The New York herald., 1922-03-14
GEORGE KELLY SIGNS
AND HITS BALL HARD.
Makes Two Doubles and a Sin
gle After Coming to Agree
ment With McGraw.
BY DANIEL.
Special Dispatch to THE New YonK HERALD.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
! SAN ANTONIO, Texas. March 49,
| George Kelly, National League home run
| champion last season with twenty-four
circuit smashes, signalized his first
twenty-four hours In the camp OF the
Giants by signing his 1922 contract.
Half an hour after he had arrived at
salary compromise with John McGraw
the lanky infielder jumped into his
place at first base and proceeded to take
leading role in the attack of the
| Giants against the Pecans.
| Kelly slammed out two doubles and a
single In four times at bat. Long
George played a lot of winter ball In
California and curve ball pitching did
| not bother him as much as 1t did some
OF the other regulars who have been
| here nearly two weeks.
| Kelly was one of the real holdouts for
I the second successive year. In 1921 he
sent back two contracts before he came
70 terms with McGraw. But there we're
no protracted negotiations this time
Just as George was getting ready to go
| out to League Park after lunch Jim
| Tierney stopped him and told him to
/ step up into the managers room. Just
| four minutes later Kelly and McGraw
came down and went out TO the park.
/ kelly Just gave me his signed con-
tract" said Mac" and as Long George
was wearing one of his broad smiles 1t
may be taken for granted that he de-
rived certain financial benefits from the
little conference.
Douglas only HoIdout.
Now that Kelly has signed there Is
only one more holdout-Shuffling Phil
Douglas. He Is expected in camp any
day Phil also Is the only absentee and
when he shows up he may expect no
welcome bubbling over with ardor.
Douglas needs hard work and plenty OF
| It, probably more than any other finger
| on the New York roster, and his dila-
tory tactics are making no hit with any
| of the other worlds champions. There
is a feeling that he is doing the Giants
an injustice by staying away
with Kelly on first and Frisch back
in harness at second McGraw was able
to use the Grant lineup which, with the
exception of the battery, very likely VIII
face the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds
on April IL. SINNERS. who for the time
being is a fixture in the batting order.
took care of center field. After four In
nings Frisch gave way to Cunningham.
McGraw wanted to relieve Kelly after
the third, but Long George declined TO
walk out and announced that he was
| having a perfectly rolliclSing time.
After four innings of interesting base
ball In which the regulars led the Pc
cans by to O., and the nuts got only
one hit off Perce Malone, this pride OF
Altoona, the game degenerated into a
crosseyed lopsided affair. Responsible
ity for this turn of affairs rested on
Glenn Shores, the eighteen-year-old
youngster from Independence, Kan.
Shores, who followed Malone in the box
for the regulars. could not pitch them,
so the Pecans could not hit them
AS a result the rockies knocked In
eleven runs on nine hits in the htth IN
ming, which saw sixteen recruits go TO
bat. This noble collection of tallies suf-
feed to wallop the regulars by IL to g.
After Shores had faced eleven men In
that round McGraw took him out in
favor of Lew Wendell. a catcher. Lew
proved a good pitcher.
Malone shows Good Form.
To come back to this youngster. Ma
lone 10. and n graduate of Knoxville
Of the Appalachian League. Perce, who
by the way is great favorite with the
local beauties, faced only fifteen Pecans
in four innings and Stengels triple was
the lone hit made off his curve ball.
Perce famed six men, getting two In
the first and~a couple in the third. He
struck out Black and Boone once and
White and Berry twice each.
/ Malone stuck that ball In with q
loose, graceful motion and showed Nc
Graw a little assortment of curves
which looked particularly good for this
time of the year.
Bancroft was the king hitter of the
regulars, with a single, a double and a
triple, as well as q pass and a steal in
| four times up. Young got n double, a
three bagger and pass and SINNERS
blew himself to brace of one timers
and his customary steal.
Groh famed twice, walked once and
grounded to short in four attempts 70
get his eye on the ball. Helnie is going
| great guns in the field, but he is making
slow progress in hitting. Let there be no
alarm thereover. When the gong rings
Heinie will be there with bells on. lie
is not trying to force himself and Is
taking things as they come.
GIANTs-Bancroft, SIS; Groh. 3b.; Frisch.
2b.; Cunningham, 2b; Meusei.. H.: Kelly,
1b.: SINNERS, CT; CASTOR, c.. Malone p..
shores. y. Wendell. D. stanton batted for
Malone In tho fifth.
cf; Boone, r.. Hale. 3b.; white, H.;
Kopf, 2b.; Snyder. c.; Proctor, Aibcrtson,
Score by innings:
RHE.
Giants ..............f l. - Z
Pccans ..............0 o III XII
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