The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-07
Letter From Vice-Pres't. E.
S. Bernard Discredits Sto-
ries From New Orleans.
PITCHERS AND cATcHERs AR
RIVE ABOUT MARCH WITH
ENTIRE TEAM REACHING HERE
MARCH -R. J. GILkS, NOW IN
PENSACOLA, WILL SUPERVISE
WORK WHICH COMMENCES
THIS MORNING.

Reports published In New Orleans
papers to the effect that the Cleve-
land team of the American league is
to train in that city and not in Pen
sacola, are shown TO be incorrect by
letter received yesterday from z. S.
Bernard, vice president Of the Cleve-
land club. and also by statement
made by R J. Gilks, scout for the
club. who is in Pensacola for the pur
pose of looking over the work or
sodding the diamond and remodeling
and enlarging the dressing rooms.
Yesterday the Times Democrat
published the following from its
Cleveland correspondent:
The Maps will train. as usual, at
New Orleans, in spite of the fact that
Bob Gilks, scout for the Maps, Is at
Pensacola arranging for prelimin-
ary training season. In which the
Maps and Toledo Mud Hens, both
owned by Charles Somers of this city,
viii take part The Maps have no In
tention of relinquishing New Orleans
as a training point, and will live up
to their contract, but Joe Birming-
hams crew viii do few preliminary
stunts at Pensacola with the Mud
Hens before proceeding to the New
Orleans training grounds"
LETTER FROM BERNARD.
That the New Orleans paper is in
correct Is shown by the following ex
tracts from a letter received yester-
day from Vice President Bernard:
Our battery men viii reach PEN
sacola about March 1st- Our entire
squad should be there not later than
March 5th. The entire Toledo squad
should be there not later than March
18th. Part Of our squad will leave
Pensacola. about March 18th. The re-
mainder of our players will leave
Pensacola about March 27tH- The en-
tire Toledo club will remain In Pen
sacola until about March 31st. We
estimate that there will be not less
than fifty three ball players in the
two squads, and during the time that
both entire squads are at Pensacola
there should be at least seventy peo-
pie on the job. Your hotel may fig
ure on about this number.
There is a chance that I may visit
Pensa cola the latter part of November
and If I am able to make the trip
will be able to give the hotel specific
information as to the number of peo-
pie they must plan to take care of
during the specific periods of our
stay in Pensacola If 1 am not able
to get there. will take the matter
up by letter with the hotel about that
time"
WORK COMMENCES TODAY.
The work of sodding the infield, re-
modelling and enlarging the dressing
rooms, as well as making other i'm
provements desired by the Cleveland
owners is to commence this morning
This was stated last night by Man
ager John G. Oliver, who had a con-
ference last night with r. ]. Gilks,
scout Of the Cleveland club, who is
here to supervise the work on the
diamond. He has had much expert
ence Of this character and believes
that the diamond at Maxent park can
be made an excellent one.
The Cleveland team will go to
New Orleans" said Mr.. Gilks TO a
Journal representative last night, "but
1t will be for the purpose Of playing
exhibition games on Sundays, or aft
er the regular training period In
Pensacola is over.
Pensacola is ideally situated as a
training place for big league clubs.
The hotel is one Of the best. the water
pure and the climate ideal to condi-
ton the players, while the ball park
can be made a fine one. The fans
Of Pensacola can rest assured that
not only the Maps, but the Toledo
team, will be here the coming spring
and will do their training here, not
only this year, but possibly many
years to come"