New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
Mr.. BRUSH TO STAND PAT
Satisfied with Makeup Of the
Giants as He Starts South.
MANY CONTRACTS IN SAFE
Senators and Superbas May
Meet in Series Before the
Season Opens.

John T Brush, owner of the New York
the winter IN the South. According to his
usual custom. he will go to San Antonio
Tex AS scon as the Giants go South for
their spring training Mr.. Brush will run
over TO Marlin Springs. which is only two
hundred miles from San Antonio, 10 watch
the development of the team. He was in
excellent health when he boarded the train
and in fine spirits Although inclined to be
ret:cent about the prospects of the team for
next sea son. he was admittedly pleased with
the outlook
The New York management is known to
be standing pat on the team which fin
ished second last season. Contracts will be
signed with few if any new players. and no
trades are IN immediate prospect. II an
exchange Of players can be made which
will be TO the advantage of the New YORK
nine, McGraw will be nothing ioath to put
the deal through It viii have TO be q
pretty good proposition, however, which
will lead him to part with any of his stars,
with whom he is well satisfied
McGraw intended to go South with Mr.
Brush. but decided recently TO wait over
for the National League meeting, whlch
will be held on December 13. McGraW VIII
not represent Mr.. Brush at the meeting IN
all likelihood. The president OF the ciup
did not announce a representative before
he left and it was unknown at the head
quarters of the club yesterday just Wnat
arrangements would be made
As soon as the National League meeting
is oyer McGraw will hurry to Marlin
Springs 10 make preparations for the spring
training of the team. The men will practise
%i,a aTIth IN
milton of the fact that the Giants have put
Marlin on the map. the citizens of the
town have decided 4 tract Of land TO the
club. which will ne used as a permanent
training ground. Murphy. the groundkeep-
er at the Polo Grounds. started for Texas
two weeks ago to lay out a diamond. Nc
Graw will go South to superintend the job.
and BY the time February has rolled
around and the first of the New York re-
cruits have reported for practice a -four
ishng baseball field will have blossomed
forth on the barren Texas soil.
After the nine has warmed up 10 its work
McGraw will lead his minions forth to Go
battle with the Chicago White Sox at Fort
Worth. which is fifty miles from Marlin.
The Chicago nine will train at Mineral
Springs. which was only recently chosen as
& training ground for Mr. Comiskey's nine,
The success of the Giants in the Texas
climate led the White Sex to choose the
Lone Star state for their spring try out.
A new baseball park is TO be opened at
Fort Worth next spring and it has been
decided to let the Giants and White SoX
dedicate the diamond. While the Giants
the universal favorites in Texas. the
White SoX found some rabid supporters at
Mineral Springs as soon as they selected
that town as their training quarters. The
Southern fans are already beginning to
cry for a battle between Christy Mathewson
and Big Ed Walsh
Nearly all of the Giants have signed con-
tracts for next season. Satisfactory ar
rangements have been made with all Of the
players, and il was stated yesterday that
before the National League melting is over
the signed contracts of every one will be
in the club safe. Red Ames Fred
Merkle, Louis Drucke. who is at his home
in Texas: Fred Snodgrass, who is in Cali
fornia, and Larry Doyle, who recently re-
turned to New York after a visit to his
home in Illinois. are among those who have
not as yet signed up.
4 series of ante-season games between
the Washington Senators and the BROOKLYN
Superbas has been proposed. Charley Eb-
belts has the question under consideration.
The Senators have been anxious for some
time to get game or series of games with
some National League team 20 be played
before the regular season opens. If only
one game is played It probably will be put
on in Washington.
In commenting on the annual meeting of
the American League at the Hotel Wolcott
in this city, on December IL Byron Ban
croft Johnson was quoted, yesterday, in
Chicago, as saying:
Save for the election OF four directors
two from the Eastern clubs and two from
the West-there won't be d great deal of
business TO occupy the attention of our Of
hcials- During the course of the two league
sessions | hope to confer with Mr.. Lynch
relative 70 the arrangement OF playing
dates for 1911. Then at a later meeting the
schedules will be drafted and acted upon.
IN addition TO the schedule question Mr..
Lynch and I will urge the passage of a
new rule prohibiting the worlds champions
of any year to participate in transforming
games following the close OF the title series.
To have band of champions, out OF
condition troop off 10 other countries and
play with opposing teams in the highest
stage Of perfect condition. and perchance
3 suffer defeat cheapens baseball These
exhibition trips VIII have to stop.
John / Taylor, owner of the Boston Red
Sox, is oUt with statement that he Will