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McGRAW IS SATISHED
THE SWING TRAINING SEASON
Start on Journey Back to Polo Grounds on
Thursday—Hugh McQuillan Has Been Do-
ing Good Work—Slated to Twirl in Open-
ing Game of Season Against Boston
Braves
SARASOTA. Fla March 28.—
John McGraw and his Giants will
break camp on Thursday morning
and start the homeward Journey
which leads to the Polo Grounds
The trip so far has been one of
sunshine and good and bad baseball.
The Giants looked like the greatest
baseball club in America when they
shut out the Athletics with two hits
on Tuesday. but they turned in a
miserable exhibition against blacks
team in Fort Myers on Thursday.
And yesterday they booted the third
game of the series with the Senators.
But )icGraw is satisfied that his
team is in good condition for the
earning National League pennant
scramble and that his pitching staff
is all set for a strenuous campaign
' against the seven other clubs.
Speaking about pitching. it might
be well to state that Hugh McQuil-
lan. that black-haired young man
from Astoria. probably will draw
the assignment again“ the Boston
Braves on the opening day of the
season. ~
McQuillan's work on the mound
has been consistently good, and if
his pitching in the training camp is
an indication of what is to follow.
then the. ”pride of Astoria" is go-
ing to have the greatest season that
he has ever enjoyed in the big leag-
ues He pitched three innings
against the Athletics on Tuesday
and held them runlcss and hitless
He started the game against the
world‘s champions yesterday and the
Senators failed to get a hit
Bentlcy .Vot Ready Yet
However. the performance of
Jack Bentley in the game against
the Senators was a disappointment
to hchraw and the other players.
The big southpaw gave four con-
secutive bases on balls and failed to
get the ball near the plate. Ile ap-
peared to have plenty of speed and
a great break to his curve ball. but
gpoed and curves are useless unless
you can gt-t the ball near the plate.
No doubt
provemcnt
the world's champions. Physically.
he is in good condition and there
seems to be nothing wrong with his
long left arm.
chterday being Sunday. there
was no baseball here. blany of the
players went fishing. others bathing.
Frisch. Crab and Ryan went golf-
ing.
But Jim Ryan. secretary of the
Giants. had some baseball news for
the fans back home. He gave out
the list of players which will make
the trip North with the second team
Ed Brannick will be in charge of
the second team. which means that
he will handle the financial part of
the trip. McGraw has not decided
yet on a manager for the “little fol-
lows." but Bentley and Snyder were
named to make the first jump with
the team to Leesburg. Fla.. and it
was reported that the big catcher
ies. Bentley will return from Lees-
burg on Tuesday morning.
Charles Franklin “’nlker. the new
outfielder. will make the trip North
with the first team and alternate
in center field with Billy South-
'worth.
Apparently McGraw has dc-
cided to use. “lrish” Meusel only an
a pinch hitter. Walker has demon-
strated more than once to Mchw
that he is a real ball player. and
Saturday he came across with ahil
off Tom Zachmy that gave the
Giants two runs in the third inning.
“'lsncr “as a Hold. 4
"Big Boy" Jack “'lsner is another
one of the new players who will re-
main with the first team. The Roch-
cstcr pitcher was sold to the Giants
on a conditional agreement. 1f Mc-
Gmw finally decides that “‘isnw‘r has
enough ability to win ball games in
the National League. then he Will
stay with the Giants and the New
York club will turn over to the of-
ficials of the Rochester club 325.000
in cash. But if .McGraw decides the
other way. then “‘isner will be re-
turncd to the Rochester club and his
he will show a big im-:
the next time he faces‘
services down here will cost the
Giants nothing.
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6\
By LA\\'RE"CE PERRY
:‘pccxal Correspondent of
The Evening Sentinel.
NEW YORK. Mar. :3.—-Track
experts say that the frequency with'
which startling feats on the board
track has succeeded one another
this Winter may be explained only
on mental grounds. First. the Am-
erican sports public this winter has
witnesstd they say a demonstration‘
of the power of psychology as re-
lated to athletic endeavors that is
nothing short of miraculous.
