Yankees Will Have
Murphy Battery Next
Season If Kids Stick
The New York Yankees, to start afl
f i last, will have a Murphy battery,
I composed ot two rooKies oearins uw
good old baseball name. The pitcn
ing end of the battery is Chester
Murphy, a right-hander, who played
last season with Winnipeg. The
Yankees have already heard frony
Murphy, and he has made a great
impression on the club as a letter
writer. The young pitcher was sj
skillful with his pen-, and told such
a dramatic story about his finan
cial wants, that he has already re
ceived advance money from the
Yanks, although he has not as yet
signed a contract. This Murphy,
according to Scout Tom Connery, is a
good pitcher, and the scout expects
that he will make good in the ma
jors. The catcher on the Murphy bat
tery is Dan Murphy, whose home is
in Taftville, Conn. Murphy played
last season with Toledo, and he i.1
highly reebmmended by Roger Bres
nahan. If these Murphy lads make
good with the Yanks they should
become popular in Harlem.
Another pitcher of promise is
Ralph Miller, a six-footer from "Vin
ton, Iowa. This farmer boy is a left
hander, and last season pitched for
the Reiarina club in the Western
Canada league.
Another youngster who Is going to
be taken South by the Yankees, is
Benny Geiser, a fence-breaker, who
was a sensation with the Downey
shipyard team in Staten Island last
year. Benny can catch or play In
the infield or outfield, and he clouted
the ball at a .413 clip.
