The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-26

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lected new trimming quarters this year.
In fact only four teams return to their
! old camps. The three local aFSreSa-
! tions 20 to florida-the Giants to
| GAINESVILLE. after many a preliminary
| season spent at Marlin. Tcxas; mo
| Dodgers this year SwItcn from H 30.
! Springs, Ark. to Jacksonville, and the
| Yanks have passed up Macon, Ga, TOT
| Jacksonville Two teams. the Athletics
| Of the American league and the Caroi-
nails OF the National. have dec1deo 70 GO
| their training at home. and thus save
| lot Of money.
It will be interesting to note whs1
difference, II any, it will make in the
conditioning of their players. This, ~
| course. will be shown by their early
! games However the weather. II one
+ can forget the brand handed out yester-
| doy has been favorable for home tram
| jng. Players getting into shape under
! home conditions such as nave prev IA ieo
| will run less risk in cold spells tnan
those who will come up from the So
called sunny South.
Years ago the Giants manaSemen1
elected to forcgo the Southern training
tr;ns Once, under Horace Fosel. they
trained right on the Polo Grounds ana
again they got into condition at Lake.
wood. y. j. They didn't fare wen either
tin,c in the league race buth this was
| ducs more to the poor players the team
! had rather than to the Northern train
: ing system. =.
7 Franklin Baker has consented 70
! nl,,- again with the Yankees. as We
! always figured he would keep up the
/ prlma donna stuff nc pulled some tlme
! ago about being through. and the Suoso-
! ouent report that he WAS tn sign Win
tho upland team or the Delaware county
| league.
This the Homo Run king followed
with an announcement that he wouidn I
! play at all with anybody this year. AZ
! mis- time he said in his swan song: Il
! have just mailed Miller Huggins lotte1
telling him I had better not play ball this
year have to say good bye to the
good old game and the friends made in
baseball, but the long trips become
more and more distasteful, and that goes
i of course with the game. certainty
| wish Miller Huggins all the luck he can
have. He is a fine fellof. etc.
Can Huston. part owner Of the
Yanks, evidently couldn't sec this BUNK
so he put on his seven mile boots and
| set out for Trappe Md, Bakers home
town, with Miller HugEtns. and the re
suit Of the trip is something like this
, from the erstwhilc heavy hitter.
.I feel 7 Owe tho game OF oaseoal
great deal. Tor II mas Ootle it'f Il eIe<At
deal Of good physically, morally and
| financially 1t is because OF my sense ~
/ duty and devotion to the game that 1
fco! II almost obligatory on my part to
! return because old time stars would
holm effect tho comeback Of the game,
; In helping 10 bring back baseball to its
| old tirnc popularity feel I am doing my
dutv to nv country because that will
hayn \ strong tendency toward normal
| iZinS conditions.
Can you beat it,
Tho biggest sporting event ~ the
week is Friday nights wrestling bout AT
| the Garden bot wren ThySzllo and StranT-
| lnr Lewis. II is to h" rial regular
finish affair. according TO Promoter lack
Curlcy i fall must be won by on" or
the other Of tho mon. and If thor" rs any
Indication that n"lhor man ~ doing
his best during tho cours" Of tho game
ho will forfeith his purse and III" pub
liz. will got itsc money back
Sounds good docsnI~ it,
Lewis has beaten "Tyhh"' t"lre
with is famous deadlock and recently
no beat Joe Strtchrr with the same hold
ZhvSZko only last work threw. St"trhcr
twice. Tho polc has perfected 4 toe hold
which is said 70 !lravr any hold nf Frank
r;nich'S beaten IN n fragile. It remains
to h. soon how II matches with the
deadlock.