“'hen the late. Mike Murphy
stood in that dimly lighted dreuing
room at Franklin Field some years
ago and mid: "if you won't be best
you can't be host." he coined
«phrase that has lived not because
of its picturesqueness but because
of its truth.
It inaugurated in fact a new era
in American amateur sports inun-
rnuch as it opened the eyes of
everyone to the mental side of
athletics which thereupon assumes
an important no loss great than
the physical side.
Coachers and trainers came to re-
cognize that unless they could fire
the souls and develop the will of
their men their efforts would fall
of high achievement no matter how
well qualified they may be technio
daily.
But it was not until the stirring
events of the current indoor season
began that track enthusiasts realiz-
ed the full scope of the possibilities
lying in the theory of mind over
matter.
For years American athletes had
been going along in the belief that
the ultimate. or very nearly the
ultimate. in the matter of speed had
been reached. Jole Ray's time for
tho indoor mile was regarded as a
a .
i
i hopeless mark to shoot 1“. and even
itay “as possessi-d oi the idea that
he hzid given his best.
Then Nurmi come.
'munts primarily had the
convincing American athletes that
records that had existed before he
arrived in this country were by no
means the highest standard of hu-
man accomplishment.
His achieve-
far as the Americans were converti-
”t1.
ut‘ an inferiority complex. especial-
ly in meets where Nurmi appeared.
Then suddenl ythe spell was
broken. \Villle ltiiola was the first
to cast off the letters. running as
second only to Nurml. Then Lloyd
Hahn shot to the fore. passing Nur-
mi' mile record. .\'urml got it back
and then. as though suddenly
awakened to his real power. Joie
Ray equalled the great Finn‘s show-
ing.
And while this was going on Wil-
lie i'lant. Harold Osborne and other
athletes were turning in records in
their various specialties. As a great
trainer put it today. the mental lid
is oil. the psychological pressure on
American athletes has been remOV-
ed and no one knows what the ef-
fect will to in the approaching out-
door season. That it will be great
is not to be doubted.
One other thing—may be predict-
ed that in the next Olympic games
l'nited States will clean up in the
distant events as in the sprint. That
will he the chief result of Nurmi's
visit to this country.
Meanwhile. Nurml
stay here for the outdoor season
and now that Yankee athletes are
awakened he is going to be in for
a lot of competition.
is going to
RENAULT MEETS
ROMERO ROJAS
nus EVENING
NEW YORK. March 28.—Grudge
fights are rare :1: these days or com-
mercialized boxing. When riva‘
boxers meet. at lean outside the
ting. they usually chat suitably
about the possibilities in dollar: and
out: of a meeting between then.
m in the clinch s. after .1. bout has
' Med. they no- longer pa. insult-
h'g' remarks. but glance over each
more shoulders to make a mental
count of the house.
That is the general rnla But that
- J. not the one in connection with
9. tan round bout scheduled be-
- Jack Renault and Quintin
ore-Rojas of Chile at the New-
Armory on Monday night. Be-
at least. has more than a
.: .' interest to spur him to de-
- the Chilean.
. ,h Boston and the later received
a
by newspaper men as an unwarrant-
ed verdict. but just the same it went
into the record books a defeat for
Renault. It was the first setback
suffered by the Canadian in a long
time and he was mightily peeved.
Willie Harmon. New York welter-
weight. who is camping on Mickey
Walker’s trail. will be seen in ac-
tion against Jack Green. negro
scrapper. in the ten-round semi-
final. Harmon hm scored several
knockouts in the Armory ring. Green
will not be a soft proposition. . The
negro has boxed Walker a couple of
time. without being stopped and
sees no reason why he should fear
Harmon. . .
Kid Alberta sn‘d Bennie Hicks will
perform in another ten round bout.
Sellie Castellano and Joe Horhelt
will put on a six rounder.
SCl'lrl’lhlt TO WED. .
