The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-21
FINE WEATHER;
 MUCH BASE BALL
JUST AS PHILLIPS ARE ABOUT TO DEPART, THE DENVER
 TEAM IS COMING.
Players From All Over the Country Are Getting in Fine Condition
 Here and Are Enthusiasts.

Baseball in Hot Springs is at fever heat just now. The large colony of visiting players, the three major league teams, and the thousands of admiring fans, are talking baseball with all the enthusiasm of midsea- son.
 The Philadelphia Nationals will close their engagements here this afternoon, and tomorrow at noon leave for Indianapolis where they play Saturday, but their place will not be left open long, for before the end of the week the Denver ball club will be here with its full quota of players, and keep the western fans busy
 The Philadelphia Nationals, who are pictured by large majority of the baseball experts all over the country to win this year and who will start on their homeward jour- ney after a stay of three weeks at Hot Springs, tomorrow (Friday) noon will play farewell game at Fogel field this (Thursday) afternoon, start ing at 2:S0 o'clock.
 The Phillies have been seen in on- ly two games since they came here on March f. both with the Boston Americans, and in both of which they created a most favorable impression by the way they walloped the Red Sox The rest of the time the Phil lies have been here they attended strictly to business by indulging in hard practice whenever the weather permitted them to work outdoors.
 This was the first time the Phillies trained at Hot Springs and notwith- standing the unfavorable weather for baseball, President Fogel is so well pleased with results that he has ar ranged with the owners of Fogel field, tihe new park built this spring and named after him, as we'll as with Pro prietor Jones of the Majestic hotel to come back here next March. In order to give the people of Hot Springs a chance to see all the stars of the great Philadelphia club in ae- tion and become acquainted with them, Doe" Owens suggested this farewell game to President Fogel, who readily acquiesced in the propo- sition
 
 tion of stars and all the other clubs admit that any team which can beat them in this years race will win the championship. And few are will ling to pick the team and hazard a wager on their selection to beat these fast, hard hitting Quakers. The pres ent roster of the Phillies is:
 Catchers-7Manager Dooin. Peach es" Graham, Pat Moran and Billy Killefer.
 Pitchers Alexander the Great, Moore, George Chalmers, Cliff Cur us, "Toots' Shultz. the celebrated University of Pennsylvania twirler Doc Scandon, Ad Brennan. Ben Hunt, Tom Seaton, Herbert Kutz. Ar. thur Rasmussen, August Masters and John Oldham
 lnfielders--Home Run Luderus, Scrappy Knabe. Hans Lobert, the 1 speediest runner ill baseball: Mike | Doolan, king of shortstops; Runt Walsh, the best all-round player in | the country; Tom Downey, formerly | of the Cincinnati Reds; Harold Ire Ian and John Cashman, two sensa- | tional youngsters who have this year graduated into the big league ranks. |
 Charlottesville great Sherwood | Magee, who covers more territory | than any other outfielder living: Si- lent John Titus, who can sting the | ball; "Crabby'' Cravath champion | slugger of the country; Bill Brinder. | the fleet-footed Vancouver star, and | Lee Hunt, live wire from the Kitty | league. of which he was champion | batsman last year.
 Manager Dooin will divide this | great aggregation of talent into two teams, as nearly evenly divided in strength as it is possible to divide | it. thus insuring a lively game in this farewell contest And as an in centiye to make 1t for blood" the winners will be given the lower berth l in the two Pullmans on the way back | home, as we'll as an extra beef-steak