| that Higgins has lads TO supply all
| grades of leagues, from ID to double A
to the majors. AS the first week has
gone by without his having missed a
day, he has had good opportunity TO
get an idea of the possibilities OF the
many youngsters, though to do that
isn't an easy thing at the best.