The San Francisco call., 1910-12-28
TIP O'NEIL here;
HERALDS RED SOX
Western League Magnafe Says
BOStOn'S Spring Trip Will
Break All Records
By WILLIAM ]. sLArrERY

Tip O'Neil, the general representative
of all the invading big league baseball
tropes, broke the long diamond silence
upon his arrival yesterday ONeil
] brings with hi ma whole flock of good
news regarding the Boston Americans,
who will train here this spring. He is
/ fairly bubbling over with enthusiasm
about the prospects for the coming
training season and he looks forward
I othe greatest training trip ever taken
1 by any big league aggregation since
! baseball sprang into being.
The Boston tossers will depart from
the Hub on the evening of February
Is They will ride in palatial special
/ train and come direct to California,
with as few stops as possible. On ar
/ irving here the squad. which will num-
/ Der about 35 men, Will be divided into
1 two divisions to be known as the
southern and norther ndivisions
One will be sent down to Los An
] geles for a weeks series against the
Angels. while the other Will play the
/ Seals and the Oaks here. In addition
games will be arranged with Portland,
/ which always trains in California; the
Sacramento club, Stanford and the Uni
versity of California and probably ST.
/ y
1t is ONeiPs duty to look after the
schedule of the invading tossers from
/ Boston. During his trip from Chicago
! TO this city Tip framed up a schedule
that viii keep both squads very busy
on their return trip. One will go east
! by the southern route. while the other
will take the nc-thern trail and they
viii hold a reunion meeting in Chicago
three days before the opening of the
American league season, which is billed
/ this year for the afternoon of April H.
John I. Taylor, president of the club,
will accompany the team and take per-
sonal charge of the campaign says
/ O'Neil. He will spare no expense to
make this the greatest training trip
ever taken by an aggregation of ball
/ tossers. Taylor, who comes to the coast
every winter, has been longing to
bring his ball players here for several
seasons past, but up to the present
time Charley Comiskey and his White
/ Sox had the coast monopolized.
The two squads will be divided up
so that the best players on the list
will be included in each. They will al
ternate between San Francisco and Los
Angeles and in this way the California
fans should be able to get pretty
/ good line on their work"
The Boston boys have been a factor
in the American league pennant race
season just closed Boston landed in
fourth place after making heroic bat
/ tie against Philadelphia, Detroit and
New York practically all season. But
for hard luck the Red Sox might have
landed the flag.
In the makeup of the Bostonians are
several players well known on the
coast Chief among these is Duffey
Lewis, the former Oakland boy, who
was such a sensa ton among the Amer
lean league batsmen last year. Harry
Hooper, who used to wear a Sacra-
mento uniform, is another California
boy, who has held his own with Boston
4 for three seasons past. Ben Hunt the
big left handed pitcher whom Boston
secured from Sacramento last season,
viii also be seen in the makeup of the
Hub aggregation this year.
Lewis, Hooper and Hunt are winter
ing in California. Most of the other
Boston players will be picked up en-
route. The Boston special viii also
gather in several of the San Francisco
and Oakland players, bound for the
coast.
Manager Danny Long of the Seals
will depart on a secret mission in
search of a training camp today or to-
morrow. Long has his eyes on several
choice spots, though as yet he does not
| know which one he shall pick out. For
this reason the boss of the Seals is
keeping his movements a secret for the
time being. However, it is likely that
the Seals will be taken south. some-
where in the neighborhood of Bakers
field or Visalia.
Il intend to give my squad good
workout" says Long. They figure to
be in fine form when they bump up
against the Red Sox for the first prac-
tice game. They were handicapped by
lack of training last season, but it will
not be so this time. 1 intend to give
them plenty of work"
Oakland will have a new pitcher next
season. He is Knight, for the last
three years one of the best slabsters In
the New York state league. knight
has been secured in a trade for Out
fielder Frank Carroll, who was such g.
favorite with the transbay fans last
season.
Manager Wolverton wired this in
formation yesterday from Philadelphia,
his home. According to the conditions
of the trade Carroll will be turned over
to the Philadelphia National club,
which held an option on knight. VOL
verton is making this deal for the rea-
son that he believes his club to need
pitchers more than outfielders. VOL
verton knows Knight and looks for him
to come near leading the Coast league
slabsters next season.
During his trip over the circuit, in
which he arranged the schedule for
the Red Sox, Tip O'Neil stopped off in
Chicago long enough to have himself
unanimously reelected president of the
Western league. Tips term is for a
period of five years, with a handsome
increase in salary. all OF which goes to
show that he is a big hit as a league
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