'- NEW YORK, March :3.—Eli
Harvey. well known sculptor and
painter. Miss Edith James. of Honk
claim. New Jersey. willba mar-rid
on April 11. it became known today
when wedding invitations were loo
sued by Miss James‘ mother. It
will be Mr. Harvey's third marriage.
l
dad-ton. It was W'tornta
both of his turner wives hailing
would be the McGraw of the rook~_
"1919.
affect of I
For a time nothing happened. sof
They seemed under the spell.
ne\er before in his career he began.
to nslonish the clock in a manner‘
Pill-1MB"
Tiltlille
Shining Dome of Yan-
kee’s .HN'ew' ."Outflelder
a Beacon of Pennant
Success
HISQCAREER
New Home Run ‘Artist
Had Hectici‘Baseball
Career in the West-
ern States
81‘. PETERSRURG. Fla» March
zs—The Yankee players have chris-
tened Nig Cull0p "Old Baldy" and
for good and sufficlent reason.
Though the young Yankee outfield—
er in only twenty-three years old.
he has somewhat managed to wear
most of the blond thatch off the top
of his shining pate. and when seen
hatlsss in the Southern sunshine
emid his darker-haired playmates.
he loqms up like the Barnegat light-
house along fhe Jersey coast.
There is more color to Nix Cullop
than his hair alone. Young Master
Cullop has had a. colorful career.
and it is the hope of Miller Huggins
that this colorful career has just be.
ION
gun. Nig plays ball with a dash
and a light-hearted fighting spirit
that has been missing for many
moons around the nuppert menagc.
Last year with Omaha. ng was
playing first base and had his hand
sliced up by an enemv bnserunner.
He also had a few l‘cnes broken in
the hand by the accident. Omaha
was in the thick of tho pennant
fight at the time. so Nig took a day
off. had his hand taped tip tightly.
and went back in again to regular
duty to help the Omaha team win
the pennant. Ni: laughed at that.
He enjnvmi it. The onlv and [tart
was that it hurt his batting average
a little. as he couldn't map a bat
with his usual ferocity and his aver-
age .‘ell all the way down to .822.
Henry Cullop. commonly known
as "Old Baldy" or "Sig" was born
in St. Louis. October 16. 1901. He
was brought up in that effete and
aristocratic neighborhood. and. con-
sequently learned to fill". play ball
and out heartily at an early age. In
ibirth school Nig discOvered that he
was a. pitcher. “'hile. still a student
he pitched .1 game against Washing-
‘ ton l'niversity. of St. Louis. of
which team Ralph Works was
coach. “forks got the youngster a
i lob up in Madison. South Dakota. in
That was the reginning of a
. rather odd baseball career.
ng started out in Madison as a
right~handed pitcher and ended the
season as an outfielder. in 1920 Cul-
lop went to St. Joe in the Western
League and turned back to pitching
again. but he was with a last place
lcluh and the evperience was any-
“ thing but delightful. The enemy
lua‘tlers wcre' knocking three-base
hits down to the shortstop and do-
ing other such cute tricks. ln l92l
Nit: went to Des Moines and applied
for a quiet job in the outfield ngaln.
He was given the job. but as a side.
{dish he was asked to pitch a few
l games. He did.
ty-set'en games. of which he won
fourteen and lost thirteen. thus pre-
serving his self-respect.
"l was a pretty good pitcher for
ii.
In 1922 ng was shifted to the oil
center of the universe. Tulsa. Okla-
homa. Much to his disgust Ni: was
informed that he was a pitcher
again. It seemed that .\'ig had to
be a pitcher in the even numbered
years and could only play the out.
field in the odd numbered years. To
.break away from that fatal cycle of
events. Nig went to Omaha in 1921
and became an infielder. it was at
the close of 1928 that Scout Bob
Connery purchased him for the
Yankees. with the understanding
that Nig was to live and flourish in
Omaha for the season of 1924 and
to report at the training camp at
St. Petershurg this spring.
The outfielder who hated to pitch
had a fine time as a first baseman.
Ha knocked out home runs in sets
for the Omaha team and found the
practice very lucrative. it seems
that in these uncultivated towns in
the wide open spaces, when a man
does something that meets with
general approval he gets immediate
results. and vice versa. When Nig
knocked a home run in the nick of
time. it was the custom in Omaha
and points west to register grati-
tude by tossing out silver coins on
the field which Ni: could scoop up
as he mad his triumphant tour of
the basepa h.
