The Washington times., 1915-02-21
BASEBALL |NVADES
SOUTH THIS WEEK
Washington, Philadelphia, and
New York Teams Soon to
Depart for Training Camps.

The annual invasion Of the Southland
by the regular and recruit armies OF
baseball begins in earnest this week.
when almost all the clubs OF the Anerl-
can and National leagues start for their
training camps to begin preliminary
work for the pennant season OF l9lo
The Chicago White Sox are already on
the Pacific coast. where they partici-
pated in the opening ceremonies Of the
Panama-Pacifc Exposition, and many
players from other clubs are already
located at Hot Springs and other warm
spots In the South and West. spending
a few extra days boiling out.
Ono week from today the advance
guard Of the Griffmen, including all or
the pitchers and catchers, except Walter
Johnson will entrain for CharlottesVille,
where for one month they will supple-up
their limbs under the rays Of Virginia
sunshine. A week later the main force
Of the Washington Club will move on
to the Virginia hamlet. and griffith him
self will be In charge Of this battalion.
,ttesville, every candidate 'or u posi-
ton in lis ihtield and outfleid VIA be
in the training headquarters. and II IS
then that he will watch from day to
day the development OF ms protegIes, I
players on the field. particularly the
rockies, for some sign of big league de-
velopment, and the ones who show him
they have the stuff" will surely be the
ones a. will keep on his roster Of TWEEN
ty-fve players. Every player, new
conner and veteran alike, Is to have a
chance to show his worth at Charlottes-
vile. for this Is perilous time IN pa 6ase. o
ball, and none but the deserving VIII be
carried through the season.
The Athletics and Phillies will be on
their way the latter end of the week.
leaving Philly next Friday to board
the steame" at New York for Florida.
The Athle..cs will again be located at
jacksonville where they trained last
year, while the Phillies will locate at
st. Petersburg. where the st. Louis
Americans trained in 1914. The town
and the two local teams will play sew
eral exhibition games at both places
while they are training.
Giants will leave New York Thursday
afternoon under convoy Of Eddie
Brannick. On Friday the middle
Western squad of veterans and colts
will be picked up at st. Louis. The
whole team expects to hit the Marlin
out under McGraw first thing the
morning of March /. Thus does John
J. intend to keep we'll within the let
| ter of the National League law.
Charles H. Ebbets has decided tC
act as the advance guard of the Dodg-
erS' march upon Daytona, Fla. The
| Squire of Flatbush will sail for Jack
sonville. Fla. Tuesday. Manager VIII
bert Robinson will start day later
with a party of Baltimore friends. The
Brooklyn newspaper men and those
Brooklyn athletes who reside in the
| East are to sail for Jacksonville Fri
day. The other players will go direct
| from their homes to Daytona by rail
The New York Americans, whose
| battery corps have been in Hot
Springs. Ark. for a week. will leave
| New York week from today. The
squad will go into active training the
| following Tuesday. The Hot Springs
contingent has been ordered into Sa
vanI ah. Ga. by March 10.