The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
SHAW ANXIOUS
TO HIKE SOUTH
Pittsburg Stogie Here for
Short Visit-GriGth
Inspects Park.
By GEORGE L. MoRELAND.

By GEORGE l.. MORELAND.
The FIRST out-of-town player 10
arrive in Washington was Jim
Shaw "the big" and this is true
Of the Pittsburg twirler, for when
aecosted on the street yesterday
he looked like the side Of the Cap
itoi: Jim has been spending his
vacation at his home in Pittsburg,
where he and his family went
after the season closed Shaw
looks fine, except for his size.
and Trainer Mike Martin had bet
ter get ready to start at once for
Tampa in order to have Jim in
shape when the others arrive.
The husky heave. reports that
he has been enjoying himself with
his home folks ard that he is now
ready to start in with ligh. work,
so that when the others report
he viii not have so much hard
work getting iE shape.
Grinth Visits Park.
President Grifith and Secretary
Eynon were out to look over the
park yesterday. They wanted T.
see what improvements could be
made before the seasons opens, 80
that everything will be in shape
when the Cincinnati Reds meet the
Nationals on April 3 and 4. The an
nouncement that the world cham
pfons will open the season here was
received with much satisfaction. 1t
rs a certainty that there will be
crowded stands and bleachers at
both games when these two teams
get together.
Everyone will want to see the
team that defeated the Chicago
White Sox. and as both teams will
have played several games prior to
their arrival in Washington the
fans will have a splendid opportun-
ity to compare the strength of the
Nationals against their worthy fee.
nhJOr ITaiIlnS lamps
TIE training camps for 1880 and the cities
vhers the clubs worked out last spring
follows:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
nO 1915
" Y.-JsckSonIiTe. Fla jacksonville. Fla
BostOn-Hot springs. Ark. F.mFa Fla.
Nash--rsmp4. Fla. Augusta Ca
Phila-Lake Charles, La. Phila-. Pa.
Chicaso-.Waxahachie. Tex. Min. Wells Tex
0eTe.-New Orleans. La New Orleans, Ia
Detruit-liacon, Ca Macon Ga
St Louis-'Aobile, Ala ssn Antonio, Tex
NATIONAL LEAGUE
lSo 1919
". .Y.-San Antonio. Tex Gainesville Fla
Brooklyn-Iackscnvil,e E1s. Jacksonyiue Fla
boston-Columbus. Ga Columbus Ga.
Phffa-Birmingham Ala. Cha-lotts n
chcaSo-fasadsns, Cal Pasadena Cal
Cncinnati-Miami Fla. waxahacbie. Tex
lfrtsbug-Hot Springs. Ark W. Baden, Ind
81. LouiS-Browrs1ille. Tex. St Louis Mo-
.'Probahle selections.
1919 Season Great.
The 1918 big league baseball season
was the most remarkable in the long
history OF this professional sport in
many ways. Before the season got
under way few ub-owners expected
to do anything better than obtain an
even break. and though most of the
] tt+f-b - ediheu IN an Oplln1lStlc VEN,
however. their actions were just the
opposite. This fact was borne out
when baseball legislation of last win
ter was framed with the idea that
the worst was yet to come"
The leagues adopted the shortest
schedules in fifteen years. squeezed
down the training season, while a few
clubs went back to the practice in
vogue a generation ago of training
at home.
Game Was Abused.
Instead of having their worst sea-
son the big leasues actually had their
best. The come back" that baseball
made in its first season after the
cessation of hostilities with Germany
has no parallel in the history OF
sport Baseball being a professional
sport. got its share of criticism ana
abuse during the war. Some of the
criticism was just, but most of IL was
unjust 1t came at a time of war
hysteria. when the thought of able
bodied professional athletes playing
ball for money provoked comment
from persons who had relatives fac
ing the foe.
No trace of i'll feeling against base
ball was left when the season opened.
Stories that the men who had been
over there" would boycott the ball
parks after they returned were an
swered by the boys" themselves, for
one of the first places that the re-
turning soldiers visited were the big
league ball clubs
Sunday Ball n Factor.
Washington and Philadelphia
alone were in the rut as far as at
tendance was concerned last sea-
son- The Senators managed to
make little money by the fact that
they played Sunday baseball and
from their big pickings on the road. !
The Athletic club. finishing last for
the fifth straight year. was the weak
link of the American League chain.
with a team which was a disgrace
the Athletics dfsgusted their pa
irons at home, and il was a thirty
third degree rooter who came out
to see them on other parks. Yet
baseball went SC big that even
Mack Is said to have made a little
money. His team took part in a
Sunday double header in St. Louis,
in which the record attendance for
that city was hung up.
How Hermann Got Square.
Barney Dreyfuss. owner of the Pr
rates. was the originator of the move
ment to force Garry Hermann out OF
the chairmanship Of the National
Commission. Dreyfuss began to ar
because ne was financially interested
Ia the Cincinnati Reds. should not be
permitted TO decide questions affecting