The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-19
Boston Braves
Begin Practice
At Miami

Miami, March 1S.-Morning and af-
ternoon practice was the order of the
hour today for those members of the
Boston National League club who
have already arrived in this city for
their annual spring training session
prior to the opening of another cham
plonship season month hence. The
flrst of the Braves reached Miami
Yesterday morning; others came in
last night with one or two additions
reporting this morning, making in all
a party of sixteen players already on
hand. Manager George T. Stallings
IS expected sometime later today and
with him will come several players
whom he has had as his guests at his
plantation at Haddock, these includ-
ing three or four pitchers and Coach
Jack 7. Slattery. They have already
put in two weeks work there and so
Will be in fairly good shape for the
sitter practice that will start bright
and early Monday morning, termi-
mating with the series of three games
with the Philadelphia Nationals
scheduled for Thursday, Friday, Sat-
urday, March $3.50.
The early arrivals give indication
OF the fact that the Braves are to be
very substantially changed organ
ization in personnel over that which
was in Miami a year ago. OF the
men already here nearly one-half
have never before donned a Boston
National uniform and some of the
others yet to come are equally
strange to Boston surroundings.
Among those still due is Charley Her.
zog, for the past two season captain
OF the New York Giants, last years
winners in the National league. Her.
zog was secured by the Braves in
mldWinter as the best possible sue.
cessor to Rabbit Maranville, who has
answered his countrys call by enlist
ing in the navy. Meanwhile was gen.
orally regarded as the most sensation
al shortstop in the game and while
Herzog may not quite be the Rabbit s
equal i'll one or two points, he has
long been considered one of the top
notchers of the game and will captain
the Braves with that aggressiveness
and neversay-die spirit that Manager
Stallings always insists upon from
his men. About as we'll known as
Herzog in big league circles in John
Henry. another of the Braves 1915
newcomers.
Hank Is lover There"
Henry has been one of the premier
backstops of the American league for
several seasons and last year led the
league catchers in fielding. He is
with the Boston Nationals this year
largely because old reliable Hank
Gowdy, who probably has more
friends in Miami than any other
player, is now on the other side in
the first line trenches.
Big Hank was the first major leag-
uer to offer his services to Uncle
SAM likewise he was the first bic
Lacquer to get over there The
Braves catching staff, despite Cow
dy's temporary loss will probably be
the strongest that the Braves have
ever had. For when practice gets
under way there will be no less than
four backstops on hand. In addition
to Henry there will be Art Wilson
Walter Tragesser and Willard
MGraw. Wilson, like Herzog, is a
graduate of the M'Graw school but
came to the Braves from the Chicago
Cubs, being secured in the trade that
gave the Chicago team Lefty Tyler
Tragesser and M'Graw have been
coming to Miami 1t will be merry
scramble among them for a perma
nent place as second string man tC
Henry.