New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Giants Ready
To Begin Trip
ToSan Antonio
Yankees to Depart for New
Orleans Training Camp
morrow Afternoon
BY John kicran

tnSeeS drive the final nail in TIE
oofin of this pale ghost Of the real live
outdoor game when the Rupert Huston
special pulls out for New Orleans to-
morrow afternoon at 5 p m. The Clan
:, ,cGraw will wind by devious routes
sc San Antonio, arriving there late
Tuesday evening If all goes we'll.
SQUIRE Ebbets is already on tho high
seas with the hopeful Dodgers. and
that completes the tale for This mar
ticular metropolis
As far as the faithful fan is con
cesned, winter may linger in the lap of
spring until the board of censorship
nuts an end to 1t, provided only that
ne sun beams kindly on the earnest
ndeavors of the ambitious ball tossers
the Southern training camp. The
<abid bleacherite of the sweltering
summer days may be crouching up
against the radiator in his four by nine
third floor back through the rest Of
this training season, but in spirit he
viii be picking up the fast ones with
'rankie Frisch hard by the old Alamo,
: crashing the leather with the one
nd only Babe Ruth in the Quar. OLD
sshloncd environment of New Orleans.
Rockies Flash to Fore
With news seeming northward out OF
The CORES spondcnce school Of baseball
should do rushing business. The
rockies, as usual, viii fash TO the fore
while the canny veteran is slowly TAX
ing the kinks out Of his system. John
W. Anonymous, from Hohokus, will out
fe,d Beauty Bancroft outslam the Sui
san of Swat and outrun any ordinary
specimen of forked lightning for a
brief space before he retires. perhaps
permanently, to the Class X league that
plays winter engagements in Alaska.
The Justly proud worlds champions
will not he numerically strong this
morning at the official departure from
the Pennsylvania Station. Outside of
newspaper men and Secretary Jim
Tierney and his corps of assistants,
the playing forces viii be represented
bv Frank Frsch, the Fordham Flash;
Walter Kopf. the infclder and brother
to Larry Kopf of the Braves; Alex
CASTOR, the hard hitting substitute
catcher. and Pat Shea. who hopes to
decorate the pitching mound on many
suspicious occasions through the COM
ing season. William Black, infelder
will be hauled abroad the train at Phil
sdelphia. while Georgo Mcfarland and
Parse Malone, .ighthanded pitchers
viii Chamber up the steps at Pitts
bsrgh.
lt might be stated that Bill KLEIN,
city, VIII not undertake arbitration OF
NV kind until the Giants put nine men
or the field and he cries play BALL"
Any arguments on the trip between
lallplayers and Pullman porters. CON
ductors o. the travelling proletarat
must be settled out Of court. Jesse
Burkett is also travelling on "oetached
service He is listed AS scout in
stead of coach. but just what a scout
can do on this trip except run ahead
of the crrine and keep the track clear
was rot gwen out.
Gilbert Looks En- Over
Billy Gilbert, the old Giant second
baseman. leaves to-day ,th the worlds
champiors as does Lou Wendell. the
veteran catchrr who will help loosen
IN the salrl. whips of the aspiring
hurlers. Gilbert who will manage the
Waterbury team Of the Eastern League.
Will make tour OF all the training
camps in search OF maternl for his
Waterbury team. He hopes to get the
pick of the players who will DE turned
back for seasoning and experience.
Tomorrow afternoon at st. Louis the
ranks will be swelled by the addition
Of Virgil and Jess Bernes, Arthur Nehf,
sc lone pcrtside twirler; Rube Benton
Cosey Dolan, Casey Stengol, Heine
,oh Ralph SINNERS, the widely tout
ed ou.felder; John A. White, semi
pro infelder. and Richard Proctor,
riGht-hauded pitcher. The Hot Springs
and Earl Sn1ith-wil go direct to join
Ross Young, Frank Snyder, Dave Ban
croft and John McGraw himself at San
Antonio.
The following players will report di-
rectly from their homes to the train
Ing camp: Phil Douglas, from Birming-
ham, Ala; Fred Toney, from Nashville,
Tenn; John Albertson, pitcher, from
Nj Rose S. D.; Claude Jonnard from
Nashville, Tenn; Max Rachac, pitcher,
from Conrad, Mont; Glenn Shores,
Ditcher. from Buffalo. Kan; W. Nc
Glougnln, pitcher, from Atlanta, Ga:
Edward Male. pitcher, from Clinton.
Miss; Floyd Brown, catcher from Lo-
agn lows Frank Samidc. catcher, from
Denver, Colo; George Kelly and Bill
Cunningham, from San Francisco;
from Los Angeles, and Daniel Boone,
from Sarmanthon. Ala. Roy Gillen-
water, d Hot Springs catcher recon-
mende by Earl Smith, will also be at
'ho Giants camp.
On to New Orleans
All the Yankee players will keep
ccar Of the car that leaves tomorrow
with the club officials and newspaper
men. Those on the roster of the
American League championship team
will journey from their own firesides
TO New Orleans. with the exception Of
tae select group of ball players now
wearing out the links at Hot Springs.
Among those who will quit the bunkers
and sand traps of the Arkansas resort
]or the Gulf city are the "Battering
Babe" Carl Mays. Bullet Joe Bush,
J franklin Baker, All De Vormer.
WatS Hoyt. "Minooka" Mike McNally,
ETerett Scott. Bob Shavkey and WalNe
Schang.
The other twenty-three players Of
.he Rupert and Huston forces vii!
hock from all parts OF the country
toward the proving grounds at New
Orleans Miller Huggins, the Mite
Manager. will have returned from his
peregrlnations in time to welcome his
Charges and put them through their
PAGES. BY the end of the week there
VIII be moaHing and groanine and
gnashlrg OF teeth as the overzcalous
youngsters find ther muscles tied in
double bow knots through radiant but
rash efforts to burst forth in glory
from the first fash Of the bali, or the
opening crash of the horsehide against
the hickory.