The New York herald., 1921-03-10
FORTY YANKS ARE
OUT FOR PRACTICE
Huggins's Largest Squad
Works Under Managers Eye
Following Morning Rain.
ny WILLIAM r. HANNA.

spectul Despatch 10 THE NEW tohk fiEAALp'
SHREVEPORT, La. March ?-Forty
players were on the field isis afternoon,
forty old and new Yankees, the largest
squad that has yet paraded under the
appraising eye of Manager Huggins.
Waiter Pipp. Bob Shawkey and Wally
Schang were In uniform for the first
time. Following a rain the grounds
were muddy and the day was cold. and
there was no morning practice.
The afternoon assignment was a
whole lot of batting and short turn
at fielding. ard the usual capers on the
side which players not otherwise en-
gagged go through. featureiess sort
OF day II was, the weather helping TO
make II so. but the short defensive drill
in which the infield had Ruth at first.
Fewster at second. Mitchell at short and
Ward at third. with Fred Hofmann
behind the bat and throwing to bases for
the first time. was the cleanest. fastest
and liveliest Unfolding done since the
camp opened.
Sharp throwing by the catcher and
pepper by him helps n lot In drill OF
this sort, and Hofmann furnished these
things. Pipp came in for short stay
at first, with McNally at third and De-
vormer catching, but this combination
hadn't the life of the other one. De-
vormer's arm is aching and he merely
lobs hts throws. That made the work
drag.
Mitchell did the best work at short he
has yet done, and fine work IL was He
Is quick with his hands. Shawkey bat
ted TO the infield and though 1t was his
first day out the spirited way he did 1t
helped make the whole thing go with
bang and rush.
Wingo was in left field, Bodie and
Connolly in centre, Roth and Agnew in
left More regulars were In operation
than on any previous day.
There are so many aspirants that
Huggins has had to divide the crowd
into two sections for batting practice.
In the first lot were Fewster. Roth.
Ruth. Hofmann, Bodie. Mitchell. Ward.
Schang and Pipp. but even with two bri-
gades the individuals didn't swing
shiilelah often enough to suit him.
Notes of the Yankees.
No additional arrivals to-day. Peck is
expected tomorrow.
Collins is holdout, and nobody seems
to know whether Meusel is or not. No
body is losing any sleep over II. SAID
Col. Huston to-day: IF anybody on this
club is still holding out 1t looks as II we'd
let him go on holding out"
Bob Shawkey had letter from Ernie
Shore. now with the Vernon, California,
club. who writes that he likes II out on
the coast.
With Shawkey on hand, the Yankees
have two members addicted to red under
sleeves. Shawkey and Harper.
Z
George Stallings Of Rochester is here
looking for players. lie says his club
will train at Arlington. y. c. Nobody
| knew before there was such town.
Walter Hapgood dug 1t up, and Hapgood
beats the world for discovering towns
never heard OF before.
/ Ruth cracked three over the fence this
| afternoon and bumped the centreheld
/ fence with one on the fly.
| And still no pitching TO speak or yet
by the irst string pitchers. Huggins evil
\ IDENTIFY Is going to depend on youngsters
for the games against Shreveport Satur-
1 day and Sunday.
/ Statistics showing Carl Mays to be
\ feet 10h inches tall, weight l75 pounds
and age 80 years. are all right except
for three unimportant things. He IL
II IL Nrau old