The New York herald., 1922-04-12
Squire Ebbets Will Imperson-
ate Civic Virtue Of Brooklyn
and There'll Be a Band.
How They'll Line Up
at the Polo Grounds
DODGERS,
ny w. o. srcGEEHAN.

HiS dS CIVIC virtue throwing out the
first ball the official opening of the
baseball season of 1922 at the Polo
Grounds to-day will look like the start
of an old home week. The Giants,
with chests swelled with worlds cham
pionship consciousness, will start the
season with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
There will be band, of course, and
the Mayor and his court will be piped
across the field with the rufles and
fiourishes appropriate to the rank of
the Burgomeister of Manhattan.
Civic Virtue of the Borough of
Brooklyn will be impersonated by
Charles Hercules Ebbets. the good old
Squire of Flatbush, than whom there
could be no more virtuous impersona-
tor The Squire has been a living
monument to Thrift, which is second
cousin at least to Civic Virtue The
Squire will also take part in any pa
rade that may be organized or i'm
provised.
On. the eve before battle John j.
McGraw, manager or the Giants an
would start for the Giants. Uncle Will
bert Robinson, looking much trimmer
since he lost eight ounces out of a
gross Of 2SS pounds during training, de-
clared that he would counter with
Ruether or Burleigh Grimes. The
chances are that the two left handlers
VIII be the men selected and that the
heavy crowd OF customers will see a
bout between the southpaws.
Many Invitations Issued.
The opening day will be largely an
invitational affair. The Giants have
sent out some thousands of nicely en-
crnved bids for the start OF old home
week and it is expected that there will
be rush of cash customers besides. In
anticipation of the stuffing of the park
the gates will be thrown open at 12 80
o'clock. The band viii strike up at
o'clock. after that the gentlemarly
frankfurter and peanut venders will pass
among the spectators.
The Giants will start the season with
one regular missing. Frank Frisch Of
Fordham is still a pale and interesting
convalescent. He will be out for sew
eral weeks yet. In his place will cavort
young Johnny Rawlings who Is a fast
favorite with the faithful followers of
the Giants.
or course there will be one cheerful
face that will be badly missed. George
Burns. who served for eleven years with
the Giants and who used to lead off, will
not be there to-day. This perfect ball
player" was sold down the river to the
Cincinnati Reds and he will lead tie
Giants no more. In his place in the
batting array will appear Beauty Bar
croft.
The new faces in this years lineup
are those of Ralph SINNERS, outfielder
and Heinie der Groh, third baseman.
The face OF Heinie, such as II is. can
hardly be called new at that. for Heinie
has been with the Giants before. He
merely has shaken the pigs knuckles of
Cincinnati out of his plate and returned
TO the Giants, transplanting himself, as
Il were, from the dill pickle fields of the
Rhinelands to the peanut pastures below
Coogans Bluff.
Changes I'm Brooklyn Team.
There will be some changes noted In
the Brooklyn team in addition to the
changes in the equator which Wilbert
Robinson gracefully wears for belt.
The pitching staff OF the Dodgers. how
ever, viii look quite as formidable as
ever. Wilbcrt Robinson has been noted
for many years for a formidable pitch
ing staff and waist line. Dazzy Vance.
who was once overhauled and discarded
by the Yanks and then made over by
Robinson, will be no unimportant mem
bcr of this staff. Robbie is always
saying Here is.a perfectly good pitcher
that somebody has thrown away" And
then he ga<s and makes good with him,
Hank DE Berry Is one of the new
lads that will be heard from. At short
we will see Andy High. own brother TO
Hughey High, who was found lurking
in the Yankee outfiod when Frank
Farrell dumped the New York American
League team into Rupperts and Hus-
tons back yard and ran. Ivan Ivory
Olson has been shifted to second in
order that Andy could hold down the
territory formerly occupied by the
human billiard ball.
The Giants should look just about as
expensive as tb--- really are barring the
absence OF Frank Frsch at second The
champs have the most expensive infield
ever carried under ono tent. starting
with Long George Kelly to Frisch to
Bancroft to Groh. The price OF the in
field alone would finance a league OF
other days.
The outfield. composed OF Ross
Young, Ralph SINNERS and Irish
Meusel. brother TO Exile Meusel of the
NanlSs. is not one TO be sneezed al by
anybody. and the catching staff,
headed by Pancho snyder. measures up
10 the McGravian catching standards.
The pesslmsts see large moth holes
IN the pitching staff which may make
the rest OF the expensive machine 20
blooey. but that remains TO be seen.
The grounds. which have been ear
nestly manlcured by Hcnery Fabian.
dean and master among groundrsepers,
are In fair shape.
The guests are urged by the MANAGE
ment TO come early and listen to the
band. Among the arias. concertos, etc,
which the band will render will be
"Tammany" in honor of the Giant
owners and the guests or honor. The
reception committee at the gate will
be headed BY President Charles A.
stoneham and Judge Francis X. Nc
Qhade.