New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
LONG TRIP FOR GIANTS
Twenry-Three Games Scheduled
for Preliminary Season.
RED AMEs SIGNS CONTRACT
Lon and George Wiltse Report
That Their Arms Are Back
II TIP TOP Condition.

Il the Giants 90 not arrive al the Polo
Grounds in perfect condition when the
eeaSon ope.-s next spring IT Will be no
Iauit Of the management, which has just
>,..lIl,leted arrangements tor one of the
most extensive schedules Of preliminary
games ever played 10y the team in the
South William T. Gray, secretary Of the
clUp, announced yesterday a series OF
1wenty-three games with Southern teams.
fixed as to bring the team TO top form
as soon as the season opens. The prom
ising young recruits will receive an op-
portunity TO show what is in them while
The veterans Will be able 10 work up to
their stride, ready to clean things up in
the league right off the reel.
The whole squad. young and old, will
report for practice at Marlin Springs, Tex,
on Sunday. February 1e, fifty-twe days be-
fore the season opens. After workout
OF TWO weeks under the direction of Nc
Craw TWO teams will be picked and sent
around 10 play some of the Texas teams
On Saturdays and Sundays. Two games
q day will be played Waco and Dallas will
be the first mines met, a couple of games
being scheduled on March 4 and 5. A
week later. on March II and L. Dallas and
Fort Worth are slated A longer jump will
be taken on March is and 1s, when Hous-
ron and Galveston will be played On the
following Saturday and Sunday, March .
and IS Dallas and fort Worth again ap-
pear as trial horses
This TiH mark the wind-up of the pre-
1i.ninary practice at Marlin Springs and
flte tlip toward the North Will start. On
March . a third team. the first to break
away from the camp wjli be picked from
1he squad. and will meet the Shreveport
la, team. For the next two weeks games
are scheduled il rapid succession, the men
" The mean time working their way north
vard- All three mines will gather for the
same with Birmingham, Ala, on March IS.
from there the squad VIII proceed to At
lama 1or < four-Game series on March g.
q. q and April !.
Turning their faces northward the
Giants viii nee; the Greensboro. N c,
can or April :. the Norfolk. Va. nine
cn Apr and fsich1nond. Va on April
and g. Baltimore is slated for April :, and
uy +sis time Murphy will have the Polo
Grounds il sucIl good condition that the
team, viii arrive in New York on April
Tor It's annual game with Yale OF the
home diamond OF Sunday. April g. the
lam VIII siil3 across the river to meet
Jersey ts.y. which will play 2 return
game az tte Polo Grounds April 20.
This VIII bring thern up TO the opening OF
li.e season. ie2ving q days rest before the
real work begins on April L.
NcGrav $ sun III New York, and in
tends 70 pass the holidays here. After the
first OF TIE !7ear ne viii hasten southwark
70 sec how well Murphy has got along with
the diamond a Marlin Springs. which the
club now owns. The New York manager
1efu spy out the land and get everything
i:l readiness for The reception OF the early
t.>ds
Contracts nave been coming ia rapidly
from old and new players, and at present
only u few men have not signed up Larry
Doyle. Tied" Murray and Admiral Schlei
are among those WHO have not affixed their
signatures to the lie that binds The two
first named are In New York, and Mr. Gray
expects 70 have them drop into the Office any
.lay and settle matters. as both have agreed
50 the terms offered
.eon AInes came on from Warren, Ohio
where he is spending the winter with rela-
tsHes, yesterday. and signed up for another
ear He only stayed about an hour in the
riiy. Just long enough To drop in at the
h.s daIlsrters OF The club. Anles was both
,red by q sore arm and had hard luck for
e greater part OF last season. He report
..C thai his arm had now come around in
arlc condition, and he was feeling excellent
HE case was similar 10 that Of George
T.ltse VINO was hit twice on the pitching
arm and had The hgaments OF one of his
:ineers torn while playing last summer.
Word was received recently from Wiltse
that the injury YVES not permanent. and
that ne had completely recovered.
Things We're moving smoothly at the
lleadouarters of the National League yester-
Day preparations being made TO close up
the Office and 10 spend the holidays out OF
town. President Lynch received word from
John T Brush acknowledging the telegram
sent by tn. owners when they were in ses-
SION here for their annual meeting regret
ing the absence OF the New York club
oraer
sir Esncis in1inlated ihat phile ne had
naI.ibe- of applications On file for posi- |
Ions as uTnpires on MS staff. there would |
70 few cllanges = successor 70 E.msiie has !
already besn named. and any new appoint !
7uents viii be announced at the meeting
ezriv n the year 20 approve The playing
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