The New York herald., 1921-03-01
YANKEE RECRUITS
HAVE INITIAL TRIAL
Higgins Puts Nineteen OF
Them Through PAGES at
shreveport.
INFIELD WORKS FAST
SVingo Performs Well With
Bat-Pitchers Careful of
Their Afms.
TNFIELD WORKS FAST
nv WILLIAM ID. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YosR HEn.LD
SHREVEPORT, La, Feb. 2S.-Miiler
Huggins didn't know the names OF hah
Of the men with whom he started the
Yankees training season to-day. That
was no fault Of his. They were all
nineteen of them, not inclusive OF
coaches. scouts and such--recruits, and
II will take a few days for Huggin5 TO
yet acquainted with the different young
sters who are being put through their
PAGES for week before the regulars
report
The Yankee boss was as serious and
energetic about the work as II in the
collection in front of him were the ones
with whom he expected to win the PEN
aant and as II everything depended on
them. There was no telling what en-
bryo craclSajacks he might have IN ,he
array or how soon some of them might
be filling regular positions. The even
recurring hope that real quality may De
encountered IN the spring crop is one OF
the things that makes life worth living
for baseball managers.
The training season began with per-
fccs training weather and on well
appointed and modern playing field. II
nas modern turtle back diamond, wide
reaches to the fences and Is very fast
though a bit too hard.
The Entire Party Out.
The entire Yankee party out on the
field consisted OF Hugglns. Bob Connery
and Frank Roth, who helped In the
work. and Charles O'Leary. also coach
and general factotum. and the following
nineteen players.
sid Agnew. outhelder, Industrial
League; J. Aulbach. pitcher. Louisville
semi-pro; Tom Connolly, Tulsa. OUT
aeIder, and with the Yankees late last
year; John Clifford. pitcher, Rochester I:
Jess Doyle Sally League, pitcher. Al
De vormer, Coast League, catcher; Alex
Ferguson, Jersey City. pitcher, and no
stranger to fast company; Charies
Gault, Philadelphia. catcher: Edwin Z.
Csrassick. Woodbridge. n. j.. catcner
Eugene Gramley. Penn State. pitcher !;
Tom Godfrey, artists model and rev
York semi-pro pitcher; Bruce Htt,
pitcher from Mineral Wells. Texas; Earl
Johnson. a six foot pitcher from West
virginia. Edgar Leopard, New York semi
bro southpaw, zoe Munson. Raleigh.
outffelder: " A. Mcmillan. Greenviile,
S. c., infielder: Thomas Sheehan. South
ern League. pitcher: a. ii. Winso,
brother OF Ivy and Southern League
outneldcr, Camp skinner Ca, infelder.
Higgins had everything on hand ex-
cept a first baseman, and when he sent
an infield and outheld TO positions for
fielding practice he had DE Normer'
tho catcher, playing hrst.
De Vormer Is another six footer. and
the young inneld which grabbed ground
ers and uncoiled throwing arms was
right respectable as to stature. Skinner
ut second and Mcmillan at short are
over average size, straight, well built
fellows. and Grassick. a catcher. but
who was at third. Is Ave feet ten.
Work at Moderate Pace.
In the outfeld were Connolly. Agnew.
Wingo and Munson. The pace was Just
moderate. after II came batting practice,
with Gramley, the collogian. who looks
like Dick Rudolph Sheehan. Doyle and
Clifford doing the pitching. Doyle is
tall, graceful chap with good carriage.
Connolly, who is really a pretty capa-
Bile batter. evidently hadn't adjusted his
eye to pitched balls. for he repeatedly
popped fair or foul flies. The cleanest.
hardest hitting was done by the red
headed Wingo. a heavily built left
handed hitter. who vhanged liners to
right field.
Most of the young pitchers used their
arms either on the mound or on the side
lines, but Ferguson, the modern sphinx.
nut Taleu "a TlsIl sdHily pllSHci, iHiit0h
his stunt to fielding bunts. That's all
he needed for first day. He Is more
OF a known quantity than the rest.
Huggins watched everything with OBJ
serving eye. suggesting and commanding
now and then to this fielder or that
pitcher. The youngsters were not afraid
10 make a noise. though they were not
a vociferous lot by good deal and
could have shown more vocal pep The
infieid work was. however. right lively
and hustling, as well as tidy.
Chick Fewster Is on his way. ac-
cordlng to word received. but Hu9glns
knows nothing about Frank Baker
being due TO arrive Thursday II may
be. but more false alarms about Baker
have been flung 10 the world this winter
than usual. which Is saying good
deal Bob Gilks or the scouting staff Is
on hand to sit in with the rest OF the
general staff