New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
THREE BASEBALL
CLUBS GET BUSY
NEXT MONDAY
Giants, Yankees and Cubs
First Teams to Start for
Training Camp
BY w. J. MACBETH

Although the Chicago Cubs, who left
the Windy City yesterday for spring
training near Pasadena, Cal, have the
honor of inaugurating the active 1911
baseball season, their right TO such
distinction is a technical one. The two
New York teams, scheduled for later
starts will. nevertheless, begin tram
ing quite as soon. v x;o
ea,,oyites for the 1917 worlds series,
will reach theL respective camps laOe
Grndov afternoon. Chicago cannot pos
siblv better that time. These three Dig
league clubs, then, will start on next
Monday OH an equal footing, ~
~ The two New York clubs, the
Giants will make the earlier getaway
from the big city. McGraw's prospec-
t;ve belpers who reside i'll the East
viii leave town Friday at 10 o'cloch
oycr the New York Central for ST.
Louis.
Assemble in Mound CITY
The Mound City is the real assem-.
Ming Mace of the Giant clan. a STAR
for Marlin, Tex, will be made IRON
tho Missouri metropolis shortly after
= o'cIock Saturday afternoon. Inc
.cbcdule time for McGraw's tram de
lnvc from St. Louis to the Lone star
STATE camp is practically the same as
H. from New York to Macon, Ga''
CO.. tho Yankees. The Giants !eaVe
New York a day earlier than the yam
koes because they have two-day trip
instead of a twenty-four- hour. run
One of the largest parties that ever
yisited the celebrated mineral springs
of Texas will go out from New lorh
"a X Iouis aboard the Giant speciai;
m Rsers. the we'll known dentist, ana
ov-Cantain Fitzgerald, of the FIRE De
nartment. will head the civil delega-
,;or of a score and more OF local rams
making the trip with the New VOTE
Nationals. In addition to these clNll-
ans there are dozen or more uh-
attacbed PLAYERS who have asked NC
C;raw 10 look them over. ,+-
Resides a half-dozen correspondent
and the retinue of citizenry. the Ioi-
Iowing players will leave New ioiA
with the Giants: ..hor
George Sandberg, the young catehe[
recalled from Syracuse; Steriihs
Strvker a semi-professional pitcher, Oh
3 3.Isntic Hicblands, N. j.; Pie Way
tho Yale pitcher; Waite Hoyt. the
FrasnSs Hall phenom of no-hit fame;
Far5ie Schupp, the veteran soutnpaW'
rvbo has lust signed; George Smith
the bir Columbia Highlander, with
tbo Giants last season; Catchers lie"
WcCartv and Bradley koener, out-
FaIder Kenny Kauff, Joe wagner
former Cincinnati inhelder, and John
7 McGraw. AL Schacht, of Newark
and Fred Harscher, of the Gas House
T,eaque. both pitchers, go unattacheu
,T;tb This Gotham delegation. JACK
(Red) Murray, the outhelder' VIII
port at Buffalo.
Big JEFF as Marshal
Big Jeff Tesreau, who has a lot OF
weight TO take off, will marshal the
second contingent in st. Louis 10 avail
the Giant special. In this ouncn W wHi
be Walter Holke, tirst oasemsni pm
Ritter, Jimmy Middleton ana "ll!ian
Morrissette, pitchers; j: u Josei9on
and leo Witter, outfelders, ana Joe
Schepner, infelder.
Cincinnati. is going along for practice
Uoike has signed a 1917 contract. Mid:
dleton is Bill Clymer's highly touted
phenom, supposed to have won cnam-
Dionship for Louisville, OF the Amfr-
can Association, last year.
The following Giant recruits ana
students Of the McGraw school viii go
direct TO Marlin from their homes;
George Kelly, outielder, from san
Francisco; c. A. Causey, pitcher, from
Fort Meade, Fla; Ernest kreuger'
catcher. from Mesa, Ariz.; Jim Thorpe
Oklahoma City; Ross Young, inhelder,
San Antonio, Tex; Rodriguez, hrst
baseman. Havana; Pete Kilduff, short
atom. Chicopee, Kan; l.. A. Jaynes,
North Carolina; Hans Lobert, from
Cuba: A. w. Baird, from the University
of Louisiana, and Zeke Lehman, free
agent, from Cuba.
The first squad of Yankees TO reach
Macon Sunday afternoon, in charge OF
Business Manager Harry Sparrow and
Manager Bill Donovan, will include the
veteran scouts Joe Kelley and Duke
Farrell, eight newspaper men and the
following players: >,
The veteran pitchers Russell, Shock
or. Love, Caldwell, Cullop and Mo-
gridge, and recruit pitchers ferguson,
Percy. Monroe, Ross, Bob McGraw'
Jack Enright and Dan Triple.
Catchers Leslie Nunamaker, Al wal
tcrs. Walter Alexander, Ben Shaw and
Julian Olsen, infelder Fritz Maisel and
outfelders Frank Gilhooley and Tim
HendryX.