Evening star., 1905-02-24
NEED WARM WEATHER
LOCAL TEAM WILL MAKE THE
SHORTEST TRIP.
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They will all be seeking those places
where there is no snow in winter, but
where the sun will bake out their joints and
the balmy airs put warmth into their
bodies, and make them ready to begin the
great championship seasons
When all the teams have encamped tho
managers will soon see how well their
charges have wirltered, and who to de-
pend upon for early spring work. Many
of the clubs viii take their youngsters
with them, so that a line may be had
upon them. and no time may be lost in
hunting out the dead wood.
The Cleveland pitchers are the first away,
having already started for Hot Springs.
but the Athletics of Philadelphia will be
the first to go away as a team. and they
will be closely followed by the Phillies.
Most of the teams are hunting the south,
but one, the Chicago Nationals. is booked
for California, and the Pittsburgers will
warm up at Hot Springs. noticeable
fact from the lists below is that all tho
teams seem to be trying to get as far south
and as near to the dear old gulf stream
as they can. Following is summing up
of the trips and the men whom the man
ayers expect to report for the trips
The Senators will establish a training
camp at Charlottesville. Va. for two
weeks. beginning March II. with the fol-
lowing roster of players: Kittridge. Hay
den and Knoll. catchers; Patton. Hughes.
Jacobsen, Wolfe Townsend, pitchers; Man
aser and Captain Jake Stahl first base:
Cassidy, shortstop; Hill, third base; Null
lin. second base; Mill, substitute infielde:.
President Noyes has arranged games with
the Boston National League team for April
and 10; Brooklyn for April IL and II.
and Is negotiating two games each with the
Newark and Baltimore, Eastern League
teams, and Georgetown University.
The st. Louis base ball teams will 10
their spring training In Texas. The Car
a NAL On rrylyl t,,
lin Springs and will leave for the south
on March or 4.
The Browns, American League are Or
dered to report on March 1. and the next
day will take the train for Dallas. which
will be their headquarters and where they
are scheduled to play their opening game
with the team on Monday. March 5. The
next day they too, will go to Marlin
Springs where they will remain for one
week. and then return to Dallas. Some
thirty ball players will accompany each
team, and after their southern training the
wedding out process will be inaugurated.
keep twenty men on the pay roll until
well into the season, that the youngsters
may have abundant opportunity to show
their mettle In fast company.
The following is partial list of the men
who will go south: Browns-Glade, Pelly,
Howell. Morgan, Sudhoff. Swan. Buchanan,
Stillman and Regan, pitchers; OConnor.
Sugden and Weaver, catchers; Jones. first
base; Padden, Rockenfeld and Edmondson,
Second base; Smith, shortstop; Wallace
third base Gleason, subinfielder; Stone,
Heldrick, Frick Yanzant and Hynes. out
felders.
Cardinals-Nichols. Taylor, Mcfarland,
McGfnley, Brown, Dunleavy. ONeill. Egan,
Campbell, Thielman and Kellum pitchers;
Warner. Grady, Zearfoss and Butler
catchers; Beckley, first base; Farrell.
second base; Shay, shortstop; Brain and
Burke, third base; Smoot, Shannon, Clark
and Hill, outfielders.
To Train at Los Angeles.
Manager Frank Selee of the Chicago
National League team, with about twenty
cubs, five of them of this years selection,
will leave Chicago tomorrow afternoon for
Los Angeles Cal, where the team will be
trained. President Hart is already on the
coast. Selee viii have with him King and
oNell, catchersi. Wicker, Briggs, Brown
and Lundgren, pitchers; Mccarthy, Slagle
and Barry, outfelders; Captain Chance
Evers. Tinker, Casey and Williams in
helders Two Of last seasons team,
Catcher Aleck Smith and Outfielder Davy
Jones, will not be taken to the coast.
Among the new players who are certain
to be taken if their contracts are signed
before time for leaving are: Outfelders
McChesney, Schultz, Pennell and Hoffman
and Pitchers Pfeiffer, the University of
Illinois man, and Grothe. the Wisconsin
siabman President Hart has been unable
to get any trace of Pitcher Reulbach. his
recalcitrant pitcher. who once signed a
blank contract and is now baking on
salary terms.
The team will work north. playing in San
Francisco March 1S and 10. After playing
through the west the team viii open the
season in ST. Louis April A.
The White Sox will commence training
later The team will go to New Orleans
March I. The club will play teams of the
south and western leagues before opening
the season. The following men will go
south: Sullivan and Mcfarland, catchers;
nat
Daugherty and Fiene. pitchers: Isbel1.
Donohue. Dunden Davis and Tannehill, in
fielders; JONES' Green, Holmes and Gala
han, outfielders.
The Phillies will leave on March 4-In-
auguration day-and will go to Augusta,
Ga. where they will remain until the 18th,
playing exhibition games with the Detroit
Americans. Leaving Augusta on the 18th,
they will go to their former training
ground at Savannah. Ga. where they will
remain until 1t is time to return for the Sc
ries with the Athletics President ShettS-
line will not accompany the team on its
trip. Manager Hugh Duffy will be in COM
mand of the combination of veterans and
recruits out of which he hopes to frame up
a winning combination the coming season.
He will take twenty-three men with him.
All hands will return home for the first
game April l.
The pitchers and catchers of the Cleve-
land American team assembled at Hot
Springs this week Bemis and Buelow. the
veteran catchers. and Pitchers JOSS. Bern
ing picking up Hess at Dayton. Dusty"
Rhoades will be on hand at the springs, as
he goes direct from his Jefferson (Mo)
home, as well as Moore. who is already
there They will remain at the springs un-
der the management of Bernhard until
time to join the balance of the team for
the regular training at Atlanta next month.
Athletics Of Early.
On the first of March the Athletics will
start southwark under the direction Of
Manager Mack. They will pull up at New
Orleans on about the Sd. where they are
scheduled to play series of four or five
games with the New Orleans team during
Mardi Gras week. This series over, they
will repair to Shreveport, where they will
put in about three weeks preliminary work.
They will work their way homeward by
easy stages in time for the series with the
phillies which will continue until the OPEN
ing of the regular championship season on
April IA. Manager Mack will take along
his full team.
Detroit will train at Augusta. Ga, leav-
ing on March g. and dividing use of grounds
with the Philadelphia Nationals until
March IL. when the Phillies play an exhibit
ton game with Detroit The Phillies quit
Augusta the next day. but Detroit remains
until April A. The PLAYERS to be taken south