The Washington times., 1904-03-06

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Baseball players over all the country
are reporting for duty. aud today sew
/ eral of the teams are at their training
! grounds for spring practice.
The Washington players Will be about
/ the last to report. The contracts Of the
' Senators do not call for them to report
here until April l, during which month
they viii play an excellent schedule Of
games against college mines. Wash
4 ington is the only club in the American
League which will take fits spring train
\ ing at home Ali of the others will get
| in condition under Southern skies.
Boston Players Leave.
Jimmy Collins. manager of the Boston
Americans. and players Ferris. Parent.
La Chance. O'Neil Dorian, Farrell
and Dougherty left Washington at 1915
last night for Macon. Ga. where the
champions viii get into condition for the
coming season.
The other players viii Join the popu-
lar player-manager in the Cracker State
tomorrow. They are Young, Dineen,
Winters, Tannehill. Gibson, G Stahl.
and Freeman. Dineen. Stahl. and Free
man have been at Hot Springs for some
time and report themselves already
''thawed out All the champions of last
! year have signed contracts except La
Chance. Dineen. Dougherty. Winters.
and Freeman, but before leaving this
city for the South Collins said he had
assurances from each OF these men that
the terms named in their contract were
satisfactory and that they would append
their signatures In Macon.
All Of the men have been literally
treated in the matter of money. There
viii be no cuts in salary.
The Chicago American League Club
reaches Marlin Springs. Tex. today
The Chicago Nationals are on their way
TO California.
Colts Expensive Trip.
The Chicago Nationals will train at
Los Angeles 1t is the longest spring
training trip ever taken by a baseball
! club. and win cost Hart more than
/ $1,000. Manager Frank Selee is in the
plateau country Of Mexico, and will Join
his players in a few days. The Colts
will have the bulk OF sheir practice with
Jack Morely's Los Angeles team. play
J ing two exhibition genes and taking ex-
, petitions to Mount Lowe. Santa Cata-
| lima, and Santa Monica. From there the
team viii go to San Francisco, and re-
turn home by way OF Denver, Colorado
| Springs, and Omaha. playing exhibition
games wherever possible.
Several new faces will be seen this
season. while 'Jocko" Menefee. VIII
Jams, Harley. and Eaub will be miss
ing. Menefee has been given his uncon-
ditional release The others were trad
ed 20 Toronto for Buttons" Briggs.
Noisy John" King Will be the pre-
mier backstop as usual. but will have
the St. Louis recruit, Catcher O'NeiH.
for a reliever instead Of Rsub or Nc
Lean. There are not many more
promising pitchers ia the professional
roster than Weimer Wicker. and Lund-
gren. judged from their work last year
Each viii be with Manager SeIee this
season. Lundgren did not win so many
games as did his colleagues OF the
''Ws." but he showed Hart and the
players that he was steady. conscl-
cntious and effective pitcher
Mordecai Brown. the man obtained
from St. Louis. and Briggs and Corri-
don are the other pitchers OF whom
much IS expected. Barring accidents,
the infield will - as il was last year
Chance at first, Evers at second, Tin
ker at short and Jimmy Casey at the
/ third corner. Mccarthy. Slagel. and
/ Jones seem TO be the probable outfeld-
ers as before, unless Moriarity and
/ Howard, the utility men, show SO much
form that the manager will be COM
PEELED to make some shifts.
! White Sex OFF.
/ The players whom Callahan took
/ South with him number sixteen. and
/ are: Catchers. Sullivan and Berry.
/ pitchers. Altrock. Patterson. owen
/ Dougherty Walsh. Strlcklett. ard
| Flaherty; infelders. "JIggs' Donahue.
/ Callahan. Clarke. Dundon, and Tame
/ hill. outiielders, Holmes and Green.
When the drafting season closed last
I fall Comiskey had thirty-one men on
/ his list Of reserved. drafted and pur.
chased players. The other fifteen have
been released. traced. lost. or are not
! yet under contract. On reaching Texas
the White Stockings will be joined by
three OF Manager Cantnlon's Milwaukee,
American Association youngsters. who
will train with the Chicago team for a
time. assuring Manager Callahan
enough men TO make up two mines
Pittsburg champions will 20 to Hot
Springs soon TO train. Dreyfuss Is anx-
ious 20 have a four-tine winner. The
full liat OF pitchers follows: Philippe.
LeCV - Miller. Thompson. Winham. Vel.
OF last years star. Seaman. "A New
York State purchase; Camnitz, a Cotton