Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-23
DOES LONG TRAINING PAY
Question that is Asked in Light of
What Old-Tlmers Used
to Do.

Do the results obtained by the long
training trips of late years justify the
large expense incurred by the club owners?
asks an exchange. Each year sees length
ening of the training trip Of some Of the
big league clubs. The coming season will
see the worlds champion White sox take
trip TO the City of Mexico. and the ex-
worlds champions New York Giants HE
themselves from the Atlantic to the Pacific
In search OF a conditioning place.
The training trip v really a newcomer
in the history of base ball. 1t is only
within ten or fifteen years that clubs have
gone far from their home town in search
of climatic conditions to aid them in getting
rapidly into the best possible condition for
the opening Of the pennant race.
best base ball teams that ever played, and
nearly all OF the big league teams OF the
eighties were content TO set m condition
some cases mere hand ball courts, were
al the training trips that the old-time
stars ever had. OF course, back I'm the
/ eighties the championship races did not
| start as early as they do now, as the
! l54 game pneumonia schedule was then un-
N AS the length of the schedules increase
/ the more northern cities in the major
trips south In search of warm weather.
| Others fell in line, and now every te IN
| in both leagues takes lite men on Iona
The present day training trip is a ire
menduous expense TO the club owners, and
the club that PAYS hS b,b its expenses s On
the route Is considered as being remark
ably fortunate. once, some years ago, II
is alleged that President Charles A. Comis-
ley OF the White Sox took his club on a
training jaunt that almost paid expenses
but no similar incident has been recorded
owner Comissey Is an advocate Of tbs
long training. trip and thinks that the far,
be for II. President Charles W. Murphy
OF the Cubs is strong advocate Of the
shorter trip.
one OF the remarkable things about base
ball is the small amount OF change there
has been in the distribution of fielding
chances In the past fifteen years. says an
northern paper. Glaneing back over tbs
|, ofacial averages shows that the inheld ant
amount OF chances per game. despite tbs
fact that there have been some radica
IN t tss pitching changes
In the composition OF the hall, aad re
strictions as 70 the wood allowed in bait
where II has been ever since the introduc
,tion OF rules that can be called any way
uniform has remained the same.
zone OF the points brought out by q com
parison, however, Is the fact that the In
! feld work has improved In its thorough
from from the infeiders now than they 1did form
erly This may look like a paradox Il
view OF the fact that the number o
1 chances per game remains the same, bu
il Is plain when the figures are gone int
I further Where the Improvement shows 4
, In handling assists. showing that me IN
field works closer these days and feWe
ground balls get through than formerly
Better team work between the inhelder
expansion OF this. says F. Marion Parker
IN the Globe Democrat
The annual gun club shoot OF the Genev
Gun club will be held at Geneva March
and Is On the second day OF This shoe
. A. N. Potts Of Blue HIN will shoot witt
j G. G Evans for the Thorpe trophy.
3 Butch Freese declines 20 confirm IN