The New York herald., 1922-01-31
Latest Batch Composed Of
Youngsters and Includes
Barnes and CASTOR.
TRIP FOR SECOND TEAM
Will Play Spring Games in
Texas and Virginia-Base-
ball Gossip.
By WILLIAM b. HANNA.

The Giants now have enough pitchers
signed to run them for a season--if
quality goes with quantity. James Tier
rcy, secretary. yesterday discovered flve
more signed contracts in his voluminous
mail. He's glad he doesn't have to pay
the postage on the envelopes flooding
his maple wood desk and big red blot
ters with signed contracts. 1t costs him
enough buying blotters, for Mr.. Tier
ney is immaculate or nothing, and as 1t
Is his steel letter opener is getting
dull from extensive usage.
Those who lined up yesterday to do
their part in guiding the Giants to an
other pennant were Virgil Barnes.
pitcher and brother OF Jesse Barnes,
the worlds series hero: John Albert
son, a right handed pitcher, purchased
last year from the Mitchell, s. D., club:
Glenn shores, purchased last year from
the Independence. Kan, club /; Floyd II.
Brown. catcher. who comes from Den
Yer. and Aleck CASTOR. McGraw's
sprightly young reserve catcher. whose
ambition promises soon to lift him from
the reserve class.
The Giants second team, personnel
as yet unknown, except that Frank
F'risch, Pep Young. Heinie Groh, George
Kelly and such expert gentry will not
be members thereof, is preparing to do
some bufreting the coming spring In
dependent Of the regular team. Sec
retary Tierney has booked Ave games
so far for the second squad. The un-
derlings will play Beaumont In Beau-
mont on March Is and 10, play Indian
apois at Marlin on March "a and %,
nnl play Portsmouth at Portsmouth on
April 8. Other dates probably will be
added to these Texas-virginia engage
sments. for game with Houston is
pending and Eugene Mccain wants a
date for his Bridgeport nine.
News at the New York American
League club office these snowcad days
Is not as plentiful as teeth on a saw, but
signed contracts are drifting in betmes.
and perchance there are some discus
sions going on with certain players-as
is the winter experience OF all pennant
winning clubs--over terms. Manager
Huggins probably won't be in New York
until after the American League sched-
ule meeting in Chicago next month.
The st. Louis Cardinals are the first
club of the year to send In an order for
bascbals. They have asked President
Heydler to ship Twenty-Five dozen to
their training camp at Orange, Texas.
Inc SaTuildls nave the most attractive
spring schedule OF any big league team.
They play four American Leaguers-the
Yankees. Browns, Indians and Athletics;
five Southern Association clubs--the.
Houston Bluffs. the Shreveport. Oilers the
ATemphis Chickassws. The Galveston
Sand Grabs or Sea Serpents (whatever
their briny pseudonym may be) and the
Little Rock Rock Something's one
American Association team---to wit the
Milwaukee Brewers. The last named
game Is to be played at Charlottesville.
Mo. Not knowing all there is to know
about Missouri we are ignorant as to
just whore Charlottesville is. but do
know enough about the sovereign State
or Missouri to avow without fear of con-
tradiction that Its hospitality is bound
Tess. its cooking delicious. its scenery
superb.
In winter games on the coast Irish
Me"sers team has the following bat,
ting E'-~rages: Boeckel, .429 Rawlings,
.2s6: BrasIer. .2s6; f. Meusel, 200; r..
Meusel, .1ss: Blue. .154. Fifteen times
at bat is the most anybody has had In
acquiring these averages. so the small
percentages Of the Meusel brothers are
nothing TO worry over.