The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-17
BALL TEAMS
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Sixteen Clubs Start Train ing Providence Not 8
 Certain E. L. Member.

This is the big week for major league baseball clubs as most of them will be on their way to the south ern camps before many more hours pass. By this time next week all the sixteen clubs will be settled at their respective camps. For the first time in many years two clubs will train al home, the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. Of the four teen clubs that will go south but four will return to the scenes of their 1918 training.
 The complete list of big league training camps for this season fol- low:
 National League.
 New York Giants, Gainesville, Fla.
 Brooklyn. Jacksonville, Fla
 Chicago. Pasadena, Cal.
 Boston, Columbus, Ga
 Cincinnati, Waxahatchfe, Tex
 Phila delphia, Charlotte, N. c.
 Pittsburgh, West Baden, Ind.
 St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
 American League.
 Boston, Tampa, Fla.
 Chicago. Mineral Wells, Tex
 Cleveland. New Orleans.
 Detroit. Macon, Ga.
 New York. Jacksonville. Fla
 Philadelphia, Philadelphia.
 St. Louis, San Antonio, Tex.
 Washington, Augusta. Ga.
 Worcester contrary to that supposedly authentic report-will not be in the Eastern League. And this information comes direct from the office of President Dan O'NeiI. A local contemporary published a yarn that Dan had said Worcester would be in that circuit. This Dan denied emphaucaIIy today and said that the writer on that paper m1sconstrued his entire statement and "balled up the entire situation.''
 Another team that will not play Sunday ball this season in this State is the Hartford aggregation. Woro was received from that city that the Poi nine have monopolized the Sun day field and that 1t is an inpossI- bility for the Senators to get permis- sion to play there.
 Harry Ricondra was in New Haven today, having gone there from New York where he has been playing serni-pro ball Harry Is anxious to get back into harness this season and chances are that he will hook up with the New Haven Murlins, His price, however, is considered unusual ly high for the Eastern League, but he says he will get what he has ask ed for or he will not play.
 Hugh Miller, the former big league, has returned from France a cripple. He is back with his dear folks in St, Louis. He has brought home decora- tions, medals and citations, but refus- es to talk about his honors and wounds.
 Leo Callahan, former Dodger and Newark player, is about to get an other chance to make good in the majors. He has signed by Manage Coombs of the Dodgers. Larry was given a like chance in 1915, but he failed and was returned to Newark.
 The White Sox leave for Mineral Wells, Tex, next Friday afternoon. They will remain in the South for a couple a weeks and play their way back into Chicago. They will figure in 12 exhibition games on their homeward trip.
 The other day about 20 of base balls leading figures were banded to- gether by chance in one of the New York hotels. A New York scribe hap pened to drop in and seeing the crowd proceeded to interview each and every one on the prospects of winning the championship. And if what these men told the scribe were so, there would be no need of start ing the season at all.
 Chances are that Neal Ball will not be back in harness this year. Neal has a good, weil-paying and steady job and if baseball wants him he must be given the same salary he received last season. Neal said today he will absolutely not stand for a cut in pay of any sort.
 Jack Flynn of Providence, R. l., and formerly manager of New Lon don, Lawrence and Springfield, Is or ganizing a number of New London business men for the purpose of re- tafning that city in the Eastern League Jack already has interested two wealthy New Londoners Good luck, Jack.
 Ho1yoke's Chamber of Commerce has taken up the campaign to estab- fish Eastern League baseball in that city and has forwarded President O'Neil a letter to that effect. Pres1> dent O'Neil will go to Ho1yolse to- morrow to look things oyer for him self.