Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
GOING TO LUIS ANGELES
GIANTS WILL LEAVE NEW YORK
TODAY ON THEIR LONG TRIP.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
SE,yy YORK, February 23.-TomorroW
,,,orrirq NJ II O'Clock the Giants will leave
On their famous spring training "Trip VI
: 900 miles, which will take them across
tine continent and back again. iiiore
extensive journey than this to prepare ioi
a championship season was never attehhp'-
ed nv A base ball team before. Ihere
was an around-t he-world trip oS 'he
,'hicagos and All-Americans in the latter
,ns which was sensational in it's scope
aud made base ball history ana the oiu
postons and Athletics made trip 10 Eng
land in the TOs, which was also sensational
irasmuch as the ball players went across
th. noud to introduce the American ma
,4o,,I game to our English cousins, hat as
,n, latter refused to be impressed with
The beauties of base ball the YANKEE
,.,i,r,s If the diamond retaliated by show
i,e, the Britishers how good the ball players
,r.ra AT cricket And it can be said Win
tr,tb that is unassallable that the ball
D,ayers virtually made monkeys Oh 'he
I.nglishmen at their own game.
Tba TOO conservative British athletes
have in consequence been severe! Nt
alone since with base ball, although occa-
sionally some few ball players nave m
,,ded England but not the representative
professionals.
An Epoch in the Game.
.r.b. trim of the Giants, therefore. begin
ming tomorrow, arranged as it is by one
club. marks an epoch in the great national
game. 1t will cover states and territories
or the United States that have never been
covered by a New York club or team
before.
When the entire party is brought to-
g-thcr in Los Angeles, Cal, it viii consist
Of thirty -four persons all told.
There will be an even dozen in the New
York party that will leave here tomorrow
morning 1t will include Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Knowles. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Stevens. Harry Tuthill, trainer of the
team: James Hannifan, the new player
from New Haven; Bill Dahlen. shortstop,
and Tom Corcoran, intielder.
This party will arrive in Chicago Monday
morning. making the trip in twenty hours
,r Whereabouts. In the Windy City the
majority Of the others will join the eastern
delegation at the Victoria Hotel.
Christy Mathewson and his brother
Hank will leave this city today, as they
desire a days rest in Chicago before the
team gets away for the far southwest.
Instead OF coming to New York Mullen
aud Burke, two more new players, left
direct from WIlkesbarre, Pa. for Chicago
Will Join the Party.
The ones who will help swell up tho
party in Chicago will. therefore, be Christy
and Hank Mathewson, Mullen, Burke
George Wiltse and wife, Ames, Ferguson
Bresnahan, Bowerman, Fitzgerald. Nc
Gam. Browne. Seymour and Mike Doniii
and wife.
At Kansas City McGInnity. Taylor and
Strang will be picked up. which will com
Pete the through going party.
At Los Angeles Manager McGraw ant
Mrs. McGraw, Arthur Devlin and wife
Spike Shannon, and possibly Danny
Shay, will be added to the party.
The plan for the visit to the Ora ID
Canyon in Arizona by the tourist on the
outgoing trip may be changed out of re
gard for the wishes of Manager McGraw
who is anxious to have the players ge
down to practice at the earliest possible
moment, so the present schedule calls fol
the arrival of the party at Los Angeles OF
the evening of February IS. Then it will
be hard work and lots OF IT until the team
goes to San Francisco on March IL ant
Is To open the new ball park in that city.