Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-01
nut FEW SOUTHERN TOURS.
National League Clubs VIII Not
Come Down Here This sprinr.


Plans for the spring training season
have been perfected by almost all the Ma
tional League clubs. With but few ex-
ceptIons the clubs will call their men to-
gcther on March 1st and keep them at
practice until the championship schedule
begins. The Giants will train at Lake
wood. Boston and Philadelphia will also
seek quarters I'm New Jersey. The
Quakers have settled on Cape May. and
the Beaneaters Will be at Princeton.
Brookyn's team will probably also train
at Lakewood
The Baltimores will be the only
eastern team to go South, as
the Washington team will. as usual.
train at home. Ted Hanlon and his ORR
oles have all plans made 10 spend March
down in brownsville, Ca. and will prob
ably play a series in Richmond. Hanlon
has always been an ardent advocate OF
southern trips in the spring. and ridicules
the pretensions of the Jersey resorts.
Still, the success achieved by the Giants
last year has tended to shake his convic-
tiOns.
The western clubs are more libe-
raj. The Cincinnati Reds will go
TO San Antonio. Tex. AID will
Mexico. Pittsburg and Cleveland will go
to Hot Springs, and Chicago will probably
go there also. especially II Arson con-
tinues as manager The Louisville play
ers may go South. but are more likely to
train at West Baden Springs, Ind. where
they practiced last year. The Browns
will have to hustle at home to train off
the winters accumulation of flesh.
The Paterson correspondent of Sporting
Life writes that paper Manager Sam La
ROGUE has signed some fourteen men,
and expects to have a strong aggregation.
what we lacked I'm 1897" he, says will
be one of our strong points this season
/ mean hitters. We have Hedrick, Har-
desty, La ROGUE. Jacobs. Johnson Lip
pert, Hughes. Noyes. Hunt, Delehanty.
and several more, all of whom are good
for a .325 gait Our pitchers, Ii must
be acknowledged. are the strongest In
the league, and when once the Paterson
team is made known, those who are now
picking winners will stop for a moment
and consider. / am requested by Manager
La ROGUE not to name all the men sign
ed for a week or so. as he Is still angling
for one or two crackajacks, and desires
to have everybody under cover before
presenting his aggregation to the public.
The men will be ordered to report ABOUT
March 31st, so that they may become ac-
quainted with each other before the first
exhibition game, which Is scheduled for
April %.
Extensive improvements will be
made on the local grounds. one Of
the added improvements being a new
dressing-room thirty-three feet long, con-
tanning all the modern appliances. such
as shower-baths, individual lockers. and
such other necessaries that will add to the
comfort of the players. l have heard
from our famous southpaw, Alex. Jones'
and he informs me that he has entirely
recovered from his recent attack OF
typhoid-fever. and will be in better shape
than ever when he reports. Leon Niau,
our star Highlander, is keeping in splen-
did shape. and can be seen daily taking a
spin across the country. Viau.
by the way is very popular IN rIis city
and the fact that he is the possessor Of
sweet tenor voice makes him much
sought after He expects to sing the title
role in a comic opera to be given in April
for the benefit of the hospitals.
1.-The reported ineligible list is the cause
of considerable gossip among the local
fans. William Smink, who finished the
season with Hartford last year. is one
of those on the anxious seat. Smink is
well liked I'm Paterson, and his many
friends would like to see him I'm the league
this year.
II notice that Jake Wells is the first
Atlantic-League manager to complete his
team. No doubt that Jake has a good
club. and he has the best wishes Of the
writer for his success. Richmond turns
out larger crowds than any other city in
the circuit, and certainly they deserve a
good team. With a good club in Rich
mond, every club in the Atlantic League
profits thereby. What Is this ] see about
Bert Elton playing with Norfolk? Can IT
be possible that this is the same Elton
that was with Paterson in 1896? If ii is,
Norfolk has slugger from Sluggerville."
Denny Long writes from Lowell, Mass,
that he has signed but one player for
A. Holland, who played
with him awhile last season. Denny says,
however that he will have an aggrega
ton of winners before the seasons begins.
President Il. G. Barrow. of the Atlantic
League. is conducting a fistic arena I'm the
Quaker City during the winter months.
Carney Flynn is advertising in ~
western papers for a job, and says he
is in excellent condition.
Manager Frank Rim announces that
his Lancaster team is entirely made up
with the exception of third-base. That
position is still open to any first-class
man.
NapoIeOn's Prophecy.