The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-10
CUBS READY TO
TRAVEL SOUTH
John Evers Will Take His
Hopefuls to Their Spring
Training Camp
by Irving vaughan.)

ing will be officially inaugurated this
week with John Evers' club leading
off IN the annual big league trek to-
ward the South and Southwest.
Breaking all records for the length Of
time consumed in their preseason
training the Cubs will depart from
here next Saturday night bound for
Tampa. Fla, where a week from to-
morrow the long conditioning grind
will start in earnest.
The Cub party will be only a little
over so per cent strong when they
pull out Of here. Only a few of the
men are in the vicinity If Chicago at
present. many are in the east. still
others are already suning themselves
few are scattered through the u
try to the west n southwest of his
burg. By right the party should num-
her th1rty-five athletes exclusive Of the
manager. but If Secretary Charley
Williams corrals more than two dozen
for the getaway he will be lucky.
Some Already in South.
lin Lavender. Jim Archer. Jim
S%"henard. Lew Richie. Heinie Zim-
herman, Frank Schultz and Larry
Cheney are sure not to be in on the
ds.pr;ure here. Lavender is now at
his home in Montezuma. Ga. and
Schultz at his plantation near Attain
ia. 10Th will jump down to the train
ing camp from there. Zimmerman
viii move on to the south directly
from New York. while Archer. Richie
IN md and will have only to make 4
short trip across Florida.
here is some doubt as to whether
Archer will see fit to &c To Tampa inn
media;ely. Like his battery mate,
Larry Cheney. who is considerable
cigar merchant In the far of town Of
Bartlssville. Okla. Archer is filling a
holdout role and from appearances is
not making any effort to come to an
agreement with President Murphy.
He is reported to be sticking for d
$4,000 per year salary. while Cheney.
who was the only winning pitcher on
the Cub staff last season. wants
enough 10 make it worth while.
1t is said that Cheney received the
scant salary of about $4,000 last year
and he doesn't intend to work for
ing by the lesson taught Mordecai
Brown, who gave his best year TO the
Cubs at a small salary and who was
released as soon as he got Murphy
where the latter was forced to come
through with an amount that the
three-1ngered marvel should nave re-
ceived years before.
Interest In HOldouts.
There will be a lot of interest con-
nected with the cases Of these two
stars. There is the possibility Of their
signing UP within the next week and
h again there is more of a chance
that they will not. OF course. Muir.
ply isn't going to lay down on the
job and let this pair remain on the
outside for long. as the Cubs chances
wouldn't be worth shooting at II
Cheney wasn't on hand to pitch oc-
casionally and Archer to catch.
Besides being interested in the &C.
tivities Of, the holdouts, Cub support.
ers are going to spend much time per.
using the reports from the camp
They will be anxious to learn Of tn.
methods OF the new manager, as Ever:
has let the impression prevail tina,
his training stunts will differ widely
from hos followed by Frank Chance,
AS the big fellow encountered moth.
ing but SUCCESS while At the helm OF
the Cubs. it will be worth while tc
follow closely the doings Of the Yves,
Siders under the Evers regime.
me cubs are going to be in camp
that is, in one spot-for a longer pc.
big league club will have as good a:
opportunity to get into condition be.
fore hitting tho trial back toward the
Northland. They are due in camr
Feb. IL and work will be in order
from then until the evening of March
lS. when camp will DO broken for
iaunt to jacksonville. where the frs,
exhibition game on the schedule will
he played March 10. From that da,
on the Cubs will he busy, winding vi
in Chicago. April Z. where two game,
with college teams viii he staged a,
the West Side preparatory to the
opening Of the championship seaso1
April 10.
Plenty of Time for Evers.
Manager Evers will have plenty O.
time to look yer all Of his recruit,
while at Tampa. He will not be fore
ed to make any hurry-up decisions OF
men who might he worth retaining
and in this respect his initial trial a,
O manager is going to be easy. II,
will divide the squad into two team,
and nave them go through a regula.
ton ball game each day just as soor
AS they have hardened up. In thi,
way 1t will be easy for him to pic
out the weak and strong points O
each Of the players.
Umpire Two Bits Bierhalter. VIII,
omciated in the American Associate,
last season has signed with the Inter
national League. He will take tn
place of Umpire Jim Murray who goe
to the American Association.
Pitcher Walter johnson will no
take the training trip with the Wash
ington team. hut will report a coupl
of days before the regular scaso,
opens. johnson never needs any nre