Evening star., 1897-01-21
TRIPS TO THE SOUTH
Where the Leagds Clubs Will Have
Preliminary Practice.
THREE WILL STAY AT HOME
YaIe.Harvard Peace Negotiations
Fail.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES


Two months from tomorrow the members
OF the Washington Base Ball Club will re-
port here for preliminary practice A few
games have been arranged, as already an
nounced in The Star. and others will be
| provided for. The Washingtons will not
| take southern trip, but will get In condi-
| ton here, as has been the custom for sew
| eral seasons. The local MANAGEMENT doubt
the wisdom of southern trips. The example
set by the Washingtons will be followed
| by st. Louis and Louisville. They deem
themselves far enough south, and, like
Washington will probably have as pleasant
weather late in March and early in April
| as cities farther south.
Manager Rogers of Louisville, in a letter
| to President Pulliam, has expressed him
| self as favoring preliminary work upon the
home grounds, and President Pulliam thor
oughly comedies with him.
The other clubs will go SOUTH
The Brooklyn club has asked for the
lease of the Danvfle, Va, Ball Park for
ten days in March, and an answer was re-
| turned. giving the terms The Brooklyns
will probably practice at Danville.
The Pirates will train at Savannah, Ga.
| The president of the Atlanta club secured
| the Savannah grounds for the Pittsburg
o.,
ceptance. The Pittsburgs will leave for the
south about March 20. They will practice
at Savannah about twelve days, and then
play games with the following teams Of the
Southern League: Savannah, Atlanta, Au-
gusta, Macon, Charleston and Columbus
| They will then visit Roanoke and play
| three games there, and may play game
| or two with the Lynchburg team. and then
proceed to Knoxville and Nashville. BY
that time the opening of the championship
season will be near, and the team will try
| TO be near the city where 1t has to open the
season.
The Giants will play either at Lake
wood, N. j., or in Georgia. President
Freedman says: 1T hasn't been decided
whether the New YORK players VIII tram
| in the south or at Lakewood. and nothing
will be done in the matter until Joyce ar
rives. Before anything definite is done
Joyce will inspect the proposed training
ground at Lakewood, and IL he says it
| would be good policy to go there his de-
cisic n will settle the matter
| Should Lakewood be selected it is the
| intention of the club to have a training
ground in Georgia reserved, SO that If the
| weather should prove too cold at the for
| mer place the men will be sent south.
After making all the arrangements, as he
supposed, to go to Augusta, Ga, with the
Boston club for his spring practice, Man
ager Selee has been obliged to change his
plans, ard will go to Atlanta. At Atlanta
| the team will get better grounds, better
| hotel accommodations :, and have larger
| to start about the middle of March, stay
about three weeks in Atlanta. where he
will play a series of games with the At
| lanta club on dates selected by himself
AND will then take a route northward,
| playing at several good points. The games
he has definitely arranged for are at Nor.
folk. April 9: Richmond, April 10, and
MiGdletown, Conn.,. April ii. He has sew
eral other places in view.
The Cincinnati Reds will go to New Or
leans. Manager Bancroft has received
| letter from Manager Abner Powell of the
New Orleans club giving a glowing de-
| scriptien of the new park. The diamond
Will bestled and rolled with steaIa roller
| until 1t Is as levet as a floor. The grand
stand, dressing room and other buildings
will be built in modern style, and every
thing will be completed by the time the
| team starts for New Orleans, The Reds
| will have the opening game at the new
street railroad officials on whose route
the new grounds situated. are doing
everything they can to boom the games,
offering the players free transportation to
| and from the grounds while they are in
New Orleans. Manager Bancroft drew up
| contracts for the use of the new grounds,
and forwarded them to President Powers.
| Manager Powelrs team of Southern
Leaguers and the Reds will christen the
new park March II. If the day is pleasant
there le viii be large attendance:
The Baltimores will train in Macon Ca,
| as usual. Manager Hanlon considers that
| the best training place in the country in
| the early spring season and also considers
It lucky spot for him. as he has been
there with four championship teams. Mr.
Hanlons intention Is to leave for Macon
| about March 20. The champions will take
| about fortnight for limberins up and will
| then start on tour, playing exhibition
sames. Mr. Hanlon intends to play most
or the exhibition games in the cities of the
| southeastern League and neighboring
| places. Atlanta, Augusta Columbus, Sa-
yannah and Athens, Ga, and Columbia and
| Charleston, s. c.. are among the towns
| likely to see the champions play in the
| spring. Coming northward, games will be
| played in Norfolk and Richmond and per-
| haps In Raleigh or Charlotte, N. C. The
| orioles Will reach Baltimore In time to play
| four or five exhibition games before the
championship season opens.
The PhillieS will train at Augusta Ca
| 1t Is not proposed to have the Phillies make
| very extended stay In Augusta. Expert
ence has shown that 1t is unwise to iump
| pack 100 suddenly to the chilly temperature
| OF Philadelphia In the early part Of April,
and SO the team. after stay of about two
weeks at Augusta, will gradually work it's
way back to the scene of the Philadelphia
cranks dreams, Broad and Huntingdon
| streets.
In looking about for place to send their
| men the Boston management hit upon Au-
gusta; Ca, which is only blessed with one
| bsse ball park. The Philadelphia club had
also selected the same place, and as it
| would never do to have Captain Duffy's
men get on to the new system of signals
Mhich Manager Stallings is going to work
cut Tor MS team, something had to be done
In a hurry to forestal the plans of the
pean-fed Bostonians. So Mr.. Stallings went
on posthaste to secure lease on the park
Mr Stallings will arrange a schedule of
southern teams.
chicago will go to Galveston, and Cleys-
iand' as usual, to Hot Springs, Ark.