San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-05
Youngsters Hereafter Will
Report at League Park
First.
FIVE PLAYERS ABSENT
Practically Entire Red Sox
Part yNow, in Train
ing Here.

divided BY Manager Lee tohi INTO
two groups-the ROCKIES" and the
"regulars"-and hereafter the young
sters will get to work at League Park
each day somewhat earlier than their
experienced teammates.
Daily arrivals of more players has
made the Sox squad rather unwieldy.
With the youngsters to themselves,
Manager Foil and his staff Of coaches
can devote more attention to the men
personally.
OF course, the practice hours Of the
two groups will overlap so that part
of the time practically all Boston
players in camp will be on the field at
the same time. But by the time the
veterans are crawling into their uni
ferns in the clubhouse, the rookie
pitchers will be trotting around the
field in the jog that precedes their
dash into the dressing rooms and I'M
der the showers.
The youngsters, under the new ar
rangement, will start practice shortly
after II o'clock and the regulars"
will reach the park about 1 o'clock,
to remain two hours or more.
Only Five Still Out.
Only five SOx players are still abb
sent. One of these, Dudley Lee, for
whose services Bob Quinn wrote
check payable to the Tulsa, Okla,
club in five figures (some say it was
Z for S50,000), will be out for his first
practice Thursday afternoon. He is
due from Denver late Wednesday eve
ming; in fact, he has assured his new
boss that he will reach camp before
March has gone into history.
ka oth oh
ard Shanks, who will report as soon
as he feels he can leave his sick wife
in Monaco, Pa; Ewell Gross, the
Bears 1923 shortstop, who is long
overdue from his home in Mesquite,
Tex, and Pitcher Bill Percy and Out
fielder Ira Flagstead, holdouts.
Percy, who is wintering in Los
Angeles, has been wired to come to
San Antonio and talk over terms.
There have been five additions to
the camp since the club went out for
its Tuesday practice. Tuesday night,
the Hot Springs trio of Pitcher John
Pincus Quinn, Catcher Steve O'Neill
and First Baseman Joe Harris ar
rived, along with Joe Connolly, out
fielder. Another coach, Rudy Hulswit,
an old-timer in the majors, arrived
Wednesday morning.
Beauty Joe" Himself.
San Antonio fans will remember
Connolly, Beauty joe" whose grace
full movements in center field couple
of summers ago pleased the eyes Of
local baseball followers. Connolly
went up to the Giants. then down to
the Southern Association, then up
the big winter deal between Cleveland
pocta, 70 ba cd Sny
Quinn, O'Neill and Harris are in
first-class shape and hoped into the
Wednesday practice full tilt. They
have spent three weeks at Hot
Springs, where they took the entire
course of 81 baths.
Harris played in the Sox outfield
last year but is slated for first base
this season, although it is no cinch
that Babe Herman will not win the
first sacking job which would mean
a change of plans putting Harris in
the gardens again. He is the Boston
cleanup hitter, a sure-enough fence
buster.
O'Neill, who caught many years for
the Cleveland Indians, came to the
Sox in the winter trade for George
Burns. which involved half a dozen
stars. He probably will be first-string
catcher for Fohl's gang, according to
the dope.
Quinn. ex-Yankee star, is one of the
most reliable of the Boston pitching
staff. Quinn is spitball pitcher who
will be 40 years old in July and who
broke into baseball 81 years ago and
has played under 81 managers in his
career.
Sox Workouts Speeding Up.
The Sox workouts, with wonderful
weather prevailing, have progressed to
almost midseason speed and Satur-
days exhibition game, No. 1 of the
Sox-Bear series, should give n good
line on the class of the Boston aggre'
CATION.
The Boston party is enthusiastic
over the weather in San Antonio.
The ideal place to train a big
league club" is the way President
Bob Quinn classifies the city.
The three absent San Antonio Bears
are still absent. Jim Galloway, 1t IS
learned now. will be delayed a little
by sickness in his family ut Ranger.
Everett Booe's car supposedly is stuck
in the mud somewhere between here
and his home town in North Carolina.
Simon Rosenthal is no doubt on n
train rattlipg southwark from Boston.
A trip to Medina Lake is planned
by the Chamber Of Commerce for the
visiting newspaper writers and the Of
f.cials of the Boston club. according
to Ralph Durkee of the chamber. At
present, the idea is to take the bunch
out about 10 o'clock Friday morning. |
provide a chicken dinner at the lake
and then chug over the big pond in
motor boats during the afternoon.
Among the baseball notables pass
ing through San Antonio Wednesday |
was Dave Davenport. who pitched for
San Antonio several years ago and
was star for n couple of seasons
with the st. Louis Browns. Dave is
headed for Beloit. Wis. TO join the
club of that city in the OUTLAW
Midwest League. He pitched for Be