The New York herald., 1922-12-27
ny DANIEL.

Marlin Springs. Tex. which was
deserted by the Giants in 1919 after
they had trained there for a decade,
will see the uniform of the New Yorks
again in 1923. There will be revelry
again in the old Arlington, and. per-
haps. with John McGraw away. the
old 'possum hunt in the wee sma'
hours and the badger fight of the
Doyle Fletcher -Merkle era Of colorful
memory will be revived, to the dis
comfiture of some of the more credu-
lous rockies.
That the Giants were going back to
the Texas spa was announced yester-
day by McGraw when he issued call
to every pitcher on his roster to report
there on February %. The hurlers will
work at Marlin for nine days and then
head for the main squad at San An
tonic, which is scheduled to start work
on March l. McGraw expects about
twenty players at the Springs and they
will work under the direction OF Cozy
Dolan. who. by the way, has been re-
engaged for next year. The Giants
still own the ball park at Marlin.
There will be two catchers to work
with the pitchers. One will be Ander-
son. youngster drafted from Beau
mont, and the other will be Joe Casey.
a veteran who has seen service with
the Washington ana Detroit clubs and
now is rusticating at Wakefield. Mass.
The rotund. jolly Mr.. Case. as Hughey
Jennings calls him. has been recon-
mended strongly by Hughey and yester-
day was advised that he had been en-
gagged as coach of young pitchers.
white sox There, Too.
The Giants will not be alone at Marlin.
Kid Gleason sent his pitchers there last
February and the results he obtained
impressed not only the manager of the
White Sox but McGraw as well and
brought yesterdays order to the New
York pitchers. Gleason again will send
his hurlers to the Springs for ten days.
This arrangement will bring about forty
players into Marlin and bring back the
memories of the halcyon era before
McGraw moved to Gainesville. Fla, and
then to San Antonio,
way the Chicago pitchers worked after
their stay at Marlin" said McGraw
Yesterday. II had planned to send some
of the Giants to the Springs and when
] saw Gleason's pitchers get the jump
on us and. play the major role, in win
ring those early games of the series
i decided that we would have our
pitchers at Marlin too in 1923 will
not be able to pay visit 10 Marlin.
but Dolan will be IN command. Every
hurler on our roster will get orders to
report"
With the news that Casey would be
added to the menage of the Giants
came the information that 1t was ex-
tremely doubtful IL Jess Burkett would
be with the club next year. McGraw
expected Burkett here for a talk during
the baseball meetings. but Jess failed
to appear. The old sluggers name has
been mentioned in connection with vari-
Gus minor league clubs as manager.
McGraw said that II WOULD not sur
prise him IL Burkett has decided not to
return to the Giants. IL seems that
Jess felt that he was entitled to a share
OF the world series receipts last season.
and that the players did not feel In a
similar way about that proposition.
Burkett was carried as a scout and not
as a coach. When Phil Douglas was
with the club Jess had quite job
With the passing OF the Shuffler Jess
devoted his time to the younger talent.
He was instrumental in bringing to the
Giants Fred Mcguire, the second base
man, whom he had coached at Holy
Cross College.