The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-09
SOx TO co WEST
COmiSkey Will Train His Team
in California.
"Special' Will Leave Chicago
in February for PasO Robes.

San Francisco, Sept. 9.-Charles A.
Comiskey, owner of the White Sox,
has practically completed arrange
ments for training his ball club in
California in 1913. Paso Robes has
been decided upon and at least SO
athletes will leave Chicago during the
train bound for the California resort.
Plans are already being formulated
for the train, which will be the finest
that ever left on one of these jaunts.
1t is expected that at least rs people
will be aboard when the train leaves
Chicago, for the old Roman will take
several guests, many newspaper men
will go and the wives of several of the
players also will be in the party.
Paso Robes will be the big training
camp and one of the reasons for it's
selection was the fact that it was so
located that the entire squad could be
trained there, while the weekend
jauntS were being made to Los An
geles and San Francisco.
Ted Sullivan, old time friend of
President Comiskey, is now on the
coast but will leave in a day or two.
He is completing the arrangements.
September 10 or ~, the plans for the
big training trip will be made public
The going of the Sox this year is
merely the forerunner OF three jaunts
will go again in 1914 and in 1915,
the year of the big fair in San Fran
cisco.
Poor Picking in Texas.
When you ask Presid ent Comiskey
why he is going to California next year
he merely smiles and says that he
thinks it is the best place IN the world
to train a ball club. But magnates in
both the major leagues are beginning
to realize that the days of training m
Texas are about over. The trouble
with the Lone Star state is that it is
overrun with major league ball clubs.
When they begin their northWard
march, one club no sooner gets out OF
a town than another comes in, with
the result that none of them begin to
make expenses. The White Sox have
tried it for two years and they have
certainly been lean on the hnanclal
end.
The South side magnate believes
that he has about overcome the only
real obstacle to training in the FAR
west The distance has always been
the handicap. But this year the ola
Roman will try an innovation He
plans to remain in California until
most time for the opening of the
American League season. Then he
will come from the coast to Chicago
with few stops and figures that in that
way he will overcome the only hanol-
cap. Heretofore many of his men
benefits of the training in California
for the reason that they had to play
ball in the afternoon and spend the
nights in the sleepers, with the re-
suit that they were tired when they
reached home for the opening of the
season.
1t would not be a bit surprising If
some of the South side players start
for the California resort long before
the special departs. James Scott and
DOC" White. both twirlers, have
been out of the game for weeks at a
time because of rheumatism. They
have the idea in Chicago that Paso
Robes is one of the greatest rheu-
also figure on the White Sox team
that if Scott and White go out there
several weeks in advance, that they
can rid themselves of rheumatism and
go through the season without a re-
currence of the attack.
Of course there is the chance that
White will be out there permanently
by the time the training season rolls
round. The Sacramento team wants
White as manager The southpaw
also wants to go to Sacramento as
manager. The trouble lies in getting
him off the White Sox team. You
can't convince President Comiskey
that the major league days of White
has pitched a few games which
strengthen the belief. But if White
is allowed to depart he will be hand
ed his unconditional release and will
then be in a position to talk business
with the management of the Cali
fornia team.