The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-11
GIANTS FLY SOUTHWARK.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-seversI
youngsters on the reserve list of the
New York Giants are In town to-day.
preparatory to sailing southwark to-
morrow on a steamer bound for New
Orleans. From the Crescent City the
players will go to the training camp
of the Gilnts at Marlin, Tex, where
they will have the honor OF opening
the big league training fea=pn.
Next Friday another bunch Of Nc
Graw juvenile will leave St. Louis
fer Marlin, the latter contingent in
Guiding all those residing west of the
AIfe1henfes.
The Giant veterans, like the kidlets.
will 90 South !, two parties. Soma
of them will take the ocean route t.
the training camp. while ,othrrE will
congregate in st. Louis and go from
that city to Marlin by rail. The date
set for the departure ,of the second!
band of ocean vnyaeers Is "Wednesday,
February Is, while the travellers BY
land will hike out of St. Louis on Sun
lday, February 27. on TUESDAY, March
| l, all the members Of the squad ought
to be at the training camp.
The training plans for thu ycnr will
be about the same as last spring.
President Brush again having leased
the Dallas and Fort Worth grounds
fr game OF three Saturdays and
Sundays In March. The trip north
ward, however, will be entirely dit.
ferent from the trip Hhome of last
year ann tie year before. Instead Of
dividing up and beating 1t back in two
squads the Giants will all come nome
together. uIs.
The route home this year w.t be-
through Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia.
South Carolina, Virginia and Mary
land. Lest spring the team in advane.
lag norti,ward came through Okla.
hcma, Arkansas. Tennessee, Kentucky,
Illinois, Ohio. West Virginia, Virginia
and Maryland. %
Baltimore" Richmond and Norfolk
are the only cities in which the Giants
played exhibition games last season
that are on this years schedule Of
spring dates.
The start home from TexaE will be
iaade after the games in Fort Worth
and Dallas on Sunday. March 81. On
their return journey the first team OF
The Giants will play nine games AMI
the second troupe three. Contests ar,
|cfrded with clubs in the Texas. Viz
gina and Eastern leagues, and tho !
Southern and Carolina associations.
1t looks as If the Giants would make |
Marlin their spring nome frem now
on. Manager McGraw thinks the
Texas health resort the best training
camp he ever visited and says tina.
when the Giants started horne from
that place in 1903 and 1909 they we're
in splendid condition. Much of the
hcnefichI effects OF their stay In Texas
last year were lost in the read North
because the team ran into bad weather
and the players had to loaf about the
hotels. 1t was On account OF his fac.
that Manager McGraw decided to Gu!
down the number of exhibition games
to be played on the hon.eward iEunt
this year and to route the club through
a section of the country which 10 not
likely to nc in the rain belt most Of the
TING. ta. ~ ja
As far as he possible can, Manager
MeGraw will oblise the requests Of the
fans of the various cries the team Is
to visit to pitch certain men. Com.
nunications already have h--n re
eeived from enthusiasts Of Shreveport
asking that Iron Man klawitter, who
was with the Louislanians last year
be permitted to pitch the game there.
The fans Of Birmingham are keen on
icing Finger Dickson, who was a
Coal Baron in 1909, labor on the
mound again, ard have asked MeGraw
to let the younuster twirI the game in
that city. In Norfolk. Temple prob.
ably will be the gunner for the Giants.
he having been with the virginians in
the last campaign. Pitcher Buck, tho
Colgate graduate, is warm favorite
in the two Carolina Association cities
to be visited-GrecnvilIe and Green's
boro. In Virginia there Is general
dcamnd on the part OF the fans for
christopher Matthewson, since It was
In Norfolk that christy made the req.
utation .hat caused his advancement
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