Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-15
NATIONALS WILL
SOON ARRIVE
CHICAGO TEAM TO PLAY FIRST
GAME MARCH q
Santa Monica Has Been Decided Upon
as Training Grounds-Mique
Fishers Baseball COM
ments

With the Chicago Nationals scheduled
to play their first game with the Ser
apis i'm Los Angeles March 4 the men
OF Morley will assuredly have to ADOPT
strenuous training methods to round
into form in time to put up a creditable
argument against Frank Selee's en-
| ployes. Last year the Cubs had all
they could do to wrest the laurels from
! the local bingle artists and found IL
necessary to play their best ball to pre-
vent the Morleyltes from annexing the
majority of the feats. Selee has been
captivated by the varied and alluring
charms of the land of sunshine and
| nice fat oranges. In this respect
President Hart is also in thorough ac-
cord with Selee's conclusions as to the
| beneficial effects upon the members of
the team from a Southern California
| junket.
From the Cubs training trips to
California the state, and particularly
the southern portion, has achieved
reputation among the eastern baseball
magnates of being the most desirable
| lONblilN lOI IL ltdl1 llllO WlD-
ming shape in the country. The Chi
cago National club has always borne
| the distinction of mapping out the
most expensive training program in the
country, and this year will prove no
exception to the rule.
The big leaguers will go into quarters
at Santa Monica upon their arrival in
Southern California and will come to
Los Angeles to play their scheduled
combats with the Seraphs. Selee has
been looking over the ground and pos
sible accommodations for his proteges
at the beach town and has become con-
vinced that it offers unusual advan-
tages for the purpose intended. The
small boys of Santa Monica can feast
their optics upon a real live big Lacquer
for about two weeks, when the men
who will represent the Windy city upon
the diamond this season will HE north
ward
Russ Hall has been disappointed in
not being able to arrange a couple OF
games between the Siwashes and the
Nationals, but as Morley, Harris, Nc
Credone and Fisher opened negotiations
with the Chicago management first
Russ cannot have his hearts desire
this year. Fact is Russ became real
| wrathy at the pernicious whims of fate
and fortune when he learned of the
inability of the fasteners to make fur
ther dates for their prospective west
ward trip. The knowledge that he
possesses what appeared to be possi-
BILE pennant winning team has not been
conductive to Halls peace of mind
when he thinks of the benefit that
would accrue to his aggregation from
a series of games with the Cubs.
First Game at Bakersfield
Chicago will swat the ball for the
first time in California this season at
Bakersfield, when the club will take on
the Royal Bengals and Judge McCre-
dies men. Mque is said to be banker
ing for the day when his champs will
show up the visitors, and he is compla-
Gently confident that there will be sew
eral and divers surprises sprung upon
the unsuspecting and innocent big
| leaguers. who possess strange delu-
sion that they really may be able to
trounce the terrible northerners. Mique
is the proudest man in San Francisco
just at present. A peacock would
learn many a kink from him these
days. His club pennant has arrived and
he is steering every one around to be-
hold the royal emblem. Mique says
that when the Grim Reaper calls four
balls on him he wants the pennant for
shroud The silken banner is re-
ported to be thing of beauty and
joy forever, and Mique is tickled in
proportion to the appreciative COM
ments of the lockers on. The banner is
about three versts amidships and four
high. 1t is the shape of right-angled
| triangle, and the body is of delicate
shade of blue with dinky flounces on
the bias. So they say, anyway. But
the magic words Championship Pen
nant, p. C. L. Won by Tacoma, 1904" +"
particularly bring joy to Mique's dear
kind heart. He is said to have done a
turn as the real Spendthrift Kid in
putting so cents, coin of the realm, into
circulation between sunrise and sunset,
in rewarding particularly eloquent
wayfarer who commented at length
upon the beauties of the banner. Said
wayfarer had thirst which Mique's S
liberality entirely dissipated.
Manager Morley has set Friday as
the day to announce the final lineup
of the Los Angeles team for the ap-
preaching season. Heinie Spies,
kitty" Brashear Curtis Bernard and
Jud Smith can be tabled as practically
certain of being found in a Seraphic
uniform March 80. The new lad who