The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-18
ON THE DIAMOND
Season for Major League
Men Soon to Open.

New York, Feb. lS.--DoWn at
Marlin, Texas, today the final prep
arations are being made for the re-
ception of the minor league recruits
of the New York Giants, the first of
the major league teams to begin the
annual spring migration to the sun
ny southland. BY the last of this
week it is expected that all of Nc
Graw's new men will be warming up
preparatory to a strenuous try-out
at biting the ball, base running,
fielding and battery work. The old
timers among the Giants will not
arrive at the camping ground until
about ten days later.
A few weeks more will find prac-
tically all of the major league play
ers and aspirants quartered In va
rious cities and towns of the south,
from Savannah to Los Angeles.
OF the 400 or more players that
will be taken to the various train
ing camps scattered below Mason
and Dixon's line, probably eighty or
100 will be practically disposed of
by the time the bell rings on April
IA. Some will go to pay ground rent
while many will either be turned
back to the teams they played with
last season or be released to some
club, which has a manager capable
of developing the players in ques-
ton so that they will be ripe for the
big leagues in another year.
All but one of the major league
clubs will train in the southland.
The one exception is the Chicago
American league club which will get
in its preliminary stunts in Califor-
MIA, and which will later hit the
south for numerous exhibition
games.
OF the National League teams,
Chicago will train at West Baden
and Vicksburg, New York in Texas,
st. Louis in Huston, Pittsburg at
Springs, Cincinnati at st. Augustine,
Fla, Philadelphia in Savannah,
at Augusta, Ga.
The American League players
will be divided as follows: New
York in Atlanta, Cleveland at Ma
con, Ca. and New Orleans, Chicago
in Los Angeles, Detroit in Hot
Springs and Little Rock. Philadel-
phia in New Orleans. St. Louis in
Shreveport, La, Washington in Gal
weston and Boston in Little Rock.
The last days of February have
been fixed for the getaway of the
Athletics, Connie Mack taking them
to New Orleans for a stay of three
weeks, after which they will con-
test the usual spring series with the
Phillies.
The Cleveland batteries will leave
for Macon on the same day that
Connie Mack will send his gang to
the Crescent city. They will start
work on Monday, March 2.
The first three days in March will
witness the departure of several
clubs for Dixie. The two St. Louis
clubs will leave on March 3, the
Browns for Shreveport and the Car
dinals for Houston, Texas, the
Browns pitchers having already Sc
cured preliminary training at French
Lick Springs Joe Cantillon will have
his Washington club assemble at
Chicago on March 2, preparatory to
leaving for Galveston, while the
White Sox will leave one day later
on their long trip to San Francisco
and Los Angeles.
The Chicago Cubs go down to
West Baden on March 4, and after
staying there for ten days lOosening
up, depart for Vicksburg for weeks
stay, after which they go barnstorm
ing the southland, eventually split
ting up the team into two squads.
About this time Clark Griffin will
take his men to Hot Springs for a
boiling out of week. Hugh Jenning
will also take his Detroit Tigers to
the same place for a week or two of
gradual loosening up. The Tigers
real training stunt, however, will be
at Little Rock The Boston Red Sox
will also be at Little Rock, but the
two clubs have arranged their
schedules so that they will not con-
flict. The Bostons will start in while
the Tigers are at the Springs and
get away in time to give up the
field to the Champions.
Manager Lajoie will take his reg
ulars to Macon on March Z. Within
the next day or so after the last Nap
has hit the pike the Phillies will
leave for Savannah, the Reds for st.
Augustine, Fla. The Brooklyns and
Pirates will be the last two clubs to
dapart for the COuth tho pirotoo