San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-01
City Gives Arrivals Ovation
and Light Work Be-
gins Thursday.
MARLIN GANG DELAYED
NJ Graw Still Absent and
Batterymen Await Or
ders at Marlin.

is fully established in San Antonio and
the first limbering up at League Park
took place in Thursdays sunshine.
The few Giants who reached the
city Wednesday night-most of the
party stayed at Marlin awaiting Man
ager McGraw's orders to move south
ward-coupled with the few already
in San Antonio, shook out their uni
forms Thursday morning in a merry
mood. This mood was engendered
in no small part by the unprecedent-
ed reception San Antonio gave the
big leaguers who came in about 10 30
Wednesday night over the I.-G. y.
from the north.
Fully 5000 people packed the sta
tion, cheering and yelling-not sing
jng-"Hail, Hail." while little
shorty" Bonner, perched on q bench
roared the words and gesticulated
with his arms ard the Dokey band
blew hard on the brasseS.
Impressed the Scribes.
Most of the Wednesday night ar
rivals were newspaper correspondents
who had covered" other Giant CAMPS
here, and they were nightly inn
pressed by the demonstration. With
no camp activities to write about, the
sport scribe Wednesday night and
Thursday morning made their leads"
of the welcome San Antonians extend
ed to the McGraw clan. and San An
tonic in general, and Benson, Bonner.
Wuest and the rest who put the thing
over. had all kinds of nice things said
about them. When California reads
those 'stories" they'll probably hastily
add another Sj00.000 10 that 1924
offer for McGraw's world champions.
The arrivals Wednesday night were
taken in private cars, at the head OF
a mile-long parade of Loyal Fans. to
the st. Anthony Hotel, and another
reception was held there. with the
band playing and everybody getting
acquainted or renewing acquaintance.
It was along toward midnight before
the crowd which filled the lobby dis
persed Joske Brothers Company and
the Gunter Hotel today display big
welcome signs, as do other San An
tonic concerns.
The Rest OF Them.
frankie Frisch. the Giants famous
second sacker, and his bride of few
months; Mr.. and Mrs. Heine Groh,
Mrs. A. ]. DOlan, wife of McGraw's
head coach, who is in charge of the
big Marlin contingent, delayed in the
North Texas resort; Second-baseman
Fred Mcguire, from Holy Cross Uni
versity; Billy Gilbert, old Giant sec
ond sacker, now manager of the Den
yer club; Ralph SINNERS. the out
fielder, and Walter McPhee, Prince.
tons baseball captain last season. a
third baseman and sbortstop, together
with the following newspaper men,
made up the party that arrived We'd
nesday night: Warren Brown of the
Evening Mail and life, Robert Boyd
OF the Evening World; Fred Lieb of
the Evening Telegram; George DAILY
of the World: Jim Crusinberry of the
New York News: James Harrison OF
the Times; Will Wedge of the Globe
Sam Crane of the journal. William
Hanna of the Tribune, and Bugs"
Baer Of the American.
Frank Graham of the Sun and Har-
~ Cross of the Post were already
here. together with Assistant Mana
ger Hughie Jennings. Pitcher Higbee,
and Boss Youngs and Frank Snyder.
the two San Antonio members of the
Giants who spent the winter at home.
The big squad under Dolan at Mar
lin is expected in about Saturday.
Manager McGraw who. some thought,
would arrive Wednesday night, but
who is now known Mt to be due I'M
til Thursday night, will send word
for the Marlin contingent on his ar
rival here.
Who'll Come From Marlin.
Besides Doln, the Marlin party is
as follows: Pitcher Hugh McQuil-
Ian. the star bought from Boston in
midseason last year; Pitcher Clinton
Blume from Colgate University (no-
tice the college men the Giants are
getting) Pitcher Fred Hamann. semi
pro from Brooklyn; Pitcher Charles
Schesler, semi-pro, the only man in
the party not American-born--he was
born in Germany: Catcher Alec Gas
ton: Battery Coach Joe Casey. who
used to catch for San Antonio; South
paw Pitcher Mike Cvengros from the
Southern Association: Pitcher DIN
voigt. former Bear; Pitcher Guy Nor
rison. former college star, last year
with Bloomington in tie Three-Eye
League and an especially promising
prospect; Catcher John Anderson,
drafted from the Beaumont club :
Pitchers Jess and Virgil Barnes. the
accomplished brothers; Pitcher Claude
Jonnard, Pitcher Fred z. johnson of