New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Call Gees Out for Yankees 10 He
port at Atlanta in March.
DATES FOR PRACTICE GAMES
Charley Ebbets and Architect On
to Inspect Baseball Parks
in Other Cities.

in Other Cities.
Harry Wolvcrton, the new manager ".
the Yankees, has made things hum around
the HEADQUARTERS Of the club for the last
few days. with the result that yesleF"1N
contracts were sent out to all the players
and the schedule for the spring cHhiDlLoA
rsr,cr Was announced. Wolvertou set the
seal of his approval on all the games '..o.'
Tom Davis and Arthur Irwin have been
busy in arranging for the last ie" ",eA..
II thc team does not arrive in New 4o-N
in the pink Of condition to begin the re7-
ular season it VIII not be because the H'a'
careful preparations were not maze,
The men will report with IaS and bag
gage AT the spring training quarters al AT
lauta on March 4. y rtle more tH~"
three weeks will be spent by NoiNe't"h ID.
sizing UP the available material ana Eo'l-'-
together a machine that viii be able 10 give
the Athletics a run for their money. NhaH
the last week Of March rolls around uH'
SQUAD will be divided into two teams lor Il"
invasion of the North. The schco-le 1o'
tho second team has not been announced as
vet but the work has already been Iaia Out
for the first nine.
Throwing superstition 20 the winds, the
now manager has deCidcd TO put his men
into condition with a series Of thirteen eA-
bibition games. The first two of these VIII
be plavcd with the Atlanta club OF Inc
Southern League on March - and %. lhe
next ;hye days will be spent on the tram
tine team taking a long jump noiihWar" 40
Cincinnati. Three games VIII re H'!''
with The Reds at their new baseball park on
March 20 and 81 and April J.
The Yankees win then try their fortunes
against the indianapolis team Of the Amer
ican Association on April ,. and j. Only
10 trause over to Dayton on April q loF
an encounter with the local nine, columbus
will be met on April and Z, while Io!eoo
will be favored on April and .. hE th"I
time Wolverton expects to have the men
ready for the championship strusg!v' an"
will lead them on the hilltop for the open
ing game Of the season,
charles II. Ebbcts, president ana chlei
,oc,e- of the Brooklyn Baseball! CUB lSit
YESTERDAY with c. 5. Van Buskirk, an archi-
tect. on a trip of inspection to the loaoin-
baseball parks in the country. Pitts'uIEh'
cincinnati. Toledo cleveland, chicago
philadelphia. and possibly one or two o'Ael
cities. win he visited for the purpose OF
getting IDEAS which will aid in the plan
n;ng and building Of Ebbets Field the new
home of the Supcrbas, in the FlatbUSh sec
tion Of Brooklyn
Forbes Field. in Pittsburgh, which is con-
sidered one Of the finest baseball PARIS III
Tho country. will he carefully studied
1DT dol
letics also Will get fun share Of attention.
Mr.. Ebbets and Mr.. Van Busklrk' VINO VIII
draw the plans, expect to return next "eeh'
when a visit will be paid to the Foio
Grounds. where John T. Brush last summer
built one Of the best and most c"nmoalous
grandstands in the country,
Before leaving yesterday Mr.. Ehoeis saiu'
81 believe that much valuable information
can be obtained by this inspection ana that
II will help materially in the building ol
mark in Brooklyn which hope WI! De SCI
ond to none I am anxious TO breaK
ground and get the work under way IN the
hope that the park viii be formally opened
on Flag Day June J..
James j. Lillis president Of the jersey
City baseball club. of the International
League. returned from Boston yesterday
with check fer Sl5.GOo in his pocket, drawn
in favor OF his uncle James r. Lillis. This
sum represented the amount paid by Hugh
McBreen, former secretary OF the Boston
Red Sox, for a half interest in the Skeeters.
Mr.. McBreen will come over from Boston
in a few days to take an active part in
building up a winning team. The nine will
he reconstructed this year. and with the
return of NilbUr Roach, a utility infcldor
OF the Yankees last season, better things
are expected.
Byron Bancroft Johnson has named Feb
ruary II as the date for the annual sched-
ule meeting Of the American League in
Chicago. In all probability the National
League will hold its meeting in this city
on the same day. Mr.. Johnson also has
Snnounced the makeup Of the American
league rules committee, as follows: James
Callahan, manager of the White Sox; Tom
Connolly, one Of his umpres. and Joe S
Jackson. president Of the Baseball Writer'S
Association. The joint meeting Of this
committee with one appointed by the Ma
tional League will be held in the near
future.
Mr.. johnson said that with Sunday base
ball poSsihSin In all four Western cities this
year the playing schedule, as arranged, will
be more satisfactory than ever He init
mated that as Chicago was the best sun
day baseball city in the country the White
Sox might get a couple Of extra games
The Grand Circuit will open at Grand
Rapids, Mich, on July s. instead Of at
Kalamazoo. Mich, on July Il. After the
stewards had allotted the dates and ad-
journed without any application from
Grand Rapids Homer J. Kline the secre-
tary, arrived in this city late on Tuesday
night. He had been stormbound on his
way east, while his telegram to II. K
Devereux. president OF the Grand Circuit,
had not been delivered. Under the circum-
stances Mr.. Dcvereux took It upon himself
TO allot Grand Rapids the week of July S.
assuring Mr.. Kline that the two-thirds vote
of the stewards necessary would follow by
mail I'm due time This means practically
continuous racing for the trotters and
PAGERS from July TO October 10. which in
all probability will be the last day of the
Lexington meeting.
Edward Barrow president Of the Inter
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