Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-23
BALL PLAYERS TO
MIGRATE SOON To
SOUTHERN STATES
Nearly All Of Major League
Clubs Have Completed Their
Roster; Dates'and Places of
Spring Camps.

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New York, Feb. e2.--With the ma
jon league meetings completed, pcnce
declared aud schedules adopted. the
baseball magnatcs viii now aurrcnd-
q the spotlight In favor Of the play
or Virtually all Of the sixteen clubs
In The American and National leagues
huvc completed their rosters for 1916
aud within the next two weeks VIII
ship their squads to the south or
southwest for The spring training pro.
ilmnary TO the beginning Of the pen
nant races
As In past years Florida aud Texas
are the favorlte states for the condi-
tioning OF the big league bali tosscrs,
each securing i've clubs Louisiana
and Arkansas are 60 entertain two
clubs cach while Georgia. Niiginl I
and Kcntncly each get one While /
seycrnl Of The clubs have vet to fix /
Il definite date for The beginning ~ |
training al sixteen will De AZ thcir (
southern camps before the middle Of /
March
The location OF Inc various quart
ers and the approximate dates II the
start az the main squads for the
southland follow
National League.
New York Marlin Springs Tex,
February -
Brooklyn Dnytona. Fla. March :.
chicugo--Tnmpa. Fla. March O.
Philadelphia st. Petersburg. Fla
March g.
Boston Miami, Fla. March /.
clncnnati-~s Shreveport LouhLana,
March 4.
st Louis--son Antonio. Texas
March 6
pi,trbureh--iot Springs. Ark,
Nmsrican League.
New York - Macon. Ga, March I.
chlcago--Mincfai springs. Texas.
March ~.
iicstcn--Ilot SPRINGS Ark, March
~
81 Louis Palestine. TeN, March O.
Philadelphia -JacksonvIllc, Fla,
March No.
Detroit Woxahachie. Tex, Mut l.
Washington--C Charlottesville, va,
March IT..
clevciaud-Ncw orleans, La, Fob.
innfy 80
The probability that the Harvard
Yale and Ariny.Nays football games
may be played on the same day next
AUTUMN " likely 20 develop an inter.
esilng test of the sports popularity In
The east. According 10 the present
plans the service game win he PLAYED !
Il the Polo grounds on SATURDAY. No.
sember 81. on the same day AT Noa
Haven lcss than 100 miles away. Val,
aud Harvard are scheduled to meet In
IlIer annual prdIron battle.
The Nale bowl, with Temporary
seais placed along the wull-top cln-
course, can accommodate. more THAI
10000 spectators and there Is not tho le
%light,M doubt but that every sent NJ
all he occupied, At the POLO "
grounds close 70 10000 spectators ~
an DO accommodated, 80 that IL both GO
sahtA utaW iull capacity l2U,OVO y
'peeialors vii wltnees The PLAY 70 ~
hose figures must be added another
priy or fifty thousand who viii at "a
end minor college OF intcrecholastic =
euiests within radius Of 100 miles "
In the past hundreds of football "a
Enthusiasts have attended both the u.
tale-liaNurd ana Amy Navy games -
Nhcn thry were played on sueceedns
Ntnfhpye spechl trains have ear
led thousands from New York ana -
Isoston 10 the bis college football ~
1aFslc With spectacular counter
ltttaction such as the Annapolis
Wet Point contest on thu same DAY
will be interesting e see from what
'eetions the Two big contests draw
~ the case ~ The university game :.
virtually all Of the a0,000 seats are
iold al Two dollars each ghne 90,
-evenue uf close Ia ilt0,O00 Nnt ~.
More than oneathird Of the Army,
SaNy seats ATE sold bni these brlng u,
hree dollars or more SO that about
iib.one T. derived from thr raid at ~.