The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-19
Major league Teams Already
 In Training In The South
Mitchell Will Have RecruitlesS Tean-BraVeS Arrive.
 Baseball News.

Fred Mitchell, manager of the C. E. has a. new one and Is about to shatter baseball tradition. The in
 terpif leader of the National League champions started for the training quarters in Pasadena, Cal, from Chicago this morning, according to an Associated Press wire from the Windy City and not a single rookie was in the squad. Can you imagine ! such q thing2 Nevertheless 1t is true
 Perhaps never before in the history of baseball major league clubs that have sent clubs to Southern lands for training has such 3. stunt been 1 tried. but Mitchell supremely conf ! dent that the material now to be i found in the ranks of his team will 1 be of major league calibre for several
 years to come, has no time to bother about future greats on the eve of | another championship season. 1 Only twenty-one players will be as- l sembled at Pasadena, Cal. by Nit 1 che4I. The Associated Press cor
 respondent in Chicago transmitted i the following names Of the players i who left with the team today: Pitch l CTS Hendrix, Vaughn, Tyler, Doug ] las, AIdrich, Carter and Weaver. 1 Catchers, KiMifer, Daly and OfE'arreu; Inielders. Kilduh, Ho1Iocher. Pick. Merkle, Deal. Lear and McCabe, and OutfeIders: Mann, F7acl1. Paskert and Barber.
 Manag ger McGraw and his New York National League pastimers are prepared to s-art on their journey to Gainesville tomorrow morning. Most of the players upon whom the Giant leader will place his dependence to ] bring the bacon home will go - camp direct from their homes. Chr1s- l ty MathewYon, Hal Chase, Larry 1 Doyle, Lew McCarty, George Burns. George Smith and Heinie zimmer-
 man will be on board the Giant i special when it pulls out of the Penn sylvania station in the big town to- morrow morning.
 Much is expected by Brooklyn fans from Herman Hehl the former semi ! pro star pitcher who will go South with the Robins this season. He play ed on semi-pro teams in the me- tropolis for the past three years and Is considered one of the best finds" of the season.
 bOIn owner fT6&ee ana p1aDASSE
 Barrow are sorry that Babe Ruth has
 so far not signed with the Red Sox.
 They claim that his stubbornness is
 due to poor advice he is receiving
 from friends. But neither says he Is
 " orryfng and they added today in
 public statement that unless Babe
 signs by the end of this week they will goe compelled to send 1t1n adrife via the trade route.
 Now that the New York Tanks
 have been assured of the return of Frank Baker. the club has taken up
 a more independent policy with re-
 gards to it's ho1douts. Pitcher Shore
 has been invited to go to Jackson vile, Fla and talk things over with
 Manager Huggins. But that is as
 far as the Tanks will go. Pratt, sec
 ond baseman, and Dutch Leonard.
 the southpaw, procured in the Red
 Sox deal must sign at the last figures
 named or remain out of baseball.
 The Boston Braves have arrived at
 Columbus, Ga, and win settle do-vn to business beginning today. The Braves have been rather fortunate this season With 8 liberal owner
 back Of the club the Beaneaters win IT can real business this season. Man
 ager Stallings is exceedingly opt1Enis-
 tio about the future and can see ruth-
 inb Ant victory.
 The submission of Charles A Co-
 miskey, owner of the White Sox. to Buck Weaver came as no surprise to ball players. Buck was holding
 out for more money than Corntskey offered him. Since the first offer was
 made him, Buck has refused three
 different propositions insisting thai the Box would either meet his terms
 or he would not play thts season
 Al Demaree. the cartoonist-pftcher er
 bids fair to have a playing in every
 city on the National L.eague ctrcnii
 before he quits baseball. He has been
 with the Giants twice, with the Cubs
 and Pfilhes and in the coming sea
 son will wear the Boston Braves
 colors
 Manager 6uggins of the Yankees is
 on his way to Trappe, Md., for one
 last try at getting Home Run Baker to change his mind about retiring. He will return to New York next Tues
 day and if-unsuccessful if he win. frnrne-
 diately work on his plans for Hrb- Etitute for that player. But Miller ds confident he win f1l-rstsxxayWzzAne ee1Ened