Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-05
NEGOTIATIONS
FOR CAMP AT
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AUGUSTA, OFF
Smith and Solomon to Take
Southern Trip TO Select
Training Crouncs.

Negotiations for training camp
at Augusta, Ga. between the New
ark club and the Augusta manager
ment have fallen through, and ths
Tigers VIII have to go elsewhere: ...z=
train The Augusta management is
anxious to get a big league team
there for an attraction. and after Bill
Dahlen had looked over the plant for
Mr.. Ebbets and the Newark club -dt<
was decided that the Inducements
and accommodations were not at all
alluring.
a special meeting of the Newark
club officials will be held today az
club headquarters in the Union
building. during which a general re-
organization of the club will take
place. At the same time definite
plans for the spring trip OF the Tigers
will be discussed. 4sz
1t will be proposed that vice-P Presf-
dent George L. Solomon and Man
ager Harry Smith make a scouting
trip for. camp after the meeting .ef
the league in New York next Nom
day.
Mr. Ebbets himself has not yet se-
lected camp in the South. though
Bul Dahlen has been in Dixie for
over fortnight. Dahien was much
impressed by the facilities offered. at
Columbus, Ga, but he found that the
st. Louis Cardinals had already
closed an agreement for the use OF
the grounds.
Harry Smith and party were
down at Wiedenmayer Park re-
Gently making a survey of the sitlia
ton. and Smith made an itemized
account of improvements he thinks
will benefit the ball players and tlae
playing field. Harry has been gixeH
to understand that he has full charge
of the playing end of the game ana
his wishes will be followed out ini-
plicitly.
Groundkeeper Kennedy. the weiter=
weight champion Of landscape ar
fists. is much wrought up over the
efforts of Hughey Jennings to trade
off a new ground keeper named Mur1
ply to George Solomon Kennedy i
building a barricade around Wiedefz
mayors Park. and is firmly en-
trenched with solid, hard-baked and
red, ttwo-by by-four-b -by-eights. He
says his heavy artillery viii go into
action the moment the ruddy dome
of Jennings's ground keeper hores
in sight. THE color of the bricks
will match his head" says Kennedy.
A sample of a road uniform, gray
with black trimmings. arrived at the
offices of the Newark Club yesterday
and was inspected by solomon and
Smith Smith does not like the black
stripe on the side of the breeehes TO
be worn by his men, and this featuFe
of the trimmings will be eliminated
if Harry decides against it. .ss
Jake Daubert, captain Of the BROOKS
| lyn Club. has signed a. three-year COM
tract to play with the Brooklyn Club.
] President Ebbets is hustling TO gel
| the jump on his rival managers
( signing up his players for next sea-
SON Already ten future Dodgers
have been signed. including Wheat,
Hummell. Moran. Allen. Curtis,
Northen. Ragon. Cutshaw. Daubert
and the great Rucker.
holder in the Boston National League
Club. following a reorganization yee-
terday. George is also said to have
a contract that would pay a princes
ransom.
The last time the Tigers trained ID
Georgia was in 1909. when the team
trained at Stallings's plantation. u
Haddocks. Ga. Wolverton was thea
manager, with McGinnity owner ef
the club. The team had a successful
season. finishing second in the race:
! Mathewson denies that he made any.
negotiations to buy the Philadelphia
I Nationals. Harry Mccormick. tho
star pinch hitter of the Giants. is said
TO be at the head of a syndicate Of
Pittsburghers, who are out for the
club.
Unless Sam Crawford signs his con-
| tract, Manager Hughey Jennings, who
1 is appearing here at Proetor's this
7 week, viii cut the mention of SANS
name and the publicity that goes With
/ it out of his act. Sam is holding cut
4 for rnore money.