The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-16
Stars From Big Show to Give
Exhibitions in San Francisco
and Oakland November
13, Ia, Is and is

HICAGO. Oct 1.-THE complete
itinerary Of exhibition games to
be played by the White Sox and
Giants in this country before they
sail for the orient on the night OF
November 10 at Vancouver was made
public today. and never in the history
OF the national game has IS tough a
schedule been mapped out
Starting at Cincinnati on Sunday
the two teams will play s5 games Of
ball in the following 33 days. wind
Ing up with morning and afternoon
show at Tacoma and Seattle, re-
spectively. on the day the boat sails
for Japan. In those 3s days the boys
will travel about 5000 miles, playing
a game every afternoon. and on two
days game in the morning and aft
ernoon
In the whole 80 days they will have
three nights to sleep in regular beds
in hotels. The other 80 nights they
will sleep in Pullman cars. For 2s
consecutive nights, or until they reach
Los Angeles on November s, they will
be riding in the Pullman cars.
SOME 500 MILE JUMPS
Some of the night jumps are for a
distance OF nearly. 500 miles. and
some Of them are for less than so
miles. For instance, next Monday the
teams play in Springfield, Ill. and
then make a night ride to move from
there to Peoria On November s they
jump from FL Paso. Tex. to Douglas.
Ariz.
To make 1t as comfortable as pos
eible for the athletes, President CO.
miskey of the sox and Manager Nc
Graw of the Giants have procured a
special train to start from here about
IL o'clock Sunday night. and that same
train will carry the party into Seattle
on November 10. There will be Eve
steel cars on the train. three of them
being sleepers, one an observation
sleeper and the other a combination
buffet and baggage car
The train will leave here over the
Rock Island road Sunday night and
land the teams in Springfield early
Monday morning. From there they go
to Peoria, then to Ottumwa, on as far
northwest as Sioux City, then toward
the south. getting into ST Joseph. Mo-.
Saturday and Kansas City Sunday
PLAY TILL BOAT SAILS
From there they journey off down
through Oklahoma and Texas and off
TO the coast, playing up the coast un-
til they finish at Seattle on the day
the boat sails.
The players VIII assemble in Cincin-
natl for an exhibition on Saturday,
but the real start with the special
train will be made from here Sunday
after the two teams have given an
exhibition game to the Chicago fans
here Sunday afternoon at Comiskey
park.
Manager Callahan and Owner CO.
niskey of the Sox are not prepared
- announce the official lineup OF the
team representing the White Sox for
me tour. but expect to have all the
contracts closed by tomorrow. They
are still hoping to induce Ray Schalk
TO make the tour and are trying hard
10 procure iris Speaker of the Bos-
ton Red Sox, Pratt of st. Louis and
one or two other stars.
CHASE TO STOP HERE
Hal Chase will be the first sacker
on the tour across the country, but
will play in California all winter.
his place being taken by Jack Four
nier, who will join the team in Seat
tie or Tacoma on the day OF the
sailing.
Joe Berger will journey to Cali
fornia with the squad. then stay on
his ranch there all winter. Tex Rus
sell. with his bride. will travel as far
as Bonham, Tex, his home town,
then stay there Scott and Benz are
booke as hurlers for the entire trip.
and Leverenz of the Browns will be
another Callahan has a fourth
hurler in mind and hopes to land him
this weak