The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-18
BASEBALL MEN
SOON TO TRAIN

NEW YORK, Feb. 17-With the
gathering of the McGraw clan in Go
than today, preliminary to the trip to
MarlinMarlin Springs Tex, the base
ball training season will soon be on in
earnest. The Giants will be the first
to get into the game, although only the
junior crowd will report at the Texas
camp this week. A majority of the as
pirants to major league honors will
accompany McGraw from this city, but
those who live in the west and south
west will go directly to Marlin Springs,
having been Orered to report next Sat-
urday.
The cider players including Tenney,
MathewsOn, Wiltse, Bridwell, Devlin,
Donlin, Seymour Schiel, Mccormick
and Needham, will not be required to
report until March 1. If the present
plans are carried out Mike Donlin will
be permitted to continue his theatrical
tour until March Is, provided he keeps
himself in tiptop condition in the
meantime.
''The old fellows-meaning those
who have had experience in the big
league" said McGraw, do not need
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necessary for them to do is to get them
selves in condition. When their mus
cles are right they know what to do
when called upon. 1t is, the yOungster
who needs attention. He needs to be
taught the inside work of the game
which includes base running, bunting,
backing up, and all those things. When
the old fellows arrive expect to have
the youngsters so we'll worked out that
we can go right ahead and begin play
ing games"
McGraw will carry more than twenty
of the youngsters with him. When the
whole squad is assembled it will num-
Der tcrIy-rWO. The Giant manager
explains that it is hard for 40 men to
practice at the same time and even if
they did so it would be difficult for
him to pay attention to the individual
work of the men.
In the first contingent of Giants will
be the following: Vanguard, Durham,
Raymond, Waller, Kuepper and Holmes
as pitchers; Schiel, ]. Meyers, Snod-
grass and Wilson, catchers; Fletcher
and Simmons, infielders; and B. Mey-
ers, Murray, O'Hara, Cocash and Hell
Ter, OutfielderS.
Among the pitchers who Will nave
to report early are Marquard ara
Durham McGraw wants to have TINS
pair to himself for about two weeks
Maruuard requires a lot OF training.
Not that his arm is slow in coming
around but he must be taught whole
lot of things in a big league which are
not required of a pitcher in a minor
league.
Manager Stallings, Of the Yankees
believes in plenty of work in the spring
and will have all the members of his
team ir training by March l. Thls
means that the first batch of yoUn"
ters. and practically all the pitchers
will be started for Macon the last
week in February. The second baton
of PLAYERS will report at Macon about
Marcn g. Stallings wants to give the
pitchers a week in the south before
the other players begin work. rms VIII
take lot of work off his hands. 1t
means that the pitchers will have their
arms pretty well limbered up and ready
to hurl a few curves for batting prdc-
tice
Although there are about 80 men OH
the roster. not more than 30 Will De Ia
ken south. This means a hard task IoI |
the manager.
While the New York Giants VIII De
the first to begin training. the othe-
major league teams will soon get into
the came. and the next two or three |
weeks will find them assembled III
TRAINING camps as follows: The Chica- |
go Cubs at Shreveport. La: the Chlca-
go White Sox in California; the GIN
cinna.i Reds at Augusta. Ca the !
Pittsburg Pirates at Hot SpflnsS' PTK.'
the St. Louis Cardinals at Little Rook'
Ark. the Boston Doves at AUGUSTA
Ga: the Brooklyn Superbas at JACK
sonyilla. Fla: the philadelphia Nation
ais at Pinehurst n c.: the Boston Red
Sox at San Antonio. Tex: the Phlia-
delphie Athletics at New Orleans Ia
the Washingtons at. Galveston. TEX
the Detroit Tigers at Hot SDr'ngs' AK
the ST. Louis Browns at Houston, rex.
and tna Cleveland Blues at NOBLE Ala