The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-26
Players in Fine Fettle and
Ready for Contests.
PIRATES IN ARKANSAS.
Third Season at Hot Springs
for Pennant Winners.
The st. Louis Cardinals Are at
Dallas, Texas.

New York March 26.-All the BIS
Baseball aggregations Of the Nationa.
and American leagues. with the eXcep-
tion Of the Brookiyns and New Yorks
are now in southern climes preparing
Gor the coming campaigns on the dia-
mond With them is the customary
cluster of war correspondents who are
keeping the wires hot informing the
fans OF the respective cities OF the Won
ders being performed by the old stars
and the future greats. The air is fun
Of claims as to the pennant winning
abilities of each team and if pennant
races went according to ante-season
predictions the market for bunting
would he exhausted before a bail is
pitched Two months hence. the num-
Der Of probable champions viii be no
ticeabl-- diminished and along toward
September the output will probably be
uJrnered by two clubs. one for each
lcaEue.
This year. the objective points of the
FcNclaI clubs have been more varied
tral ever before The Chicago or
1hans. -ot tnstanc. have been sent on
1aunt tNc-1-irds OF the distance across
the country.
closer 70 civilization. as representa-
by the effete east. are the rIttsburg
lirates Ihe- are located at Hot
Springs. Ark. where they are dallying
90 the warm pools of the government
batns and stulyiu- new code OF sig
mas on the nota- menus. Ever since
Fred CLARK took the Pirates to Ho,
springs two years ago. tie remnant has
been q gift to the Smoky City and the
Elttsnurg management sees no reason
why their visit To the springs should
NOT tand the pennaut again But the
great team of the past Two years has
DeFn scattered around by the American
teaeue and it viii require more than
"nI.H
.9l Flllsoufz again or the old team
Rams Wasuer. Clarence beaumont
claude HtiJchey. Tommy Leach and
leg Ciafk aIe an that remain and ac-
cofalng to past history il requires nius
OF more men To win a chainDiOnshiD
FROM augusta. Ga. where the Gin
ciAnau Reds are located the war cor
respondents announce that all the re-
eiuits are doing hard work and are
eager for it, If this is true. the other
national League teams win have to
lock out for Joe Kelly and his band
actual labor on a southern trip has
heretofore been foreign to any aggrega-
lon mat went out of Cincinnati The
players spent their time growing over
the hotel service. the sleeping rooms.
me dealth of social attractions and alb
Hence OF salary days.
But all appears to be different now.
NOT necessarily because Max Fleisch-
mann, one of the millionaire owners Of
The club, is there with the team. His
check book is plethoric. true enough
Out mat is not the real cause 1T is
said noS necessarily for publication
that the Cincinnati owners have offered
the players block of stock in the club
II they win the pennant. and the mayor
Was the next election The latter is a
cineh, therefore the Reds are willing
Le DO anything for the clubs interests"
Patsy Donovan and his St Louis Car
dinals are al Dallas. Texas. and. to
quote a dispatch are making era tffying
progress. This is modest. considering
that the Mound City people are making
many claims since they started a
world s fair, but further on the dispatch
becomes more characteristic. 1t SAYS.
Barclay IS the only one on his feed;
The fixtures on the team can be counted
on both hands. Mike O'NeilI is in SUI
perb shape and Donovan is determined
70 give St. Louisians a first division
team"
McGraw and his New York Giants
nave been tearing UP the field at Sa-
vannah c. according to hot air
sources. and are already fit to battle
Tor kingdom. They always battle
for kingdoms. or is it a kings ransom.
ar this season of the year, but when it
comes to showdown it is usually for
right of way al the tail end. But then,
MCelraw always had nerve, if not the
managerial ability.
The BOstons. under the guidance Of
Manager Buckenberger are at Thomas
WIG, Ia Nells VIII De a naFQ row TO
hoe this year. as the team will be made
up largely of new recruits. NOtwith-
standing this. the customary predictions
are being flashed to the Hub and with
even greater confidence than that dis
played by the New Workers ''Bucken-
berger says a dispatch, has got to
pilot his team into the first division
which should be easy enough That
viii he about all for the present-from
Boston.
Somewhere in the wilds of Virginia,