New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
BASEBALL ON THE MAP
First Squad of Giants to Leave
for Texas on Saturday.
BUGS RAYMOND NOW CURED
Ready to Do His Full Share OF
Work in Bringing a Pen
nant Here.

Four merry little parties have been or
sanised nv William T. Gray. secretary OF
the Giants. for the trip 10 the Southern
training quarters. III arrangements have
heen made. and Mr. Gray VAS able 10 give
the complete list OF the players and inc
wav they have chosen TO SO South for the
frs, time Yesterday. There will be more
than hftv men I'm the camp by the end OF
February. including forty-odd players
number of correspondents and their wives
and others who will take advantage oi
the opportunity OF spending the REMAINDER
of the winter in the South.
Thirty-hve players are under contract m
GLIDING the veterans and recruits. Beslues
these Arlie Latham, who has been CROWDED
out Of his berth with the Giants, VIII ac-
company McGraw 10 Marlin Springs about
February 10. Wilbert Robinson, the vet
eran catcher, will be on hand 10 coach the
new pitchers. while Lush and Hansell' TWO
recruits Of former years. will 30 South TO
get into condition. although they are not
under contract
The first squad. although small In num-
hers. will leave New York on SATURDAY
taking the boat 10 New Orleans and thence
20 Marlin Springs by rail This party VIII
Re the vanguard Of tho exodus Of bali play
ers 10 the South, being the first of the
Giants to go. while the New York cluo
will he the first Of all others in the league
10 start training Gowdy. the young first
baseman from the Texas League the new
pitcher. Rudolph and Fullerton an IN
fielder Will be in this party, while Lush
and Hansel will accompany them. They
will arrive al Marlin Springs on Febru-
airy 10.
First among the veterans TO get to the
training camp will he Bugs" RAYMOND
who viii head the second party from ST
Louis on February IS. A letter was re-
ocived at the headquarters of the Giants
yesterday from the authorities of the
Dwight Institute. at Dwight, H., where
Bugs" has been residing tor the last six
weeks. saying that the eccentric twirler Of
the Giants had been discharged from the
institution completely cured and had gone
10 his home in Chicago. Bugs" is anx-
ious to start in work early 10 show Nc
Graw that he is going 10 10 his level best
this season. Along with Ra; mond will go
Hendricks. Tesereau. Hartley, jenkins.
Rustenhaven and Wilbert Robinson.
Five Of the veterans will brave the ter
rors of the deep to go from New York by
boat on February p. In this party will be
Larry DOYLE Arthur Devin, Fred Merke
Josh Devore and Rube Marquard. Decln' s
brother-in-law will be in this squad. BY
the time this quintet has arrived at Mar
lin Springs the rest of the veterans, who
will leave ST. Louis on February q, will
be on hand. The last party will be made
up Of Ames. Bridwen, Crandal, Fletcher
Mathewson. Meyers, Murray. Schlei VIII
con and Wiltse.
Those players who are already in the
West near Texas will go direct to the train
ing camp, the recruits arriving on Febru-
airy IL and the veterans on February IS.
These will include Becker. Dr1cke. Snod-
grass, Shafer. Shontz Manush, Forsythe.
Magic an Johnson.
There will not he much time for the vet
Grams TO timber up before they begin play
ing the first Of the preliminary games,
which has been arranged for March 4
-Four days after they arrive the squad will
be divided into two teams. and games will
he played with Waco and Dallas. Exhibit
ton contests are scheduled for nearly every
cay thereafter until the season opens. The
first opportunity which the local fans"
Will have 20 see the Giants in action win
be a. the Polo Grounds on April 8. when
the Yale University nine will he played.
Johnny Evers recently picked the Giants
as the team which stands out most promi-
nently as the probable winner Of the Ma
uonal League pcnnant this year. Declar-
Ing that his broken leg was as good as
ever and tina. he would play with the Cubs.
he said:
Now. in regard 10 the different team
chances. / have said all along that the
team that wins in the National League this
season VIII have % beat the Giants TO do
it. / honestly believe however. that the
only team which is capable Of doing it is
the Chicago Cubs
Frank Chance went 50 far the other day
ss 20 admit that the Giants should have
beaten the Cubs FOR the pennant last year.
The weakness % his pitchers was apparent
early In the season, and whereas in pre-
vious years the team had won many OF IT'S
games by sacrifice hitting and inside play,
last year they started the hit and run
game. getting such a lead early in each
contest that the opposing team was unable
" catch up. lie expects better work from
his pitchers this season.
Fred Beck, the hard hitting outfelder of
the Boston club. OF the National League
and a player whose bat helped 10 break
grounds, has been sold 20 the Cincinnati