Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-21
TEXAS IS FAVORITE
OF BIG LOOP CLUBS
Five of Sixteen Major League
Teams Will Train in Lone
Star State.
CUBS MAKE LONGEST TRIP
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago, Pasadena, Cal
Brooklyn. Hot Springs, Ark
New York, Marlin, Tex.
Pittsburgh, Columbus, Ga, .-
Philadelphia, 81. Petersburg. Fla.
Boston, Miami Fla,
St Louis, San Antonio, Tex,
. Cincinnati. Shreveport La.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston. Hot Springs, Ark.
Detroit, waxahachie, Tex.
New York. Macon, Ga.
Chicago, Mineral Springs Tex
Cleveland. New Orleans
Washington. Augusta, Ga.
st. Louis, Palestine, Tex,
Philadelphia, jacksonville. Fla,
Spring training plans have now been
perfected by all the major league
clubs and within another six weeks
the fans will be reading daily accounts
OF the diamond doings of their fav-
oritcs.
Texas is to entertain the largest
number of the big leaguers this spring.
Five teams-thc Giants, Tigers, White
Sox, Browns and Cardinals-have
picked training spots in the Lone
Star state.
OF the other major league outfits
the Braves, Phillies and Athletics will
train in Florida; the Yankees, Sena-
tors and Pirates in Georgia; the Red
Sox and Robins in Arkansas; the In
dams and Reds in louisiana, and the
Cubs in California.
The trip of the Cubs to Pasadena
will be the longest to be taken by
any of the big league teams for the
workout season, Elaborate prepare
tions are being made for the long
tour. Led by their new manager,
Fred Mitchell, the squad will leave
Chicago in a special train the latter
part OF next month and go direct to
Pasadena. The Cubs will be the third
team to visit California in recent
years, the White Sox and Red Sox
having previously made the Pacific
coast trip.
Novelty Tours.
The New York Giants and the De-
troit Tigers, and the Boston Braves
and New York Yankees, are planning
to introduce a novelty in their spring
training tours. The Giants and Ii
gers will make the homeward trip to-
gether and will play exhibition games
cnroute. The same plan Of doubling
UP in series of matinee perform
ances on the way north will be toll
lowed by the Braves and Yankees.
Before tackling the Yanks the Braves
probably will play a series OF three
games in Havana.
The Washington Senators and Cin-
natl Reds will form another combi-
nation TO engage in series OF pre-
season interleague battles. The
Senator's and Reds will clash in one
game at Cairo, ILL.,, two in Louisville
and three In Cincinnati.
The worlds champion Red Sox
will get into condition at Hot
Springs, Ark, where they have done
their spring training for several
years. The appearance of the Sox at
the Arkansas resort will mark the
debut of Jack Barry as a big league
manager. Jack will be in charge Of
thirty-eight FASTENERS and all he will
have to do will be to pick another
world-beating team to continue the
good work OF his predecessor, uncle
Bilp Carrigan. That's considerable
job for brand new pilot, but the
Boston owners and fans alike believe
that Jack will come through right
side up,
Champs May Clash.
The Brooklyn Robins, opponents d
the Red Sox in the last worlds
series, will also train at Hot Springs.
There is some talk of the Sox and
Robins crossing bats at the Springs,
but an early season series between
champions is considered poor bust.
ness policy.
For the first time in many years
the Pittsburgh Pirates are to pass up
Hot Springs as training camp.
Manager Callahan will take the Buc-
cancers to Columbus, Ca, in the hope
that change in training camps will
bring change in luck for his team.
The Cleveland Indians will again
do their spring training at New Or
leans, the Fohlies doubtless figuring
that they can repeat last seasons fine
start after working out in the Louis
lana city. Should the Indians make
good this season, it would shatter the
generally accepted notion among big
league managers that large cities
make poor training camps.
Considerable interest will center in
the spring performances of the Ath-
letics at Jacksonville. Connie Mack
will have a small army of young
tossers to try out and his followers
have bunch that the veteran pilot
is all set for a come back" "A