Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-27
HusSELL-MeGARRT SIX ROUND
BOUT AT PHILADELPHIA
TONIGHT.
LEAGUERS Migrate
National and American Teams Are
Scattered Over South and South
west-white Sox Invade Mexico.

New York. Feb. 27.-Aceoriing 10
the schedule arranged for McGraw's
Giants In their trip across the contin'
ent TO Los Angeles. they are today
enjoying a day of sightseeing In the
Grand Canyon. and will reach the City
OF Angels-appropriate home for Me-
Graw's seraphic bunch-on Friday
afternoon. Adviees received here
from Mac are written in a fuls0me
vein which give rise 70 a suspicion
that he has been seen" by some OF
the many real estate boomers Of the
Southern California metropolis. Never
before, asserts the enthusiastic Me.
Graw, has he experienced such su'
premely delightful conditions for
training. All of the adjectives OF the
English language have been exhausted
by McGraw In decribing the climate,
delightful. superb. grand and per.
feet" being among the mildest OF
them. II half OF what McGraw has
said Is true. three weeks spent In the
rejuvenating atmosphere OF Los An
geies should suffice TO put the Giants
In a condition to make all the other
aggregations Of the National league
look like the proverbical six nlckels,
al the other aggregations ofshrdlum
Cleveland Leaves Saturday.
Connie Mack's Athletics of the
American league will be the next
major league bunch to head south.
ward. The Qaukertown aggregation
will leave Philadelphia this evening
or tomorrow and will report in camp
at Marlin Springs. Tex. the last of
the week. From Marlin the team viii
go to Dallas. where the last OF the
spring practice will be held. Several
exhibition games have been arranged
with the Fort Worth and Dallas teams
of the Texas league. Mack will take
a larger bunch on the trip than ever
before. t~wenty-eight players compris.
ing the squad. Among them are Wai.
dell, Bender, Plank, Coombs. Dygert,
Foster. BARLEY, Cunningham, Sabre,
Howard and vickers. pitchers: Powers
Berry, Schrekengost and Carrisch,
%catchers: Cross, Knight, Davis, Muir.
ray. Nehring. Nichols, Burke and
Shean. infielders; Hartzel, SeyboId,
L-elindt. Oldring and Lord, %outfielders.
According to Mack, "Rube" Waddell
has been on the water wagon all win.
ter AMI Is now In condition to play
the game of his life.
Cleveland Leaves Saturday.
The Cleveland squad of the Ameri,
can league will be the only other
early bird" to get off this week,
being scheduled to leave Saturday for
Macon, Ga. Next Sunday the Brook.
Ign Nationals will begin their journey
to the spring training camp at Jack.
sonville, Fla. The New York Ameri
cans will leave for Atlanta, their train.
ing camp, next Monday and will re.
main there until April 6. On the same
date the Washington Americans will
leave for Galveston, the Chicago Ma.
tionals, will start for West Baden,
Ind, and the Philadelphia Nationals
will trek for Savannah. Next Tuesday
will be the great getaway day. The
Chicago White Sox will start on their
ambitious invasion of Mexico, the s.
Louis Americans will leave for Texas
as will the st. Louis Nationals; the
Boston Americans will start for Little
Rock, and the Cincinnati Reds will
leave for their Texas training quar-
tiers. The Pittsburg and Boston Ma,
tionals and the Detroit Americans will
be the last to leave. The Pirates and
the Beaneaters will start on March
1G. the former for Hot Springs and the
latter for Thomasville, Ga. The De
troit squad will train at Augusta, Ca.
leaving for that place a week from
next Saturday.
McGarry.RusseH Fight.
Unk Russell and Andy McGarry