San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-08
How The Reds VIII I|0I1
Buckingham Ewing Outlines The
Course Of Work.
He Is Well Pleased With The Sc
lection Of San Antonio As
Training Headquarters.

When the team trained at New Or
leans the race tracks received entire
ly too much attention from the play
ers. They would work hard and
faithfully in the forenoon in order to
get to the races in time for the first
race. The result was that the team
opened the season in much better con-
dition than any other team in the lea
que, but experts have said that train
ing of this sort was responsible for
that "a Sful slump in the fall. There
was too much work crowded into a
few hours.
Next spring this will be avoided.
Early in march the team will go to
San Antonio, according to the Cincin-
natl Commercial-Tribun From the
first day until the last of their stay
every player will be expected to report
at the ball park at 8 o'clock in the
morning on days that permit outside
work. From 8 until noon the players
will put in the time running around
the park, batting fungoes, chasing
flies, batting and such other practice
as they usually indulge in the morn
ing during the season when at home.
After dinner, and it is to be light
one, then sides will be chosen
day and seven or nine innings played
every day. The pitchers will alter
nate on the slab, and in this way have
lots of opportunity to get into condi-
ton.
Il think" said Captain Ewing"
that if we keep this program up for
three weeks or four, we ought to en-
ter into the fight about as good as any
team in the league. 1t is going TO be
case of hard, conscientious work
next season from the time we get to
San Antonio until the season is well
on. really have no ground for COM
plant against any of the players who
went south with the team since have
been in charge, so far as work is con-
cerned, for they have all worked as
well as anyone could expect them to.
However, | favored San Antonio in
preference to New Orleans for the
reason that there is no race track at
San Antonio, and there will be moth
ing to do but to work from morning
until night. OF course, we will start
in slowly until we harden up a bit.
After the first few days the work will
be increased every day.
''Do you intend to train again this
springr'
Il certainly do. l shall set the pace
this year as | have in years gone by.
All | shall ask is that the players fol-
low me in the work. Training does
not hurt me-in fact it does me good
but intend to make just one change
in my training this time. Instead of
dieting myself as l did last spring l
intend to eat plenty and make myself
strong. Last year l ate very little
from the time we started to train until
late in the summer. The result was
that | was not in the best of health
the greater part of the season. l
don't expect to play regularly, and
therefore don't expect to get down as
fine as | did last year. / am not
much over weight uow"
The Cincinnati club is to be compli-
mented on its selection of San Antonio
for the spring practice. There will
not be a team in the league which will
have as healthy climate to train in
as the Reds. San Antonio is a great
health resort and the weather there is
much warmer than it is in New Or
leans. From all accounts the rain
fall in the spring of the year is very
light.
That the Cincinnati club is anxious
to secure a team that will stand well
up in the race, and have a chance for
the pennant was shown when Presi-
dent Brush. at great outlay of cash,
secured star players during the past
two seasons. That the club is anx-
ious to give these players an opportun-
ity TO get in the best possible physical
condition is conclusively shown by the
selection of San Antonio in preference
to New Orleans. The distance to
San Antonio is almost twice as great
as to New Orleans. This means a
considerable increase in the railroad
fares. Boarding will also be lit
tie higher in price, and this means
another neat sum, for there will be
between twenty and twenty-five in
party.
The team could have gone TO New
Orleans and trained three or four
weeks for much less than it will cost
to go to San Antonio, but as Messrs.
Brush and Lloyd said at the confer
ence at the st. Nicholas last Sunday
night, expenses will cut no figure,
just so we get the desired results"
President John T. Bush, of the Gin
cinnati and Indianapolis clubs arrived
in Cincinnati Sunday night to attend
the annual meeting for election of
officers for the Cincinnati club. Said
he: | was pleased to hear that San
Antonio folks were willing to take the
team there TO do it's spring practice.
| favor San Antonio for numerous rea-