JUDDLETOWN. Burch xt—Woa-
leyan Universiw has arranged ~‘a
schedule of seventeen games for It:
varsity baseball team this spring.
playing eleven at home. A teatnra
will be the so-called "Little Three?
championship fought out with Wil-
liams. Amherst. “home and home”
games being played.
The schedule follows:
Springfield College at Springfield.
April 18: Connecticut Aggie- hero.
April 12; Tutu at Madford. April
as: Colby hare. April 39. Am
Aggie- at Amherst. my 1: William
here. May 73- New Hampshire Unl-
Cotiage here. my 13: Anthea-d. at
Amherst. Hay 14: Tufts hero. la,
16: New York University at New
died. His second wife was I“.
Grace Harvey of Oakland. Cali-
. . . . 0 ~ . J -
He pitched twen-l
an outfielder," is the way Sig puts.
uggins
WHY DO I HIT 'l‘W O—BAGGERS
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By NOX‘3L1N E. 81‘0““
“ICELAND. hiarch 22.—
'l'he first practice the Cleveland lnol “ith it. if he 1. . (”0d batter b, will
dians payed alter my arrhul heru‘ get his hits no matter how we” the
on my swing around the big league'
training camps had torch in Dl‘Cgl'i'SS
about two innings when Tris Speak-
l' um.
:ully a p.1cher works him."
Speaker.
‘tactorily—if he is getting base hits cutfieid plays for him or how care- gough or
, Cuts A. Yank Squa
NINE Rm ARE GIVEN
THEIR FARE BACK H
——___
New York Leader Swings Ax Before '1'
Starts for the North—Ex
DCCt
This Week—John Levi Still Rf?“ ‘
Club—Will Be Farmed
League Outfit
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Out to '
s-r. PETERSBURG. m. Mutt:
23.—They began shaking out the
chad in the camp of the New York
Yanks yesterday. Nine youngster-
rocetved the sat: news that than
won't be kept with the big show
which begins to trainee north on
one-night stands through the sticks
'l‘ittreday next.
The a< fell on these men: a
Low Malone. intieldor. released'
outright to the Jersey City clue of
tee international league: Martin _Au-
try. call her. released on option‘ to
the Justy City club: Benny l-‘ord.
outfielder. to Greenvilie "Sally"
league. and Harold Anderson. out-
fielder. to Macon “Sally" league.
both on option. Alton P. Blodgctt
and Osborne Gardner. lefbhandcd
pitchers. and Tom McIntyre. second
baseman. mlcased outright. Hug-
gins has promised to try to find
places for then) with minor league
clubs. Al Raymond and Thomas
Mullen are sent home to await the
decision of Huggins as to winch
minor league club they will play
with thiajummer.
There wasn't much surprise when
the list was givan out. The sending
of Autry. a promising catcher. to
Jersey City with Malone. who is a
good minor league inflcider. is «aid
to be. part of an sun-t ment of the
Yankees to strengthen the “Skeet-
ers." and some more men may go
there later. Autry is a fine pros-
pect. but with \Vatly Scbang and
Steve O Neill. llenny Bo-ngough and
Fred Hofmann around he had no
chance to stay' with the team. Only
three catchers will be kept. and
some decirion as to wh ther lien-
liclnmnn will be am
my, away must he madv lcfors the final
cut to twenty-five men ismade
June 15.
There will be a further up
men before the fateful Jun”
it is probable that some of [5
will only be carried to \‘
and drapped by April 25.. n
John Lac-vi needs at lean ‘
season. and of the trustee
HOW WILD lhe C uh “
‘ 0 or i
be sent away to,
more .
The slit regulars—Smurf:-
er. Jones. iioyt. Peacock t...
—are all sure of the .
gins will have to Lib-0st): on
picking bvtwern Hay pl.
Elmer ngan. ivfl and?“
Henry Johnson. Joe Malem
Bradley and Monroe Salary.
handers. 4'
They are charri
seats and $1.50 for :Eantiztarfi:
for all games. The custom
kicking and so are the one
ficials at both lube and the
era. Only the (‘1) omciaza in
of the park sv- r: to be sans“
the high prices and zow l'tv.
