El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-31
WILL PRACTICE in NEW MEXICO.
The Chicago Base Ball Team Will
Come From the East To Hot
Springs, N. M, To Prepare for
tho G., mas Coacnn

For several weeks past President
Hart of the Chicago base ball team
has been looking over the various
parts of the country with q view to
, selecting pOint where tx e 'Orphans"
| can get in shape for the struggle for
the pennant during the coming season.
1t Is the intention of the manager of
that famous aggregation of profession
al ball tossers to arrange games with
all the surrounding towns and Ell Paso
is mentioned among the possibilities.
The Santa F'e railroad company is con-
sidering the idea of running an excur-
sion to that place and if the proper
disposition ia shown by the base ball
enthusiasts of this place the S. F. COM
Ell PasO boys will have the pleasure of
meeting q professional bali club from
the east.
The following taken from the Chi
cago Times-Herald shows that the
Chicago ball team will come west in
March to prepare for the coming sea-
son:
Training grounds for the Chicago
baseball team have been decided up
on. Far away from the haunts of
civilization, in the home of coyotes,
mountain lions and bad Indians, the or
phans will be taken for their prelimina-
ry practice for the pennant race. The
home base will be located at Hudson
Hot Springs, N. NJ. The dismembered
fragments of the Rockies on the
north may be used for backstop. The
cactus and sage studded plains on the
south will serve for Outfield.
Everything taken into consideration,
the place offers more innovations for q
ball player than all other orthodox
training grounds together. Hudson
Hot Sprin~s is practically only a name
on the map. 1t has one hotel and a
number of hot springs. Jack-rabbits
chase over the front lawn and herds of
antelopes bowse on the hillside sur
rounding it. The Inhabitants for miles
around are of the same class as when
the Aztecs made predatory incursions
prairie dogs and coyotes.
AN IDEAL TRAINING SPOT.
From Chicago it takes three days to
reach the place and by the air line
route the distance is about 800 miles.
The future rendezvous for the orphans
is four miles from the railroad, but
with all the apparent handicaps the
place probably will be the ideal train
ing spot for years to come. President
Hart says that in his Judgment the
players will like it and they will come
away from there in better shape than
ever before
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opinion of the place. President Pull
liam of the Louisville club paid visit
to the resort last November, in COM
pany with Mr.. Hart. The 'colonel'
refused to leave the place when Presi-
dent Hart did, and were it not for the
heavy expense the Louisville team
would in all likelihood also train there
this spring. This is what President
Hart has to say of the place.
SsHn6s,,p Hot hoe hooo COL
ected because it more nearly mbines
the requirements for training than any
other place yet visited by the Chicago
term. There is splendid hot spring
for drinking and bathing, warm
spring with natural pool for open
air bathing perfect climate good hotel,
delightful natural surroundings and in
all probability an acceptable ball field
for practicing."
ORPHANS START IN MARCH.
Hudson Hot Springs is located in
Grant County, New Mexico, and the
place has long been famed as a health
resort. 1t is located on the branch
railroad which runs from Deming to
Silver City, and is about sixty-fve
miles north of Mexico and about the
The team will start from Chicago
March Is, and will arrive there March
II. The men will remain until A pril
5, and will go direct from there 20
Kansas City, where the team will play
a series of practice games before the
regular season opens April Is. The
proprietor of the hotel at Hudson will
arrange for alls the conveniences pos
sible for the members. Grounds will
be fixed up and excursions may be run
to Hudson from the neigh boring noun
tain towns to see the orphans swat the
sphere.
President Hart said yesterday that
he would probably be with the team
while there. He will start earlier
than the members of the club Those
of the players who reside in California
will go direct to the springs from
there.