San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-07
RAWLINGS AND
KELLY REPORT
To NEW YORK
Ryan and Scott on Way,
Leaving Only Bancroft
Out of Fold.
RUETRER LEAVES TOWN
Holdout Brooklyn Pitcher
Goes to Camp to Talk
Matters Over.

George Kelly. big first-baseman. and
Johnny Rawlings. utility infielder OF
renown. reported Wednesday IN ming
to the New York Giants. in training in
San Antonio. Only three players are
now missing from the Giant camp.
Pitchers Scott and Ryan. who are said
10 be on the way here. having signed
contracts in New York. and ShOrtstop
Dave Bancroft, the lone. lorn boldout.
Kelly and Rawlings arrived ,Ogether
from the Pacific Coast, Kelly register
ing as a citizen Of San Francisco and
Rawlings. Los Angeles. Both have
been getting into shape with Coast
League teams before reporting to the
Giants.
The local baseball coloi. lost a
member Tuesday night when Walter
Dutch" Ruether. the temperamental
but brilliant pitcher-Slugger of the
Brooklyn Nationals. left the city. aft
or several weeks stay. to join the
Robins at their camp in Clearwater.
Florida. Ruether is n holdout. Tues
day. it seems. he received word from
Manager Robinson of the Robins TO
come over To Florida and talk BUSH
ness. Ruether had talked to Robinson
over long distance telephone Monday
and had been informed Owner EbbetS
OF Brooklyn would not pay his train
ing expenses. to which Ruether re-
piled he would just as soon quit as
not. Later developments resulted in
Ruether's leaving TO join the Brooklyn
camp.
Falls Is Visitor.
Bib Fail. [ .icago White Sox out
fielder. is in the city. having come
over from is home at Austin with the
University of Texas team, aged in
q series here with the Alamo-Peck In
dams. Falk used to be a Texas Uni
versity star. Bib is waiting for the
White Sox management to come across
with q little raise before he will report
t.. the Seguin camp.
The Giants. working hard ut League
Park, have already reached the prac-
tie. game stage. and the Regulars and
the Yannigans are going after each
other every afternoon now.
Two teams were chosen Tuesday
afternoon and variously dubbed. Some
called them the Free Staters and the
Republicans: others the Coal Miners
and the Collegins. since Blume and
Morrison. collegians. twirled for one
side. and Cvengros and Webb, ex-coal
miners. for the Other.
Thanks to a big inning at the ex-
pense OF Guy Morrison's fast ones. in
Itch five runs were scored. the Coal
Miners won. Z to /. in five innings.
Jim O'Connell's three-bagger against
the centerfield fence prevented shut
out for the losers.
A feature of the winners beginning
attack was a home-run over the right
field fence with two on bases by Catch
or Jim Herman. late of Yale, The
teams lined up as follows:
Coal Miners: SINNERS. If: Higbee
cf. Stcnge. rf: Groh. 3b; Herman. e
Cvengros and Webb. y; Smith, lib
Mcguire. Oh: Jackson. Sc.
Collegiars: Anderson. c: Morrison
and Blumc, D: Cunningham, lib
Frisch. 2b: McPhcc. SIS: Davies. 3b
Mcusel, II; O'Connell. eff; Ioungs. RI
The Davies in the Giant camp j
Tom Davies, former Pittsburg Uni
vcrsity star. now the property of To
ledo.
ianager Bob Coleman Of the Bear
will make his first call at San Antoni
in a couple of days. He was wire
Tuesday that the Bears and Giant
would play an exhibition game Sun
day afternoon and that he was expect
cd to attend. He will bring alon
Pitcher Henry White, who is workin
out with him at the Mobile camp q
the st. Louis Americans. and Presi
dent Benson of the club also expect
TO bring along couple of other play