Left-handv rs are 1?! same on
son ivy of the tanks lbel a
year. Elma Rixes and laid?
had no trowxle at all aim "in-
en row" the the? day. Slow
pitching seems to be about u
Fletcher usv-d t'ar‘son and
his two slow-t-.~t: artists. on
day Jimmy limit a‘so run
a slow ball. and the hits were
\ery few.
Knight one of the an
pitcher-a. looks \6"; tone. Be
fut pitcher all): a slow hglL
wastes no timo- in deliveryt
but few ha! 3 that re noun or.
his back rpm and tantalum
or; better“? the Yankees 1
they did the A‘hl-tlcs and
Giants. against whom this
(Continued on Page Nine.)
er. gray-haired pliUL of the team,
stepped up to the plate and kissed a
erlLCliy good baseball on the nose
for a tho-base hit
"At. it again." i remarked to Jim
Thuyer. \eteran tan who had made
the trip over from St. i'ettrsbutg
with me.
"At what?" asked Jim.
"Hitting doubles." add I.
And then l fell to wondering just
why lt was that Sp‘akur ht outed to
haul the secret of hitting too-bust:
hits—why it was that he set a
world‘- record in miscbail two years
ago when he Collected 51' doub1ea
Spoke uivt-s Ills \it-us.
While Spckv was waiting to Join
a party of gunners at the traps late
that alu-tnoun We fell to discu;-sing
this same qilt‘sllnn.
"I'm never tried to analyze it. but
it's undoubtl-dy bt'CnuSe the man-
agers and playtrs of the teams we
meet know the to be u straightaway
hitter. have to pay me accordingly
and thereby gi\e me more chanc-s
to get two bases .n hits than the
a\erage dead left or right fit-id hit-
ter. The outfielder: then-lore pay
“or him They shiit when he comes
. to bat. If he is a dead right field nit.-
lter they move around that way. the
rightfielder playing close to the foul
kilns. The revvrse is true if he is
3’ normally a le, liicld hitter. His main '
£ hope of collecting an extra base hit
is to drive a chance hit to the other
field or drop it over their heads. ~
"The. pitchers know how to pitch.
to a pace hizlcr. too. if he is a left:
hand hitter and normally puts them‘
to the right livid hv- likes a ball on
the inside. lie is handicapped when
the pitcher kev ps them outside.
"A pitcher “‘ilh control can keep
them away from the inside. “'th
the batter tries to hit one on the.
outside the chances are his timing
will be nrcng.
”The same is true in reverse of
the righthand batters and the way .
of pitching to them.
“The outfield and the pitcher are
at a disadvantage with a straight-
away hitter."l‘lie outfielders know
that I am liable to hit one to left.
right or through the center. They
have to pay the middle of their
fields This leaves both foul lines
open. A hit down either one of those
lines is good for a double. Why? Be-
cause it is the longest hit in the.
park—and calls for the longest?
throw to second. You get one basei
on the hit and the other on they
throw. so to s k.
Because the “elders cannot shift
to one side or the other, they must
play farther apart. There is a bet-
.tcr chance of driving a ball between
them. If it gets by them it is good
for at least a double. '
‘ It’s arecord run
Pitcher Is At Disadvantage .most t‘hh' show on
The pitcher. knowing he is facing “y emm'
a straightaway hitter. is up against ll? —uch prom ‘1"
it. If your timing is perfect you can maldmmuthe sumtway
hit at one on the outside and drop mwinm in to deserve it.”
it along the left field foul line—if ,
you're lefthand hitter. You can take W 0 W" is no
it on the inside and trun it to right- accident. It has cat-nod by
field. And the pitcher knows that if
he puts one over the center you are
liable to put it any place. depending
again ‘on how you time your swing.
The outfield. knowing you are a
straightaway butch-and a. freer
swinger naturally—play farther back
for you. That gives you more terri-
tory in which to iron your hits.
Speaker. however. does not re.
command that batters who are nor-
mally left or right field hitters try
to chango‘thelr styles to get the ad-
vantage of the straightaway hitter-
has. "I never advise any batter to .
alter his sale if it is working util- -
York. Kay 19. Dartmouth hero. Kay
2!: Amherst Aggie. here. May 80:
Williams at Williamstown. Juno 8:
Amherst here. June 6' and may
hora. June I. ' ,.
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